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That there was going to be another either suicide attack or that there would be a shoulder fire rocket attack because you can imagine the propaganda value for isis being able to shoot down the last or one of the last american aircraft to leave this country. in that period of heightened tension, there was a strike. at the time, immediately afterwards, we were told -- nbc and many other news agencies, that it was a mistake, that these were civilians, that they had nothing to do with it. but the pe...

Of this attack and in particular how isis—k were able to carry it out. particular how isis-k were able to carry it out-— to carry it out. first let me start by — to carry it out. first let me start by saying _ to carry it out. first let me start by saying that - to carry it out. first let me start by saying that my - to carry it out. first let me l start by saying that my heart goes out to everyone who lost their life in this terrible attack today. im from a family of marines so todays bee...

Journalist in afghanistan after 9/11. i was there in 1998 after the taliban and it was rubble after the russians had left. so now were marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the taliban are back in control. the propaganda value for them around the world is enormous. >> its a huge black eye for the united states, because obviously things have not gone the way we wanted them to go for 20 years. but nobody, i think, 20 years ago, when i showed up there as a reporter with the afghan rebels, imagin...

Donald trump was saying about ukraine because we know it from the actual memos of the transcript the white house has released. and we think the average person whos not a lawyer can imagine that is compromising. so the idea there are other conversations possibly with rudy giuliani who is like wheres waldo, hes in the middle of everything here, we can surmise as rick stengel says, the russians or others have information that our investigators, that congress doesnt even have, that his staff doesnt ...

Waldo, hes in the middle of everything here, we can surmise that as rick stengel says, others, the russians or others have information that our investigators that congress doesnt even have, that his staff doesnt even have. >> let me go to the gravest threat to national security. the russians could exploit some of what they were hearing for propaganda value and build on that and continue to sort of pour disinformation into, for example, our social media. but you know what else theyre getting? the...

And propaganda value for isis to be able to say, no, we didnt -- baghdadi was not captured or killed by the american forces. he martyred himself for the cause. so i think one of the really interesting things to watch in the coming days is going to be how isis responds to this as an organization. they have shown obviously a great deal of resiliency as an organization losing senior leaders before this. baghdadi was obviously not the first head of isis. they had already lost a previous leader of th...

Dictators in some ways and autocrats. but its hard to know what the deliverables were at this point in this kind of series of meetings that weve seen. >> beyond, as john said, seems to be restarting talks, i dont think there were any deliverables. trump is basically -- its a risky calculation, and one of the reasons other u.s. presidents havent done things like what we saw over the weekend is because there is propaganda value for the north. in north korea having these images of an american presi...

American president. >> this is my honor. i didnt really expect it. we were in japan for the g-20. we came over and i said, hey, im over here. i want to call up chairman kim. and we got to meet and stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made. and this has been in particular a great friendship. so i just want to thank you. >> yeah, that word "honor" really sticks out in that sound, kirby. >> i think thats rhetoric i wouldnt have...

Years, and we dont know what the reaction will be from russian and iranian-backed forces on the ground in syria. those forces have been very active, controlling a good deal of ground, launching their own missions. so it is really -- it is not a massive surprise. president trump had wanted to get out of syria. the timing is a little odd, a bit unexpected, and we dont know what will happen now going forward. that is really the question. the big unknown. isis is on the rise, as you say, jim. there ...

The end of his graduating class, but that he put himself into a position where he could do the best job he possibly could and when in prison and given the opportunity to get out early -- his father had been made the commander of all the naval forces in the pacific and the north vietnamese thought that this would be a great turn opportunity to get some problem beg -- propaganda value out of releasing him, offered him a release and he refused. many of us and i think you may have too, spoken to som...