the architect of those attacks, osama bin laden, is dead, but the taliban has rebounded. as washington and nato pivot away from afghanistan, the ability of the government and security forces to maintain stability will be tested. afghanistan, next on great decisions. - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. - [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. for centuries it has been a focal point of both trade and war. - afghans are very proud people, and because of our strategic location, we have been resisting the super powers. we have fought ghengis khan, tamerlane, alexander the great, the british, the soviet union. so really the idea of accepting the dominance of another country, is not in the gene of the afghans. - afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires because it's a very rugged, dry generally, typography. neither the russians, nor the british, nor the americans,

one was omar and the other was osama bin ladin.hey essentially knew were omar wawas but not bin laden. omar had a house on the outskirts of kandahar that osama bin laden had built for him and the cia had these predator drones that arose circling over it. on the night of october 7 when the war began, they sent a predator with missiles t to tryo strike omar. the book describes this keystone cop evening where they lost tracack of him, argued about whether they should shoot at him or not. amy: explain why mohammed omar was so important. folks he was the american televangelist of the end quesestion leader -- ,lose he was the emir taliban the unquestioned leader. it was the government of afghanistan. ire,e,'s authority was absolute with the ministers that he consulted with, but it was ultimately his decision. the bush administration told him, we're notot necessarily determined to go to war with you . if you will give us osama bin laden, maybe we can work with you about other arrangements. and some of omar's advisers said, look, it is not

. >> it would be the first time many americans would hear the names "al-qaeda" and "osama bin laden."g monica lewinsky's dress, guess what -- there were a couple of dozen residents of saudi arabia and other gulf states learning how to take off in an airplane but not to land. shouldn't we, with the benefit of hindsight, say to ourselves, "what's important?" >> throughout the summer of 1998, ken starr's prosecutors were under immense pressure to complete their report and send it to congress. >> judge starr wanted to move forward with the referral as early as the end of july, and i was very concerned, as were several others, that we didn't yet have the type of evidence that we needed. >> most notably, they had not yet heard from president clinton. >> the last person to talk to is the main participant, and that is president clinton. and he's not going to appear voluntarily. >> we got the brush-off, and so, ultimately, we subpoenaed him. >> david kendall, the president's lawyer, called me and said, "i want to work out a deal." >> the two sides would agree that president clinton would testi

. >> it would be the first time many americans would hear the names "al-qaeda" and "osama bin laden." focused on examining monica lewinsky's dress, guess what -- there were a couple of dozen residents of saudi arabia and other gulf states learning how to take off in an airplane but not to land. shouldn't we, with the benefit of hindsight, say to ourselves, "what's important?" >> throughout the summer of 1998, ken starr's prosecutors were under immense pressure to complete their report and send it to congress. >> judge starr wanted to move forward with the referral as early as the end of july, and i was very concerned, as were several others, that we didn't yet have the type of evidence that we needed. >> most notably, they had not yet heard from president clinton. >> the last person to talk to is the main participant, and that is president clinton. and he's not going to appear voluntarily. >> we got the brush-off, and so, ultimately, we subpoenaed him. >> david kendall, the president's lawyer, called me and said, "i want to work out a deal." >> the two sides would agree that president

he said even like osama bin laden. he said no, only job god has the authority to forgive osama bin laden. my job was to arrange the meeting. i open the office of arranging meetings. he saw that as a necessity. he sought is something that needed to be done to make sure israeli citizens are safe. >> yes or. >> thank you for the fascinating discussion. i'm curious if you can talk about any interesting stories in dealing with sensors, there must've been some issues that people wished you very badly and s so, so on. can you talk about the issue of censorship in israeli and how you dealt with that? >> i can tell you from my own personal experience as a correspondent. we had shot some pictures of some tanks and maneuvers near the lebanese border and we were about 3 miles away. you could barely see it was a tank. in israeli military said you can send those pictures out. you can see that the numbers on the sides of the tank indicate which unit it's from. i said you can't even see it's a tank. anyway. >> sometimes these people w

they're traveling salesman training in kosov a flower a palm oil in the villages they work for osama. bin laden on a mobile go there should be a should know the only year what it was you were doing here enjoy what you do does your mom want to. talk or you one of them was to give them all or most dear go one on one ok one your food food food. man and his companions a setting out on an arduous one hundred sixty kilometer journey through villages in the country so. it will probably take them around four or five days. you know to the little. most of the villages are in the middle of nowhere. and reaching them means travelling on the tracks so the congolese improvise. they converge and reinforce their bicycles to withstand the poor conditions and up to three hundred kilos of much of don's. food yeah you cool live from sun up. to work if you know school you know to be sure what if what if what if would make it jungle enough what you need. to know my name was difficult to speak. to to. do. better but. it takes remarkable willpower to undertake such a journey. just feel. bad that. we are no more

