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Welcome back, we turn now to new questions and new developments from the biden administration. they are anxiously awaiting what previous presidents said no to but which president biden promised. a batch of confidential documents related to the september 11 attacks. some suspect they will show a link to the attacks and leaders in saudi arabia. at the same time the administration is gearing up for the hearing about the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan and what that might mean for national security. here is what that means for mark milly. >> i think my military estimate is that the condition...

I'm not sure the question he was asked that prompted that, but to hear the chairman of the joint chiefs speak of those terms it's rare. >> it's incredibly rare. he pointed outright at the end there he is a professional soldier. he knows his official sort of function is as an advisor to the president and follows the orders he's given. it's incredibly rare for him to talk about his emotions, the pain and anger. he referenced that in the opening statement what he thought about the situation he's looking at and sort of processing everything that's happened including of course the terrorist bombing...

>> so seth, i want to play again what general mark milly said about the taliban. here he is. >> we don't know what the future of the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience that this is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. >> i mean, the big incentive, seth, for then to change is that their currency is creatored and they need the world to see them as legitimate to have an economy. international lead is half of the economy of afghanistan and it's halted now until they show who they are. but seth, the question is, is that enough incent...

Very dangerous situation and the problem you have and i should add, as well, by the way, u.s. forces also firing up to try to scatter the crowd, also firing off volleys of tear gas to try to prevent these chaotic scenes from getting any worse. and the fear really becomes, kate, if this continues, you have a scenario where it's like a powder keg and one small thing can happen and it could turn into a very serious problem, indeed. >> we're showing some video of exactly, yeah, powder keg, what you kind of came upon today and how quickly things really went from strange to really scary and dangerou...

Months. >> we'll do it responsibly, deliberately and responseibly ad do it in full coordination with partners. our military investigation will conclude august 31st. the draw down proceeding in a secure and orderly way prioritizing the safety of troops as they depart. there is no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable. >> we know administration was caught by surprise. biden himself admitted it two days ago. >> the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. >> and listen to...