but it was pretty clearly bin laden.ing said that, i knew bin laden was about 6'4", and i thought, "well, i'm 6'2". i'll lie down next to the body just to see whether or not the remains are a little longer." then i thought, "well, you know, that's probably not very distinguished for the three-star admiral to be lying down next to the body." so i saw some young s.e.a.l.s standing nearby. i said, "hey, son, how tall are you?" he said, "well, sir, i'm 6'2"." i said, "good. come here." so he laid down next to the body and sure enough, the body was about two inches longer. i didn't think much of it. i went back to the -- to my little headquarters area, got back on the video with the president, and the president said, "okay, bill, let me get this straight. you had $60 million for a helicopter," the one we had lost on the raid, "and you didn't have $10 for a tape measure?" and as i've told folks, it was just the right amount of levity just at the right time to kind of lower the stress in the room and that little bit of levity k

having said that, i knew bin laden was about six foot four.nd i thought, i am 6'2", i will lie down next to the body to see whether or not the remains are longer and i thought, that's probably not very distinguished for the three star admirable to be lying down next to the body, so i saw a young seal standing nearby i said son, how tall are you? he said i'm 6'2", i said okay, come here. he lay down and turn of the body was about two inches longer. i didn't think much of it, i went back to my headquarters area, got back on the video with the president, and the president said okay, bill, let me get this straight. you had $60 million for a helicopter, the one where you lost on the raid, and you didn't have $10 for a tape measure? and as i told folks, it was just the right amount of levity at the right time to lower the stress in the room, that little bit of levity helped me through the rest of the night. and then two days later, when i was back in washington briefing congress, i get a call to come to the white house, the president thanks us for t

one, to remove osama bin laden to the gates of hell as i said at the time. the second reason was to eliminate al qaeda's capacity deal with more attacks in the united states from back territory. we accomplished both of those objectives. that's what i believe from the beginning why we should have gone afghanistan. that job had been over some time and that's why i believed this is the right decision and frankly, overdue. [inaudible] >> thank you very much, your own intelligence community said the afghan government will likely collapse. >> that's not true. >> can you clarify what they told you about whether that will happen or not? >> that's not true, they did not reach that conclusion. >> what is the level of confidence they have that it will not collapse? >> the afghan government leadership has to come together. they clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place. the question is, what they generate the cohesion to do it? is not the question whether they have the capacity, they have the capacity, they have the equipment, the question is, where t

bin laden was finally killed. 9/11 henchmen captured, and al qaeda so weakened it never launched another successful attack on america. but 2,400 dead, 20,000 wounded, and nearly $1 trillion in treasure could not remake afghanistan in the american image. >> we didn't achieve the goal of, you know, a free, open, democratic, duley elected, corruption free country where the rule of law -- >> was that ever achievable? >> in retrospect, i don't think so. >> reporter: afghanistan once again earned its reputation as the graveyard of empires. >>> this is charlie d'agata in kabul. a city that has changed profoundly in the past two decades since the invasion. a generation has grown up enjoying simple freedoms. but those gains are now overshadowed by fears the taliban will sweep back into power once u.s. forces leave here. the return to taliban rule endangers women and girls most. they've been able to go to school and hold jobs, including important positions in the government. but the country has already seen a rise in oppres

one, to bring osama bin laden to the gates of hell as i said at the time. the second reason was, to illuminate al qaeda's compact -- to eliminate al qaeda's capacity to deal with more attacks on the united states from that territory. we accomplished both of those objectives period. that is what i believed from the beginning. why we should have gone to afghanistan. that job had been over for some time. that is why i believe this is the right decision and quite frankly, overdue. >> asked her president, thank you very much. your own intelligence committee has assessed the afghan government will likely collapse. pres. biden: that is not true. >> can you please clarify what they have told you about whether that will happen or not? pres. biden: that is not true. they have not reached that conclusion. >> so what is the level of confidence they have that it will not collapse? pres. biden: the afghan government has to come together. they clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place. the question is, will they generate the kind of cohesion to do it? i

