treasury department imposing sanctions on groups like eisel and hamas and islamic jihad in the revolutionary guards but of course the sacking of john bolton pretty much took over that they i thought there was some interesting stuff there where let's start with what. might come players said the president is entitled to the stuff he wants any moments people he trusts and values compare that to the way donald trump actually got rid of john bolton. the thought whole thing is just all and i mean it looks like a movie doesn't it when the reporters are all shouting over one another trying to get their question haired and the fact that it lasted what 12 minutes or so is also very odd that you'd have to senior people from the administration from an administration that doesn't brief that often would put them in front of the media for 12 minutes and they would spend most of that time talking about the guy who's not in the room who do you believe according to john bolton and he's been texting people about this over the last couple of hours there was a discussion last night about afghanistan got quite he

include, isis iraq, former mayor explosive devices, forcing a member council, leaders from hamas, islamic jihad, isis, isis west africa anti- tb in pakistan. further, were announcing the designation of a vein, and of in syria. specially designated globalist to entity. executive order buy president trump to be help us ensure the deadly attacks of september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this week, were never repeated on american soil. never. at this time, secretary and ire happy to take a few questions. [inaudible conversation] >> celestine the president asked for ambassador bolton his resignation as i understand it. it was received this morning. >> wasn't because of the disagreement. >> only two president made the decision but i would say this, the president is entitled to the staff when he wants. and at any moment. if there's a staff person who works directly for the president of the united states, when he should be able to have who will trust. when it president makes a decision like this, when he is well within his rights to do so. [inaudible conversation] >> can you describe your working re

explosive devices, for senior members of the lot to jihad counsel and leaders from hamas, palestinian islamic jihad, isis fellow beings, isis west africa and tpb in pakistan. we are announcing the designation of forest outing, a javascript in syria as a specially designated global terrorist entity. as these actions show today's executive order by president trump adds further muscle to us counterterrorism efforts. it will help ensure the deadly attacks of september 11 that occurred 18 years ago this week are never repeated on american soil. never. this time secretary mnuchin and i would be happy to do questions . >> did john bolton get fired or did he quit and did he leave the white house and said he disagreed with you in particular over thosetalks ? >> last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation. as i understand it it was received this morning . >> what were the disagreements. >>. ayes, ma'am in the back. >> was it because of this disagreement? >> i'll leave it to the president to talk about why you made the decision but the president entitled to the staff he wants and at any

isis wally of iraq and former of improvised explosive devices and leaders of ham a palestinian islamic jihad, isis philippines, isis west africa and ttp in pakistan. further, we're announcing the designation of aldean and the jihadist group in syria as especially designated global terrorist entity. as these actions show today's executive order by president trump adds further muscle to u.s. counter terrorism efforts. it will help us to ensure that the deadly attacks on september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this week are never repeated on american soil. never. at this time secretary mnuchin and i are happy to take questions on this topic. yes, sir? >> did john bolton get fired or did he quit and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over talks of the taliban? >> so last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation and it was received this morning? >> was it because of disagreements? >> yes, ma'am, in the back? >> was it because of this disagreement? >> i'll leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision, but i wo

in iraq who may have created improvised explosive devices, and leaders from hamas, palestinian islamic jihadisis philippines, and we are furthering the status of a group in syria is a global terrorist regime. these are further muscle to us counterterrorism efforts. it will allow us to ensure that the deadly attacks of september 11 that happened 18 years ago i never repeated, ever. we are happy to take questions on this topic. did jon bolton get fired, or did he quit, and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over talks with the taliban? last night, the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation and i understand it was received this morning. was it because of this disagreement?” received this morning. was it because of this disagreement? i will leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. the president is entitled to the staff he once was up any staff person who works director for the president of the united states, he should have values and judgments who benefit american foreign policy. that is what we try to do every d

the islamic jihad organization and they have been over 15 organizations that are looking to negotiate we provided a platform for them to have dialogue to agree with one another how to restore unity . within palestine they had to clear asians issued statements. but they never moved past that i believe this is a very important aspect of the work along those lines and. support all countries that support these issues and i'd like to specially know the role of egypt and other countries and on the final question i have questions for you before your meeting with such as yourself as carolyn with c.n.n. before your meeting with secretary powell it was reported that you had said to the press that there would be a surprise response because members of your delegation were not given visas is that still stand and secondly. in a phone call with the press this morning and a spokesperson from your office said that russia would not want transcripts of phone calls between president putin and president trump release is a concern of yours and are there any other concerns you have in the fall from the dome

