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Served the u.s. military and u.s. contractors during the last 20 years. that i think is going to be a moral imperative and that moral imperative may very well speed up some kind of relationship that the u.s. has with the taliban at the moment. >> as we look at where the country stands, this weekend the chairman of the joint chiefs gave a dire assessment of afghanistans future. take a listen. >> i think theres at least a very good probability of a broader civil war. and that will then in turn lea...

Action on my bill backed plan. >> kayleigh: senator schumer went on to say "we will make new york declared a disaster area. climate change is undeniable. it is an imperative that we must pass the infrastructure and budget reconciliation bill heard" an emphasis on dependency of the federal government as a cash cow, also making everything about political agenda. >> julie: $1.3 trillion. joe manchin is coming out and saying "we dont need to spend that money. because clips then you get people like a...

Devastation. the number of lives that were lost and its a real wake-up call to all of us how we must understand how this climate change is impacting us. >> and eric, what are people who are stuck supposed to do? i was just talking to beverly price. she was on her way to work last night. she has been stuck in a subway station since 11:30 p.m. last night and was with other people stuck there since 10:00 p.m. they have no way to get home. what are they supposed to be doing right now? >> right now i...

Long period in which certainly is a terrorist group and as insurgency they received a lot of attention but perhaps a lot less on what it was doing politically and the level of support it did have in certain parts of the country. so as we look back, i dont think you can take the assumptions that were made three or four months ago and put the blame on misreading then. because the eroding stalemate, the changes on the ground taking place were occurring across very many years, and some of these conc...

The real story here is not what has happened over the past two weeks or so. but whats happened over the past 20 years. we failed. we embarked upon a major effort to -- to build a nation, to create a legitimate government, to build an army that would defend afghanistan. we failed on every count. a costly failure, in terms of blood and money and, therefore, it seems to me the imperative of the moment is to -- is to ask the question how did this happen? what do we need to do to make sure it doesnt ...

Forward think about war and the objectives of war and accomplishing your initiatives first, which was to root out al qaeda from afghanistan to chase bin laden out of the country and ultimately get him, they did those things. we can talk about afghanistan, iraq, back to vietnam, down the line. do you think, because it seems like lessons are not learned from generation to generation, afghanistan could lead to a change about the way wars are planned and executed. in other words, not staying for 20 ...

Seem to have done any of those basic things about setting up processes within government, putting resources, talking to regional partners, to make sure that we can set up processing centres on the other side of the border, all those basic conversations just dont seem to have happen yet. thats a really, really shameful thing for this government after the chaos of recent days to not even be on the front foot about dealing with those who have been left behind, those who helped us and supported us w...

Circumstances and the country can be very proud of what the armed forces have done but there is more work to be done. there is a priority to look after those who have come to this country, there needs to be a reasonable strategy which im still looking for one, for the at—risk afghans i wanted to depart afghanistan, longerterm afghans i wanted to depart afghanistan, longer term we need to work out how to help those people. it is imperative we get the big agencies, who, unicefand it is imperativ...

Working to evacuate individuals from kabul right now, welcome to you both. senator, tell us about your legislation and why it was necessary. >> yes, thank you so much trey. i introduced legislation that would speed up the process for our special im immigrants visas allow more of those afghans to come into the united states oncer they were properly vetted, that is important. they have drug their feet now we see the fall of afghanistan, and a happen hazard -- howardly done withdraw. we need to get...

Up-to-date shelter information for a specific area on parish. as we have mentioned several times before, if you lose electricity, and you decide to use a generator, it is imperative you follow the instructions from the manufacturer. please make sure that generator is well away from your home in a well ventilated area. it should not be inside, shouldnt be in a garage, a crawlspare, under a wind or a vent. on occasion you will need to refuel the generator. please make sure you cool it off for 20 m...