where sun light glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattan and we build our future as oneple. as one nation. here in afghanistan, americans answer the call to defend their fellow citizens, and uphold human dignity. today we recall the following and those who suffered wounds, both seen and unseen. but through dark days we have drawn strength from their example and the ideals that have guided our nation and lit the world. i believe that all people are created equal. and deserve the freedom to determine their destiny. that is the light that guides us still. this time of war began in afghanistan, and this is where it will end. with faith in each other and our eyes fixed on the future. let us finish the work at hand and forth, adjust and lasting peace. may god bless our troops and may god bless the united states of america. >> wow, we are back with msnbc's senior political analyst mark halperin, and susan page. my quick thought is i think i heard the annunciation about the declaration of biden plan which is to limit our role in afghanistan to counterterrorism. he said that we'r

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where sunlight glistens off soaring towers in downtown manhattan, and we build our future as one people, as one nation. >> reporter: as you heard, the president didn't declare the end of the war in afghanistan. the best way to put it, he declared the end of the war as we know it. >> one with question about politics, presidents get to use the machinery of office to mark occasions. nine years ago tonight it was george w. bush landing on the carrier, mission accomplished. and now the white house is under such scrutiny for how they are trying to frame this anniversary, i know the republicans have been reacting all day. >> reporter: they had, and yesterday they were very tough, you heard mitt romney say some tough things, even jimmy carter would have made the same decision. very derogatory. today a much different tone. the white house admits they chose this day to do this, because they believe it is an important marker, both when it comes to the war in afghanistan here in the united states, and also to the afghan people. and it was an attempt to use this political capital of bin ladin to sel

gives his department access to hundreds of private security cameras footage is monitored in a downtown manhattan center he said a two thousand and five letter kelley wrote to edward force then chief administrative officer at goldman sachs shows it was among firms getting space in the facility so all these banks are recording the protesters they have access to this footage of who is that exactly protesting so it will be interesting in light of all of this these new laws coming in and the lack of any sort of justice. facial recognition software as well if you from now on forever will be excluded from this banking system for example you can be taken off the grid. they just pushed a button and it was off the grid. cases along the way and america's foreign policy in the countries around the world is to go with mercenaries they don't have a standing army they have mercenaries they just hire these guys to do the killing for them now they've got the blowback the so jamie diamond and lloyd blankfein have to hire the cops the cops on the street here in new york the blue boys they're mercenaries they they

dissident chen guangcheng spent his first full day there america inside a housing complex in downtown manhattan today. with the repercussion of his arrival are being felt far beyond new york. here's tony guida. >> reporter: chen guangcheng arrived in new york to cheers and applause, after seven years of prison and house arrest, a daring escape from his rural village and more than two weeks of hospital treatment for the foot he broke escaping, chen was more than ready for the warm welcome. >> for the past seven years, he said, i have never had a day's rest, so i have come here for a bit of recuperation in body and spirit. chen who is blind, was beaten and his family threatened for his long crusade against forced abortion. local authorities spied on him knight and day. >> the u.s. stock by its values. >> reporter: andrew nathan teaches chinese politics at columbia university. he says the chinese government acknowledged what the u.s. was insisting chen's case was about human rights. >> they didn't say this, but captively by letting go, they are acknowledging that he was abused in his local city wh

where sunlight glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattan and we build our future as one people. one nation. here in afghanistan, americans answered the call to defend their fellow citizens and uphold human dignity. today those who suffered wounds both seen and unseen. through dark days we have drawn strength from their examples. ideal that's lit the world. a belief all people are created equal and deserve freedoms to determine their destiny. that is the light that guides us, still. this time of war began in afghanistan. and this is where it will end. the faith in each other and our eyes on the future, let us finish the work at hand towards a just, and lasting peace. god bless our troops. may god bless the united states of america. >> and the president speaking in afghanistan and george, he said the goal is within reach. he talked about the end of the war. >> no question about it. he said to american people our troops will be coming home. he didn't say what the time line would be but did say they'd come home over the next two years and that is a steady pace. you've been to afgha

>> i think we would have the same circus in downtown manhattan, geraldo. it would place at risk the lives of new yorkers. tremendous cost to the city of new york and to the federal government. i think ringibringing them to je in guantanamo is the right approach. this is a day we waited for a long time. i know i suspect members of al qaeda are probably laughing at the process that we are providing to these terrorists. we are committed to bringing them to justice. that's what's going to happen. >> was the end in sight for al qaeda on the ropes or now do we have our handsful with home grown terrorists. could it be the next guy that blows himself up or takes out innocent civilians in this ministry comes from here? >> it is certainly my fear and the fear of the u.s. government that the next successful terrorist attacks is going to be perform bide someone who looks american who speaks english travels freely in the country. it prevents intelligence community to law enforcement community and clearly we have been successful in downgrading al qaeda as i mentioned ea