it harder for they iranian regime to fund proxies like hezbollah and hamas and palestinian and islamic jihadommitted so many terrorist operations against israel. >> the guess the biggest question is whether the president will sit down with them while they are at the u.n. french president macron said, what is important is, if you leave the country without meeting for president trump, this is a lost opportunity because he will not come back in a few months and president trump will not go to tire hi to to ra. >> the decision that is in the best interest of american diplomacy, he's made it clear for the last two and a half years that he's happy to set with president. unfortunately i don't think that i rarel iranian regime has met h diplomacy. >> shannon: are there further be on the sanctions and economic pressure, were quickly are measures still on the table with the response would have arabia russian mark they are responsible for the attacks on saudi arabia, they violated the sovereignty of another's state and here at the u.n. general assembly it's a great time to be talking about upholding and

making harder for the iranian regime to fund proxies like hezbollah and hamas and palestinian islamic jihade conducted terrorist operations against israel. shannon: the biggest question is whether the president will sit down with president rouhani when they are both at the un. for a long time francis been trying to broker conversations between the two sides, french president macron said if he leaves without meeting with the president this is a lost opportunity because he will not come back in a few months and donald trump will not go to tehran so they have to meet now. any chance of that? >> the president is in the best position to decide what is a good or bad opportunity so he will make a decision in the best interest of american diplomacy. he made it clear in the past 2 and half years that he is happy to hit with president rouhani to deal with this diplomatically but the iranian regime has not met diplomacy with diplomacy, they met it with military force. we are keeping the door open to diplomacy but our campaign of maximum economic pressure is working and will continue. shannon: i they b

prosecutors say he was granted american citizenship in 2008 but his ties to islamic jihad go back to when he joined hezbollah as an explosives specialist. even though he was a naturalized american citizen his true allegiance was to hezbollah, the terrorist organization responsible for decades of terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds. also today half a world away iran continues to deny it involvement in two drone attacks on saudi oil plants. mike pompeo in the region the past two days says the evidence against them is damning. >> now americans killed in this attack. whenever you have an act of war of this nature things could happen. >> mike pompeo is on his way back to washington to report his findings to the president. pentagon officials say they are considering deploying more troops and military hardware to the region. >> thank you. two big wins for the president in court today. let's start in california were judge ruled to block a new state law that would've forced the president to choose between disclosing his tax returns and getting his name on the ballot. good evening, dav

the poverty that's there and, by the way, we know that in southern lebanon, where hezbollah and islamic jihad and other terrorist groups live, iran is funding those. so israel has to deal with that. we made a trip to the golan heights and we looked and we could see a very green israel where it had been farmed and irrigated and we saw a very desolate looking syria where there's been war for over 10 years. half of -- 500,000 people, a population of washington, d.c., have been killed there during the civil war. it's really incredibly sad. so i think that one of the things i looked at was how do you defend -- i'm an old second infantry guy in the army. how do you defend this piece of real estate? we had a chance, an opportunity to meet with some of the israeli officials and they showed us their defensive systems which i think when you realize that you -- every new home in that country has that's built since 199 , i believe, has to have a safe room -- 1998, i believe, has to have a safe room. so a room made of concrete and rebar that you have to have. we take these liberties and freedoms we have i

at that same year prosecutors allege he joint hezbollah's islamic jihad organization or i jay oh, responsible for planning and coordinating terrorist activities. he became an american citizen in 2008 and lived in new jersey. prosecutors adding "even though saab was a naturalized american citizen, his true allegiance was to hezbollah, the terrorist organization responsible for decades of terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds." investigators say saab also conducted operations outside the united states including once attempting to murder a man he thought to be a suspected israeli spy. bret. >> bret: bryan thank you. lawmakers in the intelligence community and the current administration are dealing with a new potentially explosive issue. a whistle-blower complaint over an alleged promise made by president trump to a foreign leader. the case is shrouded in mystery and was the subject of a closed door classified meeting today on capitol hill. the president is already pushing back in the house intel chair is threatening to go to court. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has th