taking out bin laden. i want to thank you all for your service and the dedication to the mission so many of you have given and to the sacrifices that you and your families have made over the long course of this war. i will never forget those who gave the last full measure of devotion for their country in afghanistan nor those whose lives have been immeasurably altered by wounds sustained in the service of their country. we are ending america's longest war, but we will always, always honor the bravery of the american patriots who served in it. may god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. >> reporter: mr. president, do you trust the taliban. >> reporter: mr. president, is the taliban takeover of afghanistan now inevitable? >> no, it is not. >> reporter: why? >> because you have the afghan troops, have 300,000 well-equipped, as well equipped as any haarmy in the world and air force. again, against something like 75,000 taliban. it is not inevitable. >> reporter: mr. president, do you trust

one, to bring osama bin laden to the gates of hell. as i said at the time. the second reason was to eliminate al qaeda's capacity to deal with more attacks on the united states from that territory. we accomplished both of those objectives. period. that's what i believed from the beginning why we should have gone to afghanistan. that job had been over for some time. and that's why i believe this is the right decision, and quite frankly overdue. >> mr. president. >> mr. president. >> mr. president. >> will you -- >> the people of afghanistan -- >> mr. president, thank you very much, your own intelligence community has assessed that the afghan government will likely collapse -- >> that is not true. >> can you please clarify what they have told you about whether that will happen or not. >> that is not true. they did not reach that conclusion. >> so what is the level of confidence that they have that it will not collapse? >> the afghan government and leadership has to come together. they clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place. the question i

i was up in that pass where osama bin laden was allegedly escaped or out of harm's way. we went for two reasons, one, to bring osama bin laden to the gates of hell as i said at the time. the second reason was to eliminate al qaeda's capacity to deal with more attacks in the united states from that territory. we accomplished both of those objectives, period. that's what i believe from the beginning why we should be, why we should have gone to afghanistan. that job had been over for some time. and that's why i believe that this is the right decision and quit overdo. >> >> reporter: mr. president, thank you very much, your own intelligence community has assessed that the afghan government will likely collapse? >> that is not true. >> reporter: can you please clarify what they have told you aboutnclusion. >> reporter: so what is the level of confidence that they have that it will not collapse? >> the afghan government and leadership has to come together. they clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place. the question is will they generate the kind of cohesion

al qaeda carried out 9/11 one unit is fighting against the return of the taliban and new bin ladensfghanistan's commandos. we recently saw them in action. their general says foreign extremists are rushing back to join what they see as the victorious taliban >> these people who are coming to create trouble and problems for the world for the future as they did in 9/11. >> even worse than 9/11, i'm telling you. >> reporter: fawzia koofi is a member of parliament and a negotiate were the taliban. extremists tried to assassinate her twice. >> you have been in war, and in war, people don't distribute sweets. they kill each other so you think those actually have been killed, they will not go for revenge and hostility? they will. >> reporter: i put that question to a former taliban leader who knew bin laden will afghanistan once again become a base for international terrorist attacks? >> translator: the taliban signed a peace deal with the united states, and the main point is the taliban will not allow any terrorist groups to operate in afghanistan, he said while the taliban promised to kee

was out for, one, hunting down osama bin laden and two, eliminating al qaeda's threat to the home lane said both were accomplished and therefore it is time to pull out. he got a lot of questions about the civil war that looks like is already unfolding and about the fall of the afghan government and whether the u.s. would bare any responsibilities for the chaos likely to erupted and he said no. because we've done our part, not only for those two things but also equipping and training the afghan forces that he said had the capacity to defend themselves. his own intelligence communities assessed that it was likely that kabul would fall, maybe in the next six months and i asked him about that and he rejected that assessment. i don't know if he meant that the content was wrong or that that assessment was wrong but we widely reported along with other outlets that that is what they found was likely going to happen. but even if that were the case, he's made clear his priority is national security, national interests and he believes this is absolutely the right move. yamiche: he rejected the i

