MORAL OBLIGATION TO HELP THOSE
AT RISK AFGHANS TO COME OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN.
IF CONFIRMED I COMMIT TO YOU TO
LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST
IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
>> Brian: ISN’T THAT NICE WE ARE
STILL DEBATING THIS PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S PICK TO LEAD U.S.
CENTRAL COMMAND LEAD U.S. ALLIES
LEFT IN AFGHANISTAN AS WE LEARN
NEW DETAILS OF THE BOTCHED
WITHDRAWAL AND IT’S WORSE THAN
ANYONE THOUGHT I BELIEVE.
AN ARMY INVESTIGATION REPORT
RELEASED TO "THE WASHINGTON
POST" REVEALED, QUOTE: SENIOR
WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS FAILED TO GRASP THE
TALIBAN’S STEADY ADVANCE ON
AFGHANISTAN’S CAPITAL AND
RESISTED EFFORTS BY U.S.
MILITARY LEADERS TO PREPARE THE
EVACUATION OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL
AND AFGHAN ALLIES WEEKS BEFORE
KABUL FELL.
SENATOR TOM COTTON SERVED IN
AFGHANISTAN.
SENATOR, UP UNTIL THREE DAYS
BEFORE KABUL FELL, THAT’S WHEN
ANTHONY OLYMPICEN SAID WE BETTER
PICK UP THE TIMETABLE IF WE ARE
GOING TO EMPTY OUR EMBASSY.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE INEPTNESS
THAT WE WITNESSED?
>> WELL, IT WOULD BE HARD TO
BELIEVE, BRIAN, EXCEPT WE ALL
SAW IT PLAY OUT WITH OUR OWN
EYES THAT ARMY REPORT IS
ACCURATE I CAN TELL NEW REALTIME
LAST YEAR ON BOTH ARMED SERVICES
AND INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AS WE
MONITORED WHAT THE ARMY WAS
DOING AS WELL AS WHAT THE CIA
WAS DOING.
THEY FORESAW SECURITY SITUATION
WAS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY.
THEY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
GETTING THEIR OWN PEOPLE OUT.
BUT THEY WERE ONLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT THAT’S
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL-AMERICAN
CITIZENS AND GREEN CARD HOLDERS.
AND ALL THOSE AFGHANS WHO SERVED
ALONGSIDE OF OUR TROOPS FOR SO
LONG.
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY FAILED
CATASTROPHICALLY.
AND THAT’S WHY YOU SAW THE
CHAOTIC SCENES IN KABUL LAST
AUGUST WHILE WE HAD THE SERVICE
MEMBERS KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER
AND LEFT BEHIND THOUSANDS OF
AMERICAN CITIZENS AND GREEN CARD
HOLDERS AND AFGHANS WHO SERVED
ALONGSIDE US.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT STILL HAS
NO PLAN TO HELP GET THEM OUT.
THEY MOSTLY WANT TO SWEEP FUND
THE RUG SO THEY CAN TURN THE
PAGE ON WHAT WAS A VERY DARK
CHAPTER IN OUR GOVERNMENT
HISTORY.
>> Brian: LEARNED ABOUT A
SKIRMISH.
REMEMBER PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
FOR THE LONGEST TIME THEY
WEREN’T ATTACKING US BECAUSE
THEY KNEW WE WERE LEAVING?
OOPS.
>> IT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY
CLEAR THAT A LOT OF WHAT JOE
BIDEN AND A LOT OF WHAT TONY
BLINKEN WERE SAYING IN THE
RUN-UP TO THE FALL OF KABUL AND
EVEN AS KABUL WAS FALLING IN ITS
MEDIATE AFTERMATH WAS SIMPLY NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
TRYING TO COVER UP FOR THEIR
GROSS MISMANAGEMENT OF THAT
CRISIS.
>> Brian: AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND TRYING DESPERATELY
TO GET IN TOUCH AND GET REALITY
INTO THEM.
ASTHMAAS THAT MACKENZIE SAID IN
OOPS.
>> NOT MY PROBLEM.
GREAT TO BE A GENERAL AND NOT
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
MEANWHILE, THE OTHER STORY TOOK
PLACE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WHERE THE DRAMA HAS TAKEN PLACE
ON MANY FRONTS.
ONE OF WHICH IS IRAN.
THE INTEGRITY THAT WE ARE
SELLING OUT TO OURSELVES AS WE
DESPERATELY TRY TO GET THEM
INVOLVED AGAIN IN A NUCLEAR ARMS
DEAL.
HERE IS MATT LEE, SPARRING WITH
NED PRICE YESTERDAY AND, AGAIN,
IT GOT A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING THE
TRUE STORY.
LISTEN.
>> LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU
SAID THAT THESE WAIVERS GIVE.
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THERE IS NO
BENEFIT TOE IRAN IN ANY OF THAT?
>> I AM SAYING THAT THE NET
BENEFIT OF THIS IS
NONPROLIFERATION BENEFIT FOR US.