i didn't know who john o'neal was. >> what did you know about osama bin laden, pete?me knowledge of him. i'm a new yorker and we had the first world trade center bombing in the garage. so it was a name. but nothing like we know it now. >> that was o'neal's problem. was that he kept pounding people and you got to pay attention to this guy. oh, he's just some guy in a tent in afghanistan, what are we worried about. o'neal kept hearing that. >> some of the movies, you have outside consultants. any former fbi or cia. >> i have a lot of help from ali suvon. >> and john's partners. >> what do you think they will think when they see all the episodes. will they think it is too tough on the fbi or the cia or -- >> it depends on perspective. >> i'm sure everyone will feel both maligned and supported at various parts. we're not out to support any one agency or point of view. >> what are we supposed to take away. what do you want the viewer to take away divided we fail. >> >> and that is the message. >> i think -- art asked questions. so the question is, this happened because we

headquarters but first let's speak with osama bin javid in gaziantep on the turkey syria border so there are some as we've been reporting this relentless bombing of eastern huta goes on despite whatever happens in new york at the u.n. security council what what more can you tell us on on what's happening there on the ground. since late last night b been hearing reports of the first reports of the first time that incendiary bombs have been used on eastern ghouta if you remember do deals with the kind of missions which were being used in aleppo siege and have been used in homs and other areas as well so it's reminiscent of what the strategy has been by the syrian government that it is in circles an area that had been with all that it's got we've been hearing heartrending stories about how people have been coping in shelters some haven't been able to come out for a matter of days because they're too afraid to go out and venture out some parts of the are inaccessible medics have been telling us about the desperate situation that they've been running out you have to remember that bhutto has b

some point the father he brings his newborn son on to be aaron says that he mean tim osama after osama bin ladin because he happened to be born here nine eleven something that he was really quite quite proud of what sort of love is this this is like the love like also local even in normal relationship do you love somebody to you you want to do plenty to bend to the future what you should speak who should think what you should do so this is also what. what's happened to this society to a many society in the middle east and to more so the kids they don't have a chance to decide what they should be in future and they did they do still this is dividing this. cation the hands to two indicates they're not only infirmities. also in schools the student of violence which and if you look to the kids where they are so much sensitive and. if they are broke like the glass is this it will never again be someone else and this is what's the feeling is about being something you need never to be like that. and these children i mean they were born into the situation in your other film that also won the grand

some point the father he brings his newborn son on to be erin says that he named him osama after osama bin ladin because he happened to be born here nine eleven something that he was really quite quite proud of what sort of love is this this is like love like also like to even in normal relationship love somebody to limits you you want to do plenty to bend to the future what you should speak of who should think what you should do so this is also what's happening. what's happened to this society to a many society in the middle east and the more so the kids they don't have a chance to decide what they should do being a future in the distin this is dividing this. in the education they used to indicates there's not only infirmities all new also in schools is the student of violence which and if you look to the kids where they are so much says the they are . if they are brought like the glasses this is it will never be fixed again due to someone else and this is what's the feelings about the well being something never to be like this. and these children i mean they were born into this situation

security council adopting a resolution demanding a cease fire a warning this report from osama bin just a contains some distressing images look. this is what the united nations the green house to stop. the. hours into the u.n. security council has thirty day cease fire declaration forms kept dropping on eastern. medical dozen of the dead and indeed from more than a hundred years strikes barrel bombs and artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from b.b.'s and. don't give us heights for station it's the. what's. the. start as soon as possible one of this possible we don't know we don't we don't know. and then here this is a big number of population it wants to be a solution that three bring them one all doable voice and one be the solution that we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be to develop of withdraw as feared government forces try to enter eastern huta from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements

all suffering symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas one child died in the attack from osama bin with a warning his report does contain some distressing images. if. this is what the united nation agrees has to stop. but hours into the u.n. security council has thirty day cease fire declaration forms kept dropping on eastern medics are building dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes. and artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from the vs these fires in syria don't give us high expectation it's the fish and when this fissioning know what's what they say about the cease fire we will start as soon as possible one this possible we don't know we don't we don't know when this one will start and and then here this is a big number of population and it won't be a solution that feeding them one or two homeboys and one be the solution that we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be sort of out of little as feared government forces try to enter eas

