anthony blake and has testify for a second to about the withdrawal from afghanistan after the collapse of the washington backed government. the biden administration has been criticized for pulling u.s. troops out of the country as taliban fighters gained territory across afghanistan. the foreign relations committee and the rapid fall of kabul took u.s. intelligence by surprise. >> we invested extraordinary amounts in those security forces . hunters of mill of dollars, equipment, training, advice, support and based on that as well as based on this in real time, we did not see this collapse in a matter of 11 days. >> three former u.s. intelligence officers admitted promoting sophisticated hacking technology to the united arab emirates. the men have agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million to resolve the charges. they are accused of conducting hacking operations for the uae were working as managers in the guv state. forgers in the u.s. state of california are deciding the fate of -- voters in the u.s. state of california are deciding the fate of avenue some. there is a recall vote over the handl

now they are ceasing which is a warranted charlotte bellis out to 0 qu anthony blake and also said he is called on the taliban to allow charter flights to resume out of the african capital. the us extra state has been discussing the developments in afghanistan with his german counterpart and voice just concerns about the build up in their telephone cabinet. despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announce list of names consist exclusively of individuals or members of the taliban or their close associates. and know when we're also concerned by the affiliations and track records to some of those individuals. we understand that taliban is presented this as a caretaker cabinet. we will judge it and them by its actions. international communities made clear, it's expectation that the afghan people deserve and inclusive government cancel the former president a shotgun. he has released a statement saying that leaving cobble just ahead of the taliban takeover was most difficult decision of his life. down he says, seeing the capital was the only way to keep the guns sil

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back to back inside the park home runs, like more and anthony gonzalez -- blake moore and anthony gonzalezn the next pitch over poor colin allred's head. republicans happy as they put up five in that first inning. >> one former nfl player to another, right over his head and now the president taking a moment with the republicans. earlier he was on the democratic side when the democrats -- >> greg steube with his first swing, a homerun, out of the ballpark. into the bleachers. the very first offering from pete angular -- aguilar swings it out. i want to bring the attention back to the field. >> i believe that is the first out of the park home run in this game in more than 40 years. >> the republicans out of the dugout. aguilar walking around behind the mound. to the opposing pitcher. >> greg steube getting all of this. >> look at that swing. drilled into left, that ball got out in a hurry. >> that was a bona fide major league home run. >> now the better as greg steube is trying to take away the attention. >> ironic that the president was on the republican side as that ball flew out of the ba