austin and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, briefed reporters today at the pentagon. they talked about the afghanistan troop withdrawal and efforts to relocate the military's interpreters to the united states. new reporting that general milley feared former president would carry out a coup after losing the election. >> thanks to all of you for coming today. i would like to start by talking briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations, the indo pacific. then i will add a few words on afghanistan, which is on all of our minds here. i would like to start by saying

the pentagon says the u. s will be fully withdrawn from afghanistan by late august, and we're learning more now about how the u. s left afghanistan's bagram airfield after nearly 20 years, the airbase was the epicenter of america's war to unseat the taliban and hunt down the al qaeda perpetrators of the 9 11 attacks on the us, new reports say the us pulled out of the site overnight friday, apparently without telling the basis. new afghan commander. officials say the commander discovered the departure of about two hours later, the border patrol is staying busy as more people under the united states from mexico, tucson's border patrol sector says it apprehended a man from guatemala with the second degree murder conviction. in texas agents arrested three people they say broke into a rancher's home and stole two loaded firearms. now other non border states such as florida, arkansas in south carolina, are stepping in to help. i've never seen it like this when my deputies are catching 5 10 12 loads alien smuggling

it felt like those on the phone with the pentagon and on the phone with congressional leaders and urging that swift response and acting as the commander-in-chief and that is because according to the reporting he was back at the white house and the private dining room watching it all unfold on television but not actually doing his duty as the president and as the commander-in-chief to respond in any way in the hours you have a president completely missing and the vice president filling in the gap and the pentagon's senior leader chris miller the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and others were responding and taking orders and in close contact with speaker pelosi and senator schumer, mitch mcconnell and other congressional leaders to sort of strategize and understand what was happening and they didn't really care what he had to say because the resident said nothing. >> what you just said, let's not just let it pass by. that's an extraordinary statement from the acting defense secretary. chris miller was on the phone during the riots at the capitol with nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, mit

it's a me was to saddam hussein him, america said how ties with our he does, but in 2008 to pentagon study concluded there was no direct link between the 2. what's more, the bush administration of the time, also claim that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. with a declassified u. s. report shows those claims are based on assumptions, not facts. economics professor richard wolf believes washington's true intentions were never related to terrorism. well, the number of dimensions of this, the 1st one, as you rightly point out, was snatching the oil and avoiding what might have happened if saddam had been able to go in the way. and the whole region had reorganized itself in terms of the global oil trade in claims of the role of the dollar in that trade and all the strategic questions around that. but you can call it whatever you want. this is also a piece of the united states and playing around with words to avoid admitting that is not going to help the situation. and i think it's an open question. what is going to happen now? which will destabilize the region, the stabilize the oil i

get some insight in it to a german and us relations beyond the diplomatic visit, we bring in former pentagon official, mike, i'm with michael. great to have you. and i give you a big day actually you are my 1st guest and over a year and a half to be here. and i'm, and i'm honored that it's you on a big day because you do have the, this is the 4th president, chancellor merkle has actually worked with. we talked about fair and went through this whole list of things you and i last about north through and i want to get to north with the reality of if anything can change. but is there actually anything realistic that can be still accomplished considering the chance or is expected to retire this fall and we still don't know her successor yet. that's correct. well, i think this, even though this is her swan song, i think from biden's standpoint, this meeting was good in order to reinforce the alliance with germany, of course, be in the top country in the, in the nato alliance. and i think it was a reaffirmation that america is still back there and, and they're still going to be in the lead. and tha

but pentagon officials maintain that us assistance to iraq will continue as well. a military presence that is transitioning from a combat role. busy to an advisory, one, the strategic importance of the relationship between the 2 countries made clear at a meeting between the us secretary of state and the iraqi foreign minister. we are course closer to partners in the fight against basis. and we can take tremendous pride in the work we've done together to defeat isis, and to make sure that it's safe defeated. but i think what today is demonstrating is that the partnership between the united states and iraq is much broader and deeper than even the common fight against places. this series of decisions by the trump administration massively complicated iraq ties with the u. s. chief among them, the abandonment of the nuclear deal with iran in 2018. last year. it was us assassination of iranian general customs. so the money while he was visiting baghdad, iraq effective b became a proxy battle ground in the increasingly volatile relationship between the u. s. and iran. and

