Turn on Rachel, right %%##@ now!!!!!! Seriously,

[senseandsensibility]

watch her show tonight, either live (still on for a few more min.) or catch a repeat. You really need to see the whole thing.

If, like me, you have been irritated and/or enraged by most cable news coverage today, this is the antidote.

I especially appreciated Richard Engel, and the way Rachel gave him the opportunity to talk in a more detailed, sophisticated way about what is happening on the ground.

The whole show has been great so far and shows how this situation should be covered, if true understanding is the objective..

[JohnSJ]

1. Sure isn't a jake trapper

Rachel now has a journalist on saying the Afghans feel betrayed

but don’t know how to get out of the country

The difference between Rachel verses others, she is letting the people there report, not pontificating their personal bias

[msongs]

2. they should feel betrayed by their own government and military nt

[JI7]

3. What do they feel betrayed by ?

[JohnSJ]

8. The woman reporter said they feel betrayed by the US not getting them out

[rockfordfile]

14. Why didn't they leave way before the deadline?

The US wasn't stopping them.

[JohnSJ]

16. For the most part Maddow did not question her, but just let her talk uninterrupted.

[senseandsensibility]

5. Omg, don't even mention them

in the same breath! The buffoon and the scholar, and I know you know which one is which.

[Music Man]

4. I agree.

It's been a thorough, nuanced, sober take on everything.

[senseandsensibility]

9. Exactly!

Far from a cheerleading session for Biden or anything like that. However, she respects the viewer enough to tell the truth without screaming gotcha questions every two seconds. I actually learned much more from her show than any other I saw today.

[DanieRains]

6. TFG Had Pompeo Surrender A Year And A Half Ago

Rachel nailed it.

[NurseJackie]

15. Trump Had Pompeo Surrender A Year And A Half Ago

[hlthe2b]

7. This is just about the most complex story to be covered in years. It requires balance

and prior research into the history of the past 20 years. All we seem to have gotten all day is self-sanctimony, political point-scoring, or flat-out ignorance and refusal to acknowledge what has happened prior to today and who made those decisions.

Biden is in a no-win situation regardless of his decisions and actions. That said, I'm depressed as hell that we may leave countless thousands at the mercy of the Taliban. What CAN be done now? Yes, Rachel. That IS the question.

[Joinfortmill]

10. Agree

[BigmanPigman]

11. I'm watching it again since there is so much info to absorb.

I love Richard Engel's reporting too.

[oasis]

12. Rachel nailed it. nt

[Hekate]

13. Nicolle (1 pm) & Rachel (6 pm) both get recorded. We had to leave the house at 1:00...

…for appointments at 2:15 and 2:45, so when I finally got home I made some iced coffee and powered up the DVR.

Got to see Biden’s speech and it was everything I could have wanted. After Nicolle, I started in on Rachel.

Both of those ladies did a superb job, and Richard Engel was outstanding.

This has been a helluva news day. We are fortunate to have all the people I mentioned to help us sort it out.

They rock!