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Countrys fall to the taliban. top pentagon brass did, however, contradict mr. biden on one critical strategic point. we get more on all of this from cnns alex marquart. >> reporter: good morning, laura and christine. the u.s. militarys most senior leadership in charge of the war in afghanistan faced tough questions from a senate committee. secretary of defense lloyd austin, chairman of joint chiefs of staff and frank mackenzie told senators the collapse of the afghan army and the afghan governme...

And china could have a ripple effect and effect the rest of the world. these leaders, the western allies also want to talk about the economy but they want to talk to him about what hes doing and what their concern may have in terms of empact impactr economies also. when it comes to the french wine tax, some of the frustration on frances part and the eus part is that is not a reciprocal thing. france is trying to deal with a technology tax that affects a lot of other companies, not just companies...

Growth would be higher and welfare of poor citizens in every country would improve. and so i think that president trump is -- trying to move us toward a better world. and he didnt start this fight. china starts the fight. imagine if there were pirates raiding our ports and how the u.s. would respond. and so the ip theft that the u.s. t.r. put out is a damming document. the ip theft is serious and they need to stop and president trump is standing up to them. and i think in the end, the equilibriu...

Of this visit. can you talk about who is going to be leading the u.s. in conversations about trade since we know secretary mnuchin is not going and we dont have confirmation whether jared or even the u.s. t.r. can you talk about who is going to be leading the conversations? >> certainly the u.s. tr is going to be leading discussions on trade. in terms of trade and economic development and practices will be our ustr and at times by other members of the presidents team. but really it is the presid...