the secretary general of nato. there - nato chief. yes. the secretary general of nato. there have . d _ europe should have its own military force and there were talks here about _ force and there were talks here about 20,000 strong military force but i about 20,000 strong military force but i think— about 20,000 strong military force but i think what this really comes down _ but i think what this really comes down to— but i think what this really comes down to is— but i think what this really comes down to is europe's changing relationship with america and the idea that, — relationship with america and the idea that, you know, europe doesn't want always— idea that, you know, europe doesn't want always be in the position where it has— want always be in the position where it has to _ want always be in the position where it has to rely on the us to support any military— it has to rely on the us to support any military action or military intervention and i think, you know, that has— intervention and i think, you know, that has come to the fore very much because _ that has come to the for

of china has security consequences for nato. we also see that china is coming closer to us in cyberspace. all of this matters for nato. >> as nato secretary-generalu have to worry about so many threats. what keeps you up at night? >> first of all, i am able to sleep at night. >> good. >> i think we are facing such complex challenges, different challenges at the same time. i grew up during the cold war. the challenge was the soviet union. now there are so many. we have cyber terrorism, the rise of china, russia, all of this together, and therefore, as long as we stand together, as long as we are united, then we are safe. laura: that was the nato secretary-general speaking to me a short time ago. now that the u.s. is out of afghanistan, the taliban is in charge. it's a big topic this week the secretary-general says preventing women from being educated would not be islam it. he laid out to the conditions under which pakistan would recognize the taliban government. >> afghanistan feels very close. in the 1990's, the taliban had their origins in the refugee camps here. the taliban -- pakistan has always been accused of setting up the taliban and helpi

the criticism that we've heard from some of our allies is that there was not adequate consultation and coordinate with our nato allies. we heard secretary general of the nato say that there was. others doubted that. i'd like you to speak to this. we had an administration, mr. secretary that wanted to go it alone, a president who failed to appreciate and often criticized the importance of nato allies while embracing xi and putin. if you could speak to at a time when democratic values are at -- being threatened and at risk in so many places around the world, if you could speak to the importance of the trans atlantic relationship and assure those allies of ours that have raised concerns about how we went about pulling out of afghanistan and failing to coordinate with them as we did. >> thank you. couple of things. you're so right to point to our allies and partners that stood with us on 9-11 and the days and time thereafter. you're right. article 5 of nato, an attack of one is an attack of all. that was invoked in our defense by our allies and partners. something that i will never forget and i suspect no one on this video conference today will eve

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democrats mean what they have said for years on nord stream 2, then listen to the former secretary-general of nato. listen to the greens in germany. but now bizarrely, after joe biden has ignored the greens, after joe biden has ignored nato, after joe biden has ignored our central european allies, all of this was done in the hopes of getting goodwill and support from angela merkel. the biden white house. the political geniuses that presided over the surrender and failure in afghanistan, the greatest foreign policy catastrophe a generation, their plan was let's pass the -- piss the whole rest of the world off so we can make friends with angela merkel. by making friends with anle merkel, let's -- angela merkel, let's let putin complete his pipeline. perversely, president biden and merkel issued their statement as a declaration for support of our eastern european allies. boy, with support like that, who needs enemies. i'd like to read a joint statement from our polish and ukrainian allies in response to the laughable statement that biden add merkel put out. here's what our polish and ukrainian allies

nato secretary general. you can listen to her. violence. former nato secretary i general. you can listen to her new podcast a wish for afghanistan or. it looks at the hopes and experience of0 years after 9/11, legal proceedings against the man of masterminding them have resumed at guantanamo bay's military prison in cuba. forassociates guantanamo bay's military prison in cuba. for associates in pre—trial proceedings, which have seen years of delays. the controversial key rings will determine the key issue of what evidence will be admissible. but much of the evidence is likely to be heard in secret. i am joined now by the bbc�*s north america correspondent who is at guantanamo bay for us. 20 years on, is there any sense that these meeting proceedings —— legal proceedings could be any nearer a conclusion? certainly not a conclusion, not even really a start of the trial proper. we do not have a start date as yet. that is after nine years of these legal proceedings here, as you said, 42 pre—trial hearings. we have seen through the glass in the gallery of the court room, we have seen the five defendants, who are alleged either to have provided logistics support, helped plan th