security council adopting a resolution demanding a cease fire osama bin debate has a report from gezi in neighboring turkey. hours into the u.n. security council's thirty day ceasefire declaration bombs kept dropping on eastern . medics reported dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes barrel bombs and artillery bombardments all of which was supposed to end continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians what experiences from b.b.'s and. don't give us high expectation it's the. what's. the. possible we don't know we don't we don't know. and and then here this is a big number of population it wants to be a solution that free bring them one or two boys and one be the solution that we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be sort of out of little as feared government forces try to enter eastern border from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented. reinforcements from the syrian army's fourth intended brigades have been circling east and the for days special forces and troops

in just a second but more for us from this report by osama bin jeff aid. get a good look at what they're looking taking. the smallest coffins of the heaviest busy tutor there in there doesn't every day for a parent think good bye to little children is not easy. almost every family has lost someone the number of dead is so high that trenches are being dug for quick burials. if people linger outside for too long they risk becoming victims of the next forming. living rooms in offices are no makeshift morgues. those who survived the attacks medical facilities unmotivated. doctors without borders says thirteen hospitals have been hit in three days. since sunday the syrian government and its allies have stepped up their strikes in terms of the converging on the fence. supposed to be bought off for deescalation zones agreed upon by russia iran and turkey but the syrian government says it start getting what it calls in an area to four hundred thousand people and russia denies its involved in the relentless bombardment of civilians. the situation really leaves much

be created for the exit of civilians its cordon its have been prepared and will be announced soon osama bin with the latest. it is not yet clear what the details of this proposed russian ceasefire between nine am to two in the afternoon are going to be so far what we've seen is that this humanitarian ceasefire will mean that a color door will be opened and people will be allowed to exit people inside eastern huta do not want to exit from their homes they have been seeing what has been happening to me in aleppo they have been seeing what have been happening to people in the riaa and they do not want to exit their own homes to places there where they don't know what are the conditions going to be like if it is going to be in the south near the border with jordan are they going to be moving with the words the city of damascus the syrian capital or will they be forced to wind it there because continuing to be a front line between government and rebel forces so these are all questions that people who to have been asking they're angry they're frustrated they say that this is not they were expecti

be created for the exit of civilians its cordon its have been prepared and will be announced soon osama bin laden with the latest. it is not yet clear what the details of this proposed russian ceasefire between nine am to two in the afternoon are going to be so far what we've seen is that this humanitarian ceasefire will mean that a corridor will be opened and people will be allowed to exit people inside eastern huta do not want to exit from their homes they have been seeing what has been happening to me in aleppo they have been seeing what has been happening to people in their are and they do not want to exit their own homes to places there where they don't know what are the conditions going to be like if it is going to be in the south near the border with jordan are they going to be moving west the words the city of damascus the syrian capital or will they be forced to move into it that which is continuing to be a front line between government and rebel forces so these are all questions that people who to have been asking they're angry they're frustrated they say that this is not they wer

before they could even digest it, there was 2011 and osama bin laden and that whole relationship collapses. it isn't as if they have been grappled with but they are always fraught with isolated discussions. >> congratulations on the book , you acknowledge you are writing about a war that is still ongoing and you reference between president karzai had you go about researching a book like this in which documents are you waiting for with the declassification date in the future? >> i have to figure out how to write 100,000 word books instead of 220,000 word books that combination those documents that i could obtain from those original sources to provide ballast for contemporaneous authenticity of what was said and what was done and those other documents to obtain through declassification that were subjects and in fact were pretty helpful and having access to my own original written sources from own original sources and then the fourth layer is all the scholarship and to absorb it all. and then to be regurgitated and then to absorb everything. and this is ten years in the making. and then to su

of emergency and arrested two senior judges and a former president who's in fact his half brother osama bin chivvied house the latest. just hours after the state of emergency was declared in the island nation of maldives this board carries a prominent opposition leader to the country's main jail on a remote island. was arrested on charges of bribery which the opposition says this politically motivated. his family released a video earlier in which he urged his supporters not to lose hope. and use the police came to arrest me i'm going with them i don't even know why they are arresting me i've done nothing wrong i urge the people to be strong and stand with us we will win. was arrested. the two judges for the deepening the political crisis . it all began on thursday when the supreme court called for the retrial of nine opposition politicians including exiled former president mohamed nasheed just also reinstated twelve m.p.'s who had lost their seats for supporting the opposition but president abdoulaye i mean refused to comply with the ruling and celebrations turned into protests was. yemeni

