douglas lute, aood under way in nato. douglas lute, food of under way in nato.u to join _ under way in nato. douglas lute, good of you to join us _ under way in nato. douglas lute, good of you to join us this - under way in nato. douglas lute, l good of you to join us this evening, thank you very much. do stay with us, we are hearing there is an impending press conference right ahead and we will bring you that news. hello there. monday was a disappointingly cool and cloudy day for many parts of the country, and we had some drizzly showers earlier on in the north east of england, where temperatures struggled to make 15 degrees. sunshine was certainly in shorter supply. this part of wales did see temperatures nearer 20 celsius with some blue skies. there's a lot of cloud around at the moment, as you can see from the earlier satellite picture, and that cloud will continue to run in across many parts of england and wales overnight tonight. there's some thinner cloud, though, for scotland and northern ireland, so here temperatures could slip away to 7—8 degrees perha

it's unimaginable now. >> retired lieutenant general douglas lute mr.assador, appreciate your time thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> more on the taliban takeover of afghanistan mike walsh served in afghanistans a green beret three days ago he said we could still save afghanistan tonight he is with us at the bottom of the hour. >>> what afghan women face an author who has spent years telling their stories. what she's now hearing as taliban rule once again begins. >>> hundreds of people killed after a powerful earthquake rocks haiti. that number is expected to climb. our reporter on the ground takes us to some of the hardest hit areas. >>> are we in for a boost? the data pfizer sent to the fda today and what it means about that potential third shot. >>> largest school district welcomed back students today first a few rules to make sure classes remain in person >> announcer: the facts, the truth, the ns to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll find many challenges. your dell technologies advisor is here to help. so yo

galement is imach lemon i senior fellow on the council of foreign relations and retired lubt general douglas lute for presidents george w. bush and barack obama. >> gale and lieutenant general lute thank you both for joining us. general lute, let me start with you. the world has watched helplessly today as chaos unfolds at kabul at the airport we've seen desperate people breaching runways, climbing onto planes. ambassador lute, you helped oversee afghan policy for two presidents. what is the security situation now and how does the military gain control? >> well, after some very bad days and very bad hours because of the sort of unexpected sweep of the taliban across afghanistan culminating in its taking of kabul, and the chaos and the desperation that you cite at the kabul airport, i think what we can expect today is a settling down and in coming days an improvement in those conditions. why do i say that? first of all, we have self-thousand american troops now securing the airport itself. that is, they literally surround the airport, the outer fence, the perimeter. and then inside that perimeter

none more candid than douglas lute, an army general who served as a special adviser on afghanistan tosidents bush and obama. "we were devoid of a fundamental understanding of afghanistan," lute told the inspector general. "we didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking. it's really much worse than you think." or this recorded interview with ryan crocker, former ambassador to afghanistan, talking about the afghan police. >> they'reless as a security force. and they're useless as a security force because they are corrupt down to the control level. >> this endemic corruption is also one of the key reasons of the success of the taliban. when we poured money like manna from heaven in afghanistan, what would you expect? they grabbed it. we contributed to the corruption by just pouring too much money. >> reporter: $145 billion went into rebuilding afghanistan, producing, according to president biden, an afghan army and police that should have been capable of holding its own against the taliban. >> we trained and equipped an afghan military force of some 300,000 strong. incred

delayed this by a few months and all of the military to withdraw by august the 31st and spring in douglas lute. he's a retired general who directed afghans strategy, the national security council for president george w bush barranca. bama is the chairman at the b g. r group a bipartisan lobbying firm joins us now from arlington. virginia. good to have you with us for much of the world watching what happened in afghanistan. it looks to many people like a defeat for the us. how do you think the pentagon is reflecting on this in the military thinking? let's see the immediate reaction in the pentagon and across our national leadership business side of relief. because the very vulnerable, risky situation of the last several weeks has now been busy with the departure of the last us troops of what is the coming days and full. i expect we'll take a deeper look at the meaning of the last 20 years and so forth. and, and frankly, from a military perspective, i hope that we recall that the core objective here had to do with our car. and then by and large, that objective has been if you think american mili

ambassador douglas lute is a retired three—star general who focused on afghanistan in the george w bushtrations and went on to become the us ambassador to nato in the final years of 0bama's tenure. he's in salt lake city, utah. thanks very much indeed for joining us. i wonder what you made alljoe biden�*s comments today. in spite of everything we have heard about the us being caught short on what has happened, there wasn't a lot of contrition and there was a lot of defiance. i contrition and there was a lot of defiance.— of defiance. i think the president _ of defiance. i think the president made - of defiance. i think the president made out. of defiance. i think the president made out a i of defiance. i think the - president made out a strong, compelling argument for the basis of his decision announced in april to the american people, to fully withdraw american forces. i did hear him take responsibility. he said, i take responsibility. he said, i take my share of the responsibility, with my predecessors, for the mistake and miscalculations. since he has only been in office for six mont

