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There. the likelihood were going to have some uneasy semi positive diplomatic relationship with the taliban in the next year, whats that likelihood? >> so i wouldnt use the word diplomatic, chuck. i think the u.s. deliberately withholding that idea of diplomatic recognition, the ideas to watch and see what the cobb does, create an inclusive government, i void the civil war that may be looming by taking in other ethnic groups. what we already are seeing and i think the u.s. would very much like t...

Afternoon at 3:29 p.m. >> historic. historic. the plane carrying the last two u.s. officials to step off afghan soil. the top u.s. diplomat in kabul, in charge of the affairs, ross wilson. and general chris donoghue, commander of the 82nd airborne division. the last soldier to leave afghanistan. officially, ending the 20-year war. president biden set to address the american people tomorrow afternoon. putting out a statement saying, and i quote, it was the unanimous recommendation of the joint ch...

Talibans offer and thought they would have far more time than they did. >> on the tactical decision on which is the right airport for an evacuation of course any responsible president would give significant weight to the advice of commanders on the ground. their advice was to close bagram and focus on kabul. >> close bagram and focus on kabul. we did that and now a lot of people are dead. nobody has apologized. if you catch your kid doing something wrong you dont rest until they apologize. this ...

So the president made it clear. its not his fault. for now, i report that union unanimous to end our mission as planned. finally the pentagon is doubling down and saying mr. president, you are right for the first time in american history great time to leave americans behind. in what country do they actually put the uniform on to represent? and if its not true this is what they will ask lucas next hour or jennifer the pentagon has got to stand up for itself they have been left tout dry by the adm...

Troops _ another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice. — troops going back to war. that was the choice, the real choice. —— say we werent— the choice, the real choice. —— say we werent leaving. the choice is between — we werent leaving. the choice is between leaving or escalating. i was not going _ between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever were, _ not going to extend this forever were and — not going to extend this forev...

Including 136,000 handguns. so what does all of this mean? lets discuss it with george town university professor and retired air force officer who served in afghanistan jody, we dont have an exact count. some say 90 billion. some say 24 billion "the washington post" today. what bothers you most about this? >> thank you for having me today. its very disturbing that we never actually really tracked where all of those weapons went or had good accountability for those weapons at the time. as a forme...

Administration and leave afghanistan or say we werent leaving and commit another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice, the real choice between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. i was not extending a forever exit. the decision to end the military lift operations at kabul airport was based on unanimous recommendation of my civilian and military advisers. the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chie...

The biden administration apparently turned down the talibans offer and thought they would have far more time than they tk-plt. >> on the tactical decision on which is the right airport for an evacuation of course any responsible president would give significant weight to the advice of commanders on the ground. their advice was to close bagram and focus on kabul. >> close bagram and focus on ka kabul. we did that and now a lot of people are dead. nobody has apologized. if you catch your kid doing...

War, and he was saying he was not going to extend the forever exit. he also made a pretty pointed criticism of those who said you shouldve kept a low-grade force of troops in afghanistan. that is something we have heard from several top former commanders at the pentagon, who said that there shouldve been a way to keep order and peace there. and he said he disagrees with putting troops in harms way. so, jake, really just a forceful defense of what has happened here, but also calling it a success ...

President, he may have something to say, im not sure whether the public is still listening now on afghanistan but what does the president hope to accomplish with his remarks today? >> reporter: were hearing from his press secretary, jen psaki, previewing remarks to take place the next couple of hours, saying he will thank those military commanders and service members for helping successfully evacuate more than 124,000 americans and afghan allies to safety over the course of the last several week...