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First. the idea that the status quo could have been plmaintained by keeping our forces there is simply wrong. the fact is had the president decided to keep forces in afghanistan beyond may 1st attacks would have resumed on our forces. the taliban had not been attacking our forces or nato during the period from which the agreement was reached to may 1st. the offensive you are seeing across the country to take the provincial capitals would have commenced. we would have been back at war with the taliban. i would probably be on this program today explaining why we were sending tens of thousands of...

Something the american people simply don't support. that is the reality. that's the context we're dealing with. >> you cited the may 1st deadline negotiated by the trump administration. you did blow through that deadline. we did have troops there after may 1st. again, the issue here is not just the withdrawal of u.s. forces. it's how they were withdrawn. the rapidity, the hastiness. president obama's former ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, called the way this was done, quote, a handover to the taliban and, quote, we have hung them out to dry about the afghan people. crocker continued, ...

Um, they're not -- they're not -- they don't support -- they don't support vaccination -- man -- mandatory vaccinations for teachers. is -- are -- i assume, there's clearly not mandatory vaccinations for teachers in broward county. is that something that the school board or the superintendent could decide to do? or who has the power to do that? >> right. um, i can't speak for the entire board or for the superintendent but that's certainly something i am interested in and we actually heard from the largest teacher's union in the country, the nea, today and they support mandatory vaccinations. >...

Affordable internet across america is going to be critically important. again, there are at least 17 republicans that joined us. i think 18 with one of the votes over the weekend to be able to move this package. there were five republicans, five democratic members that got to go to frame this working with the president. and again, we will pass this package. it is just a matter of whether it is today, tomorrow, or tuesday, but this will pass the united states senate. >> it doesn't matter if it is bipartisan because the road doesn't care if you are a republican or democrat. you and your house co...

It's those people in the rural areas that the taliban now controls who really i think have borne the brunt of the conflict. not only taliban violence, but u.s.-led air strikes, night raids. and they are absolutely exhausted. they have no -- they don't support anyone. they just want a break. they just want peace. >> that was ashley jackson at the overseas development institute. lebanon has just marked one year since the deadly explosion at beirut's port. with the official probe stalled and no one held accountable yet, people expressed their anger and frustration at the government. clashes bet...