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and chief milley briefed reporters at the pentagon. they talked about relocating interpreters to the united states. and also a new book reporting that general milley thought that president trump would enter into a coup after losing the election. >> thanks for coming today. i'd like to talk briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations, which is, of course, the indo-pacific. and then i'll add just a few words on afghanistan, which is on all our minds here, and i'd like to start by saying, i'm looking forward to my second trip to the region as secretary of defense. this time we're headed out to southeast asia, and i'm glad to have the opportunity to engage with leaders there. i'm especially looking forward to making keynote remarks in singapore about how we're strengthening one of our unmatched strategic assets in the region which is our powerful network of allies and partners. i'll follow up -- i'll follow that up with stops in vietnam and the philippines where i'll meet with my counterparts and other leade

austin and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, briefed reporters today at the pentagon. they talked about the afghanistan troop withdrawal and efforts to relocate the military's interpreters to the united states. new reporting that general milley feared former president would carry out a coup after losing the election. >> thanks to all of you for coming today. i would like to start by talking briefly about my trip later this week to our priority theater of operations, the indo pacific. then i will add a few words on afghanistan, which is on all of our minds here. i would like to start by saying i am looking forward to my second trip to the region as secretary of defense. this time we are headed to east asia and i am glad to have the opportunity to engage in person with leaders there. i am looking forward to making keynote remarks in singapore about how we are strengthening one of our unmatched chief of assets in the region, our network of allies and partners. i will follow up with stops in vietnam and the philippines, where i will meet with my counterparts and other lea

to the pentagon. they are scrapping the exclusive cloud computing deal with microsoft opting to split the contract with amazon instead. our senior editor in singapore has been tracking the return of the jedi. what is the jedi? >> well, the jedi contract is a giant cloud computing contract. the pentagon wanted to move to a cloud computing environment. they thought that would be a better battlefield management system for them. they put out this $10 billion contract over a number of years and it was going to be a one-shot wonder. one company was going to win. it was going to be a giant boost to the arm. market moving, game changing. it did not go to who everyone thought it was going to go to. everybody thought amazon was the frontrunner for this. to the point other companies were trying to split the deal in parts to get in on it with them. it went to microsoft. amazon charged that the trump administration did not like jeff bezos because jeff bezos owns the washington post, had gotten in the way somehow.

tae: the pentagon argues that there is technical merit. the capabilities of microsoft and amazon, with their cyber security defenses and all the services they have. the pentagon will argue that it's based on merit. shery: bloomberg opinion columnist, thank you. this has moved to be a very good payday for jeff bezos. that 4.7 percent rally in amazon stock price, sending his wealth to a record of $211 billion after the pentagon announced it was canceling that cloud computing contract with microsoft. the rally boosted bezos fortune by a $.4 billion -- $8.4 billion. the last time anyone on our bloomberg ranking came close was elon musk back in january. that was when his wealth briefly hit $210 billion. we know tesla has had some growing pains since then. shery: not surprising, given that we have seen those gains for tesla stock, but those growing pains are continuing now. we are seeing tesla under pressure and china. there has been a huge onslaught of negative news when it comes to tesla, software flaws, and so on. we will watch what happens t

what does the pentagon say about the taliban's advance in. >> the pentagon is monitoring the advance of the taliban and well aware of how quickly it's moved through the afghanistan country side pushing back afghan forces. they well aware how quickly and the amount of force the taliban is moving. it's a concern here and because of that advance that military fi officials are watching it and warning a civil war is possible. the head of u.s. forces in afghanistan said this about the future of the country. >> we should be concerned. the loss of terrain has to be concerning because it's a war but a psychological and moral component to it and hope matters. >> reporter: in recent days, the administration have the authority to carry out strikes on the taliban in support of afghan forces. the decision was made that military leaders could carry out strikes in support of afghan leaders. that will give them much needed support in and when the strikes are carried out and perhaps it will give afghan military forces what the general talked about. a bit of hope knowing there's still u.s. support. the

