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What was the president doing if not picking up the phone and calling world leaders? >> ben: first i have to say i appreciate your passion about press briefings. [laughter] definitely coming from the heart on your part. understandably so. first off, i want to commend to everyone toms remarks. he is a god. >> sandra: the daughter of a friend of mine he is a godparent he is a godparent to the daughter of a friend of mine. they have to become closer with their friends in japan, australia, elsewhere ...

Now than they were back in 2001. at that point, when we invaded, the taliban controlled most of the country but not all of it. so for the taliban, theyre better off now than they were 20 years ago. so i think in afghanistan, people who remember those dark days when the taliban ran the government, theyre very scared, and understandably so. >> listen, i just want to say, craig has a book called "the afghanistan papers: a secret history of the war." you should all check it out. thank you very much ...

Bigger than what you have at kabul, which is a postage stamp compared to those in capacity and capability. but, look, if we can put over 600 afghans on a single c-17 -- by the way, that can easily lift that. it can put two m-1 tanks on there. the question is not the weight. a lot of people are fixated on the image, rightly, understandably, the tragic case of afghans trying to hang onto a c-17 as its taking off. id like to focus on the photo of 650 afghans inside a c-17 where a pilot and air crew...

I mean it seems like theres a whole bunch of people, "a," who cant even get to the airport. secondly, who are still just in this process which is a bureaucratic process understandably, and thered have to be checks and there have to be background checks and references and stuff, but it doesnt seem like this is the time when that can actually really take place. >> yeah, anderson. you know, the taliban respect power. and the united states has it. now, granted, they control the government now, but w...

You as well. we will debate the politics and policy of this for years to come. >> what -- do you -- i mean how is the u.s. going to live up to the promises that were made to afghans, interpreters, others who had been working for the u.s. for so long? i mean it seems like theres a whole bunch of people "a," who cant even get to the airport. secondly, who are still just in this process which is a bureaucratic process understandably, and thered have to be checks and thered have to be background che...

The taliban wants to show this is their moment. theyre ready for it, theyre more mature, theyre more diplomatic and they are different essentially from the taliban of 2001. thats not doing a lot, understandably, to reassure the tens of thousands of afghans who are now desperately afraid for their lives. i mean, i think you could probably argue its in the hundreds of thousands between people who worked for the government, people who worked for the us military, people who were in the afghan forces...

Older populations. really kind of the same order that we saw at the beginning of the rollout. and really thats for two reasons. one, those are the folks who are most at risk, and those are the folks who got it longest ago. the thinking is that after eight months we may be seeing some waning immunity, and so were trying to start with the people who got it furthest back. so if you got your vaccine a month ago, this does not right now apply to you. it will at some point apply to you. its not a abou...

Instill that and try to help and believe and hope for a future and one that can be great. it has got to be up to them. unfortunately, in places like this often they want to keep people oppressed. they want to keep everyone under their thumb and thats the hardest part. its not that we glimpse at freedom possibility, thats all were trying to do. >> so you know, youve been speaking out and sending this message that service matters and belief in liberty and it matters and sacrifices matter and you r...

Just around sunset he landed at john wayne airport in orange county. called nanette to tell her he was back and drove home to newport. to the place he was about to die. but for all their efforts, investigators can find not one bit of evidence in those movements of his. nothing that could lead him to the man who is fast becoming their prime suspect, eric naposki. back at the house, bills daughters took it upon themselves to sort through all their debts financials. maybe there would be a clue ther...

He did not feel bound by that agreement, at least in all of its parts. if he decided he didnt want to go with it, he didnt have to go with it. certainly he has on other things. hes using that now as a way of saying it wasnt my fault, i had no choice, but the truth is this is what president biden wanted to do whether there was an agreement by president trump or not. he made clear as a candidate, he made clear as vice president, he didnt think our remaining in afghanistan was all that useful and i...