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On fox news at night. the pentagon defending the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. watch. >> u.s. military commanders on the ground in afghanistan made decisions that they could with the information that they had at the time. they were fully given -- they were given the decision-making capability and were responding to threats on the ground in real time. so we're very proud of the work that our commanders and service members did not during just the evacuation and in those few weeks but over the 20-year war. >> a new book claims that president biden wondered if he did something wrong after the ...

Relentlessly. slowly but relentlessly. but then as we pressed and pressed and pressed on them, the response was yes, we'll do it, but they didn't. >> we have seen over a number of year, we have the challenge of elections considered illegitimate by a portion of the country. we had abdullah and ghani against each other. as we analyze and try to understand the rapid collapse, d id the, was there essentially a failure to create an effective decision making capability within the afghanistan government? >> i think there are a number of factors an this is something i hope we all look at going back re...

Extent outside the city, relenlessly. slowly, but relentlessly. then as we pressed on them they said, yes, we'll do it, but they didn't. >> we have seen over a number of years, we had the challenge of elections that were considered illegitimate by a portion of the country. we had a face-off creating paralysis, great difficulty appointing key ministers to key positions. as we analyze and try to understand the rapid collapse, did the -- was there essentially a failure to create an effective decision making capability within the afghanistan government? >> i think there are a number of factors. th...

0 i wish general austin were here. secretary austin could answer many of the questions that were proposed. but this was not a choice between either a dangerous escalation of the war, which has just been laid out, or a precipitous chaotic withdrawal that embarrassed us around the globe. to say that it was not a sign of weakness the way we left. i mean, i don't know who you're talking to. but if you're talking to our allies in nato, they would say it was a sign of weakness. if you're talking honestly to our adversaries, they will certainly say it is a sign of weakness, as will terrorist groups a...

Up to his own decision-making capability, his own decision-making strategy. had this conversation with erdog erdogan. he had long wanted to wash his hands of this situation. erdogan has long wanted to do this, and now there are not people telling him it is a bad idea. >> nbc's richard engel for us following these developments throughout the day. thank you, richard. let's switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins with a check on your weather. >> last week we talked about the historic heat wave. the relief came this weekend. the temperatures are back down where they should be in ...