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the comments from the pentagon sounded like saigon. very sorry to stay this. this is a dreadful and huge mistake. >> there is concern about the interpreters and the drivers who helped u.s. forces. let's play this clip. >> these are interpreters and drivers, people who warned our american troops of threats. we have to get them home. it's incumbent upon us for our allies and any future endeavors to protect democracy. if our allies can't trust to us there their backs like these afghans had our backs in a 20 year war, we can't project our democratic values across the world. >> will they get the friendly afghans out of the country and your thoughts on the withdrawal from afghanistan. >> first, happy 4th of july and independence day. i share what the secretary bennett has drawn. we have to show our commit to the individuals and families of those translators and provide a safe haven and refuge here in the u.s. let's take a step back. i think it's hard to argue that we have not done everything we can to bring a different security framework to afghanistan. i have trave

eustace at the pentagon when strategy needs culture, culture wins every time. trying to initiate those cultural changes, a change includes when we think about trust, and we handle data, the way we handle intellectual property, changed the way we can indicate within ourselves, across government and outside of government to the public at large. finally being open to constant of both extreme attention at all specs, being willing to fail. not fail as a literacy in some ways. failing in smart ways so we learn from those failures and we move forward. making those right policy changes, those investments we felt collectively would be the things that help ensure americans premises for decades to come. the wrong policies investment risk frankly seating global leadership in the right investment right policy and ultimately right cultural changes will secure a national defense and our nation for many years to come. so with that i want to again thank you all for joining us today, and i think now we are supposed to be going to the video. >> the american way of war, and more i

how is the pentagon responding this morning? what are you hearing from sources about these reports that there are those in afghanistan who are troubled, felt like it was rude, as engel pointed out there, that this exit was hasty and poorly communicated, in their view. >> so what this entire withdrawal process is shown, the u.s. does not trust the afghan government, the afghan partners they've been there, heard for years, standing shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand. it's clear they don't trust them with information like specifics when the u.s. is leaving specific bases, so if you look back to several weeks ago when the u.s. turned over the base at southern kandahar in afghanistan there were a series of small rocket attacks and mortars that came in on base that set a tone. there was a lot of concern about providing any specific information when the americans and nato allies would be leaving some of the bases. bagram as richard was showing there is this enormous sprawling base and there were tens of thousands of u.s. troops, nat

the pentagon said this was for operational security reasons. host: he could see laura's latest story on politico. she covers the defense side of issues for politico. thank you for your time this morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: with that for the context of the decision made by the president, we are asking what you think about this decision by the president. if you support it (202) 748-8000 . if you oppose it (202) 748-8001. if you are a veteran of the war and you want to give your perspective (202) 748-8002. we will start with rachel, on our support line in florida. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm happy to be here. thank you for taking my call. i support withdrawing our troops. i feel like we never should have been there to begin with. they knew ahead of time that we were going to leave. they knew that when president got -- president trump was talking about when he was president and i commend president biden for doing that. i don't support him but this is i think the first thing he has done that is right. host: you heard our g

admiral burke, speaking for the pentagon, favored the intervention. but a secretary of state rock opposed it. the risk, he said, it was too great. if we now openly to intervene, we would probably endanger our entire latin american position, and it would be an invitation to khrushchev to step in. the president said he would make his decision within the next few hours. >> at dawn, the president makes his decision. later retails it to the members of the revolutionary council, who have been flown in from florida. >> [speaking spanish] [interpreter] president kennedy was very firm, he refused three times, mexicans shooting cubans, no, no, no. the president was very upset, he wanted to explain to us why he had allowed the invasion to take place after he had decided against u.s. military support. he told us that on the day of april 13th, he sent a message to the project chief watching the brigade to get ready to sail for cuba and he asked this man whose name was jack haskins if he still felt the brigade could win by fighting alone. president kennedy showed u