bin laden was finally killed.ured and al qaeda did not launch another successful attack on america. but 2400 dead, 20,000 wounded, and nearly $1 trillion in treasure could not remake afghanistan in the american image. was that ever achievable? >> in hit trow expect, i don't think so. >> reporter: afghanistan once again earned its reputation as the graveyard of empires. david martin, cbs news the pentagon. >> fascinating to take a look back. still ahead on the cbs news, go families united by their connection to america's most famous s seamstress. well, , well, wellll. lolook at you.u. yoyou mastereded the e master batath. you created your own stylele. anand you - yes, y you! turned a a sourdodough starteter into a s sourdough finishsher. so when n you learn n yor chronic drdry eye is a actuy caused by y reduced tetear prododuction dueue to inflamamn you takeke it on, by talkiking to your eyeyecare profefessionl about rerestasis®..... whwhich may hehelp you makae morere of your o own tears with contitinued use twice

i wanted them -- i wanted to watch our war fighters take down usama bin laden.d blessed to be on the air alive to break the news to the country that he had been killed by ours to poor -- superb warriors, to me that was the conclusion, he hit us, we hit him, america always avenges the night stabbings in the back. and we did it derek, and we did it superbly and ten years ago, sandra was when we should've left afghanistan. spin on the president said the same. >> and i agree absolutely with him, not one time seeing the afghan army do well in combat, not once. any time i have seen anything like a victory in a tactical encounter it has been because the united states has been driving it. i believe that afghanistan is finished as a country, it will fracture immediately or semiimmediately, the taliban will control the south, the toshiba with their warrior god massoud in their minds and al sharif and the other people will be old fashions warlords, i think you can question some of the way that we left the airbase and all the equipment and all of that or a lot of it behind

that was the killing of a sudden bin laden —— summer bin laden, and the rooting out of cells.o sort out what sort of country they wanted going forward. he said we could going forward. he said we could go for another year, then another year, what more would we achieve? it is, of course, somewhat controversial given the fact that now the taliban seems to be forming quite a considerable force and by all accounts may have the afghan capital, kabul, in its site imminently.— capital, kabul, in its site imminentl .~ . , , . imminently. what about public oinion? imminently. what about public opinion? it _ imminently. what about public opinion? it is _ imminently. what about public opinion? it is interesting, - opinion? it is interesting, su- ort opinion? it is interesting, suaport for— opinion? it is interesting, support for remaining - opinion? it is interesting, support for remaining in i support for remaining in afghanistan has been higher actually amongst democrats than it has republicans but americans, of course, do not worry too much generally about foreign matters and i think a

this is where the trail of osama bin laden goes cold.e bombing of tora bora. navy seals finally killed him, but that was nearly 10years later. does that make a difference? >> it always makes a difference. >> reporter: now retiled, admiral mike mullen became chairman of the joint chiefs six years into the war and realized right away that the u.s. didn't have enough troops in afghanistan. >> because we went into iraq. and the forces that we would have put in afghanistan, basically we were using in iraq. >> reporter: the invasion of iraq started out with "shock and awe". but it turned into a long, hard slog, leaving afghanistan as the forgotten war. until a new president, barack obama, set out to finish the job in afghanistan, which he called the good war. >> he didn't call it a good war very long once he got in, because there is no such thing. >> reporter: obama sent in a surge of troops and installed a new commander, general stanley mcchrystal, who set out to fundamentally change the way the u.s. had been fighting the afghan war. >> we ca

with noor bin laden, the niece of osama bin laden, outside the summit in geneva flying a "trump won"flag from a boat. >> hi. i'm chip manson. now, the manson family might have a little bit of a checkered past, but that doesn't mean we don't know injustice when we see it. the dominion voting machines deliberately miscounted ballots in an effort to steal power. i'd stake my name on it -- which, in case you forgot, is chip manson. manson for short. some good folks have asked me to distance myself from the "stop the steal" movement due to the

you opposed the raid to get bin laden. i can no longer laugh. i can't joke about biden's cognitive struggle. everyone can see he is in bad shape. our allies and enemies see and the majority of the american people see it. it's dangerous. he needs cards even after a drive briefing from the staff. he is trying to barely get through the one schedule event a day. it's pathetic. here's the next obvious question: who is making the decisions? who knew what when about joe's condition? let's take a look at joe biden. this is from 2012. you will notice two things in this clip. one joe biden brags about being against the bin laden raid and two, joe biden was in a different cognitive state in 2012 than he is today. you decide. >> he said what is your opinion? the secretary of state and ended with me. every single person in that room hedged their bet except leon penetta. he said go. everyone else said 49, 51. joe what do you think? i said i didn't know we had so many communists around the table. we know the man a direct answer. my suggestion is don't go. >> s

