also with us is stimson center distinguished fellow colonel dave smith, whose service included three tours in pakistan. thank you for joining us. from there, i will moderate a q&a with the ambassador including questions from the audience. this comes at a consequential and challenging time in afghanistan. it has been just over a month since cavil fell to the taliban. we have seen an exodus of refugees fleeing the country, with fear over what the future holds. we have heard assurances from the taliban that they will respect human rights and --. last week, the taliban unveiled a government that is not exclusive by any definition -- inclusive by any definition. meanwhile, humanitarian crisis looms with the u.n. warning that one million afghan children could die of malnutrition as the country is on the brink of universal poverty. concern over terrorist threats abound. we are here today to take a deep look at these challenges and their impacts. mr. ambassador, perhaps you could start by giving us the lay of the land -- how do you assess the recent developments in afghanistan and what they

he is the host of the part of the problem podcast he always has a solution it is dave smith and courseages radio host fox news contributor, she wears three hats, leslie marshall. welcome everyone. and ned i'll start with you. usually not a good idea to tell someone who is an adversary, we do have conversations with adversaries as part of u.s. foreign policy. it's usually a bad idea to telegraph and we are about to attack them, am i missing something here? >> well, first of all after the afghanistan debacle you would've thought millie resigned out of total and complete shame. but here we are talking about this phone call, which we are hearing reports today, kennedy, the acting secretary of defense, christopher miller at the time said millie was not authorized to have this conversation. now, we are seeing for the chief of staff from the department of defense also sang this was not authorized. and it is highly unusual to have these kind of conversations with an enemy about your operational capabilities. and even said in a fox news piece in his mind it rises to the level of treasonous too.

we have the dave smith, host of a part of the problem it is a podcast, glad you're back.ost of the richard fowler show, also awesome, incredibly dapper, the richard fowler. great to have you all. >> hello. >> thanks for having us. kennedy: great to be seen. there is so much to get into, jason. i don't know which part of the story is more sickening or heartbreaking. when i was watching those caskets unloaded at dover, i, like many people watching, i succumbed to my own emotion. i was in tears because it was like i have a 16-year-old. a lot of the people killed were 20, four years older than my daughter. they did not have to die. that, right now for me, taking this whole thing apart, that is the toughest thing i am trying to process as someone who analyzes news, as a parent and someone who follows politics, what is the toughest for you? >> i am with you, kennedy, it is an american tragedy. when you watch the president and the leader of the free world, the commander-in-chief today turn his back from the podium and not answer a single question that he did not end, he lost. hi

and whose head should request or at the party panel is back, ned ryun, dave smith and leslie marshallotional testimony. and i have to tell you, my girls were usga athletes for six years. they were competitive and i saw that culture firsthand. i cannot believe those fbi agents knew that he was molesting women and he went on to create new victims because of their interactions. that is criminal. >> well, canada have thought this for a while now for the fbi is irreparably corrupt. the one standing was michaela maroney. i told them in 2015 all this they settle for 17 months and then falsified my testimony. the fact of the matter, this was jim cummings fbi. when dick durbin asked how it happened maybe is too busy or trying to frame the duly elected president to really care about a doctors sexually molesting under age girls. that might be one of the explanations. i would like to see the fbi will reimagine as and dismantled from its current state. that would be a move in the right direction. kennedy: i want to know what people knew but i want to see cell phone messages i want to see text mess

will smith off the bag, and after reviewing it for what seemed like 10 minutes, the umpires finally signals safe and you see dave roberts reaction their giant fans go bunkers, and why not? san francisco taking the first game of this three game series of the next two or anything like this, it's going to be haywire out there and the giants lead the western division now by one. gave stay tuned for a wild weekend. let's go up to toronto, where the news was not so good for the oakland a's you talk about a bunch of mood swings serves marcus simeon. you shouldn't have never let me get out of oakland guys as he will have his say in this ballgame, fifth inning. it's too, too matt olsen stay was wanted to write. that's going to go for two bases and two r b i is josh harrison and starling. marta, you are both hit by pitches. come in. bob melvin, feeling pretty good as the a's build up a huge lead 8 to 2 to toronto, a six run eight. the bullpen gives it up the #### merrill petite touch for a grand slam off the bed of lord is gourriel that made it 88 melvin can't believe it. we go to the top of the night like they pull it ou