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Targets with this over the horizon -- over-the-horizon capability? >> retired lieutenant general mark hertling, appreciate it. always a pleasure. thank you. in just a moment, we are going to check into the white house to see how president biden is handling whats certainly been a rough week for his presidency. with allstate for 13. weve seen a lot. but i can tell you that no matter what hits us, we always bounce back. its what we do. my name is melissa roberts. and im an allstate agent in harah...

I asked them to tell me how many suicide bombs they put off in afghanistan. they said they were 220 suicide bombs we put out this year. do we really have to focus on the strategic attacks with this over the horizon capability? >> i appreciate it. thank you. in a minute well check in with the white house to see how president biden is handling what has been a rough week for his presidency. with e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide, and returns right ...

You to anticipate, the feeling is, hey, ive got to protect my force at any cost. and sometimes you make a bad decision. so, you know, what i was saying about intel sometimes is wrong, cognitive dissonance is wrong, perfect intelligence is never there. the fact that we can strike any target at any given time all play a part. you still have human beings in the loop. and its someone making a decision to say strike, and thats where problems occur. >> also, i mean, the u.s. military did sort of conti...

Afghanistan and has a very clos relationship with al qaeda so the threats have only gone up. afghanistan is a terrorist stat now and were not there to do anything about it. >> going forward you think with fewer intelligence assets and n military boots on the ground, the biden ministration will be less likely to authorize more drone strikes? >> i think thats a reasonable conclusion. at think the biden administration like the obama administration as well would like to have that near certaint that ...

Such targets, we can strike them from outside afghan borders which is a critical part of the biden plan. once we withdraw. this over the horizon capability was demonstrated and was effective. >> you called this strike remarkable. >> this is a realization of what president biden calls the overes the horizon strategy. >> the military event today is so much more than just a single drone strike. it is a projection of power. it is a message from the united states governments that even though we are l...

Military did sort of continue to maintain this had been an accurate strike. really, until there was a lot of reporting by news organizations and then -- which they admit they actually used in their investigation to come to this determination. the -- the biden administration has touted, you know, this, quote, robust over-the-horizon capability now in afghanistan and the idea that we have such great capabilities. it -- you know, i guess, which is an argument to try to lessen the fact we no longer ...

We no longer have boots on the ground, eyes on the ground in the same way that we did. this certainly does, though, raise questions about our ability to actually have the capabilities without people on the ground, without better intelligence. >> it depends, anderson. what i would suggest to you is, yes, youre absolutely right and ive been saying this from the beginning. the touting of an over the horizon capability comes with a caveat. it may be an over the horizon capability for major targets. ...

And britain will provide australia with the technology and capability to deploy nuclear—powered submarines. the bbc�*s north america editorjon sopel says the move is unprecedented. never in the history of the us—french relationship has france recalled its ambassador from washington. this is what you do with countries that you dont have close relations with. france has a very close relationship historically with the united states of america — and that shows the level of fury that there is...

According to the mayor, and we see more people going as we speak. so this crisis continues to worsen. and its continued to worsen since president biden took office. you pointed out 200,000 last month alone. typically border crossings go down in the summer months. not the case this year. what immediate action needs to happen right now? what action could president bidens secretary take? >> well, first of all, the numbers like that are not necessarily republican or democratic numbers. theyre not ne...

As careful as we possibly can. and nothing is ever perfect. i know i have been on the other end of this in terms of having launched strikes based on bad intelligence. it happens. but i think we need to pause here long enough to talk about the strategy this family is going through. now to see their entire family wiped out over a mistake that we made. so i think it causes some question about going forward, using our over-the-horizon capability, making sure that as best we can whatever admonitions ...