- Now a classified cable fromthe U.S. embassy has revealed

there was intelligence that Afghanistan

could quickly cave to the Taliban

despite the president'sprotests to the contrary.

The international communityis also turning its outrage

on Biden,

with one European leadercalling his blunder, quote,

the greatest debaclein the history of NATO.

Here's Jennifer Wishon with more.

- [Jennifer] As many as 15,000 Americans

and tens of thousands more Afghans

who helped the U.S. militaryremain on the ground

in Afghanistan, desperateto escape the Taliban.

U.S. troops have restoredsome order inside the airport,

but outside,

(gunfire exploding)

panic continues,

reports that at least 12 peoplehave been killed this week

due to gunfire or stampedeas the Taliban blocks people,

even some Americans with passports,

from getting through checkpoints.

President Biden says no matterwhen U.S. troops withdrew,

chaos was sure to follow.

- Getting out would be messyno matter when it occurred.

- [Jennifer] But a classified cable

from the U.S. embassy in Kabul

to Secretary Blinken July 13th

warned of the Taliban's swift gains

and the collapse of the Afghan military

and called for speeding up evacuations.

Now, the president faces criticism

from America's NATO allies.

This is the greatest debacle

that NATO has seen since its foundation,

and it is an epochal change we are facing,

said Armin Laschet,

who's expected to becomethe next German chancellor.

In Britain, members of Parliament united

to hold President Biden in contempt,

accusing him of throwing the UK

and everybody else into the fire

in a move they fear willembolden Russia and China.

- Like many veterans, thislast week has been one

that has seen me strugglethrough anger and grief and rage.

The feeling abandonmentof not just a country,

but the sacrifice that my friends made.

- [Jennifer] And nowAmerica's European allies

are looking inward,

frustrated with Biden's unilateral move

they say damaged and humiliated NATO.

- We can set out a visionclearly articulated

for reinvigorating ourEuropean NATO partners

to make sure that we are notdependent on a single ally,

on the decision of a single leader.

- And this afternoon,President Biden is set

to update Americans on evacuation efforts.

Jennifer Wishon, CBN News.

And, Pat, the president haspledged to keep U.S. troops

on the ground in Afghanistan

until every single American is evacuated.

- Jennifer, there werereports of Afghans rising up

in protest to the Taliban.

Can you tell me what'shappening on the ground?

- Sure, you know, ironically, Pat,

yesterday was AfghanistanIndependence Day,

and so you saw pockets ofAfghans waving their flag

and protesting thistakeover by the Taliban.

They say the Talibandoes not represent them.

They unfortunately were quickly dispersed

with gun-wielding members of the Taliban,

and this is where we are.

We have the Afghan people ina matter of days have gone

from freedom to living in fear.

We know that women whohave enjoyed freedom,

who have been going to school,who have been holding jobs

are now burning evidence of all of that.

We have reports of womenwho say that young girls,

they and their friends areprepared to kill themselves

if the Taliban comes to their doors

and tries to take them away

because they think deathwould be much better

than anything they could experience

at the hands of the Taliban.

Men also burning any evidence

that they worked alongside the U.S.

And here's the problem.

You know, yesterday, thepresident made it sound

like the Taliban was giving safe passage

to Americans and their allies.

That is not the case.

The Taliban is manning these checkpoints

as people try to go to the airport.

They're manning them with guns.

And so you have Americans

who are having a hardtime getting through,

even if they have an American passport.

You have America's allies whoneed to get to the airport,

but they're afraid toshow the Taliban evidence

that they worked with the U.S,

and so it's just a debacle.

It's gonna be, take a miracleto get all the Americans

and all of the alliesout in a timely manner.

And, Pat, I can't help butthink it sure would be helpful

if America still hadcontrol of Bagram Air Base.

- Jennifer, this presidentreally is clueless.

You know, he got on theair, was being interviewed

and said there's nothing.

How could I have made any difference?

I couldn't see it.

He doesn't know anything,

and we have a nation thatis without leadership.

Did you have anything in the polls?

They're really starting to turn,

the American people are turningagainst him, aren't they?

- Absolutely, Pat.

This has been a totaldisaster for this president,

and we now have the numbers to show it.

You look at thepresident's approval rating

on Friday, August 13th.

That was the Friday a week ago

before Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

On that day, he was enjoyinga 53% approval rating.

Fast forward to Monday,August 16th, this past Monday,

his approval rating dropped to 46%.

That is a 7% drop injust a matter of days.

And as you said, Pat,

this president is tonedeaf about the situation,

and he only continues todouble and triple down

on these decisions that he's made.

You know, I think this,anyone who lived through 9/11,

anyone who lived through thebeginning of the Afghan War,

you look at my generation.

I know people who fought in the war.

I know people who arestill living with injuries

from the war.

I know people who died in the war.

You have parents who lost children.

You have Americans, injust a matter of weeks,

we'll commemorate 20 yearssince the attacks of 9/11, 2001,

and once again, the Talibanis in control in Afghanistan.

I think Americans are outragedat what they're seeing,

the desperation of theAfghan people after so many.

You know, we're proud ofseeing Afghans get to vote

for the first time.

It truly is just a terriblesituation for this country,

certainly for the Afghanpeople, and for this president.

And you know, his agenda iscertainly dead on arrival.

This is gonna be with himfor many weeks and months.

- Are anybody resigning?

I mean, the secretary of state is a loser.

The chairman of thejoint chief is a loser.

The secretary of defense, I mean,

he's got a group ofincompetence surrounding him,

and he himself, apparentlythis nation is leaderless.

Is anybody resigning onaccount of all these things?

- Well, pressure isbeginning to grow there.

The president, you know, isstanding by his decision,

and he says that his militaryadvisors did not advise him

to keep a small number of troops there,

that everyone was on board here.

But you'd have to wonder,Pat, about the intelligence.

We've been there for 20 years.

Didn't we know, didn't we see

how quickly the Taliban was moving?

Didn't someone read that cablefrom our embassy employees,

more than 20 Americansworking in the embassy,

who said, hey, the Talibanis taking over here.

The Afghan army is not holding.

We've gotta act fast to get Americans

and our allies out of here.

Somebody was asleep at the switch,

and so if the president isn'twilling to take the blame,

then you have to wonder ifheads are gonna begin to roll

in terms of people getting fired.

- Jennifer, thank you very much.

And ladies and gentlemen,I'll tell you what.

It's up to the Lord to do something,

but we have the greatest nation on earth

and it is leaderless.

The president and vicepresident are both incompetent,

and they have done terrible things.

Every decision he's making is bad.

We're having (indistinct) inflation,

we have the Southern borderbeing overrun with people,

thousands of them coming in,

we're busing those peopleunvaccinated throughout America,

and you've got this problem

with job availability

of workers

because the president continues

to give these government payments

so people get more money from not working.

It's a chaotic situation,

and every single thing that's going on,

our nation is without a leader,

and it's time that Americanpeople do something.

If nothing else, ask theLord for a change wherever

because we are, this is thegreatest nation on Earth,

and we are flounderingbecause of bad leadership.