that nobody even knew for scheduled or that they would involve taliban leaders being personally hosted at camp david by president trump himself. those talks were supposed to happen today. the president of the united states, the president of afghanistan along with the taliban leaders all at camp david talking about terms to end nearly 18 years of combat in afghanistan. now, president trump says he cancelled that secret meeting. cnn's kylie atwood is our national security reporter. the president laying blame on the taliban for these talks breaking down, referring to last week's bombing that killed an american soldier. we are told today that this unprecedented meeting was in the works for a long time. >> we are told the decision to have this meeting at camp david with president trump and the taliban and leaders of the afghan government was made last week during a meeting that president trump had with his national security advisors. he decided that he personally wanted to get involved in these