west and iranian forces that proxies in the area including hezbollah and lebanon and forces like islamic jihadp could target israel with the support of iran. mike? mike: live in middle east, trey, many thanks. that adds to the busy weekend we have had in the news. all eyes on hurricane dorian this week. should be a busy week. >> absolutely. we're going to check back in with rick reichmuth in the fox weather center in a few minutes. for now we want to thank you for watching and have a happy labor day. good to be with you. mike: great to be with you. and we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. how could it get any better than this? dad, i just caught a goldfish! there's no goldfish in this lake. whoa! it's pure gold. we're gonna be rich... we're gonna be rich! it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. run with us in the unstoppable john deere gator xuv835, because when others take rain checks... we take the wheel. run with us. search "john deere gator" for more. and i don't add trup the years.s. but what i do count on... is boost® delicious boost® high protein nut

and how close in proximity one could get to a target and cite weaknesses or soft spots that the islamic jihadation could exploit if it attacked a location in the future. charges include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, receiving military-type training and marriage fraud. manhattan u.s. attorney jeffrey burman said even though he was a naturalized citizen his true allegiance was to has. the terrorist organization responsible for decades of terrorist attacks that included hundreds including u.s. citizens and military personnel. he was arrested in july is scheduled to appear in court monday morning and faces dozens of years behind bars if convicted. liz? liz: thank you, rick leventhal. okay i want to bring in quickly former intelligence advisor to general david petreyas, a member of the institute. you just heard that hezbollah report. can you react to that? >> well hezbollah has been doing this for a long time since the 1983 attacks against americans in lib a lebanon and it doesn't surprise us they are better at doing these things than is al qaeda. liz: the reason

prosecutors say he acted on behalf of hezbollah's islamic jihad organization.n this is a live look at detroit from our affiliate fox 2. the big story there tonight, the strike against general motors, 45,000 united auto workers members enters its second week. progress is being recorded stomach reported but no end in sight. they were turned to talk this morning. that is tonight's look outside the beltway from "special report," we will be right back. try great-tasting boost glucose control. the patented blend of protein, fat, and carbs is part of a balanced formula that's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. in fact, it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake and contains only 1 carb choice. enjoy the balanced nutrition of boost glucose control as part of a healthy diet. why accept it frompt an incompyour allergy pills?e else. flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief walking a dog can add thousands walking this many?day. that can be ro

his ties to islamic jihad go back to when he joined hezbollah in 1996 as an explosive specialist. even though saab was a naturalized american citizen, his true allegiance was to hezbollah. the terrorist organization responsible for decades of terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds. also today, half a world away away, -- two drone attacks in saudi oil plans. secretary of state pompeo in the region the past few days as the evidence against them is damnin. >> there are a blessing for there was no americans killed in a tap at any time you have an active war of this nature, there's always risks that could happen. >> pompeo is a is on his way back to washington. pentagon officials saying they are considering deploying more troops and military hardware to the region. >> shannon: at gillian turner, thank you. he took a big wins for the president in court today, let's start in california where a judge ruled to block a new state law that would have forced the president to choose between disclosing his tax returns and getting his name on the ballot. correspondent david spunt has the lat

include former mayor of the senior member of as bullous council, and leaders from hamas, palestinian islamic jihads, isis west africa, and ttp in pakistan. further, we are announcing the dissolution of an al qaeda affiliate jihadist group in syria, as a specially-designated global terrorist entity. as these actions show, it adds further muscle to u.s. counterterrorism efforts. it will help to ensure that the deadly attacks of september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this week are never repeated on american soil. never. i'm happy to take a on this topic. >> reporter: did john bolton get fired or did he quit? and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over the talks with the telegram? >> last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation, as i understand it it was received this morning. >> reporter: was it because of his disagreement? >> i will leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. but i would say this -- the president is entitled to the staff he wants at any moment. this is a staff person who works directly for t

