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Joining me to talk about all of this, secretary of state mike pompeo. secretary, thank you for joining us. when did you find out the taliban were coming to camp david, and when did you find out the meeting had been canceled? >> jake, its great to be with you this morning. i was out a few hours ago at dover air force base for the dignified returns of sergeant first class brettio. and it reminded me of the commitments president trump and our team has to make, make sure we never have a terror strik...

Saying. >> the president believed that we could further that, that we could further americas national interests by having conversations with people that have the capacity to deliver on what you just described. that was the effort. that was the mission. that was the purpose that president trump has laid out. but you saw if the taliban dont beha behave, dont deliver on the commitments theyve made to us for weeks now and in some cases months, the president of the united states is not going to reduc...

Deal. >> i want to read you a tweet. he wrote, quote, never should leaders of a terrorist organization that has not renounced 9/11 and continues in evil be allowed in our great country. never, full stop, unquote. i think there are a lot of americans out there who had been surprised the taliban had been invited to camp david, especially the week of the 9/11 commemoration. >> i know adam well. i served alongside him as member of the house of representatives. i have enormous respect for him and his...

Not looking good. arthel: i stepped on your toes we see you feel the taliban will become more powerful or sinister in the wake of this. >> im afraid so. arthel: john jordan, thank you. eric: iran remains defiant with its decisions to use centrifuges to speed up iranian enrichments. even though officials say the move violates the 2015 the theater. iran is trying, they say, to increase pressure on europe to try to find crude oil abroad despite patient. the nuclear program claimed the european unio...

Responsible for that terrorist attack, of course. so the president is inviting them at one point to camp david, the presidential retreat there in maryland just day s before te anniversary of 9/11, just a month after the taliban put out a statement supporting those attacks. you as a former ambassador, what do you make of the optics in all of this? >> the optics couldnt be worse. it is, as you say, the anniversary of 9/11 and to be shaking hands and sitting down with the same taliban leaders who h...

Important role camp david played in planning the response to 9/11. >> well, there were lots of discussions around that. camp david has a long history, an important history, and its also had an important role in complex peace negotiations. sometimes with some pretty bad actors, as you well know. yes, there was discussion about that, and the president ultimately made the decision, if we could get that, if we could get commitments and put in place a verification regime that would give us confidence...

We were making progress along the way. president trump was supportive of thot efforts. but make no mistake, chuck. were not going to withdraw our forces without making sure we achieve president trumps twin objectives, any reduction of our forces will be based on actual conditions, not commitments, but actual conditions on the ground. >> given that conditions appear to be worsening -- >> thats not true. i dont believe thats true. if youre the taliban, conditions have been worsening and theyre abo...

Signatories stick to their commitments so will we but until then well go our own way the europeans should know that there isnt much time left but if you want to act you should do so quickly. if your goal whom the us but the europeans are sticking to their demands weve been very clear and consistent that our commitment to the nuclear deal depends on food compliance by iran. on the streets of tehran many support the governments hard line on the nuclear deal. with industrial europeans and doing the...

And there have been no commitments by the ruling parties. but theres no record of the chancellor saying i dont care who does it as long as someone does it and so its the same as ever everyone keeps passing the buck and in this case its between the transportation ministry because of the rivers and the environment ministry because of the sea but minister you know we were eager to talk to those ministries about the growing problem of underwater ordinance and made several interview requests. of cour...

Understand china is a bad actor. there are better ways to go about this. such as getting a coalition together not going at a unilaterally. perhaps we could look at our international partners in europe and get together together. we cant do this unilaterally. leland: thats a talking point weve heard from the other side as well. unclear if the president got any commitments for that when he was there for the g7. bobby, enjoy the rest of the weekend out in los angeles. >> thank you, sir. leland: good...