government i want to join you. this war is over, which made the trump administration think perhaps they'd get a second chance at peace. the problem is, fast forward 20 years the taliban were in such a strong position they no longer really wanted to negotiate. >> interesting. toby, the deal with the taliban was so important to the former president that trump wanted he and other members to come to camp david in 2019 before the 9/11 anniversary, but it was eventually called off. why did they set such a store by this deal? >> well, i think they decided that the war should be ended and they wanted to do it by any means possible. the mullah is a very interesting character. as jessica mentioned the fact that he tried to surveillance render in 2001 points to a moment in time very early on when we achieved considerable