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I'm going to assert that the events of august 14 had the direct antecedent with a bad decision by president trump and secretary pompeo in 2018 to elevate and legitimize the taliban in doha qatar by agreeing that face to face negotiations. that tragedy was compounded by an unbelievable decision to exclude the government of afghanistan that we were defending from those very negotiations. is that an accurate statement, mr. secretary? >> certainly that's what we inherited. >> but the afghan government was in fact excluded from the negotiating table in doha by the trump administration. is that not ...

Lost control of the country in that year. is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> the purpose of our involvement was to defeat al-quaida because the taliban were harboring this virulent tear list group that had attacked american. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> would it be fair to say that we achieved that objective? >> it would. >> would it be fair to say ten years later the leader of that group who masterminded the attacks of 9-11 was in fact killed by a united states specially trained military you it? >> that's correct. >> so what happened ultimately on august 14 has lots of history. i kn...

0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. we've been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. with regard to masari shareef. there's been charter flights there for some time that have not been ...

The weekly hospitalization rate per 100,000 children during the week ending august 14th was nearly five times. rate during the week ending june 26th among children aged 0 to 4 years. the weekly hospitalization rate ending august 14 was ten times that during the week ending june 26. there is a question here of is it the case that this is more dangerous for kids than previous variants and is that what the data is saying? >> it doesn't necessarily say that, chris. what it says, we know delta is a bad actor. it transmits extremely efficiently. so you are seeing more people, everyone, adults and ch...

The u.s. abraham lincoln. one crew member was rescued overnight. their condition is unknown at this time. >> strong winds pushing the fire even closer to california's south lake tahoe. the flames just miles outside the popular resort town. everyone in the area has been ordered to evacuate. some residents have refuse saying they have nowhere else to go. the fire started august 14 and has burned more than 19 9,000 acres. it is only 18% contained. >> neighbors in utah dedicating a touching tribute to the 13 u.s. heros killed in kabul. the bailey family partnering with jeremy brown to hang 13 amer...