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From public parks. Even Beauty Parlors were shut two weeks ago. This salon went underground. Schools operate in secret, too. Its risky, but these women are fighting for more than just beauty. Translation Beauty Salons were a safe place for women. I even had customers who were coming to the salon only to talk and spend some time, laugh and cry with other women. The only thing i can see from my heart is that the women of my country are deeply distressed. The un says this may be gender apartheid, b...

also tonight here, the secret service. how do they explain the erased text messages from january 5th and 6th? rachel scott with late reporting from the hill tonight. the coronavirus here in the u.s., and tonight this number -- 85% of americans now live in a medium or high-risk area with this new variant sweeping the country. what dr. jha is now saying tonight about the current booster. and how much it could help if you get this strain of the virus. matt gutman tonight. this evening...

former president trump wanted to be taken up to the capitol instead of the white house. also tonight here, the secret service. how do they explain the erased text messages from january 5th and 6th. rachel scott with late reporting from the hill tonight. the coronavirus in the u.s. and tonight this number -- 85% of americans now live in a medium or high risk area with this new variant sweeping the country. what dr. jha is now saying tonight about the current bo booster. this shall -- ...

passed away. the life report in just a moment. and, new remarks from president biden. plus, former president donald trumps revenge tour. ill speak with democratic congressman greg azar about the ex presidents radical plans for a second term. and, new details on a possible hostage deal between israel and hamas, what were learning, and the palestinian death troll tragically continues to climb in gaza. tonight, we begin with the breaking news that former first lady rosalynn carter has die...

Described last month. violence has diminished since the taliban takeover but we are seeing an escalating conflict between the taliban and the so—called islamic state. what impact has that had on the region? an interesting question and their two points. on one hand, yes, violence in afghanistan has decreased and that is completely out of the question but that does not necessarily mean that afghanistan is a more peaceful society and security gains that have been made of, the cost of really harsh...

This to "the daily beast," the security gains while very hard fought are indisputable, we clearly reverse the momentum they had on the battlefield. there were endless frustrations out among them the sanctuary that they had in pakistan. at that site, undeniable progress on the security front and i stand by what i told congress on national security team during that time." given your experience and also your committee assignments here, what do you make of all of this? >> it is incredibly difficult ...

To draw down prematurely has devastating consequences. when we see what happens, when they withdrew from the obama administration, despite warnings from iraqi leaders on the ground, at the time they withdrew from iraq, u.s. officials were saying publicly, they believe the iraqi security forces could hold on to security gains. thats exactly how it was phrased at the time. we saw iraq slowly disintegrate and take advantage of the situation and emerge stronger than it ever was. >> arwa damon in ist...

Secretary james mattis or secretary of state mike pompeo, that administration official we mentioned a moment ago declined to comment. but we should note, he did push back, or she, did push back against a suggestion that administration officials were caught unaware. still, its hard to imagine this was the process of anything resembling a robust interagency debate. heres the state departments official in charge of fighting isis just last week, suggesting u.s. troops were in syria for the long haul...

Cant defeat their physical space and leave. you have to make sure the internal security forces are in place to ensure that those gains, security gains are enduring. we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. once the physical space is defeated, we cant pick up and leave. we want to stay on the ground to make sure stability can be maintained in the areas. >> thats a top official eight days ago saying the official policy of this country is to stay in syria and the course. and john bol...

Now its time for our troops to come back home. >> reporter: the move flies in the face of what many of his own advisers on syria were saying just days ago. >> if weve learned one thing over the years, enduring defeat of a group like this means you cant just defeat their physical space and then leave. you have to make sure the internal security forces are in place to ensure that those security gains are enduring. >> with regard to stabilization, we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: as a c...