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Americans or our allies. we are going back to pre- 9/11, there are probably more al qaed in afghanistan now then pre- 9/ 11. with that, they will conduct external operations. when i was german it homeland a the border itself which is so wide open that the special interests on the terror watch list can now get into the unite states. that is going to be the big threat moving forward. >> on one thing congressman was saying there. in this agreement that the secretary secretary of state signed with the taliban back in february of last year it says the taliban will not allow any of its members of ot...

My question for you is this true as we go on and if yes, why is it harder for people in d.c. to get it? >> i don't want to blame either side of the equation but there are different considerations. i think the national security establishment including current end former national security officials will always look at pre- 9/11 afghanistan and looking at the history of afghanistan. regardless of all of that, the american people lost enthusiasm for this effort more than a decade ago and so rallying public support for the far away

Said? >> he's absolutely right. what he said at the end of the interview was probably the most important thing. it has profound implications fo our home life security. if you think about it, pre- 9/11 , the terror groups were allowed to metastasize in afghanistan. we've already seen chatter that has sent out in national security bulletins about them trying to do something for the 20th anniversary of afghanistan. now the terrorists are going to be bold because america looks weak and they know they have a terrorist breeding ground once again. if you add to that something yo didn't have a 9/11 th...

In june, pentagon top brass thought was medium risk, may be two years out. but this has changed all of that . now the joint chiefs chairman general mark millie telling senators that he is moving up that timeline. let's bring in ranking member new york congressman. congressman, thank you for bein here today. first of all, what are you anticipating we will hear from president biden moments away? >> i think what we're going to hear of lots of trying to equivocate, deflect, blame for his colossal blunder that is no listening to his military commanders who told him he should be shouldn't be doing t...

Angry -- some republicans are angry over his abandonment of kurdish allies. a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn tonight that turkey's incursion into syria has had a detrimental effect. that's what some republicans predicted. >> this is the pre- 9/11 mentality that paved the way for 9/11. what's happening in afghanistan is no concern to us. so if he follows through with this, it would be the biggest mistake of his presidency. >> the thing i believe, if you make a commitment and somebody is fighting with you, america should keep their word. >> news from syria is ticksicke. isis fighters att...