but then i reached out to the pentagon, the department of defense just a few hours ago. and they responded saying yes, the haitian government has requested security and investigative assistance and we remain in regular contact with patient officials to discuss how the united states can assist for further information. we direct you to the state department. so the department of defense confirming that they ask has been made, but implying that this is going to be a diplomatic effort. so here's what we've heard from the white house so far that they are going to send f, b i. officials, federal bureau of investigation officials, department of homeland security officials to haiti in the coming days to help with the investigation. and then they're stressing other assistance. in fact, says 7.75.9000000 dollars and humanitarian assistance that they've dedicated to haiti. they also talked about the fact that president joe biden has extended the temporary protective status to the 10s of thousands of patients who are in this country something that the former president wanted to get r

barbara starr is at the pentagon and anna coren is on the ground in kabul. barbara, at the pentagon, i was meeting with some folk this is weekend with a lot of experience in afghanistan. they described to me in catastrophic terms what that country looks like after this withdrawal. and i just wonder, the folks you speak to in the pentagon, do they share that view? we know president biden made this decision over the objection of the senior military commanders. >> well i think there is a good deal of concern about the way ahead now in afghanistan. there will be about 650 u.s. troops remaining there, mainly for security. but indeed general miller as expected stepping down. it is all being turned over to other personnel for this very narrow mission in the country. which is basically enough security to keep the embassy open, keep the airport open and in fact some additional air defense capability has now been put at the airport to protect against rockets and mortars. but a lot of concern publicly the language is diplomacy, trying to get the taliban back to the pea

have you seen the pentagon? it's really, really big. really hard to surround. they have a lot of people there. and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart -- the brains, i guess you could say, of the war machine, by literally blocking the pentagon. now, there's some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say, we've been doing these marches, rallies, it's cool, we're around the pentagon, that might get some tv coverage. that's kind of clever, but people are bothered, to tell the truth, of marches, rallies and protests. we got to do something cool to catch people's attention. and this guy who thought of the troop blockade thing in berkeley, he was a guy named jerry ruben, and he's hooked up with a long-haired guy in new york city, abby hoffman, and they come up with a goof, a scam where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to plok block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of the magical rite. and if done properly, they can l

pentagon spokes kirby further clarified that u.s. the u.s. military did not give specific time bagram departure to the afghans because they couldn't risk an attack by the taliban. mike? >> mike: greg palkot, thank you. state department says iran now advancing enrichment of iranian metal is an unfortunate step backwards. foreign ministers from france, germany and the u.k. are also expressing grave concern over the latest u.n. atomic watchdog report calling it a serious violation of iran's nuclear deal with the west. up next, a wild arraignment for the man accused 6 staging a standoff with stat troopers in massachusetts. plus, you are looking at a live picture from tampa, florida, as part of the state braces for tropical storm elsa. we will have a live report next. ♪ not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing ri

at any moment pentagon officials are to speak after we woke up to a surprise, all of the u.s. troops have left bagram, the last active military base to be used in afghanistan, and few hundred troops in kabul, and we will bring you the headlines of the pentagon briefing as we get them. >>> meantime, incredible heartache of the scene where i was standing 24 hours ago. overnight, the officials say that searchers in surfside, florida, made a heart wrenching discovery. >> last night we did discover two additional victims. tragically, one of the victims was the 7-year-old daughter of a city of miami firefighter. and it goes without saying that every night since this last wednesday has been immensely difficult for everybody, and in particular the families that have been impacted, but last night was uniquely different, it was truly different and more difficult for our first responders. >> she was just 7 years old. "the miami herald" is reporting that her father was there at the site supporting the recovery effort, but not actively digging. the firefighter and his brother, another fire

