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>> just on whether it needed to be this way, have a listen to secretary of state blinken speaking on cnn earlier today. >> we've known all along, we've said all along, including the president, that the taliban was at its greatest position of strength at any time since 2001 when it was last in charge of the country. that is the taliban that we inherited. but at the same time, we had invested over four administrations, billions of dollars along with the international community, in the afghan security and defense forces. the fact of the matter is we've seen that force has been unable to defend th...

>> we've known all along, we've said all along, including the president, that the taliban was at its greatest position of strength at any time since 2001 when it was last in charge of the country. that is the taliban that we inherited. but at the same time, we had invested over four administrations. billions of dollars along with the international community, in the afghan security and defense forces. the fact of the matter is we've seen that force has been unable to defend the country and that has happened more quickly than we anticipated. >> frankly, congressman, is that response good enough?...

And i think when people hear your story, they can really grasp just how much this pandemic has taken from people. and has taken from you. can you start by telling us about jason and just how blind sided you were and unexpected it was to lose him? >> absolutely. jason was the happiest person ever. it was his mission to make people laugh and to have a good time and if anybody was having a bad day, he would try his hardest to turn it around for them. when he got sick, we were expecting it to be like how i had it. i had a very mild case a year ago, but his was so different from the very beginning....

Critic and a cynic for no reason with no basis in fact. she will express her opinion. she will give her advice. sometimes he will take it. sometimes he may not. it's not a spite toward her husband. it's not us being rude. there's no war there. it's just her saying what she thinks is right and doing what she thinks is right. >> then in november, the private first lady made a staggering public move. >> stunning and unprecedented public rebuke. >> melania called for the axing of a top national security counsel official that clashed with her east wing staff stating it is the position of the office...

Trump after reeding the mueller report saying it showed the president engaged in impeachable conduct. amash a founding member of the caucus faced pressure to leave the group after he blind sided members with his announcement. the group which has served as some of trump's strongest defenders in congress took an informal vote condemning his remarks but did not force him out. however, amash told cnn yesterday he decided to resign from the group in order to avoid from being a further distraction. >> joining us again scott wong. scott, as you just heard, amash doesn't want to be a distraction to th...