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General, the return of the - building. america's talk military i general, the return of the taliban and afghanistan could accelerate. how worried are you about this? i am worried. how worried are you about this? i am worried- i am — how worried are you about this? i —n worried. i am worried because how worried are you about this? i —n worried. lam worried because it's worried. i am worried because it's notjust worried. i am worried because it's not just afghanistan, worried. i am worried because it's notjust afghanistan, it's pakistan next door as well, which has huge extremist society. ...

Leaders in a rare move are speaking out, too. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: they are powerful images, the national guard out in force at the lincoln memorial with hundreds of fellow citizens peacefully protesting below them on the national mall. but growing outrage against the commander in chief from former top leaders in the military and pentagon. in the atlantic magazine, withering words from retired general james mattis. writing, we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. we must hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our constit...

And you have to try people, and they have to go to jail for long periods of time. >> reporter: on the call, the secretary of defense described america's cities as a, quote, "battlespace." >> the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates. >> reporter: his voice rising, the president told the governors flat-out, most of you are weak. blaming them for letting the violence spiral out of control. >> it was incredible what happened. in the state of minnesota, they were a laughingstock all over the world. i've never seen anything like it, and the whole world was l...

Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. active duty army troops are now preparing to come to washington, d.c., tonight. military style vehicles have already been seen on pennsylvania avenue, near the white house. the president speaking this evening, calling himself the law and order president. saying he's also on the side of the peaceful protesters. it comes after a weekend of pain and anger, and in some cases spiraling into violence across this country. the president moved to the white house bunker at one point. the president today on the phone blasting the nation's governors during a c...

Iraq. major challenges in northeastern syria as a result of that incursion, you have syrian forces in that battle space, russian forces in that battle space and according to the top syria envoy here, ambassador james jeffrey, concerned about the rise of isis there. >> what we are going to do is close ranks. >> the spread of al qaeda there and its affiliates. >> bret: there are disagreements i want to do to capture isis fighters. >> there are thousands of them, many of them from iraq and syria, and thousands of them from places around the world. they call it a very slow process. what they are d...