our next guest shot bin laden in the face. joining me now is navy seal rob o'neil.lot of thoughts, a lot of experiences, people know you from the bin laden raid but you have spent multiple tours over many years in afghanistan. am i off base here? >> i think you are completely on base, pete. and thanks for having me. yeah, it's one of those places afghanistan where if you haven't been there, you wouldn't believe people. one of the best stories that i have is one of my interpreters was also my chef. i got in an argument with him one time i said you know if we surround afghanistan with 300-foot wall that was electrified, you wouldn't have a television in 10,000 years. my country put a man on the moon in 200 years and he said mr. can't put a man on the moon it's this big. and that's -- i mean, some of these people, not only do they not know how old they are, they don't know what time is. it's a different world. i have seen true poverty that children with no clothes playing in sewage. it's up is down and down is up. we can never install jeffersonian democracy there they

had accomplished its mission of killing osama bin laden, and undercutting al qaeda'sbility to launchcks on the u.s. at the white house today he announced u.s. mission will end august 31. >> nrly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current security situation only confirms that just one more year of fighting in afghanistan is not a solution, but a recipe r being there indefinitely. it's up to the afghans to make the decision about the future of their country. laura: as the u.s. leaves afghanistan, so too are u.k. forces. britain's prime minister says the withdrawal of u.k. troops is almost complete. the bbc's defense correspondent reports. reporter: at one of the few nato bases left in kabul, the lowering of the union flag signals the end of the mission. most of the 750 british troops who remainedn the country have now returned home. time to reflect on the sacrifices made, and to assess what they have achieved. >> no one should doubt the gains of the last 20 years, but nor can we shrink from the hard reality of the situation today. reporter: the taliban are already advancing,

they will. >> reporter: i put that question to a former taliban leader who new bin laden. will afghanistan once again become a base for international terrorist attacks? the taliban signed a peace deal with the united states, and a main point is that the taliban will not allow any terrorist groups to operate in afghanistan, he says. adding there will be more guarantees once the taliban are in power. the former taliban commander who still maintains close ties to the group says once the taliban take over it will be up to the group to keep isis and al qaeda and other, extremists as he called them, out of the country, and he wants the united states militarily to help the taliban to do it. richard engel, kabul. >>> food shortages, rolling blackouts and a surge of covid cases, that's what sent thousands of cubans into the streets over the weekend. many young people frustrated by the lack of independence took part in the afternoon protests in the capital. police moved in, broke up the march. a few protesters through rocks. president biden voicing his support for cuban demonstrator

he reiterated, we came to find osama bin laden, to destroy the al qaeda threat, and to bring down the. we achieved that objective, he said. many will disagree with him and there were questions, what were other nations here for? he says we were not here for nationbuilding. but equally is a message she has drilled time and again, that it is up to the afghans. we have trained over 300,000 soldiers, given them all the tools they need. it is up to them now. he believes, contrary to the intelligence assessments coming out of the united states, that it is not inevitable that the taliban will come to power, if the afghan leadership and the national army get themselves together. they will be able to defeat the taliban. manyould disagree with the state of the afghan army, whether leaders can do something about it, but in the questions he was taking before we started speaking, a journalist asked him, what if kabul falls to the taliban? this is where the real answer comes through. they have decided that even if the taliban comes to power, the threat to the united states is minimal. it will be the

get the terrorists who attacked on 9/11 and get justice for bin -- and deliver justice to osama bin laden. we did not go to nation build. >> reporter: the military withdrawal of the u.s. and its allies comes amid resurgence. it currently controls about a third of afghanistan's provinces and is pushing to expand its terr risks of pulling out. >> the worst case, civil war breakdown, fracturing of the government, fracturing of the army, that's possible. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham called the decision to leave afghanistan a, quote, disaster in the making and predicted it would lead to the re-emergence of groups like isis and al qaeda. the u.s.' longest war has claimed nearly 2,500 american lives and wounded more than 20,000. after the drawdown, around 1,000 u.s. troops will remain are aigned to protect the u.s. embassy in kabul. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> well, ahead on "cbs this morning," charlie d'agata is in kabul where he spoke with the top u.s. diplomat in afghanistan about the future of the american diplomatic mission there

