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Commanders and the u.s. forces. now that they are not in the picture or the calculation, isis will undoubtedly launch more strategic attacks targeting painful spots for the taliban. that will include some of the infrastructure that the taliban needs to govern. of course, kabul airport is case in point. >> last question for you, as president biden threatens in no uncertain terms of the people who carried out this bombing will pay, they will be hunted down and they will pay, is it possible that th...

Conversations with our allies whose afghan friends confirm what we had already heard and what we learn from our afghan friends. and thats why the administration, the military establishment was so, so certain that something like this was hi going to happen and they predicted it quite well. >> and, colonel jack, the it president -- um -- issued a very explicit threat -- um -- to the perpetrators of todays attack h that claimed so many u.s. lives and so many afghan lives. he said we will hunt you d...

Around her killing on january 6 and the way that president trump, first among all of them, has been demanding the identity of this officer in a very threatening way, and he talked tonight about the threats hes had, what do you make of his decision to identify himself, to go on camera to say, it was me, this is my name, this is where i worked, this is what happened? >> its a bold move and i think he sort of weighed out why he was deciding to do that because, you know, he stood up on january 6 and...

And five injuries or killed, question dont know all of the answers so there would still be a sweep of the area. there would be more reports of shootings and other shooters, but you would not want to have someone laying in a room bleeding to death or shooting somewhere else. there is still a sweep going on but it is tamped down. >> i want to bring in pete williams. we just lost pete as well. colonel jack, are you with us? >> yes. >> can you help us understand the gun laws in the state of florida,...

Lasting 120 hours to allow those kurdish led militias to withdrawal from the northern border region. i want to talk about the situation on the ground in northern syria. thats where nbcs news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is standing by. colonel jack jacobs is still here as well. richard, weve been saying this. donald trump says the kurds are very happy with this deal. what can you tell us from on the ground? >> they are not very happy with this deal. they want to save their lives. so...

Dont make any sense. dont forget you had a president who started his administration out decrying nato, the strongest alliance weve had for over 75 years and is now substantially weakened as a result of the presidents approach. now, everybody is -- the people i talk to and others talk to -- are saying exactly the same thing. were not certain that we can rely on you not just to support us, they say, but even to pursue your own international security objectives. its very, very dangerous time. >> we...

Themselves. but frankly, they dont hold a lot of cards. they were getting slaughtered. they were facing the second largest army in nato. an army that apparently had the green light of the united states even though president trump says he never gave the green light. but the u.s. never actually tried to stop this conflict. there were -- there have been, throughout this time, american forces in syria who were ordered to do nothing to stop the turkish assault. so this -- this -- this was a great vic...

Cancelled his visit to the white house. >> no. here. the bottom line here is that everything notwithstanding, we have demonstrated that were not interested in defending our own interests anywhere. that we would prefer to withdrawal totally from the world stage and thats going to make our own defense much more difficult over time. >> colonel jack jacobs, thank you very much appreciate that. joining me now, house majority democratic congressman from south carolina jim clyburn. id like to get your ...

Northeastern syrian border in spite of international condemnati condemnation. turkey is claiming its taken a key kurdish down. united nations officials say more than 130,000 people have been displaced so far. following developments for us, nbcs bill neely and keir simmons and msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs. we go fierce to keir. keir, what does that mean and what is the latest there? >> reporter: well, i think people are increasingly cynical about the ambition to create a safe zone...

>> very concerning. theyre going to reconstitute. some already have. i think that the escaped isis fighters are going to form the colonel of a new terrorist threat in the entire region and we have yet to see whats going to happen as a result of that. but were not going to like the results, darea. >> im sure well continue this conversation in the days ahead. great to have you here this morning. president trumps boasting about his new partial trade deal. who is going to benefit and how will it p...