>> Bill: ONE OF THE HEADLINES
NOT ABLE TO GET TO THIS WEEK
WANT TO BRING IN OUR COLLEAGUE
CHRIS WALLACE HOST OF "FOX NEWS
SUNDAY".
ALL THIS COMING AS THE WHITE
HOUSE MESSAGING PROBLEM GETS
WORSE BY THE DAY.
SOME ARE COMPARING IT TO THE
DAYS OF JIMMY CARTER AND THE
FIRST TIME WE’VE HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK TO YOU THIS WEEK.
IT’S FILLED WITH THOUGHTS AND
EMOTIONS AND WATCHING THE
IMAGES AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THE DELTION-MAKING PROCESS.
WHERE ARE YOU TODAY ON ALL OF
THIS WE’VE SEEN AND WATCHED?
>> WELL, LET ME SAY THAT THE
FEW SMILES I’VE HAD ABOUT THIS
WHOLE SITUATION WAS WATCHING
YOUR INTERVIEW WITH THAT C-17
CREW TALKING ABOUT HOPE AND
FREEDOM AND THOSE 823 PEOPLE
AND JUST THINK, EACH ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF LIVING
UNDER THE RULE OF THE TALIBAN
WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE
IN A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION.
SO THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT IN
THEIR LIVES.
YOU JUST HAVE TO APPLAUD THE
CREW FOR TAKING OFF WITH THAT
C-17 AND GETTING ALL THOSE
PEOPLE OUT OF DODGE.
IT HAS BEEN A MESS.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE
MESSAGING PROBLEM AND CERTAINLY
THAT’S AN ISSUE BUT IT IS A
REALITY PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM ISN’T WHAT HAD
HAPPENED IN TERMS OF BIDEN’S
SPEECH.
THAT WAS BAD.
HIS FIRST SPEECH, THE BUCK
STOPS HERE BUT POINTED FINGERS.
THE INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE
STEPHANOPOLOUS WENT BADLY.
THE PICTURES OVER THE WEEKEND
OF HIM SITTING BY HIMSELF AT A
BIG TABLE AT CAMP DAVID WHILE
ALL HIS AIDES ARE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
ALL OF IT WAS A MESS.
BUT IN THE END IT IS THOSE
PICTURES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE SCREEN FROM ME, THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE THIS AIRPORT
SECURED BUT WE HAVE NO WAY OF
GETTING AMERICANS AND OUR
AFGHAN ALLIES FROM DOWNTOWN
KABUL OR ELSEWHERE IN
AFGHANISTAN TO THAT AIRPORT.
AS LONG AS THAT REMAINS THE
SITUATION, PRESIDENT CAN MAKE
ANY SPEECH HE WANTS, GIVE ANY
INTERVIEW HE WANTS.
IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE FOCUSING
ON.
AMERICANS AND AMERICAN ALL --
ALLIES ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE
AIRPORT AND TO HOPE AND FREEDOM.
>> Dana: HEADLINES TO SHOW
EVERYONE.
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL."
AFGHANISTAN REVEALS ALL THE
PRESIDENT’S WEAKNESSES.
"NEW YORK POST" CALL
AFGHANISTAN WHAT IT IS.
THE WORST HOSTAGE CRISIS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
MEGHAN MCCAIN SLAMMED BIDEN
JIMMY CARTER ON ACID.
I WONDER ABOUT THOSE
COMPARISONS TO JIMMY CARTER.
AS HUMANS WHEN SOMETHING
HAPPENS YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK
AND WHAT DO WE KNOW IN HISTORY
THAT CAN INFORM US TODAY?
HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THAT?
>> I’M NOT SURE I SEE A
COMPARISON TO JIMMY CARTER
EXCEPT THAT IT’S A PRESIDENT
WHO IS UNDER FIRE FOR HAVING
MADE SOME MISJUDGMENTS.
THE SITUATION WITH THE HOSTAGES
IN TEHRAN IN 1979 IS NO WAY
EQUIVALENT TO THE TALIBAN
SWEEPING OVER AFGHANISTAN
TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY IN 11
DAYS AS GENERAL MILLEY SAID.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE FAILURE OF
PLANNING, THOUGH, THAT -- THE
PRESIDENT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT
WELL, WE’RE GETTING THIS UNDER
CONTROL.
YOU WONDER WHAT HE IS GOING TO
SAY TODAY AT 1:00 THAT WILL
REASSURE PEOPLE?
CLEARLY THE SITUATION WILL BE
BETTER.
WE DON’T HAVE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE ON THE RUNWAY, SOME OF
THEM DECIDING IT MAKES MORE
SENSE TO CLING TO THE OUTSIDE
OF A JET AIRPLANE ON IT DOES TO
LIVE INSIDE AFGHANISTAN UNDER
THE TALIBAN.
BUT WHEN YOU’VE GOT 2,000
PEOPLE GOING OUT AND WE HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO GET SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 5,000 AND 9,000 PEOPLE
OUT, BETTER ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH.
PARTICULARLY IN A SITUATION
WHERE YOU’VE GOT, WE BELIEVE, A
LOT OF AMERICANS, WHETHER IT’S
THOUSANDS OR TENS OF THOUSANDS
INSIDE KABUL OR OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY WHO WERE DEPENDING
ON THE GOOD GRACES OF THE
TALIBAN.
THINK ABOUT THAT, IN ORDER TO
GET TO THE AIRPORT AND THE
AFGHAN ALLIES AND EVEN A WORSE
SITUATION.
>> Bill: OUT SOURCED A LOT OF
THIS TO THE TALIBAN.
REMARKABLE.
WHERE ARE WE IN 48 HOURS WHEN
YOU COME ON THE AIR ON SUNDAY?
WHO WILL BE TALK TO?
WHERE IS THE STORY?
>> WHO KNOWS WHERE THE STORY
WILL BE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST 48.
WE’LL SEE WHERE IT IS ON SUNDAY
MORNING.
WE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT.
THE LATEST ON THE GROUND.
WE’LL TALK TO A TOP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ABOUT
EVACUATION.
WE’LL BE TALKING TO BEN SASSE,
REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND MEMBER
OF THE INTEL COMMITTEE, VERY
CRITICAL OF JOE BIDEN AND ALSO
FRANKLY DONALD TRUMP FOR THEIR
ROLES IN PULLING U.S. TROOPS
OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO AS
YOU POINTED OUT, GUYS, A LOT OF
CRISES, COVID, BOOSTERS, MASK
MANDATES, FIGHT ABOUT THE BAN
ON THE MANDATES.
WE’LL BE TALKING TO A TOP
DOCTOR ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> Dana: CHRIS WALLACE, THANK
YOU.
I’M ON THE PANEL.
I’LL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY AS WELL.
>> I SHOULD HAVE PROMOTED THAT.