. >>> let's bring in douglas lute who served as ambassador to nato. afghanistan under presidents bush and obama. general lute, thank you for joining us. i want to pick up from where martha left off. how is the united states now going to contain this terror threat? >> first of all, things have changed a lot as martha just mentioned since 2001 when we first went into afghanistan. first of all, al qaeda has changed. al qaeda and the afghanistan/pakistan region, the original cause that took us to afghanistan, is much dim inished. in fact, i believe decimated over the years. we brought bin laden to justice ten years ago in 2011. there are branches of al qaeda that are today more dangerous to the united states than anything so, al qda in soli yemen, noheast syria, parts of africa. l edchge martha also mentioned that american capability has changed. we have a network of global partners today to share information on counterterrorism. our ability to detect terrorist threats and to do something about them, strike with precision anywhere in the world is much, mu

lieutenant general douglas lute, thank you. >> up next, will terrorists be able to take refuge in afghanistanin now that it has fallen so quickly to the taliban? >> search for survivors in haiti after the devastating earthquake that has killed at least 1300 people? we're live on the ground. everyone. everywhere. where everyone is included. where everyone has access to information, education, opportunity. ♪ ♪ ♪ when everyone and everything is connected. that's really beautiful. anything is possible. good morning. cisco. the bridge to possible. one, two! one, two, three! only pay for what you need! with customized car insurance from liberty mutual! nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> we are following breaking news. kabul has fallen to the taliban. jim sciutto has joined me and has followed afghanistan for years. that only means we're old. what's the cost here? >> it's staggering, 2300 u.s. troops killed and thousands more injured, some with debilitating injuries for years. you have thousands of american soldiers and their f

. >> douglas lute, thank you. great to talk to you. >>> we're minutes away from a pentagon briefing with the latest after the deadly bombings in kabul. >>> nbc reporting you have to see, the u.s. relies on the taliban to secure the kabul airport but the taliban's chief of security as andrea mitchell mentioned is wanted in the u.s. as a terrorist. but up first, congressman jimmy panetta on what is being done to prevent another bombing from happening before the u.s. completely withdraws. we'll be right back. whether it's ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs. being first on the scene, when every second counts. or teaching biology without a lab. we are the leader in 5g. #1 in customer satisfaction. and a partner who includes 5g in every plan, so you get it all. without trade-offs. unconventional thinking. it's better for business. can you be free of hair breakage worries? we invited mahault to see for herself that new dove breakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with repeated combin

murphy, on and on, we think of those and honor those, they are not forgotten, lieutenant general douglas lute, thank you. thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you. arthel: now from the man made disaster if afghanistan to a natural disaster in haiti, with more people confirmed dead in the massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook haiti yesterday. it killed more than 720 people, thousands more hurt. world leaders, global companies and other groups are promising to rush in with aid. alex hogan is live with more now. alex. >> reporter: hi, arthel. at as each hour passes by we've seen the release of more tragic footage of the earthquake's aftermath as the death told climbs to 720 people, 2800 people are wounded. initial reports by the u.s. suggest that at least 700 buildings including hospitals and schools and so far 3,778 homes are demolished. the 7.2 magnitude earthquake was ten kilometers or six miles deep according of to the u.s. geological survey, people rushing to the streets when the quake hit to rescue those trapped in the rubble. victims explaining the devastation in the

. >> former ambassador douglas lute, thank you so much for going through what we are watching right nowappreciate your time, sir. >> and for all of you, we do have this breaking news. >>> we are awaiting a new update on hurricane ida. it is due our way in the top of the hour, as we bring you new video just taken today. it is a bumpy ride in that cockpit as the hurricane hunters flew right through the eye wall of the storm. hurricane ida is undergoing rapid intensive indication at this hour. it is forecast to strengthen into a category 4 storm by landfall, winds topping 130 miles per hour. that is the potential there. ida will hit coastal louisiana, ironically, on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. let's go back to the white house. nbc's heidi przybyla is standing by there. we know president biden got the briefing from fema. i have to say the briefing cut out on us, so i have to count on you to bring us more of what was said than we were able to hear. >> reporter: we are still awaiting details but we know what the expectation was based on a statement that the white house put out

ambassador douglas lute with us right now, the former u.s. ambassador to nato, former deputy national security adviser for iraq and afghanistan under bush 43. ambassador, an honor to have you, sir. thank you for taking the time. >> good to be with you. neil: i don't know what the orders are for our troops in that airport compound, ambassador, but other nato countries are taking the matter into their own hands to try to get their people out of there. do you think we are sort of handicapped there if they cannot get beyond the perimeter? that is, are our forces to get more americans and those friend wily to america out -- and those friendly to america out of afghanistan? >> right. you know, neil, i can't corroborate the reports that some nato allies are venturing outside the airport perimeter. that's possible. i just don't know. i think our focus right now based on the situation on the ground is in that innermost circle of the airport, the perimeter of which is secured by some 6,000 american troops, there's a sufficient flow of evacuees to that