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>> its good to be here. >> youre worth your weight in gold. its going to be something youll learn from so be sure and watch this. afghanistan, graveyard of empires. a special edition of on assignment with richard engle, tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern time. if you cant watch it live, record it. >> its free. its free. >> free. >> just watch it. >> were going to continue this theme right now. we have admiral james stavridis, diplomacy contributor and former supreme allied commander of nato, who by the...

Smile, because one smile can lift a nation. >> reporter: yalda has only been in the anchor chair at that job for two weeks. her predecessor left this country when so many people escaped as american troops left. yalda is handling it with incredible bravery, poise and grace. >> richard engel reporting for us there, fascinating story from him. catch more of richard sunday, just a couple days, special edition of "on assignment" reporting on the 20-year war in afghanistan, telling the story of that w...

Lester >> richard engel back in afghanistan tonight. you can see more of his reporting on a special edition of "on assignment" this sunday on msnbc. next for us, inside a life-saving program giving hope to kids facing their darkest days

Been a gentle approach, far gentler than they feared when they were rushing to the airport. >> its important context. richard engel, thank you, and mike memoli thank you as well. you see richard reporting here, a lot more of him on sunday in a special edition of "on assignment" reporting on americas 20-year war in afghanistan, telling the story of that war through the eyes of an enlisted soldier and the afghan people, facing an uncertain future "afghanistan: graveyard of empires" sunday 10:00 ea...

Between, the islamic dress will be required, but they say they are changing and a big difference that ive noticed since i was here about two weeks ago is there are not as many armed men on the streets and it does feel considerably calmer. >> richard, thank you. >> you can see much more of richards reporting on afghanistan in a special edition of "on assignment" next sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. we are just two days away from californias recall vote and governor gavin newsom is in the f...

And that is a very, very dangerous trend. the other thing that he has done, he keeps referring to members of the military as my generals. theyre not his generals. they swear an oath to the constitution of the united states. they dont swear an oath to any president or any particular person. they swear an oath that says i will defend and protect the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> secretary ray mabus, thank you. appreciate it. next, weighing throug...

This way. >> absolutely. the major thing that we can do is certainly encourage the families who have let us tell their stories so we can get this $4 million center. please, fully take advantage of this center. get your children tested. that will provide you with the ammunition to get the services that they need, and we will fight to make sure that they get the services required under law. >> lindsey with the law firm white and case. thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. coming ...

And theyre all together, that is a ticking time bomb. >> recipe for radicalism. >> remember what happened in afghanistan before 9/11. you had all these extreme jihadis brought to afghanistan to fight against the soviet union. they were left there. they coalesced around osama bin laden and 9/11 happened. we have a similar situation when you have tens of thousands of former caliphate citizen sitting around in iraq and syria with nothing to do. instead of osama bin laden, the leader of isis is call...

Tomorrow night, richard. i will be with you. the special "on assignment" airing tomorrow right here on msnbc. were going to dig more into nato. i have one of my all-time favorite panels with me. before we get to that, i must bring in my friend and colleague mariano otencio. all right, tell us what the government is saying and then tell us what it actually means. >> so hhs has just released new numbers on the reunifications on the 103 children under 5. these are the toddlers. theyre telling us th...

Able to do that, according to these e-mails, suggests that shes not just some private lawyer, a concerned citizen who happened to be meeting in trump tower. it would suggest that she says shes an informant, but these e-mails suggest she has the ability to work on the same document and exchange paragraphs and in some cases dictate the language of an official government response to a u.s. justice department request for information. >> richard engel, i am going to be watching this in 51 minutes. it...