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Expected to provide another update. the president is expected to provide another update tomorrow around 4:00 p.m. eastern not only the evacuation out of afghanistan but also on hurricane henri. so we hope you ll join us on msnbc to watch the president s remarks. amna, in the long lens view of the war in afghanistan, i understand in your trajectory as a journalist one of the earliest stories you covered and the first wars you covered. what do you reflect now on what we re seeing today and the war in afghanistan compared to what we saw then, what we expected then, what we said to ourselves then about why we were there and what we were going to do? it s almost hard to remember. it does feel like a different world, but, you know, i became a journalist in august 2001. and the very first big story i covered were the attacks of nfl live and the first big war was the war in afghanistan. and i spent years in afghanistan ....
But then you went back. tell us about your transition. i spent 20 years in the army but then i wanted to go to pharmacy school. i went to pharmacy school in north carolina and started on august 2001. and then back to the army. my aspirations were on hold. heather: i ask that because of another lesson with your story, it is never too late. never too late when you feel passionate about something. if we can make a difference it is our responsibility to make a difference until our last dying breath. heather: you made a difference your entire life. on this independence day what is your message to people out there? i would like to say i know ....
As being in excellent health and fit for duty. george w. bush, the president before him, age 55 his first physical. late in the first year in office. august 2001. 6 foot, 190 pounds and bmi. mets just a multivit in, occasionally cigar. ran four times a win and swims and weight trains. outstanding health and fit for duty. we were getting a lot of questions about donald trump and his health. he did talk to dr. oz about how important it was that their president was fit for duty. when you are running for president, you have an obligation to be healthy. i just don t think you can do the work if you are not healthy. you can t rep tent the country properly in you are not healthy. i feel as good today as i did when i was 30. cnn s chief medical correspondent joins us now. what will the president be tested for today? how much is the bigger question, ....
doug: tonight, the enron scandal. we have a tweet about it. wanting to know what happened about the employees who virtually lost everything. tonight, the answers from casey stegall. garrett ashmore started his first company from college. by graduation, the young entrepreneur landed his first job with a prestigious company in texas. i came to enron. i went to their pipeline side. i was very fortunate to start enron communications. it was the late 90s. business appeared to be booming. houston-based enron. it started to crumble in august 2001. they had created numerous off-balance sheet entities that investors were not aware of. to hide poor results from ....
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