eastern ghouta close to the capital damascus the first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught osama bin laden has the story. when the bomb stop it was time to see what's left of the home day one of the five hour cease fire brought that the comfort to the people trapped in besieged eastern. there's no food or water they always say there's a ceasefire but they come back in the form of the situation is really bad. we do not have money. or water and we do not you warm. close to six hundred people have been killed in the latest onslaught hospitals have been hit and medical supplies are running out and suddenly the airplane came towards us my mother screamed get inside the house i told her i will wait for her and the missiles exploded. as jets roared above both sides accused each other of violating the truce even. look this is the truce this is the ceasefire this place had fifty women and fifty children thank god they left before the airstrikes. ordered by the russian president the syrian government had agreed to hold fire but despite the violations moscow is optimistic about its plan. over t

add the united nations we'll bring you more on that as it happens first though this report from osama bin. rescuers are responding to crisis for help. people. like you but in eastern nor very safe. in moments of panic this search for children who disappeared in the debris. the children call for their father. was a civil defense worker says they must hurry to the basement. activists accuse the syrian government and russia for the airstrikes and shelling the suburb of syria's capital damascus has been bombarded specially hard for the last week. the only like these is from the fires which started after the bombing. these children prayed in the dark in an underground shelter one of them wants the world to feel their pain her. no food no water every day you sleep on the floor my back hurts we can't bring a pillow from our house if we get out we'll get hit don't you know that imagine your children. to be to say. the other wants to safety. because you had the floors are down the air is humid and it's called underground there are few basements in all to nearly four hundred thousand people i know

operating in various parts of syria to target what each one of them calls terrorists thank you very much osama bin. taki syrian border. now to south africa where the parliament has passed a motion allowing the government to take private land without compensation a motion was brought forward by the left wing economic freedom fighters party it was passed by an overwhelming majority of chill hundred forty one votes in favor says eighty three votes against south africa's new president several run a post has said that land reform needs to happen immediately now com web has moved from johannesburg. ever since the n.c. came to power in one thousand nine hundred four its politicians have promised land reform and redistribution they've had policies and programs to do so but progress has been slow and it still remains that in south africa about three quarters of the land belongs to the white minority a lot of people say that the reason progress has been so slow is because a lack of political will from the top of the a.n.c. and also allegations of corruption and landry redistribution julius malema the leader

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attorney in new york where i prosecuted violent criminals and national security defendants including osama bin laden's son-in-law and the attempted times square bomber. on the day that attorney general jeff sessions was sworn in president trump sent executive orders to reduce crime in america and to target transnational organized crime. a as acting assistant attorney general i support the attorney general in accomplishing these goals. by directing the enforcement of all federal criminal laws with the exception of those that are specifically designated to other divisions of the department of justice. as sarah mentioned, my duties include oversight of the nearly 700 prosecutors in the criminal division and that includes the organized crime and gang section, the capital k section and the international criminal investigative training assistance program, and the office of overseas prosecutorial development assistance and training. i had the opportunity to just now brief president trump about one of the most significant threats to the public safety of our communities, ms-13, and i appreciate the opp

greg: cat, rob o'neill claims killed osama bin laden but we don't have proof. i kill you drink it, rob, don't kill me. he says the military parade is third world [bleep] and we prepare and deter and fight and stop this conversation. as i said before, i don't know is the expert on this, you know he is a feeling i'm a talkshow host. >> i have to say, honestly, i have anytime i've been at a parade the only thing i've ever been excited thinking about is the fact that eventually it will be over and i will get to go home. it's either sweaty or cold and everyone around you is having a great time and you're not and it's a microcosm for your life and your just like what am i doing here but i think parade, no parade, i forgot to get mad about the parade were excited. i really don't care either way. greg: you want drive me crazy operates? little kids who get to ride other parents next so they get a good view. if i do that as an adult like i get arrested if i climb up on -- >> the answer is no. [laughter] yeah, that's where it is going. you know where it is going. no. greg

this -- >> people used to call me osama bin laden. >> reporter: this former software engineer has decidedge the dynamic. he put on it captain american -- america uniform. >> when i don that uniform, they treat me as this guy is cool. he is one of us. people will hug me or start talking to me or police officers saying, can i take a photo with you. i'm not always in uniform. >> reporter: singh has shared his experiences at schools and businesses. >> captain america can be anybody representing anybody in america. >> reporter: the population is three quarters eastern and seven asian. they say they've experienced bigotry, but they kept in america's message hits home. -- captain america's message hits home. >> it up -- made me appreciate someone coming to our school and talking about a. >> -- it. >> we all share things and -- in common, like he talked about humidity -- humility and compassion. >> reporter: he is scheduled to take his message and his shield to employees at google. >> when i hear from people who seca i don't know, -- say, i don't know you, but what you're doing is beautiful. >> r