that was the killing of a 0sama bin laden and the rooting out of terrorist cells in that country, and, basically, it was up to the afghans to sort out what sort of country they wanted going forward. he said we could go for another year, then another year, then another year — what more would we achieve? it is, of course, somewhat controversial, given the fact that now the taliban seems to be forming quite a considerable force and by all accounts may have the afghan capital, kabul, in its site imminently. what about us public opinion, david? well, it is interesting. support for remaining in afghanistan has been higher actually amongst democrats than it has republicans, but americans, of course, do not worry too much generally about foreign matters and i think a lot of people here have become somewhat ambivalent to what is going on overseas, especially given the problems that this country has experienced by itself domestically, in recent months and years. i think that there are signs anyway that a lot of people simply really do not care now and many would like to see the troops come home

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clearly, they were not willing to give up bin laden., the taliban have evolved, they've changed. what are the indications of that? there are no indications the taliban willing to let women work, are willing to let there be a free press, willing to do all of the things that their perverse intendation of islam tells them shouldn't be done. i think the afghans themselves are in for a very rough time, and i'm marley worried not to -- particularly worried about not only the people i met, but the 18,000 interprets, scouts, guides who helped americans and their 50,000-75,000 family members whom we owe and whom we must get out. and if you noticed in president biden's speech two days ago, he did not mention anything about them or plans for getting them out of the country and protecting them. who will cooperate with america if we cannot be relied upon to protect the people who work with us? eric: we have to help those who helped us. especially after all -- >> absolutely. eric: -- all the blood and treasure of our country spilled in that country.

we've achieved the central counter-terrorism mission with al qaeda and bin laden which is the reason we went there in the first place. and the foreign policy is focusing on china and climate change and other things that doesn't allow for the united states to provide the amount of resources and bandwidth and obviously the risk to our troops that we have for the last 20 years. the. >> what could this situation in afghanistan look like three months, six months, nine months down the road? i was also struck by the president repeatedly saying afghanistan has never been a united country in the history which i think some would look at and sayen that is an indication that the administration is not counting on afghanistan going forward to be a united country since it has never been one in in its past. >> that's right. and sorry for the background behind me. he had to be positive about the outcomes and the coming months to try to defend the discussion to go out. but on the other hand, he did leave room open to acknowledge the fact that this could turn soun very quickly. the government could fal

i was up in that past where 0sama bin laden was allegedly escaped out of harms way.he gates of hell. as i said at the time. the second reason was to eliminate al-qaeda's capacity to deal with more attacks in the united states from that territory. we accomplished both of those objectives. that is what i believe from the beginning why we should be whereby we should have gone to afghanistan. thatjob had been over for some time. and that's why i believe that this is the right decision and quite frankly over deal. nashville radio. your own intelligence community has assets _ your own intelligence community has assets that— your own intelligence community has assets that the afghan government into a _ assets that the afghan government into a likely collapse. that assets that the afghan government into a likely collapse.— into a likely collapse. that is not true. into a likely collapse. that is not true- can — into a likely collapse. that is not true- can you — into a likely collapse. that is not true. can you please _ into a likely collapse. that is not true. can you pleas

here's the midterms. . ~ alive bin laden is dead.idterms. thank you for having me. and if were — midterms. thank you for having me. and if were talking _ midterms. thank you for having me. and if were talking about _ midterms. thank you for having me. and if were talking about bumper i and if were talking about bumper stickers, i canjust go by swinging left with the candidates and the volunteers we have been talking to on the ground. democratic candidates are really running on the kitchen table issues. talking about the economy, there talking about health care talking about covid—19 recovery. their love democratic policies and accomplishments on all of these issues that we have seen since president biden and the administration came in to place and democrats of a strong record to run on. they've been delivering for the american people. bud on. they've been delivering for the american people.— on. they've been delivering for the american people. and get james kovel said and these — american people. and get james kovel said and these ar

