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Transactional relationship between the united states and taliban. we want to get people out safely and we want to see the taliban meeting some pledges of fighting terrorism. the taliban really worked. it's something else that have to govern a country and they face enormous challenges from millions of internally displaced people to simply making the economy work and also they're battling groups like isis and al-qaida. now they got to decide what the do with afghanistan. the idea that there may be possible to have some limited interactions whether we can reach some specific agreement. i think th...

Domestic terrorism than international terrorism, and that's significant. >> right. president bush was poignant, too, when he said here you had foreign terrorists targeting the u.s. capitol and it was heroism of americans that stopped that from happening. now fast forward some 20 years later, you have domestic terrorists who successfully are able to penetrate this symbol of democracy, that building and the people that occupied that u.s. capitol. you spoke with earlier the defense secretary, general lloyd austin. you asked him if the u.s. is safer today than 20 years ago. he did ultimately answe...

Assess. i don't have any confirmation of specific reporting. >> john: jacqui heinrich asking questions of press secretary jen psaki. can we trust the taliban to partner with the united states in fighting terrorism given reports from the bbc that the taliban is carrying out executions. former national security advisor for former vice-president mike pence keith kellogg. mark milley said we may need to partner with the taliban to go after isis-k. is this a case that the enemy of my enemy is my friend? >> yes, john, thanks for having

Now? whether we're less safe because of the way the mission has turned out. before we pause, where does this leave us in terms of fighting terrorism? >> i can tell you immediately, the president of the united states, and i hope he's watching, somebody who works, you need to have the u.s. military seize the entire airport of kabul. you need to create some time of safe corridor that we can evacuate the people we currently have you can? kabul to the airport. meaning you have to get them or you have to make a deal with the ban to let them move safely. the taliban have erected check points and they...

Of the afghans, was entirely dependent upon the united states led coalition having their, back and that their capabilities were only going to be as good as their faith in the government in the country that they were asked to go out and defend. just like iraqis and syrians when isis storm through their country as well. no faith in kabul. and now especially overtly to have no reason to have any faith in the united states or the community, once biden pulled the plug. of course this is what was going to happen. >> briefly before we have to pause. matt can i get your assessment to. that particularl...