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This was a fool's errand. how could this possibly find an audience? well, he did. >> ready, camera three. >> good evening. i'm david walker. >> i'm lois harp. >> television news before this was stuff that had already happened. for the first time, cnn brought the world to people in realtime. >> cnn, the world's most important network. >> i didn't do cable news network because somebody told me it couldn't be done. i figured it was a very viable concept, and i went ahead and did it. it was after we announced that we were going to do it that the detractors showed up. >> is cable news network just ...

Out in addition to what you have in kabul. so it is really demoralizing to see. but, what's more demoralizing is the utter failure of our defense department and intelligence agency to understand the nature of the enemy and that we created an afghan army from a country that didn't exist. there is no afghanistan. the it pashtuns don't relate to etch auto other. tribalism to its core. you can't create a central government and military that stands up for that it's a fool's errand unfortunately. steve: we heard have clearly from the commander-in-chief yesterday the buck stops here but don't blame m...

Think we've got something to be happy out. >> it was important to make the point that what mattered was, what kind of reporter are you? it took the christine craft incident, i think, to bring that conversation out into the open. >> this coming sunday, a new television network opens for business. cnn. cable news network. you are throwing all the dice on this one. >> why not? nothing ventured, nothing gained. faint heart never won fair lady. >> well, on that original point, mr. turner, thank you very much, indeed. >> i wanted to see what was going on in the world. and there was no way that you c...

Constant struggle, in this moment, to constantly show yourself as bipartisan is a fool's errand. you -- you -- they have a partner, now, in washington, d.c. that is unwilling to tell the truth. that is unwilling to support our democracy, except for a very few exceptions. very few exceptions, who are unicorns in the gop right now. so, there's no partner you have in this. so every time we talk about bipartisanship, bipartisanship, we move further and further away from what the truth is. and the truth is i'm -- totally agree with amanda on this -- is holding people accountable. but it's not. i th...

Partisan on this and make the truth your north star. explain to me what does that mean? >> well, it means that the constant struggle in this moment to constantly show yourself as bipartisan is a fool's errand. they have a partner now in washington, d.c. that is unwilling to tell the truth, that is unwilling to support our democracy except for a very few exceptions, very few exceptions who are unicorns in the gop right now. so there's no partner in this. every time we talk about bipartisanship, bipartisanship, we move further and further away from what the truth is. and the truth is and i total...