we have chris hayes tied up in a closet in case you're wondering. >> that's where i saw him earlier. >> i appreciate it. thank you for watching tonight. we will see you tomorrow night. "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. so why do you want to be president? let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, what's the mission? when we invaded afghanistan in 2001 the mission was clear. get the people who organized the attack of 9/11 and bring down the government that let them do it. we didn't get osama bin laden and let the leader of the taliban head into pakistan. now, eight years later a milestone we pass tomorrow. what is our mission? to keep the taliban from regaining power? keep al qaeda from relocating in afghanistan? the military is calling for reenforcements