BACK TO YOU.
>> Sandra: JENNIFER GRIFFIN
WITH AN UPDATE FOR US.
>> John: SANDRA, LET’S BRING
IN "WASHINGTON TIMES" OPINION
EDITOR AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
CHARLIE HURT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I WANT TO START OFF WITH THIS
PIECE OF VIDEO WE’VE BEEN
RUNNING ALL DAY OF
KAMALA HARRIS, BEING ASKED ABOUT
AFGHANISTAN WHERE SHE SEEMS TO
LAUGH OFF THE QUESTION FROM A
REPORTER.
LISTEN HERE.
>> SO, I’M GOING TO DO -- HOLD
ON.
HOLD ON.
HOLD ON, EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.
FIRST, AFGHANISTAN.
WE COULDN’T HAVE A HIGHER
PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.
>> John: I DON’T KNOW IF THAT
IS JUST A NERVOUS CHECK ON HER
PART OR A WAY OF HER TAKING A
FEE TO GATHER HER THOUGHTS, BUT
IT JUST SEEMS SO MISPLACED,
PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE WHERE
SANDER WAS POINTING OUT WE HAVE
THE STORY OF THE MOTHER WHO
DRAFTED 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND THE
REST YOU GET TO THE AIRPORT
GATE, AND THE CHILD WAS TRAMPLED
TO DEATH UNDER THE FEET OF
PEOPLE RUSHING THE GATES AS
WELL.
>> WELL, PRECISELY, JOHN.
I THINK YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT
THAT IT IS AN EFFORT TO GATHER
HER THOUGHTS.
AFTER ALL, SHE WAS BEING ASKED
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
WHEN SHE SHUSHED THE REPORTER
AND SAID HOLD ON A SECOND.
BUT IT REALLY IS -- IT DOES
REVEAL A TERRIBLE SENSE OF
POLITICS.
A TERRIBLE SENSE OF THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION,
THAT THE COUNTRY IS CONCERNED
ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN AFGHANISTAN.
AND IT REALLY DOES SORT OF MAKE
YOU WONDER.
OF COURSE, IT DOESN’T HELP
EITHER THAT SHE’S ON HER WAY TO
VIETNAM RIGHT NOW, JUST AS SO
MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING THE
COMPARISONS TO THE DISASTER WE W
ARE SEEING UNFOLD IN KABUL TO
WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN IN SAIGON
WHEN WE LEFT THERE, SO IT REALLY
IS REALLY ABOUT POLITICS AT THE
VERY LEAST.
>> Sandra: IT’S CRINGEWORTHY.
IT’S DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
WHEN YOU SEE THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THE SITUATION, SOMEONE BACKING
UP THE POLICIES TO WITHDRAW IN
THE TIME FRAME THAT WE DID, AND
WE HAVE NOT HAD A FORMER PRESS
CONFERENCE.
TWO TWEETS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF
THIS THAT WE HEARD FROM HER, AND
SHE SAID BACK IN 2019 SHE WOULD
ENSURE THAT ALL PROGRESS MADE
OVER THERE WOULD BE RETAINED AND
SHE WOULD STAND UP FOR WOMEN WHO
HAD MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS IN THE
COUNTRY.
I WILL PUT TO YOU THE QUESTION
THAT JEN GRIFFIN SAID IS THE
QUESTION OF THE TIME.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY CAN GET
EVERYBODY OUT BY THEN.
JENNIFER’S SIDE WELL
PRESIDENT BIDEN LET THE TALIBAN
DICTATE TO HIM THAT AUGUST 31ST
PAUL OUTDATED?
THAT IS THE QUESTION, AND BY THE
WAY, I JUST HEARD IN MY EAR THAT
WE ARE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
BRIEFING.
JEN PSAKI MISSED A FEW LAST
WEEK.
