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Afghanistans civil war? when afghan troops will not? how many more lives, american lives, is it worth? how many endless rows of headstones at arlington national cemetery? im clear on my answer. i will not repeat the mistakes weve made in the past. >> so jonathan martin of the "new york times" said that reminded him of lbj in 1964. here it is. >> we are not about to send american boys, 9,000 or 10,000 miles away from home, to do what asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. >> so you just men...

Elect me president and i will end this war immediately after inauguration day. biden was on the side, needless to say, of george mcgovern. he knew how unfair that war was and how unsupported it was. oftentimes you will see a president who doesnt learn from history or even from his own experience. here is joe biden. arent we lucky that that experience almost 50 years ago put in his mind this idea that you cant keep on asking young americans and other americans to give their lives and those of our...

Vietnam. the president invoked the memory of vietnam during his remarks as well. have a listen. >> i made a commitment to the brave men and women who serve this nation. that i was not going to continue to risk them lives, in a military action that shouldve ended long ago. >> our leaders did that in vietnam, when i got here is a young man. i will not do it in afghanistan. >> how important in this new memory of vietnam for biden in other politicians of his generation? is and how does he compare to...

Business interfering in the election, a guy we never heard of -- the part i left out here is that there was an underlying promise there if jeff rossen and richard donohue did not do the presidents bidding, jeffreyy clark would have been a name every american knew because he might have become the attorney general of the united states. >> thats exactly right, ali. i think this all ties together. i think that -- i dont know this for certain. but i believe that b.j. pacs with a sacrificial lamb. pre...

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Our schools open, and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have, i have four young children, and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. >> on the political front here at home we are getting get another account of the links to which the former president was willing to go in order to hold on to power. katie benner of the new york times will join us in just a moment was first on the board tonight with reporting about the tes...

Largest reservoirs are now at or below 55% of capacity. former atlanta u.s. attorney b.j. pak telling investigators he quit before then president trump could fire him for rejecting claims of widespread voter fraud in georgia. he testified wednesday that the former president pressured the justice department to take a more active role in trying to overturn the american election. four people were killed and at least one person is missing afof a powerful floods in turke. so far 616 people have b...

Accountability in the wake of the 2020 election. trump told his supporters to attack the capitol on january 6th. he used his election lies. lies that he wanted b.j. pack and others to spread to propel those protesters to action. to incite an insurrection. more than 550 people face federal charges for invading the capitol, but are those charges actually enough to prevent another insurrection? thats actually the concern of chief u.s. district judge beryl howell. during a plea hearing two weeks ago...

Capital to deny a quorum in the house. the texas house democrats are facing arrest warrants sworn out for them last night. well be checking in with one of them tonight. but this filibuster is under way in austin. it looks like it may go at least overnight. tonight, as the department of homeland security is warning about the renewed threat of political violence from trump supporters, who believe his claims that there was fraud in the election, and that he will be re-instated later this month. ton...

Resign, and why did he get this urgent call from the number two official in the justice department? and why after the guy resigned did he get thanked by the number two official in the justice department? when somebody resigns, you thank them for it if they did it at your request. why would he have asked this u.s. attorney to resign? so what happened here? today, b.j. pak gave his side of the story behind closed doors. katie benner reports that his testimony lasted more than three hours. he told ...