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So we should look beyond the last couple weeks and think back about the last several years. >> cnn's phil mattingly is live for us at the white house. he was just in the room during president biden's speech. phil, president biden, once again, characterizing this as ending a forever war, and also saying he wasn't going to have a forever withdrawal. he also seemed defiant even perhaps a little angry. what did you make of his tone and tenor of the words that he used? is the white house making a calculation that a forceful argument from president biden might resonate with the american people? >> t...

From the abc interview to the 31st and it's a judgment that he very much stands behind. >> i just have one last question for you. a local journalist north of kabul tells cnn that the taliban dragged an afghan folk singer from his home and killed him. we've heard many stories like this in the last few weeks. there was an afghan comedian. we are told about abuses of afghan women and girls, other individuals who worked with the american people. what happens to these people? is the response of the biden administration basically just thoughts and prayers? >> jake, the president spoke to this in his...

Production is off line. 278 production platforms remain evacuated. nine oil rigs remain evacuated. that is a huge concern. we've been seeing really, really long lines at gas stations, people getting more on edge, more desperate. if these oil rigs and other production platforms can't get back online, it's going to be just more trouble. >> brian todd in the new orleans area, thank you so much. coming up, controversial opinions. cnn sat down with the leading republican contender who might replace california's democratic governor after the recall election. that's next.

Paths to towns more than 1 million people in the united states do not have power right now most in louisiana. some were told today that their electricity could be out for a month. the power situation is then having a ripple effect with many gas stations closed because the pumps don't work. the department of energy says the outages could delay getting nine refineries back online. cnn's rya cnn's ryan todd is live for us in the new orleans area. have you seen any sort of urgency in the effort to get some of the critical services and infrastructure back up and running? >> reporter: well, jake, th...

In our politics lead, we're exactly two weeks away from california's recall election, and all eyes are on larry elder, the controversial conservative radio host and republican frontrunner who is set to replace governor gavin newsom if newsom is recalled. cnn's joe johns sat down with larry elder to address controversies. and he got a window into how elder might lead. >> reporter: this is the man who could set off a political earthquake in california. >> larry, larry! >> reporter: larry elder, a 69-year-old conservative talk show host turned political candidate has become the republican frontru...