WHAT IS IN OUR NONPROLIFERATION
INTEREST CAN ALSO BE IN SOME
WAYS IN IRAN’S INTEREST.
>> GET ANY BENEFIT OUT OF THIS
OR NOT?
>> IT IS -- SOME OF THESE STEPS.
>> DO THEY BENEFIT OR NOT?
>> THIS IS IN OUR INTEREST TO
DO.
>> Brian: A NUCLEAR WAIVER FOR
IRAN IS IN OUR INTEREST?
>> BRIAN, NED PRICE CAN’T DEFEND
JOE BIDENENS FOREIGN POLICY
BECAUSE THAT FOREIGN POLICY IS
INDEFENSIBLE.
WE GAVE NUCLEAR WAIVERS FOR IRAN
TO CONTINUE WORKING SO-CALLED
CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM WITHOUT
ANYTHING IN RETURN.
TRULY, BRIAN, WITHOUT A SINGLE
CONCESSION IN RETURN.
THIS IS BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS SO
DESPERATE TO REENTER THE IRAN
NUCLEAR DEAL THE AYATOLLAHS KNOW
THEY CAN MAKE UNREASONABLE
DEMANDS AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS
JOE BIDEN WILL BE AGREEING TO IT
IT’S SO BAD, BRIAN, THAT MEMBERS
OF JOE BIDEN’S NEGOTIATING TEAM
ARE STARTING TO RESIGN IN
PROTEST BECAUSE IS HE GIVING
AWAY THE STORE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN
2015.
WHEN BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KERRY
WERE SO DESPERATE TO GET A DEAL
THAT WE STARTED NEGOTIATING
ABOUT A NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND
THENNED UP EVEN LIFTING THE
CONVENTIONAL ARMS BAND SO IRAN
COULD START BUYING ROCKETS AND
MISSILES AND BATTLE TANKS IN
ADDITION TO RACING TOWARD A
NUCLEAR WEAPON.
>> WE HAVE DANGEROUS TO THE
UNITED STATES THAT JOE BIDEN IS
SO DESPERATE AND PROJECTING THAT
DESPERATION TO THE AYATOLLAHS.
>> Brian: ANY DEAL HAS TO BE
APPROVED BY THE SENATE BY TWO
THIRDS.
NOT ONLY DID HE NOT GET TWO
THIRDS.
HE DIDN’T GET DEMOCRATS.
HE DIDN’T GET SCHUMER.
HE DIDN’T GET MENENDEZ IN THE
LAST DEAL.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A WORSE
DEAL.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO STOP IT.
THAT’S THE REASON WHY DONALD
TRUMP WAS ABLE TO RIP IT UP.
BECAUSE IT NEVER PASSED THROUGH
THE SENATE.
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
REAL QUICK.
GO AHEAD.
YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT’S
RIGHT.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.
THE AYATOLLAHS IN MY LETTER BACK
IN 2015.
IF THE SENATE DOESN’T RATIFY AN
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT LIKE A
NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL DEAL.
THEN, OF COURSE, IT WON’T BE
FINDING ON FUTURE PRESIDENTS OR
ON THE UNITED STATES.
>> Brian: A YEAR AGO SOME RIOTS
TOOK OVER CITY STREETS AND
BURNED SOME BUILDINGS AND
DESTROYED SOME THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER RIOTERS.
MAN BURNED TO DEATH BY ONE OF
THEM.
NOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT
MAN THANKS TO THE DOJ?
>> THIS IS A SHOCKING
DEVELOPMENT, BRIAN.
MONTEZ LEE BURNED A PAWNSHOP TO
THE GROUND SO HE IS GUILTY OF
ARSON.
IS HE ALSO GUILTY OF MURDER
BECAUSE THERE WAS A MAN BURNED
ALIVE IN THAT BUILDING.
A FATHER OF FIVE.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON IN THE
FEDERAL COURTS CARRIES A 20 YEAR
SENTENCE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE GOT BARELY HALF THAT
BECAUSE THEY SAID HE WAS
PARTICIPATING IN A PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
GIVING VOICE TO THE UNHEARD.
THAT HIS CAUSE WAS RIGHTEOUS.
IT IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
BE METING OUT CRIMINAL
PUNISHMENT BASED ON THEIR VIEW
OF THE CRIMINAL’S POLITICAL
POSITIONS.
THIS IS NOT SOME CRAZY SOROS
PROSECUTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO OR
NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REDUCING
SENTENCES FOR AN ARSONIST WHO
KILLED A MAN BECAUSE THEY LIKE
THE CAUSE FOR WHICH HE WAS
PROTESTING.
WHEN HE COMMITTED THAT ARSON.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
MERRICK GARLAND AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEEDS TO
ANSWER FOR IT.
>> Brian: YEAH.
I HOPE THEY DO.
SENATOR, THANKS FOR POINTING IT
OUT.
APPRECIATE IT THANKS FOR JOINING