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Taliban because of doha agreement, if we busted that agreement we couldn't have counted on that, after may 1st those troops would have been in harm's way, much worse than they were, and we believed that would have required a plus up of troops. you can argue you can plus up troops forever and stay in afghanistan forever but the commander in chief determined that was not sustainable, acceptable, so we began to draw down and we had to do it in a quick way because we couldn't trust the taliban, couldn't trust their word they wouldn't attack us, so we moved quickly to get the troops drawn down. >> ...

Cia agent. appreciate your time. you hear the taliban had a press conference today and the spokesperson promises quote no death will be caused to anyone outside of afghanistan. they say their ideology hasn't changed but there will be positive differences from when they loast ruled. is there any reason for you to believe this is in any way a quote new taliban? >> no, there is no reason to believe that and erin, i hope someone there at cnn goes into the archives. y'all ran a documentary about a week before 9/11 that was highlighting what the taliban was doing many this country and they're in a h...

Are prepared to provide safe passage of americans from the airport. >> reporter: thousands of troops on the ground in kabul. >> we will be putting 300 passengers on your average military cargo plane heading out of the country one another other. >> reporter: top military commanders are in communication with taliban leaders that biden said just weeks ago he couldn't trust. >> do i trust the taliban? no. >> reporter: it is too soon to see if the taliban will be seen as a legitimate form of government. >> ultimately it will be up to the taliban to show the rest of the world who they are and how th...

Country and to their democratic peers. but that suspicion rages on. >> for sure. carol, i want to ask you about your book as well on the secret service, because we do know that there are a lot of law enforcement, former law enforcement military folks in that crowd. we know there was a lot of concern among the joe biden team as they were coming in exactly what they could trust and what they couldn't trust. is that still an ongoing challenge for the biden administration? what does your reporting tell us? >> well, right before the inauguration or i should say weeks before the inauguration, the bi...

Is expected as the disease continues to spread in some of our large metro areas. >> reporter: the nation's top infectious disease doctor, anthony fauci, saying we are living in the perfect storm right now, urging states with severe outbreaks to shut down. moments ago, atlanta dialing back to phase one. las vegas closing bars tonighting tonight. the governors of hard hit arizona, texas, and florida, ardent supporters of president trump, taking little action. doug ducey, the governor of arizona, announcing thursday, a reduction in indoor dining at restaurants, a measure already previously in pla...