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of general family mcchrystal. he served as commander of us and nato forces . and i've got a son in 2009 to 2010. so this is what he explained in the run up to the 2009 serge of us troops. he said the objective was that the government of a gun assigned sufficiently control its territory to support regional stability on prevent its use for international terrorism. if you look at that objective specifically, was that achieved again, there have been many objectives stated by many people. over the past 20 years. you can see recordings and they're all over the media now of our current representative masters, all my homicide saying that our objective in going into afghanistan was to eradicate the remnants of the taliban and bring democracy. that is something that he said back in 2002 different people have said different things with different levels of authority. one thing i think is clear, we did not have a single unified objective. as we were in afghanistan, there were always multiple objectives stated by different people. and that led to a lot of confusion about whether we succeeded or not. but i hav

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the general who served as the commander of u.s. and natoces in afghanistan from 2009 two 2010, is what he explained in the run-up to the 2009 surge of troops. he said the objective was that the government of afghanistan control its territory to prevent dust to support regional stability and prevent terrorism. was that achieved? >> there have been many objectives stated by many people over the past 20 years. you can see it recordings and they are all over the media now of our current presented of -- representative saying our objective and going into afghanistan was to eradicate the taliban and bring democracy. that is something he said in 2002. different people have said different things with different levels of authority. one thing i think is clear, we did not have a single, unified objective as we were in afghanistan. there are always multiple objectives stated by different people and that led to a lot of confusion about whether we succeed or not. this kind of blame game is irrelevant. more facts will come out, more opinions and it is not

criticism that we have heard from some of our allies is that there was not adequate consultation and coordination with our nato allies. we heard the secretary generalof nato say this week that there was others, other sides to that. what i'd like you to address this. we had a president to fail to appreciate and often criticize the importance of nato allies, while embracing xi jinping and putin. if you could follow up with your time with me, speak to a time when democratic values are being threatened, at risk in so many places around the world. if you could also speak to the importance of that transatlantic relationship? and how to reassure those allies of ours, who have raised concerns about how we went about pulling out of afghanistan? and about failing to coordinate with them as we did? >> thank you. a couple of things. first, you are so right to point to our allies and partners. they stood with us on 9/11 and in all the time thereafter. you are right that article five of nato, a one attack is an attack on all, this was invoked. something i will never forget. and i suspect no one on this video conference today we'll ever forget that. and we determ

criticism that we've heard from some of our allies is that there was not adequate consultation and coordination with our nato allies. we heard the secretary general of nato say just this week that there was others. i would like you to speak to that. finally this, we had an administration, mr. secretary, that wanted to go it alone, a president who failed to appreciate and often criticized the importance of nato allies while embracing xi and putin. if you could also in your final time with me speak to at a time when democratic values are being threatened and at risk in so many places around the world, if you could speak to the importance of the transatlantic relationship and how to reassure those allies of ours who have raised concerns about how we went about pulling out of afghanistan and about failing to coordinator with them as we did. >> yeah, thank you. a couple of things. first, you're so right to point to our allies and partners who stood with us on 9/11, and in all the days and time thereafter, and you're exactly right, article 5 of nato, an attack on one is an attack on all was invoked for the first time in history. in our defense, somethi

these individuals well, and there's nothing shy about either one of them. >> jon: retired lieutenant general and former u.s. ambassador to natou. >>> president biden is sliding in the polls. can he recover? we'll discuss with real clear politics president. >>> plus -- >> the president doubling even tripling down on his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan. i'm david spunt with the president in wilmington, delaware. more on that coming up. welcome to allstate. (phone notification) where we've just lowered our auto rates. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and savings like that will have you jumping for joy. now, get new lower auto rates with allstate. because better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their