where sunlight glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattan and we build our future as one people, as one nation. >> richard, was that effective and did it mean something in. >> i think he's reaching for some rhetoric there. there's some nice images. there's something in the politics of fear that he has long felt was out of place with the american spirit and american optimism. that's what we saw through the years after 9/11. some of it justified and some of it exploited for political reasons. he's going to ask the international community to pay for the reconstruction as well. >> he talked about the global consensus tonight. it was a big speech about respect too. we have to respect what these people want to do. as we move forward, eugene, how do the hawkish republicans react too this speech over the next 24 hours? i think we've seen a shift today backing off on how they have handled the death of bin laden and the anniversary. how will they handle this? >> i think smart republicans will back off further. i think to attack a president, the speech of a president delivered in hostile t

an united america of grip and resilience where sunlight glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattanbuild our future as one people, as one nation. >> that's embarrassing for romney. he was heckled throughout. a bit of disaster for him. if you think that president obama should play politics, well at least you got to say well played. so how are the republicans going to counter? they'll come up with a so-called veterans group who will blame him for taking credit. which he did. >> i directed. i was brief and i determined, at my direction. i as commander in chief. >> we don't need to spike the football. >> i said i would go after bin laden, and we had a clear shot at him and did i. >> suppose the navy seals had gone in there. suppose they had been captured or killed? it would have been horrible for him. >> the campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do. >> i said i would go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him. and did i. i did. i did. i did. >> heroes don't politicize national security events. thank you for admitting that dick cheney and don rumsfeld were nobody

where sunlight glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattan and we build our future as one people, as one nation. >> let's turn to wolf blitzer now. he's taken flack from this rivals who's saying he's making capital out of bin laden's death. isn't it the reality if you're a few months from election, anything he does or says can be deemed electioneering. isn't it perfectly justified for him on the anniversary of bin laden's death after the order that he gave and the s.e.a.l.s' successful mission that he should remind people of what happened. what did you think? >> he didn't get into a lot of politics -- political talk if you will in this talk from the bagram base. he said the u.s. is well on the way to defeating, crushing al qaeda. i'm paraphrasing what he had to say. that wasn't the major thrust of the speech. the major thrust of the speech was outlining a framework for getting out of afghanistan. and he sort of down played the reality, the harsh reality that it's not happening next month. it's not happening next year. two and a half more years, the united states is going to have

of grit and resilience wheresunlight glistened of downtown manhattan.d our future as one nation. they are up holding human dignity. here and afghanistan. americans answered the call. today we recall the fallen and those who suffered wounds both seen and unseen. their dark days we have drawn strength from their example. the ideals that have driven our nation. a belief that all people are created equal and deserve the freedom to determine their destiny. this is the light that guy does. -- that is the light that guides us still. this time of war began in afghanistan. this is where it will end. faith in each other and our eyes fixed on the future. let us finish the work at hand and forge a just and lasting peace appeared may god bless our troops. may god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we are live in a couple of hours with a panel on cyber security. it takes place at 9:00 a.m. on c-span2. up next, we will take your calls and e-mails live o

a united america of grip and resilience, where sunlight glistens off soaring towers in downtown manhattan build our future as one nation. here in afghanistan americans answered the call to defend their fellow citizens and uphold human dignity. today we recall the following in those who suffered wounds both seen and unseen but we have drawn strength from their example in idealed that guided our nation and the world, a belief that all people are created equal, and deserve the freedom to determine their destiny. that is the light that guides us still. this time of war began in afghanistan, and this is where it will end. with faith in each other and our eyes fixed on the future. let us finish the work at hand and forge a just and lasting peace. may god bless our troops and may god bless the united states of america. >> all right. you turn to "the young turks" for people who were going to keep it real. and that's what we were going to do right now. that was a pretty speech and i hated it. and i'll tell you why. he said the war is ending. no, it is not. he just said we're staying until 2024. he

a united america of resilience where unlight glistens off of soring towers in downtown manhattan andbuild as one nation. here in afghanistan americans answered the call to defend their fellow citizens and uphold human dignity. today we were called to follow and those who suffered wounds seen and unseen. through dark days we have drawn strength from their example and the ideals that guided our nation and lit the world. a belief that all people are created equal and deserve the freedom to determine their destiny. that is the light that guides us still. this time of war began in afghanistan and this is where it will end with faith in each other and our eyes fixed on the future. let us finish the work at hand and forage a just and lasting peace. may god bless our troops and may god bless the united states of america. >>> president obama speaking to the nation and to the entire world in afghanistan outlining an exit strategy for the united states military in afghanistan, an exit strategy that will take place over the next 2 1/2 years between now and the end of 2014. he says there will be

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a united america, of grit and resilience, where sunlight glistens off soaring new towers in downtown manhattan, and we build our future as one people. as one nation. >> all right. he talked about emerging from a decade of conflict abroad. an economic crisis at home, reihan. time to renew america. >> but the question is is he the right man to renew the country? >> this is a time for american nation building at home, but this speech overall was him embracing the bully pulpit. owning the status of commander in chief, honoring the troops. when you do that, it makes the petty partisan politics of the presidential campaigns look small. >> he looked very big, right, reihan? >> i think that's true. >> all right. thanks very much to all three of you. reihan salam, john avlon, tim punk from washington. "outfront," story two, is next. >>> still "outfront" -- evolution of terror. >> this would have been the biggest terrorist attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. >> global distress signal. all this when we come back. [ male announcer ] this is the land of giants. ♪ home of the brave. ♪ it's where fear goes unwel