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Unfortunately had to take the last shot, it would be like bringing up somebody from triple a and pushing them into a seventh game of a world series with bases loaded and say go in there. and, of course, garrett is taking a lot of heat for putting these kids in at the very end. and just horrific racial abuse being showered on them, which, of course, makes it a terrible situation even worse. but well talk to roger bennett about that. the newly sworn in american, who, of course, im sure is still fi...

William from rome. the car horns have been beeping herejust as they have been beeping herejust as they have been beeping herejust as they have been in the italian capital. st georges flags all the way along when —— when high street. the scenes down wembley way are a sight to behold. it does take me back, to euro 96. i have not felt this kind of atmosphere since then, englands ran it to the semifinals then when they got knocked out on penalties by germany, but they lifted that semifinal curse...

Capabilities beyond that. we have the ability to do it even from afar, even from those bases in the middle east, an aircraft carrier thats in the indian ocean, we can to that and weve proven we can do that, in places like libya. its not that we havent done that before or that theres a scrap of earth that we cant reach if we need to. chris: when you talk about libya, we think of benghazi and we think of when the embassy was under attack -- were not talking about that. were talking about them hatc...

Instead, the crews stay on the outside, fanning out in small boats. theyre rigged to compressor pumps and long tubes — a risky alternative to air tank diving. they pass by what looks like old torpedo or artillery shells. possible remnants from the time america maintained military bases in the philippines and used the shoal as a firing range.

Im curious to get your thoughts as to -- does the taliban retaun a degree of popularity or support? what is it that, you know, based on your reporting and what youre hearing from sources, why are they so successful in being able to move so quickly against the afghan government and the national forces? >> well, the taliban definitely have an upper hand. theyve been able to take control of close to 170 districts across afghanistan. most of them in the north. a lot of the districts and bases fell w...

Counter-terrorism where half the worlds terrorists still exist and the intelligence community is clear. they do intend to hit the united states again. but, oh, by the way, the base that we have there that biden just closed was sandwiched between china, russia and iran. it was a strategic base. thanked was the only one that we had in the region. that said, what i was looking for yesterday, he doubled down on his withdraw policy. whats the plan, president biden, for the day after american troops a...

We talked to a lot of people in kabul and they have opinions, first, real fear of the taliban. real tension about what would happen if they came here and upset about the quick, precipitous way the united states left some bases here, including balgrum, one week ago. they want more assurance. they want more security and frankly, there is real concern here. back to you. >> greg palco, live on the ground in afghanistan, greg, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: this from the white house, president biden s...

For the afghan security forces and the over the horizon capabilities because we dont have bases close to afghanistan which is 600 miles from the sea, and so big challenges ahead, and as we talked about also, geoff, he laid out the case for what, why he made the decision moving forward. i will close by saying that i wanted to pick up a point that he made at the end of was it all a waste of time, and i would say no. i would bet my very good friend and colleague brett james that we accomplished the...

So, really, as the president said, it is now up to the people of afghanistan to decide their future, for a government to come together to stop the political infighting, to serve the people, to unify the military, and make sure that those bases that are being fled, you know, that you pay the soldiers who are at these outposts, that you stop corruption, you know, in higher places, that you give these people a reason to believe. that is what this country needs. it needs hope and it needs purpose, a...

Common for large bases to have rv parks for families or for retirees to relax. ten people were injured. no life-threatening injuries. they were taken to local hospitals. this place holds about 15,000 people. it is a home base for trident nuclear subs. no material was damaged and no sensitive material is damaged. commanders say most of this could be a lot worse, but anyone who has been to a storm is familiar with these pictures. you are seeing things scattered around. one of those rvs actually en...