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Different? theyre going to look to blame intelligence. intelligence says dont blame us. we told you. so, how are you going to stop the finger pointing at each other if blinking every time he gets a question points to somebody else? >> well, i will tell you the finger pointing is going it continue im sure. we already know what happened here. brian. what happened is the intelligence, for the most part. gave good intelligence this wasnt going to work. the state department -- im sorry the department...

Have done so much to protect ourselves at home.— have done so much to protect ourselves at home. you said to ourself ourselves at home. you said to yourself immediately _ ourselves at home. you said to yourself immediately after - ourselves at home. you said to yourself immediately after the | yourself immediately after the 9/11 attacks when you were looking at a map of afghanistan that its where great powers go to die. were you write about that, given the chaotic us for us exit? d0 that, give...

I rememberthe sounds, more than visual. - you know, its something ill never forget. - as the tower did come down, we were maybe 1500 feet - from the base of the tower. and, of course, a large - plume of pulverised concrete and, you know... it came towards us, just about to where we were| and we backed up into there, i and we took a boatload of 50, 60 people onto the chelsea screamer. we were jockeying for position. any boat, a tug boat, a pleasure boat, a ferry, anybody and everybody who can get...

It came towards us, just about to where we were| and we backed up into there, i and we took a boatload of 50, 60 people onto the chelsea screamer. we were jockeying for position. any boat, a tug boat, a pleasure boat, a ferry, anybody and everybody who can get in there and take someone off the island. it was sort of chaotic. everything, all the public transportation had been shut down, so there was no other way for me to get north of the towers. it was like a trafficjam, but full of boats on the...

It came towards us, just about to where we were| and we backed up into there, i and we took a boatload of 50, 60 people onto the chelsea screamer. we were jockeying for position. any boat, a tug boat, a pleasure boat, a ferry, anybody and everybody who can get in there and take someone off the island. it was sort of chaotic. everything, all the public transportation had been shut down, so there was no other way for me to get north of the towers. it was like a trafficjam, but full of boats on the...

And preserve the american homeland. joining us from ground zero in manhattan is nbc correspondent ron allen. we will see president biden there tomorrow at ground zero and he is going to be visiting all three sites. it is open to the public, and what are you hearing from the people to pay respects today? >> well, geoff, it is complicate and emotional, and this is a sacred place, and it is very powerful place. there are thousands of people today who have been drawn here to see and to be a part of ...

Of countries that are harboring them, it would be a blessing but there is not. >> bret: its interesting to look back at the start of that and today general, the taliban, you called a tear group now. is in control of afghanistan get your thoughts on how things have gone and what have you seen. >> for those of us on the front end of this, that saw the hope in the eyes and thoughts and conversations we had with our afghan friends, to have that all dashed or at least most of it dashed at this point ...

It is they continue to come in every day, american troops continue to deploy. theyve lost thousands and thousands of troop lives in both wars in afghanistan and iraq, in our forever wars and yet they keep reporting in to work every day, keep coming in and a mark of resilience when you reflect back on the last 20 years. the military has shown and now you see its so weird, because ten years ago when barack obama was marking the ten-year anniversary, he could say a few laden. president biden can sa...

And we have to be vigilant and we had better be fighting them over there so we dont have to confront them at home again. >> john: it will be a very moving day tomorrow, with the thought as well that the taliban is now back in control of afghanistan. karl rove, great to see you today. thanks. we appreciate it. >> sandra: top brass behind the chaotic withdraw from afghanistan may soon take questions from congress. secretary of state antony blinken will kick things off before his appearance with ho...

>> reporter: for the first time in more than a week, no afghanistan briefing in the situation room appeared on the presidents schedule, as these new images of the final moments of americas longest war emerged. white house press secretary jen psaki said the u.s. is still committed to getting the remaining 100 to 200 americans out of afghanistan. but its unclear when or how such a diplomatic mission would take place. >> with every american citizen we have contact with about our efforts and our com...