and hollow analysis. 0k, bruce hoffman, thank _ and hollow analysis. 0k, bruce hoffman, thank you _ou for - and hollow analysis. 0k, bruce hoffman, thank you forjoining| hoffman, thank you forjoining us. appreciated. you hoffman, thank you for “oining us. appreciatedfi us. appreciated. you are welcome- _ a parole board in the us state of california has recommended that the man who assassinated robert f kennedy during his presidential campaign in 1968 should be released from prison. the murder by sirhan sirhan was one of the defining events of the 20th century in us politics. nomia iqbal reports from washington. sirhan sirhan is a palestinian christian refugee, he immigrated to the us when he was very young, and in terms of what happened that day, it is worth reminding that robert f kennedy was a political superstar in the making, his rise came less than five years after the assassination of his brother, presidentjohn f kennedy, and he was seen as the democratic party�*s guy. he could have been president himself, as you mentioned, that was during his presidential campaign, he had just

bruce hoffman, thank you so much forjoining _ months.h forjoining us _ months. bruce hoffman, thank you so much forjoining us with _ months. bruce hoffman, thank you so much forjoining us with that - much forjoining us with that sobering analysis. let's hear more from on the ground in afghanistan, our correspondent secunder kermani is in kabul and joins us now. what is the latest? more details emer: in: what is the latest? more details emerging on _ what is the latest? more details emerging on these _ what is the latest? more details emerging on these terrible - what is the latest? more details l emerging on these terrible suicide bombings, as we've been saying throughout the day. they occurred close to the abbey gate entrance to the airport, controlled by both british and american soldiers. that is what we have seen, according to us officials, the deaths of 12 us service personnel. there were also hundreds of afghans they're trying to make their way inside the airport... horrific scenes, truly, truly horrific scenes, far too graphic for

joined us is bruce hoffman, homeland security. to national security advisers, we will hear from president biden later on today and he wasn't prepared for a third decade in afghanistan. what do you think the world needs to hear from president biden and he speaks? bruce: research of u.s. leadership. this debacle is on the americans head as much as it is on the afghan government and security forces. it goes to u.s. moral values. totalitarianism something of the past and rights to democracy and freedom is essential. guy: who influences afghanistan? bruce: it is much closer to china in the recent weeks. senior taliban officials were hosted by china. china shares a border with afghanistan. intense interest in that country, both in terms of stability but because of china's economic expansion and the opportunities available in a stable and peaceful afghanistan which presumably the taliban will be able to enforce. alix: with russia, the country saying the world is watching in horror and the results are washington's latest experiment. as th

trace: bruce hoffman says their objective is to attack the us.e the us as their main enemy and it is designed to embarrass the taliban as well, isis attempted to compete with the talent ban. their ideologies are the same. is more power struggle than an ideological a religious one. your thoughts on that? >> that is exactly right and the danger is rather than the taliban and cracking down on isis k, the new kids on the block, the worldwide impact, timing their attack with us networks. they look at those new arrivals and decide to up their game as well and the big picture is sharia law, this medieval version of islam and anti-americanism. what do they do next? they help a group that is in their territory like al qaeda, 9/11 to launch an attack against americans, these are dark and dangerous times. trace: thanks for coming on, appreciate it. president biden has found to get all us troops and americans home from afghanistan by august 31st. some critics are accusing him of letting the taliban and dictate terms to leverage their position and strength in