the same group we are trying to prevent from retaking power, that's the group that invited osama bin laden and into afghanistan to plan the attacks that tragically affected us 20 years ago. >> i get the feeling you have a follow-upp question. >> yes, what he said doesn't sense.y it doesn't matter saudi arabia. they could be fighting each other forever. >> what i said is actually documented and not contested by any kind of u.s. 9/11 commission or u.s. intelligence agency commission. you are right that the saudi nationals congregated in afghanistan to plan the attacks and i agree saudi arabia had a certain responsibly not in terms of direct planning or support for the operation but in terms of the extremist ideology and theology they allowed to be used andus perpetrated in this area t it's the afghan government at the time that invited in these bodies is allowed them to do the planning and people from other countries as well involved in the attacks so you are right, there are other countries that had a role without that sanctuary, the headquarters, training ground, i don't believe the 9/11 a

with noor bin laden, the niece of osama bin laden, outside the summit in geneva flying a "trump won" flag from a boat. >> hi. i'm chip manson. now, the manson family might have a little bit of a checkered past, but that doesn't mean we don't know injustice when we see it. the dominion voting machines deliberately miscounted ballots in an effort to steal power. i'd stake my name on it -- which, in case you forgot, is chip manson. manson for short. some good folks have asked me to distance myself from the "stop the steal" movement due to the bad optics or at least change my name. but i like my name -- chip! it's fun, it's care fr, pl oegreat with my last name -- manson. chip manson. so the next time someone says inciting violence to maintain powe ajust tell them manson says differently. and, please, don't judge this movement because my uncle is charles manson. i'm also cousins with marilyn manson. >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight, the emancipation celebration! plus stephen welcomes nathan lane and musical guest griff, featuring jon batiste and "stay huma

it was hosting osama bin laden. that's why the u.s.aded, invaded with a tiny footprint, just the cia, special ops and air control came in, and very rapidly toppled the taliban, drove out al qaeda. osama bin laden escaped, but al qaeda was on the run. that happened months after 9/11. there was a honeymoon period where things were going well, the country was stable, but the u.s. got distracted. the u.s. went to iraq, most of the military resources moved to that theater, and taliban continued to grow and metastasize, as u.s. troops got bogged down in iraq, there was a resurgence here. even though there was a surge, the taliban found their footing. it was a war won initially, and then set off-course. this war, as president biden put it, is going to say was an unwinnable war, we needed to end it at some stage, it already ended several years ago. this has no longer been an active combat war like it was 5, 6, 7, 8 years ago. it was in february 2020, so has not been an active combat zone that was in 2010. when people talked about the war was p

we killed bin laden and great to be on the air and break that news to the nation that bin laden had beenl warriors. we should have left them in 2011. we stayed ten years too long. afghan is a failed state. it is a narco state that provides hero when consumed europe. once i was with the marines and the province and they were camping and poppy fields. it is a disgusting, savage place. it will splinter peer there was no holding it together. in terms of i have our dear interpreter, mike guy that saved my life, same thing. we worked with sky news and they talk to the taliban. you can get them on the telephone. so now, he has to straighten that all out before he can get here. we know on a first-name basis that risked everything. having said that, i also want to say, my god, g.i.s mo warriors who some gave their lives, get e with war correspondent, and you interviewed ehrman so-and-so and he died here and there. it is a horrible experience and we should have learned from that alexander the great and the british empire and the soviet union that you can't remake a country and our own image. you w

now they have scaled back what they say they accomplish, to making sure osama bin laden was killed and to ensuring that no terrorist attack from afghanistan has been launched since the u. s. and nato troops have been, have been in the country. and t, w correspondent carry shelton speaking to us in brussels. thanks very much. or change in our public health experts. a founding the alarm about a new corona virus variant, more than 50 cases of the so called delta plus the variance has been detected in india. the variant has also surfaced in the usa and was a dozen other countries. indian scientists say it could be more transmissible, more infectious, and resistant to life saving drugs given to some coven 19 patients. but they do need more data to confirm this. correspondent namisha giant swell sent us this report from india where the new variant has fuel fees the country could be headed for 3rd wave restrictions let us once again off to another good way to leave crowds tonguing to the freshly opened market in india. already, it is hard to imagine that just 2 months ago, the country was rec

