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Yasmin vossoughian, it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. the trump administration is on the defense this morning after president trump announced he had planned and canceled a meeting with the taliban. now he's facing bipartisan criticism from the meeting almost no one knew about. hans nichols has more. >> reporter: america's preparing to inflict more pain on the talib taliban. >> the taliban conditions have been worsening and they're about to get worse. >> reporter: america's top dip mat on all five major sunday shows defending trump's plan. >> it was a use...

We're live at the pentagon with us this morning. how close is isis to being completely destroyed in iraq and syria, lucas? >> a top u.s. dip mat has isis has lost 98% of the territory it held. half coming since president trump took office. critics of the rules of engagement during the obama administration say they were ownerous with the white house picking some targets. >> obama administration micromanaged the war. what the trump administration did was allow execution decisions to be made in accordance with the guidance he provided. we could have accomplished our objectives through the use of ...

Movement. we are seeing little nests of isil spring up around the world. including here in afghanistan. >> reporter: a u.n. dip mat tells me the negotiations to be led by the united nations are going going to work with the u.s. and russia stay united. only they can put pressure on others to stay on track with the political process. without them, this diplomat says the u.n. will only be leading from behind. ali elise labott, cnn. >> a new agency is reporting the sinking of a refugee boat. 18 refugees drowned when their wooden boat sank. turkey's coast guard was able to rescue people.

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