but as you say, you have caught the attention of washington and immediately stamping their feet as is salt. and the nato secretary general gave an interview to the new thing. absolutely no question of any kind of separation from the will the men not only unlike me that they would do it because i mean, other than securing the european union borders and i'm thinking about immigration, i could see back something like that to me, but i was contended, and the reason why nato members don't really like to pay off the way from wanted them to is that they don't really see a major security threat of european union. certainly not russian because of russia . wasn't that they would be any money on defense, but they don't want to be. i mean, again, the, the entire premise of nato is in question with, we've talked about endlessly on this program. and this rapid deployment force is equally idiotic because, well then what i mean, we run it and we're going to call this to me. they haven't thought about it because they need the slippery slope. the moral hazard of nato is making his power paralyzed the european. you mean when it comes to th

college of a john, you've been them off your chicken and when you go on general, how to comes advice. we drove out to a couple of summer where we tried to find people who actually witness nato soldiers working with the taliban. i'll be talking to you what it would be that is usually a uniform dental and vision. it wasn't a complete state. could you go to the jewish been there when you push revision to the couple? what's the complex and there were several dozen families survived. the nato air strikes, the crowd were bombing the taliban, that had ordinary working people's homes. even though everything was documented, several years later, these people have still been unable to secure any compensation data sheet down. and she was, she was gonna try to send it over. you could go, you know, let them know what was going to be bad. there was once an american military base close to where these people used to live. they could see puppy fields flowering in the distance. but even though the crop was there, close to a nato bass. no one seemed to be to bobby. i'm just, what i could. that was what you meant was ellen's up. how about angelica, via judy from curly did auditor both of a. so

of a john, burn them off your microphone. when you go on general how to comes advice. we drove out to a couple of summer where we tried to find people who actually witnessed nato soldiers working with the taliban. i'll be talking to you. what it is. it will vision using a uniform dental and vision. it was a, took a pre paid co pay today. she's been there. oh dear. when you push revision to the couple issues, what's more complex and there were several dozen families survived. the nato air strikes viagra to a bombing. the taliban that had ordinary working people's homes. even though everything was documented, several years later, these people have still been unable to secure any compensation data sheet down about she was, she was gonna try to younger you could, if you were to almost there was once in american military base as to where these people used to live, they can see puppy fields flowering in the distance. but even though the crop was there, close to a nato base, no one seemed to be to bob, and i'm to kind what i could. that was what you meant was ellen's up. how about angelica, the, the 2nd curly did auditor for the other day. so my, my jealous of the look to see

thought maybe that was a fluke and he was exaggerating, but his successor, general david richards, the one in charge of u.s. and nato troops for about 15 months, he said the same thing. he said we have a lot of tactics but did not have a proper strategy. i am not a trained military historian but when was the last time you heard commanders from a war admit they were fighting this war without any strategy at all. pretty stunning. you have diplomats, white house diplomats saying they were distorting statistics to make things look like they were going well in afghanistan when they were not. many of them on these documents said we did not know what we were doing and did not have a fundamental understanding of afghanistan. news of these blonde admissions of failures was totally contradicting what was said in public. that is the crux of my book. host: there are pictures in the book and from the documents from the special and general for afghanistan reconstruction including an interview with rick boucher that talks about the form used and some findings that come from the interviews that took place. what was important about

of these people are now headed. tom: all right, thank you. following u.s. exit from afghanistan, nato's secretary generalalliance remains committed toed acing anyone at risk in leaving the country and has the capability of conducting long-range strikes against terrorist groups there. he spoke to bloomberg's tom keane on bloomberg surveillance. >> to ensure that afghanistan doesn't once again become a safe haven for international terrorists because we have to remember that the reason why nato allies joined the united states going into afghanistan in 2001 was a direct response to terrorist attack on the united states and hundreds of thousands of canadian, european, nato soldiers and partners have served alongside u.s. sole disbrers 20 years. for those 20 years we have prevented afghanistan from being a safe haven for international terrorists. we need to ensure that is also the case in the future. so we will follow monitor the new rules for the kabul very klose closely and continue to ensure terrorists are destroyed if they try to re-establish themselves in afghanistan. >> because of time constraints, i wan