would like to kill, he talked about his admiration for osama bin laden and spoken favorably of islamic jihad these are trigger words. get in front of a judge and see whether it holds up and if so, usually these guys have sick guns at home. take the guns away by all means before something happens and that is going to come closer to solving the problem than other solutions which are aimed not at that population but at everybody. >> we are nearing the halfway point of the debate. we asked some republicans and independents what they thought of the republican party under trump and how it will look going forward. [crowd] >> relish like this one in new mexico filled with energized voters with the start of republican dreams when they lost barack obama in a landslide in 2012. the rc published not out of the other republican party saying younger and more diverse voters was the best will come back. >> they are taking a different approach because of donald trump, nobody expected at the time. >> thank you very much. >> the president has been credited or blamed for blowing up what it means to be a republi

it's been doing terror-backing and financing terrorist groups, including islamic jihad and hamas and hezbollah for decades. to say that they are going to be bad actors, the revocation of that, i just don't think -- i think that's like a corner of it. i think it's a bigger picture. >> melissa: go ahead. >> harris: i was going to ask your question, guy. how complicated will get for those european and other coalition members, should we be able to sweep them up in the issue going forth? what will it look like? military, more sanctions, obviously more sanctions against iran. because they are doing business with iran. if you do in the united states, are you kind of walking a fine -- don't you have to exit the deal? what does it look like? >> guy: it's very complicated. going back to the original premise, some of the countries that want to remain in the iran nuclear deal and are desperate to extend it or alter it in some way and keep it a line, one that comes to mind is the u.k. but look at what iran is doing to u.k. flag vessels. so iran doesn't necessarily care about what nd and internati

would like to kill, he has talked about his admiration for osama bin laden and spoken favorably of islamic jihad, these are all trigger words and trigger states and getting in front of a judge and see whether it holds up. if so, this guy usually these guys have six guns at home. so take the guns away, by all means, before something happens there. and that is going to come a lot closer to solving your problem than other solutions which are aimed not at that population but everybody. >> we have to move on. we are nearing the halfway point of the debate. asked republicans and independents what they thought the republican party on trump. and how it will look going forward. let's watch. ♪ >> rallies like this one admit new mexico filled with energized voters staff of republican dreams and they last barack obama in a landslide in 2012. that year, they published an autopsy on the republican party , saying outreach number a diverse voters in the past come back. >> party took on a different approach because of donald trump. nobody was expecting that at the time. >> the president is ultimately credited or

people he like to kill, he talked about his admiration for osama binladen and spoken favorably of islamic jihad. these are trigger words and triggers date and get in front of the judge and see whether it holds up and if so this guy, usually these guys have six guns at home so take the guns away and by all means before something happens there. that is going to come a lot closer to solving your problem and other solutions which are aimed not at that population. >> we have to move on, sorry congressman. >> we are nearing the halfway point of the debate. we asked some republicans and independents what they thought of the republican party under trump and how it will look goingforward, let's watch . >> rallies like this one in new mexico were filled with energized voters with a staff of republican dreams when they want to barack obama in a landslide in 2012. that year the rnc was an autopsy on the republican party sing outreach younger and more diverse voters was a path to a come back. >> the party ended up taking a different approach because of donald trump. that nobody was expected at the time than

people right now, i think, oftentimes in the terrorism the word and they immediately think islamic extremist. think jihad. they think 9/11 and people need to know what a threat is because decisions in ke your daily life an i'm not suggesting that we all go around for d to go out in public fear of terrorism that would be the worst thing to do but you is to know what the threat so you can appreciate and understand even if you don't appreciate the efforts of law intelligencend our community and our government, ut forth to combat that threat and more importantly, the ways that you and community members an be aware of the threat and looking out for things you might see in your own community. of now in the area international terrorism, that in as many as 70% of the cases, was somebody, a bystander, friend, coach, religion eader, mentor, that saw something going wrong in that person's life. when me thing holds true we talk about ideologically motivated attacks that is not ased on a foreign terrorist organization but on ideologies, ideologies, we know right now, extremism is the most when it comes to terrorist a

of iraq, four senior members of hezbollah's jihad council and leaders from hamas, palestinian islamic jihad philippines, isis west africa and ttp in pakistan. further, we are announcing the designation of an al qaeda affiliated group in syria as a specially designated global terrorist entity. as these sanctions show, today's executive order by president trump adds further muscle to u.s. counterterrorism efforts. it will help us to ensure that the deadly attacks of september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this week are never repeated on american soil. never. at this time, secretary mnuchin and i are happy to take a couple questions on this topic. yes, sir. reporter: did john bolton get fired or did he quit, and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over talks with the taliban? >> last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation. as i understand it, it was received this morning. go ahead, yes, in the back. reporter: was it because of this disagreement? >> i will leave to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. but i w