one, to bring usama bin laden to the gates of. as i said at the time. the second reason was to eliminate al qaeda's capacity to deal with more attacks on the united states from that territory. we accomplished both of those objectives, period. >> sean: they will keep counting, 11,000, 21,000, 31,000, for 1,000. maybe when we get to that point he will speak. i honestly can't laugh or joke about biden's cognitiveiv struggles, everyone can see he is in really bad shape. the majority now of the american thpeople are seeing it, and it's downright dangerous. now things are so bad that joe needs the help of note cards even after briefings with the staff less than an hour prior. joe is not calling the shots, is not making decisions but instead it appears that he is just trying to barely, barely get through that one scheduled event aa day. it's pathetic. and here's the next obvious question, it was making the and who know what and who knew what when about joe's condition? for reference, let's take a look atm joe biden. don't notice two things in this upcoming cli

has met its two overriding objectives to capture and kill bin laden. a long skeptic of this war. he said, quite frankly, this decision is long overdue. >> i will not send another generation of americans to war in afghanistan with no reasonable expectation to achieving a different outcome. >> tonight president biden delivering an impassioned case to end the longest war. >> the united states cannot afford to remain tethered to policies from 20 years ago. >> vowing to remove all troops from afghanistan by the end of august despite the taliban moving closer to kabal. >> for those that argued we should stay six more months or one more year, consider the lessons of recent history. >> the president making good on a campaign promise and a long held belief that afghanistan must control its own destiny. >> one more year fighting afghanistan is not a solution but a recipe for being there indefinitely. it is up to the afghans to make the decision about the future of their country. >> biden insisted a takeover is not inevitable. but he grew testy when asked which h

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osama bin laden may be dead but is organization lives on.y fear a return of the taliban means a return of al qaeda's. a scenario not just for afghanistan but much of the world. laura: for more we are joined by our chief corresponnt. does it look to you a return to power by the taliban is in the cards? >> we have to be careful about e numbers. certainly they are telling us dozens of districts are falling every day to the taliban across all areas. behind the numbers is a reality that some of the districts are for psychological advantage, no strategic significant. some are areas where forces decided to pull back in order to prott more important targets. there are others that are strategically in, foot soldiers fed up with waiting are simply deciding to dessert, to defect. where the taliban are now, nearly 20 years after they were toppled, it is clear they are on the brink of coming back to power, whether that is through the negotiations which are not making any headway, they have been trying since last september, or on the battlefield. certainl

the fact that osama bin laden, if the whole point of this war was about al qaeda and 9/11 and bin ladenthe statement the media always uses is that he was found your the pakistani equivalent of west point and yet there is no real pressure ever being put on pakistan. if imran khan says, i have little or no leverage against the taliban, the question incomes, white is at washington and berlin and london and paris and all these other places asking him, we did you have leverage over the taliban? why did you have leverage over the taliban? why have you not been doing anything to exercise that leverage and a positive way? and this is something that upsets everyone in afghanistan because, as i said, there's document improve, both on the ground here and just things like pictures and footage, that show pakistan has a very acti role andiran and yet there is no real pressure, physical, real pressure be put on pakistan because of it. amy: ali latifi, today president biden will be addressing the issue of afghanistan. it has been almost 20 years, the united states longest war. talk about the results of

raid when bin laden was killed and saying how the hell did he get that. detail was incredible and i met him when he was teaching at princeton. i get a lot of tests or blurbs and normally read 10 pages, 15 pages, this i read, i couldn't stop reading it. i just found it beautifully written, exciting, much like the right stuff, but in a different era on the speed of branson and virgin galactic and the future of space and space travel. jumping into it, nick, what sparked your interest in this? i know you were at the new yorker at the time, was it 2014. >> yeah, that's when i got started. thank you, this is truly an honor to be in conversation and you know, it's been a lifetime hero of mine. we'll get to that later. when i started reading and one of the pivotal books that my dad gave me when i was growing up was "friday night lights", when i sat down to this project from the beginning, how do i take the subject matter of "the right stuff", how do i approach it like "friday night lights", and in that company. and that started in 2014, which is -- there's a crit