structural engineer who consulted on disasters like the fiu bridge collapse and the 9/11 attack on the pentagon. he's been hired to investigate the champlain towers collapse and the work has been nonstop, nearly 13 days. >> everything's part of our investigation. we're not going to discount anything. >> reporter: over at the site of the champlain towers collapse, crews are working round the clock. but the painstaking work in the rubble is slow going. especially as hurricane elsa churns in the gulf. miami will miss the worst of the storm, but rain and wind make rescue and recovery even harder. >> these teams continue through extremely adverse and challenging conditions. through the rain and through the wind, they have continued searching. >> reporter: surfside's mayor says concern extends beyond the collapse. officials now worry about champlain tower's sister complex to the north, built by the same developer around the same time. the president of that condo association telling me last week, the building is completely fine. >> we have some concerns about not just some, but deep concerns about tha

meaning the decision will be made not by civilian leaders, but by the pentagon. again, threat to democracy, anyone? there it is. acting unilaterally the pentagon launched more than 30 drone attacks and eight night raids against the taliban and within weeks the peace deal was dead, they killed it. voters had no say in this. they operated completely independently. a little scarier and then the qanon shaman. the same justification that mark milley used later in late 2020 to overrule donald trump's order to pull out of afghanistan. milley was told the president was only possible to remove half of all forces there, not all. no one in the media seems concerned about any of this. affect "the washington post" which supports authoritarianism is already published an op-ed saying that mark milley is a hero. there are nazis amongst us, you, therefore we need to get rid of the filibuster. follow that logic. they also trying to prove that mark milley smiled at michelle obama when joe biden was getting inaugurated. the question is, why is mark milley still in command of the u.s

credibility will continue to wayne and the pentagon will have the same competency rating as right now the cdc so think about this, china is preparing to take our allies don't i, down and aggressively promoting economic influence around the globe, but what keeps our top military leaders up at night? >> the job of the defense of defenses to keep america safe from our enemies but we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks. >> biden's state department is staffed by big thinkers who downplay china's brutal crackdown on human rights as they decry our own track record in the us. the even invited the un to come in and grade their antiracism efforts. this is completely insane but again they are a bunch of self loving idiots, they are happiest when america is on her knees begging for approval and cooperation from europe and others. our intelligence agencies also risk running into the same credibility buzz saw. remember obama's director of national intelligence jim clapper claimed they were not monitoring domestic communications and we found out they were. >> when i too t

and about the billions of dollars lost annually, fraud and abuse that marks the pentagon. traditionally, our military has been one of the most trusted groups in the united states. but lately, that has been changing. in 2018, 70% of americans reported having a great deal of confidence in the military. three years later, it's down to 56%, with the largest dip among independents and republicans. so, why is this happening? now undoubtedly come our schools increasingly anti-american curricular are having some effect. then there is the entertainment industry in big tech, which are usually apologizing for america, that certainly does not inspire patriotism. but that is not the whole story. the fact of the matter is, americans know that despite trillions of spending, our military leadership hasn't won a major war outright since world war ii. americans see the rise of china and they wonder why our politicians and our generals didn't see this coming a long time ago, and then prepare us for the reality that's coming. americans see heart-wrenching losses of american military and civil

>> bret: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. lucas, thanks. up next, the panel on the u.s. invitation to the u.n. to investigate racism in america. plus, we will talk about inflation and the free britney movement coming to d.c. in the breaking news tonight. first, beyond our borders tonight, at least 72 people are dead, 1200 arrested following days of rioting in south africa the unrest sparked by the detention of former president jacob zuma. police say many of the deaths were caused by at 00 particular stampedes. pope francis is back in the vatican tonight. he spent the last 10 days in a hospital in rome after undergoing colon surgery. the pope stopped at saint mary basilica to give success to that operation and pray for others before returning home. and jets roar overhead. thousands of troops marched through paris to celebrate bastille day. france marking its national holiday after last year's events were scaled back due to coronavirus fears. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® h

