, commissioner crocker asked about pakistani oral histories.t asks us to expand our focus and look at other regional actors that were involved, too. so i greatly appreciate that the topic emerged in our first discussion because it will be part of the entire discussion and we commit to having a fact based and objective assessment of the role of pakistan in the war. it's the reason why we are honored to have ambassador anne patterson and ambassador robin riffle with us today, i asked them to join us because they've been advisor and guides for this commission for the past year in helping us understand the connectivity between the united states, pakistan and afghanistan. our three countries have been intertwined for not just one war, two wars and many other issues in between and we would be remiss if we didn't analyze it properly. so that is one thing i really wanted to emphasize to our audience. the second is just an appreciation to my fellow commissioners uh for your openness and your honesty of the emotional aspect of this project. we all recogn

i would like to recognize commissioner crocker. >> thank you. you spoke of the importance of history, a point that was emphasized by the previous panel i think very effectively. the writ of this commission extends for 20 years. that is an entire generation. we had service members who fought in afghanistan who had no living memory of 9/11. and that time is history didn't begin in 2001 and it didn't end in 2021. you referred -- so an appreciation of history as you've emphasized i think is very important. you mentioned the cold war era, the fight against the soef -- soviets. i seem to remember that the press aechlt became law in 1985. is that correct? >> it did but it wasn't implemented until 1990, meaning the president each year the president had to certify because of the law and we were very aware of this at c.i.a. at the time without going into detail. but 1990 is when it got triggered. >> right. and just help me with my recollection here. i haven't looked at this in quite some time. in the period between 1985 and 1990, in which pakistan was a c

i would like to recognize commissioner ryan crocker. you have seven minutes. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. and my thanks to our witnesses for giving this commission a very useful public launch. i would like to recognize two of our distinguished guests here today, ambassadors, and i would like to say what a privilege it is to be here at the vfw headquarters, one of the great honors of my life was to as a civilian having the eisenhower award. the witnesses have underscored the magnitude of the task. its enormous complexity, its range, and with that task comes also enormous obligations on this commission and all of its commissioners. we have an obligation to the american people. we have a special obligation to the veterans, the hundreds and thousands who served in uniform in afghanistan. we have an obligation to the civilians who served in the thousands as well as civilians who served in other capacities. we have a special obligation that we can never meet to those who did not return, to those killed in afghanistan. i stood at many of th

city leaders will join players at crocker-amazon playground for the first kick tomorrow afternoon.eam members will also take part in a soccer clinic for community members. that wraps us up for sports. the 11:00 news with mike starts now. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. fox two starts now. >> all right. good evening once again everyone. i'm mike mibach right to some of our top stories at 11. the countdown is on to a possible nationwide ban on the social media app tiktok right now. tiktok users have been scrambling to protect their content and find some workarounds, as the u.s. supreme court is likely to uphold a federal law that would effectively shut down the app in the u.s. by the end of this coming weekend, social media experts say the app won't disappear from your phone immediately, but you won't be able to update it, meaning it will likely experience more performance issues over time. the long delayed sale of the oakland coliseum becomes closer to being finalized. it's been a long process here, but the alameda county board of supervisors approved the terms of the agreement for the s