united nations general assembly when all leaders will be focused here on diplomacy. certainly, one of the most difficult fridays, i would say, for this president. anderson. >> jeff zeleny, thanks very much. want to get perspective now from maggie haberman, cnn political analyst and washington political correspondent for "the new york times." so, maggie, how do you think the administration is -- is navigating all these fires? i mean, particularly the -- the drone issue. you know, clearly, you know, there have been a lot of concerns raised about civilians' deaths from drone strikes over the 20 years that -- that the u.s. has been involved in afghanistan. >> look. the -- the drone strike is -- is -- is terrible. it's a tragedy. it involves not just up to ten civilians but up to seven children in that group of people. and so, it is -- it is deeply problematic, you know, just as a -- as a -- as a catastrophe, a human catastrophe. it is also problematic for the white house not just because of the drone program but because it underscores and reminds people about the -- the chaos around the withdrawal from afghanistan which the administration had been hoping to move past. and believed that -- that the