SHE WILL BE HOLDING ONE IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TO THE WHOLE BEGINNING OF THE
PROBLEM HERE IS THE FACT THAT
JOE BIDEN SET A DATE CERTAIN FOR
PULLING OUT AND THEN NEVER WENT
BACK TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR
REALITIES ON THE GROUND TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
A WISE THING TO CARRY OUT AT
THAT TIME OR WHETHER TO ADJUST
BASED ON THAT.
LORD KNOWS FAILED TO MAKE ALL
THE CONTINGENCY PLANS TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE, THEY ARE
AMERICAN CITIZENS, WHATEVER
AFGHAN INTERPRETERS OR OTHER
PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO GET
OUT, AND EQUIPMENT WERE ALL GONE
OUT BEFORE THE MILITARY ABANDON
THE AIRPORT AND LEFT THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, IT’S EASY TO LOOK AT
THIS AND SEE THIS AS YOU KNOW, A
CRISIS OF ONE WEEKEND.
IT’S MORE THAN THAT.
IT’S A CRISIS OF 20 YEARS.
IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT’S EVEN MORE
THAN THAT.
ALL OF THE YEARS THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SOLD HIMSELF
AS ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN
WASHINGTON WHEN IT COMES TO
FOREIGN POLICY.
IN NO PLACE HAS THAT HAD GREATER
INTEREST THAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST
OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
JOE BIDEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN SORT
OF THE GREAT EXPERT ON ALL OF
THE STUFF.
AND HE SOLD HIMSELF AS MUCH AS
HE DID CAMPAIGN, AS AN EXPERT,
SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BRING
CALM TO THESE SITUATIONS, AND HE
HAS FAILED ON EVERY FRONT OF
THAT.
>> John: THERE IS CRITICISM
BEING AIMED AT THE PRESIDENT AS
TO WHETHER HE IS GETTING BAD
INTELLIGENCE OR HE IS JUST
FAILING TO GRASP WHAT’S REALLY
GOING ON.
LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID ON
FRIDAY.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> WE’VE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE TALIBAN SO FAR, IT IS IN
THEIR INTEREST FOR IT TO GO
THROUGH, SO WE KNOW OF NO
CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE AMERICAN
CITIZENS CARRYING AN AMERICAN
PASSPORT ARE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH TO THE AIRPORT.
>> John: LIKE SO MANY OTHER
THINGS REGARDING THIS
EVACUATION, HE HAD TO WALK THAT
BACK YESTERDAY.
THERE IS THE ISSUE OF WHETHER
THERE IS AL QAEDA OR NOT.
THEY HAD TO WALK THAT BACK.
ISIS AS WELL.
CHARLIE, IT IS JUST KIND OF
STUNNING ALL OF THE STATEMENTS
AND MISSTATEMENTS COMING OUT OF
HIS MOUTH.
>> THE MOST REMARKABLE THING
ABOUT THAT, I DON’T THINK YOU
NEED THE CIA TO TELL YOU THAT
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AROUND KABUL.
I DON’T THINK YOU NEED THE CIA
TO TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED THESE
PLANS TO GET PEOPLE OUT SAFELY.
YOU DON’T NEED AN INTELLIGENT
SERVICE TO DO THAT.
THIS RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DEGREE TO WHICH HE HAS ISOLATED
HIMSELF, IN WHICH CASE YOU TURN
TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM.
HIS CABINET SECRETARY.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND THEY
CLEARLY OBVIOUSLY KNEW THAT THIS
WAS A PROBLEM, AND THE QUESTION
IS DID THEY NOT KNOW?
I DON’T THINK THAT’S THE CASE.
DID THEY NOT TELL
PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT’S A
PROBLEM, AND IF THEY DIDN’T, WHY
NOT?
OR IS HE JUST LIE IN?
HAS HE FORGOTTEN ALL OF IT?
NO ANSWER TO ANY OF THOSE IS A
GOOD ANSWER.
AND UNTIL THEY, YOU KNOW, SETTLE
DOWN AND REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS
OF THE SITUATION THEY HAVE