good evening to both of you. thank you so much. jessica, i'm going to start with you. a few years ago, the mullah was in prison. tonight he is back on afghan soil and could be the next leader there. you point out he owes his freedom to the u.s. why did the trump administration help release him back in 2018? please give us some insight on this. >> absol >> absolutely and thanks for having me. the trump administration back in 2018 was looking for an in inte cue to have. they pushed islamabad to free him. the other important thing to know about him is he had actually tried to surrender before. when he was probably one of the main leaders of the taliban in 2001, he tried to surrender. he tried to tell the afghan