there's the islamic jihad union, the turkish and islamic party, the u.n.reports i cite in my testimony all document their presence in afghanistan under the taliban's banner. i find it hard to believe that the taliban would restrain all of them. thank you. >> thank you. mr. phillips. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and to our witnesses. mr. joscelyn, i'll start with you. clearly from your testimony you have little faith or confidence in the taliban being trustworthy, for good reason. so what should we do in light of the fact that they're not in your estimation? what would be in our best interests? >> i have no problem with trying to bolster a process that includes the afghan government in the talks and insisting on that from the go. my main problem with what happened here was, one, i think there was a lot of kre dual tee when it came to the taliban's words and, two, the afghan government clearly didn't have a formal seat at the table. you heard ambassador wells talk about how some members were able to take part in talks but that was in a personal capacity, not

they were convinced isis would herald a new islamic golden age and create a pure state for muslims, the caliphate. ♪ oh, my brothers, jihadrstood the desire to return to islam's glorious past. isis promised to restore muslim pride and prestige. >> it means power after powerlessness. it means honor and dignity after failure. >> he felt alienated and disi disillusioned. >> a lot of muslims see weakness and failure and loss. they felt in their heads, if only we would establish the caliphate, everything else would fall into place and we would live happily ever after. >> they destroyed their passports to show their commitment to the caliphate. for them, there was no going back. i met one of those men, a former jihadist, back in manhattan while he was in federal custody. mo went to columbia university and had what can only be described as a normal upbringing. what was it like to grow up in new york? >> like any other new yorker, going to school. >> what pushed you towards isis? >> being pushed towards identifying as an other makes me think, why am i not an american? >> mo was easily offended. he was convinced the world, especia

kurdish controlled northern syria would you like the islamic state to return yes i do so the best thing was being able to go to school and we had jihad. is it ok to execute people. yes if they were infidels. 71 peasant people live in the our whole camp a heavily guarded section has those women who joined islamic state on their children journalists rarely gain access mostly tennies are foreigners captured during the final battles against i.a.s. they number about 10 pows and and include many violently fanatical female of here and solve the group brutal attacks on other detainees are common almost nobody wants to speak to us get lost you dogs what are you doing here. the kurdish officials running the camp are overwhelmed and tough requested international support to guard and care for the i.a.s. radicals and you said you said you know 95 percent of those who live in this section are still are and are yes supporters only about 5 percent have changed their views slightly and they risk their towns being burned and their children killed because instead of going to school the children are indoctrinated with the i.a.s. beliefs a generation rai

jihad. it is unfortunately strengthening big stream ists and the islamic groups well joining me now is a chronicler of britain's so-called war on terror is britain's foremost political artist banksy has had to have john birger says his work is wanting the royal college of arts professor of political odd peter cannot whose book visual dissent is out now about pluto press joins me now thanks so much of a coming on tell me about the book and if you look through it how it seems to differ so much from the arguably advertiser lead i don't know young british artists and all the rest of it they get all the attention when it comes to british yeah well i well i want to do a book that wasn't seen as an art but was actually 50 years of history because one of my just to get through to young people and to make history live was i think it's very important to know about the events so i've done 50 years since i saw in 1990 and political stuff going right through to this year and talked about a particular subject within nature and then talked talked about what i did about it in terms of on look so you know let's let

their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i look at the rise and fall of isis. i've covered isis from the beginning as the militant army rolled through much of a rock in syria conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town. >> this is as far as we can go. it's very dangerous. >> a field commander in a force made up predominantly of ethnic curds. he took me to the front lines. >> they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's saying the ones in here they are prepared to die. the united states and the curds had a joint war plan, a partnership. the u.s. military dropped bombs from above while these curdish fighters did the grunt work. they backed isis into this final hold-out. a section no bigger than a few football fields. >> there are battles raging inside. this is the last

