Joy Reid on Kabul airport attacks and Lester Holt interview with Capitol officer who shot Ashli Babbitt

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut covering the two deadly explosions near the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. Within hours, there were calls from war hawks in the Republican Party for an increased military presence. Joy and her expert guests bring you their insightful analysis of these developments. Then, The ReidOut airs Lester Holt's exclusive, NBC News interview with U.S. Capitol Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd, who likely saved the lives of many lawmakers when he fatally shot Capitol insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt as she tried to breach the Speaker’s Lobby, yards from where members of Congress were evacuating. Lt. Byrd has been demonized by many conservatives, but Rep. Madeleine Dean joins us to thank him profusely as she remembers the horrors of that day. Rep Dean tells Joy Reid, "For the last seven months I have wondered who was it who was trying to help save our lives." Finally, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says on the need to evacuate as many Afghan refugees as possible, "There are veterans across this country that served valiantly, and they want to make sure that the words that they gave and the promises that they offered at the very least can be held and kept." All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.