The Secretary of State says there’s no hostage-like situation at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in Afghanistan. So what’s the holdup? And why does Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) say he’s furious? The Taliban are accused of killing a pregnant policewoman in front of her family. This, while the EU ambassador to Afghanistan voices his concerns about women’s rights after the Taliban’s takeover. A tax expert says funding the new 2022 defense budget proposal will add up and it would cost an extra $1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years.