this is the pentagon. they plan for everything. there's a plan somewhere for what the military is going to do if there's a zombie apocalypse in the united states. i mean, truly. so, i get it. they do plan for everything. but the idea that they really were taking this more seriously than they were conveying to us here is frustrating, frankly. >> general milley, of course, at that event in norfolk speaking, again, on nato. obviously not giving a speech in front of troops on this book. we know that's not happening. it's possible he could reference it. colonel jacobs, i want to get to you here. house speaker nancy pelosi shared publicly after january 6th that she and general milley talked about trying to limit donald trump's ability to launch some sort of nuclear strike, right? the book reports that milley reassured her that they had checks and balances in place. you now have this morning former president trump himself coming out with a statement, going after pelosi for this. this is sort of in the blood stream. i wonder as somebody wh

we think about the pentagon papers but pearson was doing that every day for 40 years. he was constantly digging up information, offending presidents he liked and those he didn't. evidence shows pearson got stories pretty accurate. sometimes he made some mistakes about it but he got the gist of stories correct. it was the person who was accusing him who was lying. the presidential press secretary saying it didn't happen. but it did. the president saying that's not true about my administration. and it was true. so i came away more confident in him and his abilities as a reporter and also the fact that almost every column he wrote is available online today. american university has digital archives. i could look up every original column and i can go back and cite the information with confidence after studying his life. host: your book is chock full of 20th-century history. it's called the columnist and it's about the life of drew pearson. thank you for your time. mr. ritchie: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the n

we're also following breaking news out of the pentagon this morning. chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley just appeared at a pentagon briefing. it's one of the first time we've seen general milley since the release of several new books written about the trump administration. and those books revealed a number of new details about the trump/milley relationship, including milley's concern that president trump would attempt a coup to stay in office. and there's also that reporting about disagreements between trump and milley about how to handle the protests around the police killing of george floyd. general milley was asked about the reporting in those books at the pentagon press conference he declined to elaborate. >> i'm not going to comment on what's in any of those books. let me just say this, though. i always, personally, provided the best military professional advice to president trump previously to president biden or any other president. we take an oath, an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states and not one time did

plus, we've got this stunning new report that says the pentagon gave tens of millions of dollars to the nonprofit at the center of the wuhan lab leak controversy. critics demanding answers. here's the debate: did u.s. tax dollars potentially go to china's biological weapons development. >> and we are asking why is the media downplaying china's increasing aggression toward the u.s. and the rest of the world, and the media is still pushing defund the police as violent crime surges and more cops are quitting? the new sound on that. also, the stage is now set. the recall begins. california governor gavin miesome faces -- gavin newsom faces a recall election september 14th. we'll tell you what the tipping point was for voters. democrats, republicans and independents a alike, they're saying the a same thing. also look at this, the biden administration now threatens sanctions on 17 countries over human trafficking when that is exploding at the u.s. border. and for the first time, texas sheriffs and i.c.e. officers suing the president, suing the biden administration for violating federal law by

to be calling the pentagon, to be trying to get control of the situation. but are behind the scenes reporting in this book shows that president trump spent those hours in front of a television set watching what was unfolding at the capitol. and essentially paralyzed from doing his duty as the commander-in-chief. instead, you have vice president pence, who is in a hideaway effectively. he was under threat physically at the capitol. his family was in danger. people were chanting, hang mike pence, all around him and it was vice president pence who is calling the pentagon and who was saying get these troops here now and get this building under secure. get this building cleared out of these rioters and importantly he refused to be evacuated from the capital because the vice president thought it was essential for the american people that he remain in the capital to do his job and certify the election whenever the senate and the house could reconvene. it's a chilling bit of reporting it speaks to how little trump did in that moment. he effectively melted away. >>

the decision would be made not by civilian leaders but by the pentagon. again, threats to democracy anyone? and the taliban that use the same justification that mark milley use later in 2022 overruleon donald trump sortable out of afghanistan filled he told the president was only possible to remove half of the forces there, not all. no one in the media seems concerned by any of this and inp fact "the washington post" which supports authoritarianism is already publishing op beds explaining that mark milley is a hero. and therefore we need to get rid of theth filibuster. this is what "the washington post" is reporting. it's a question we need to do right now. he reserved his chief of staff, and thanks so much for comingn on. do you believe this reporting is accurate? >> i believe the reporting very unfortunate and tragic that the highest uniformed officer in the country would controvert his responsibility and possibly break the law because the constitution and federal statutes only allow the chairman to advise the president.he he has no command authority wh

