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They used to be, history says otherwise. >> recent history says otherwise, the taliban allowed al qaeda to homestead on their territory for the past two decades. there military wing, the connie network and the deputy of their network is a designated terrorist, they were the ones mounting suicide attacks against coalition forces and the afghan government and have a close and collaborative relationship with al qaeda. we should have no illusions what afghanistan is about to become on the precipice ...

Not long ago in june, tony blinken assured america that afghanistan would definitely not fall in just a matter of days. >> i dont think its going to be something that happens from a friday to monday, so i wouldnt necessarily equate the departure of our forces in july, august, or by early september with some kind of immediate deterioration in the situation. >> tucker: of course as we just learned, thats exactly what happened. the country collapses from friday to monday. how did this happen? its w...

Not long ago in june, tony blinken assured america that afghanistan would definitely not fall in just a matter of days. >> i dont think its going toni be something that happens from a friday to monday, so i wouldnt necessarily equate the departure of our forces in july, august or by early september with some kind of immediate deterioration in the situation.it >> tucker: of course as we just learned, thats exactly what happened. the country collapses fromke friday to monday. how did this happen? ...

Iraq. i think there are a lot of people that decided they just wanted to get the military into these places and that somehow or another, we would muddle through, that things would improve. a generation ends when its illusions are exhausted. i think it was arthur miller that said that. what you are seeing now on television, this mass chaos and dissolution is the end of the illusions that began long ago in the aftermath of desert storm with her successors. why are we using the army? you keep talki...

Wanted to get the military into these places and that somehow or another, we would muddle through, that things would improve. a generation ends when its illusions are exhausted. i think it was arthur miller that said that. what you are seeing now on television, this mass chaos and dissolution is the end of the illusions that began long ago in the aftermath of desert storm with her successors. why arent we using the army? you keep talking about how good it is, lets use it. he obviously was not ex...

Illusions on our part. but what we have created is a civil society in the cities where an entire generation have grown up feeling connected to the world with ideas and freedoms and possibilities that they never had before. all of that has collapsed overnight. while were figuring out how to get some of them out, lets spare a moment for the utter tragedy of what weve done to those young afghans, what promises weve broken. thats why the presidents speech yesterday left me feeling a little bit sick....

University level. thats what afghan women are leaving in fear of at the moment. i dont think we should be under any illusions, any words from the taliban that are going to guarantee what we would understand as rights for womens education are going to be upheld. its deeply disturbing, but i do believe thats the position were at at the moment. >> nic, ive just been told that the u.s. has completed its evacuation at the u.s. embassy. when i was talking to nick paton wa walsh, you could hear helicop...

What is happening in afghanistan right now is deeply depressing and truly horrifying. as the united states military pulls out of that country in a hasty, haphazard, almost cruel manner, cities and towns keep falling to the taliban. that group is thought to now control half of the countrys provincial capitals including afghanistans second largest city kandahar and its capital kabul, well, it could be next. those of us who support the united states pulling out, who have been calling for an end to ...

Through senate. the first hard bill was passed yesterday with 19 republican votes including mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. they have no illusions it will happen anything like that. this second bill which is what they call human infrastructure. things like universal pre-k, two years of community college, expanded medicare, climate change measures. that kind of thing. theyre going to have to do this entirely on their own votes. the democrats have a 50/50 senate with the vice president bre...

Cases that are not the more, theyre not breaking and entering, theyre not being in places they shouldnt have been. theyre not illegally entering the building. but speak to conspiracies to come to washington to try to stop the election. it will take time to get those through courts. that is big challenge facing the justice department right now on january 6th. >> peter baker, final word goes to you. i dont know much but $3.5 trillion seems like a lot of money. talk about how the white house is fee...