joined the so-called islamic state a number of western countries are grappling with that question more than 500 germans are still in syria or iraq after traveling there to join the jihad let's look now at the story of one woman leonora and her father who has been trying to get her back. 3 is to stick around the whole time you're caught up in your own problems process asking yourself why or what for how come i'm walking through your . mind messing ask himself why a 1000 times his daughter has been gone for 4 years. and your own child would rather be with terrorists than with you and she even thinks it's a cool quote. nora left him a voice message soon after she arrived home papa and make it says as a clue to them that in rules of war movie never heal kind of us music is a kissing those it's. the photos from i'm sure plenty. have good. in syria. he was seen as one of the highest ranking germans in the so-called islamic state she became his 3rd wife but she and the other 2 wives started fighting they are also witness the terror group's brutality and after a few weeks she wanted to go home desperate to help her father went to turkey and hired a people smuggler linked to t

think of terror group islamic state from syria the country has slowly been getting back on its feet not only is it green building infrastructure it's also making sure it's ready the jihad is trying to return as rim on concert for poles russian air base has been in operation for more than 4 years and today it's a state of the art facility with the brand new infrastructure and this is just one of the latest additions these hangars they protect the airplanes and not just from the weather from more rain or from the sun they also protect them from the drones that from time to time to attack the russian air base here. base in syria uses a 3 tier defense system if an attack to explain a song low altitude than a weapon called pants or s one is a use it's a dual action rapid firing and can in the system along with missiles from midrange strikes the russians use a surface to air missile complex cold war 2 both of these have been used in 2019 as the russian base was attacked 27 times in the worst case scenario in case of a serious threat the base is ready to use the s 400 missile system which was recently sold to search for its own defense needs however the russian army believes

enemy which was the islamic state o of crisis and attack their own hometown suffice hundred people were killed or injured in baseball this and i wasn't a person who ever thought about jihad is, violence or terrorism before, but i saw these guys and i thought to myself they grew up in a neighborhood not a very different froverydifferent fromt of newcomers, second-generation european. they've been in and out of the criminal lifestyle and have seen their friend go through all sorts of trauma. they were very much people i could havlikethat have grown upt their life wound up in these places i had a hard time understanding so i wanted to know what to do that. and i saw a lot of emotion in frustration that i think is relatable to the young men of all sorts of backgrounds in different places and i wanted to write a book that my explain why we lose young men and movements like that and what we might learn from their experiences that they are not these young men can teach us nothing but they are the result of a lot of things everyday people can relate to. >> host: i'm going to cut to the chase. your book is titled why young men. what is the answer? is it simple or more complicated

jihad. they pivoted to say the deal achieves everything they stood for and signing it is a guarantee of the restoration of the islamic emirates. without many details to back it up, they systematically avoided giving those details. for those of us who spend our time trying to understand and explain, that was highly problematic. toess somebody finds a way revive this, we never know what he really intended. they certainly weren't honest with their membership. seriously the inter-afghan talks, even ideas of some kind of compromised political solution? that's something they did not share with the membership. people vaguely knew there was a movement toward talks, but there was no clear understanding inside the movement of what would happen. there certainly was no preparation for compromise and moving towards a settlement, as opposed to talks. that along with this oversold message that we are getting the islamic emirates, across the movement, there was something starting to play to the spirits of june 2018. a majority of taliban thought that perhaps there was a move towards peace. told honestly about how that could be. perh

is, the islamic state, who have conducted attacks and continue to conduct attacks and the taliban, just as recently as yesterday issued a statement saying quote, we intend to continue our jihad. how we go forward, i think there are three steps. we have to get the afghan government some way involved as senator schumer pointed out that means letting them go ahead with their planned elections later this month. secondly, we need a clear program that's concise and precise with real deadlines and real measures put in it that the taliban is committed to and the gaffe began government is committed to and under no circumstance should we establish dates for withdrawal of any american forces. that puts it directly into our political process. neil: surely, ambassador, someone would have been taking a peek at the calendar, though? anniversary of 9/11. bad timing, maybe do this afterwards? how, how much goes into play when you think of something like that, when you look for negotiations whether rumored or actual? >> i agree. i don't know how, even if had been a well-organized process and substance were better, which it wasn't, somebody should have blown whistle long ago, long before the a