these establishment, i don't know clowns, talk about 9/11 in the context of what wesley clark, who was the nato secretary-general said many times he testified and i guess this would be in the category of -- as fact. he would be an authoritative position to know. he said the week after 9/11 at the pentagon he was told that we would be attacking iraq, we would be taking countries in the middle east region five years. we know about the project for a new american century, you can look up clean break strategy for securing the realm. these are documents that play out the plan of what has been going on in the middle east, the destruction of these countries and the renovation of their borders, these are established fact. and then you have their main newspaper had articles more than once about this company that was an instant message company that got messages two hours before the trade center was going to happen. is that a conspiracy if it comes out of their? that the legacy of all of this, we are at war for israel and if there's another false flag it means we go and finish up the seven countries in five years and attack

the taliban and take off the 20 years of us that much of that time nato forces with that with the us. and i'm joined now by the nato secretary general yet, and stuff. and thank you for joining us on al jazeera, the 1st time i've heard of trying to speak to you off of the taliban take cover. so let me ask you this. what was achieved in the last 20 years enough? going to stop by my count over 3600 us and nato troops died. one that die for we all pay the very high price and golden treasure, nato allies partners, but not least. but the effort was in vain. we went in that to fight in national some to prevent the attacks against nathan allows us to saw 911. no time the time has been organized promised on over this last 20 years. then goals are helped. the national come in to napkins make enormous a social. i'm not going to make progress progress. we're just going to say, well, the fact that millions have got a dictation is not easy to reverse for going to school. now, what is happening? i've found this done now this is shonda g for to africa, and it's for breaking for all of us for support on the phone for all these years. but that doesn'

of the extension. this is not the north atlantic anymore. is it? now, with the nato dominating the headlines, then the secretary general has met with russia's foreign minister. sir kayla, for of mister latrell was he was in good spirits to even cracking a joke to reporters don't regular during the, during the night to set aside about. he's going underground. germany is former nato representative does explain how the balance of power is shifted within the lines and also the world. you can see that him full on saturday, but here's a taste of what he said. there are discussions among allies, among europeans, about variety strategy towards russia, and the same applies to asia, please. we have, let's say, developed trade and investment interest. for example, if china, yes or with india. yes. and you count the solve or separate your trade in investment interest from let's say, for security policy. and please don't forget the whole situation. at least the perception in the area has changed in the last years. and china is in the perception of your trends as of us, is the fret for the whole region. and therefore, think it was normal to some extent that we h

open land borders, and of course , preventing terrorist organizations reconstituting themselves in afghanistan. tom: how can nato assist your members? we had an interview with a generale united states, congressman davidson, john bolton and others they all circled up to the relationship of a new afghanistan with china and russia. how can nato respond to that perceived new alliance? >> for us, it is obvious that all the countries in the region, and that includes china and neighbor of afghanistan, and russia far away, it is in their interest and the interest of the people it afghanistan that an afghanistan where terrorist groups like isis-k cannot establish themselves, operate and plan terrorist attacks against any other country. there are many differences between russia, nato allies, and countries in the region. but we all have a common interest in preventing afghanistan from once again, as it was before we went in, in 2001, becoming a place where terrorist organizations can plan, organize attacks against other countries. david: that was jens stoltenberg, nato secretary-general. former u.s. national security advisor john bolton says that biden white house bungled this

of the phone call with speaker pelosi. separately, i'm told that general milley had multiple calls with his chinese counterpart and nato alliesf january 6th. in order to reassure them that the u.s. government was stable and to reassure china that the u.s. did not plan a surprise attack. all of this in an effort to lower tensions with china during the tumultuous interim period between the election and the inauguration. "the washington post" account from the book peril says millie told his chinese counterpart he would let him know if the u.s. planned to attack. that is not true according to multiple sources. what millie did say, i'm told, was that there would be no surprise strikes and that if there were a build up of tensions the chinese would see that build up. i'm told this was an effort to avoid any misunderstandings during the period between the election and the inauguration. moments ago we have learned that senator marco rubio made a statement calling on president biden to fire general milley. bret? >> bret: jen, just to be clear, on the nuclear process, the officials are telling you that the chairman of the joint chiefs

