and gabriel alexander, who lives in washington dc. gabriel biden. not only talking about his don, but also talking about the big picture of wanting to change us foreign policy. tell us more about what he had to say on that. yeah, that's right. he wants to use this pull out from afghanistan to really rearrange, if you will, u. s. foreign policy in many different ways. first of all, he mentioned in his speech, both china and russia. he said both of those countries were bigger. threats in many ways to the united states in afghanistan is, but that afghanistan was taking up too much of the u. s. is priorities if you will, with so many troops there for so long. he also mentioned cyber attacks as well. need the u. s. needs to focus on that more and will be able to do that now. now that the us doesn't have so many troops in afghanistan, it's so much attention and resources on that country said that that they're both beijing and moscow would like nothing more than for the us to remain in afghanistan and be bog down there for another 2 decades. beyond that th

the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and we're living in real time now. gabriel, alexander reports from manville in new jersey. the bill were co, la stands out in front of his home on main street, sorting through this small mountain of what's left of his possessions. if everybody are so blind, it flooded off that was under what this is all based. this is generally everybody's based in his basement filled up with water. and it's now a muddy mess with what little he could salvage and it totally filled up with water and floating above the floor above us. when i 1st moved here, where color has lived in the town of manville new jersey, his entire life 68 years and seen 5 different clubs. this was the worst. you see the garages, but the belts, fine. yep. you see the black line? yeah. so this is this flood, the water level was here, like fire as bad as it looks from the ground. that true scale of the destruction can only be seen from the air. a few days ago. first, the town flooded, then gas line breaks, set some homes on fire in. manville population. 10000. its estimated 500 peop

many thanks about gabriel alexander jefferson washington. while the foreign force is gone from afghanistan, the taliban is now looking to the future. hours after the departure of the u. s. taliban leaders spoke of attracting international investment and forming an inclusive government. others surveyed what was left of america's last military installation that cobble airport charlotte bennett has this report. the roar of j t engines and the cries, the vacuum. we've gone. the united states biggest humanitarian, a lift is finished. foreign forces have left and the taliban is surveying territory . it hasn't howled into decor today without any doubt with a day of f ganeth. dan's independence when we don't see a single foreign soldier and whoever invaded this country without permission, we got rid of them. and this was a proud historical moment for us, but the celebration return fell flat it cobble international. when we drove from the civilian to the military side of the airport. we are very sad, believe me, after we saw the situation where hurt.

washington dc, but in the united states, and quite frankly, around the world. gabriel, thank you very much indeed. that's kevin alexander, who's talking to us from new york. well, as you saw earlier, president joe biden later, reese, 2 of those killed in chunks, fell pennsylvania of fishes joining us from their island. former president george w bush's folk in shang so suited vice president comma, la harris, george w bush. of course, the man in charge when the attacks took place. one of the themes that was common to both of them was the unity of the united states. exactly. i press the button is actually just less than the last couple of minutes picking a helicopter, he'll be heading to the pentagon, the thought of the, the sites that were impacted by the events on 91120 years ago. he spent some time here at the memorial. he spoke to family members of the 40 passengers and crew who were on board the united flight 93. as it came down on the field here in charlottesville and then he went and spoke to members of the volunteer fire department who were cold into action on that day. 20 years ago. it was a day that george bush o