of the deal is that the pakistan taliban are not a part of it. a week ago they attacked a major city, there was a car bombing in kabul, they just killed a u.s. soldier, so again there s only peace on one side of this thing. it s a major red flag. we have to show them we re not just looking for an exit strategy. if that s what they believe we re doing which really is what it looks like then they have the time and we have the watch. we will wait this out but if they understand we re not going to let them do the things we ve done before to include 9/11 or harboring people like that then we might have a place of negotiation but the way it is right now they are killing us while we re talking to them about territory they can keep, that we spent 20 years taking away from them or fighting them over, this sounds a lot like negotiating a loss and i don t believe we deserve that. ed: he certainly points to something with a key bit of context which is 9/11 and the anniversary coming up this week
and we waited until the last minute. we had an exit strategy. when we saw the storm to be forecast to stall and turn north, we trusted the forecast and we re well prepared for it to ride it out. now, you ve been through a number of these. which one was the worst, hurricane matthew was a couple years ago, caused $5 billion of damage on the florida coast. i would have to say frances and jean were the worst for us because they were back-to-back and they really tore the neighborhood up around this area here. we had storm surge and a lot of roofs taken off, a lot of phone lines and power lines down. reporter: we ve got about 30 seconds left. what would be enough to get you to leave? what kind of warning would get you to move and heed what the authorities are asking for? i would say a direct hit from a cat 4 or 5 where there was no question that it was going to
bedminster, he did meet with officials up there. but a buildup with people who left that meeting, aevdz when they had left, they didn t feel they came to a grand conclusion where they were going to make an open announcement. but the president makes comments like that not only in front of the cameras but he as makes them in meetings like this where they re talking about what the exit strategy is going to be. what is the level at the pentagon, when you say we re going to have a meeting to end the war, the people in the front line, the generals and admirals to get people out of harm s way they want to get out as quickly as anybody, but they don t want to go back. sure. and you don t want a sustained history. the whole idea of having people in syria, just liafghanistan iso help indigenous forces get better. it s not to say we re going to
into a war, you normally have an end state after you ve achieved that end state, you have an exit strategy. what is currently being discussed isn t an exit strategy, it s an exit. it s driven by political consideration as all military negotiations are. unfortunately, this one is going to have a whole lot of repercussions and will put many people on the short end of the stick. do you think the u.s. will be safe? after this peace deal? i m sorry, will they be what? safe. will our security be intact? yeah. not from the standpoint of preventing any kind of future terroristic attack. general, always appreciate your insight and perspective. means a lot, thank you. a senior administration official tells cnn the white house is moving toward with plans to cancel millions of
stains on, looks like, a tablecloth or chair covering, the shattered ceiling tiles of the banquet hall. afghanistan s president blamed the taliban for the attack in a tweet but the taliban is denying any involvement. this is the day after president trump discussed a palestine peace plan. that would include a u.s./taliban cease-fire but without a commitment from the taliban to hold its fire on afghan people or military. general mark hertling spoke to us last hour and said that would not be the right move. when you go into a war, you normally have an end state. after you achieve that end state, you have an exit strategy. what is currently being discussed is not an exit strategy. it s purely an exit, and it s driven by political considerations as all military