and the g7, turkey, qatar, the nato secretary-general had a meeting about the importance of keeping airportspen and safe passage. so also the international consideration is in pace. [inaudible] is sign posting so you can give that advice. that will be directly there for individuals from those different countries, including the ones you mentioned. >> clearly, this is not the time to be making best friends, but is this your first trip to pakistan? >> i have been there before. the truth is, i was hoping to go, but [inaudible] you understand. >> indeed. >> [inaudible] >> >> foreign secretary mentioned 510 foreign staff in the u.k.. how many were on the ground? it was not planes, but the issue is processing. you only got into hotels because friends helped me get the military outside the compound. how many do we have on the ground? >> i am not clear when you are talking now. now, we clearly don't. >> in the last two weeks we were trying to get people out. how many foreign officers were on the ground? >> we peaked at 20. to be clear, you mean the front facing staff. the decision-making was done by

of the general assembly. in the course of the morning. afterwards, the white house released the statement committing the u. s. to its traditional alliances, pledging to work, stating specifically with the e. u. and nato, this once again, as the biden administration attempting to back away or dampen that massive criticism. that is follow that output alliance. i says it's called but we are likely to hear from china a direct response to this alliance. chinese spokesmen have already discuss described it as a cold war type of thinking. we are likely to hear more of the same from the chinese president. my can with the latest, the un mike for the moment. thank you. ah . authorities in sudan have blamed members of the military loyal to the former president for an attempted coup. 21 officers and a number of soldiers are being questioned after an attempt to gain control of government institutions including state tv. it's the latest threat to the countries tentative moves towards democracy. heber morgan reports from cartoon into dance capital hard to a nearby city of on demand tuesday morning. started with reports of intense military activity and closure of branches across the river nile. according to governmen

nato secretary-general. anna: 20 seconds to go until the start of the european equity session.t where we are positioned across the futures. there will be higher at the start of the european trading day. it looks as if we are putting to one side concerns of yesterday. the inflation story, weak consumer in the united states. instead, focusing on a resilient japanese market. a recovery in chinese stocks. it looks as if stocks go higher in the start of trade today. tom: a strong trade session in japan lifting the broader a -- msci asia-pacific index. a lot of turnover in shanghai as well. some relief that may be the regulatory challenges of china have reached a bottom. that's true in hong kong as well. some of the big tech names gaining as well. let's check in on how things are shaping up. futures pointing higher. solid gains in spain. the ibex is up more than 1%. the ftse 100 close to that 1% gain. you are seeing 53 points upside for the ftse 100. up in france as well. brushing off those concerns about higher inflation. brushing off the voices we've been hearing from the ecb, push

fighters but i understand almost 5,000 nato allies or 5,000 others that were willing to remain on the ground and, as general miller said, keep the hand on the shoulder of the afghan national forces so we could have a counter to the taliban. is that correct? it was probably in the 7,000 range. >> you're correct. >> also a cia presence with bases out there for human intelligence to help us be more precise with the execution of whatever operations we had on the ground. >> that is correct, senator. >> i know you won't say you advised the president, but is it fair to say when general miller said he advised all of you on his recommendations, it sounds like two of the three of you agreed with it. is it fair to say those recommendations were made and in your best military advice it could have kept the situation stable in afghanistan? >> my position was if you go below 2500 you're going to look at a collapse of the afghan military. i did not foresee it to be days. i thought it would take months. but the rest of the ecosystem would go out too. >> did any of you embrace the notion that the 2500 plus the estimated 5,000 nato allies and partners who were willing to

changes in leadership, and a number of factors. >> i want to build on that because i think that's important, secretary austin. general milley, when you commanded nato ground forces in afghanistan eight years ago, you called 2013 a critical year for the afghan security forces because it was first time they'd taken responsibility for their security across the country. secretary austin, you offered similar assessments in 2015, 2016 during testimony before this committee. as centcom commander you emphasized there were 326,000 forces and they were ready to lead the security operations. i'll gist say from also experience, especially when i was in afghanistan, the input that i got from our commanders was that this year's going to be different, we're going to be able to do things better. but i got a completely different assessment when i went to the mess hall and ate with the soldiers and the marines and the folks on the ground who said i don't trust these folks that we're with. i don't know if they're going to fight. . in, they don't even show up. they get their paycheck but don't show up. there may have been instances where they performed and you've high