jonathan capehart and michael gerson break down the fallout of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, and the political impact of the u.n. climate report. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ >> fidelity wealth management. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. anby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brangham: the taliban is now closing in on the afghan capital, after a week that's seen much of the country fall under their control. the first of 3,000 american troops aived today at the kabul airport. all will have arrived by the end of the weekend. their mission: support the near-total evacuation of american personnel and

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this is a support by michael gerson anyway of a resetting of political norms in the era of joe biden.resting. and he was talking about sanity and temperament for the most part. but george conway was having a conversation with fellow conservatives, life-long republicans who left the party since donald trump and we were bemoaning the fact that our choice is between a party that right now is pushing policies that we have, obviously, problems with. whether you're talking about the speedy withdrawal from afghanistan or bernie sanders $3.5 trillion budget bill that's going to be a reconciliation bill. that's on one side but on the other side for me it's not political niceties, it's actually on the other side you have a party that's against western democracy, if you're talking about donald trump's party that elevates people like orbon, people that praise the end of liberal democracy and brags about being illiberal. that's not a choice at all, is it? we're left with no choice but to be against the party that continues to elevate people like donald trump. >> yeah, absolutely. i agree with that