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addressing the nation from the blue room balcony at the white house where he is in isolation with rebound covid case. the cleric, that justice has been delivered. and warning that the united states will defend the american people. >> no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out. >> we are also learning some more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri, children what was being call...

The doha agreement that ultimately led to the u.s. withdrawal of troops. meaning the taliban said that they would not allow terrorists. groups to have a safe haven in afghanistan. but it now raises questions about the future, potentially, of u.s. taliban relations. something that is potentially been on the horizon in the long term. now, all of that even more into question with all of these revelations. >> colonel leighton i see you shaking your head. do you want to get in on that? >> i think jer...

From afghanistan last year. you will recall that at the time president biden was announcing that withdrawal he bowed that the united states would still maintain, quote, overturn the horizon capabilities. what are over the horizon capabilities? it is exactly what we saw this past weekend. with the ability to carry out this drone strike. the president, and administration officials had said, that even without boots on the ground they would make sure that they have the capability to go after terrori...

Trying to secure agreements to have more u.s. bases closer to afghanistan. because right now all the u.s. troops are gone. go ahead, sorry. >> no, richard, you are exactly where im going with this. theres the geographical piece of this. much are made over the horizon capabilities, et cetera. were looking at a map here. bases that do have u.s. access. >> exactly. if you look, theyre all pretty far away and theyre all in the arabian gulf. those are the closest bases. before you had troops inside a...

It a righteous strike. youu stand by this general milly tonight? by the way, you should be on administrative leave pending the results of a real investigation as to the seriousness of the charges against him. and take a look. >> where there are others killed? >> yes, there were othersim killed. who they are, we dont know. we will try to sweep through all of that. we believe the procedures at this point i dont want to influence the outcome of the investigation, but the procedures were correctly f...

Is there a military solution? is there a diplomatic one? how can or should the u.s. be involved in trying to stop that? >> well, i think we have an obligation to try to stop that. even without being physically present in afghanistan in a military sense. so what would entail is both a diplomatic and military possibility. we can do a lot from standoff locations. in essence what president biden is talking about from his over the horizon capabilities. thats not just intelligence. its not just gather...

Laden was killed in 2011, why didnt we transition at that time. because it was turning into a civil war. the important thing overall is, i think, for the future is that afghanistan and afghans will rule their own country. it may be taliban rule but theyll rule their own country and being independent and thats important. weve got to ensure, though, that afghanistan does not become another training area and/or growth area for terrorism that can cause problems throughout the region and the world. b...