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>> it's the member of the 4,000 number and the fact president trump said time and time again he wanted us out of afghanistan. are you surprised by the move? >> i'm not surprised because he has to convince the american people this is clearly in u.s. vital interest. that's the driving force behind this. his predecessors frankly never committed themselves politically and morally to have a successful strategy. that's the second big thing we need to get from the president tonight. not just why but what does a regional strategy look like. what does a strategy in afghanistan look like that has some m...

On the region. i am absolutely convinced -- i can't say it enough. isis will establish itself, it's already trying, in afghanistan if we walk away. i'm thrilled to hear the president has moved away from that option. >> bret: i want to put this up. afghanistan by the numbers. you spent a lot of time on the ground there. 8400 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan. 714 billion spent. 2,258 total deaths, 20,257 wounded. more than 11% of afghanistan still today controlled by insurgents or the taliban. for people who say this effort has been so long. there is that feeling. >> sure. believe me, i am f...

Sent down a tiny camera. when it came back to the surface there was a note from the eldest of the miners, 63-year-old mario gomez. "i want to tell everyone that i'm good," he wrote to his wife, "and we'll surely come out okay." the news was met with euphoria by anxious families and an anxious nation. "we are happy," says caterina, whose brother is trapped underground. "this is what we've been waiting 17 days to hear." the 33 men are surviving under grueling conditions in a 600 square foot refuge about the size of a hotel room. the temperature, 95 degrees. the humidity, 95%. they have some elec...

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