though the pentagon says the request is still under review. but something the u.s. will be deploying -- thousands of covid vaccine doses, possibly as early as this week kate >> okay, monica alba at the white house, thank you >>> still ahead tonight, the out of control airline passenger duct taped to her seat and an airline ceo who says the mask mandate may go away >>> also, one for the history books. novak djokovic's wimbledon win sets him up for something that hasn't been done in 30 years >>> this weekend we have seen incidents in the air and on the ground caused by unruly airline passengers one out of control traveler even had to be duct taped to her seat mid flight the disturbances have led to delayed and canceled trips for a lot of people. vaughn hillyard has more >> reporter: this weekend, unruly passengers shutting down airports and diverting planes. flight attendants duct taping this woman to her seat in a flight to charlotte this week. she had attempted to open the plane's boarding door and physically assaulted, bit, and caused injury to a flight attendant.

the pentagon is examining whether the vaccine could be required for armed forces and federal workers and contractors will get tested they cannot prove they got the vaccine or to wear their mask in the office. the cdc faces blowback over the latest guidance millions of americans wear masks indoors even if fully vaccinated. it's only a suggestion it's up to cities and states. also the cdc director is clarifying remarks she made to fox news during an interview last night. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> i think that's of the administration is looking into and we are looking into the approval of the vaccine. >> less than one hour later she said there would not be a nationwide mandate i was referring to private institution and portions of the federal government. there will not be a federal mandate that cdc is revising guidance that says everyone k-12 parents teachers and staff all required to wear masks or suggested to be even if vaccinated and that is a nonstarter for some republicans including the florida governor who signed an executive order to make it option

and you have these coffernversas talking about fourth and fifth rate people in charge at the pentagon. you have the account of mark milley receiving a call from a former military, senior military official saying, the phrase, you are an island unto yourself as the head of the military. these aren't wilting flowers, they're not alarmist. but their concern about what this president is capable of after the election is alarming. >> you get the sense how much they were holding the door. >> yes, just holding the door. >> just holding the door, afraid that it might not hold, to be honest. i want to get your insight on what we have just heard from former president george w. bush about the u.s. exit from afghanistan. let's listen. >> sadly, i'm afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. >> this is a mistake, the withdrawal? >> you know, i think it is, yeah. because i think the consequence are going to be unbelievably bad. and i'm sad. i spent -- laura and i spent a lot of time with afghan women, and they're scared. i think about all the interpreters and people that help

courtney at the pentagon for us. thank you so much. >>> joining me now to discuss this further is admiral james diplomacy analyst and the author of "2034 a novel of the next world war." admiral, great to have you with us. your reaction to down and what it means for the future of this country. your key take aways as we look at the war in afghanistan. >> let's start by keeping this final bit in perspective. when i commanded this mission from '09 to '13, we had 150,000 troops in the country. we have been well below 10,000 troops for a couple years. courtney is right. this is the very end of a marathon of withdrawal. it's time to go at this point. the president has made the decision. what we need to do, ayman, going forward is continue in the president's pledge to do this. to support the afghan security forces you're seeing on the split screen right here providing them resources. weapons, training out of the country. we also need an over the horizon capability so that we can come back in if we have to, god forbid, to get

we're live from the pentagon. and this. >> why are we victimizing children with non-science based approaches? parents like myself are asking the question can we please liberate our children and look at what the science actually says about this? because it is unfair what we're asking kids to do. >> harris: everybody is asking that question. look at what california is doing? millions of children in school in california and new york will still have to mask up this fall despite cdc guidelines to the contrary. many parents are reaching a boiling point. joe concha weighs in on "the faulkner focus". i've spent centuries evolving with the world. that's the nature of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to balance risk and reward. with one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. agile and liquid. a proven protector. an ever-evolving enabler of bold decisions. an asset more relevant than ever before. gold. your strategic advantage. this isn't just a walk up the stairs. when you have an irregular