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united states attorney where i prosecuted violent criminals, national security defendants, including osama bin laden's son-in-law and the attempted times square bomber. on the idea that attorney swren jeff sessions was sworn in, president trump sent executive orders to reduce crime in america and to target trans-national organized crime. as acting assistant attorney general, i support the attorney general in accomplishing these goals by directing the enforcement of all federal criminal laws with the exception of those that are specifically designated it other divisions of the department of justice. as sarah mentioned my duties include oversight of 700 prosecutors, the international criminal investigative training assistance program and the office of overseas prosecutorial development and training. i had the opportunity to brief president trump about one of the most significant threats to the public safety of our communities. ms-13. and i appreciate the opportunity to also speak with you today about that threat. ms-13 has grown to 30,000 members worldwide. 10,000 of whom. live right here in the

. >> people used to call me osama bin laden bin, now it's isis. >> reporter: this software engineer andt decided to change things. he put on a "captain america" outfit in new york where he lives and noticed people began responding differently to the sikh "captain america." >> when i donned that uniform, people responded and changed. they treated me as wow this guy is cool. he is one of us. let me -- people, you know, they will hug me or start talking to me or police officers saying can i take a photo with you? that doesn't happen to me in civilian clothes. >> reporter: although out of costume this day, he now shares his experiences about stereotyping, prejudice and tolerance at schools and businesses. >> "captain america" can be anybody representing anybody in america. >> reporter: the population of dougherty valley high is three- quarters eastern and southern asian. students say they have not experienced bigotry here or in the community but say "captain america"'s message hits home. >> people stereotype each other and i notice it all over but it kind of made me appreciate, you know, so

he went so far as to violate pakistan's sovereignty in order to kill osama bin laden.sident obama may not have favored the words "radical islam," but he significantly increased president george w. bush's drone attacks in the war against terror. and he never did close gitmo. the list could go on and on. obama didn't violate gun rights the way that conservatives feared. and he was the deportation president on immigration. by nate silver's measure, this political record made him a completely middle of the road democrat. the group estimated obama was actually the least liberal democratic president since 1945. now one can debate whether obama was a true centrist or whether he was a standard left of center democrat. but radical? he was not. and maybe this is what they mean when they say a picture is worth a thousand words. let's check in on your tweets and facebook comments. what do we have? smerconish, a picture of obama farrakhan. context, please. a picture of trump with russian spies in the oval office with no other americans present. patsy, i just gave you the context. t

before they could digest that 2011 osama bin laden and the whole relationship collapses.it isn't as if they were grappled with but they were never dealt with as a whole but an isolated session even at the highest levels. >> congratulations on the book i want to ask you a question that you and knowledge you are writing about a war that is still ongoing and you reference the amb. and president karzai. how do you go about researching and writing a book like this in which documents are you waiting for the declassification date in the future? [laughter] i only know how to do these things one way that is why i produce very long books i need to figure out how to write 100,000 word books but my reporting methodology is a combination of interviewing and documents i could obtain from original sources to provide ballast for chronology contemporaneous authenticity and other documents i could obtain through declassification or resources like wikileaks and state department cables were helpful for the chronology because they are very granular about the days and when i was interviewing a

let's go straight to our correspondent osama bin job they've now he's joining us live from the turkish city of near the border with syria and osama what is the latest you're hearing about this ground offensive into eastern. but clashes have continued elizabeth since this morning between rebel fighters and groups which have been trying to set around and play from multiple fronts they've been trying to coming trying to come in from various sides but rebels have been saying that their fighters have been able to hold off this advance and the they have not allowed government forces to come in it is worth noting that morsy off the most effective parts of the syrian government's military are being used in this offensive that is the fourth brigade the tenth brigade special forces and the tiger brigades and there are at least five major groups of rebel fighters which operate in eastern including. a formerly linked group which is being used as a pretext to attack eastern ghouta but people have been saying that that number of fighters belonging to this particular group which is formally a list fo

first attempt on tuesday failed to stop the onslaught on east and brought up by government forces osama bin gibb reports. when the bombs stop it was time to see what's left of the home day one of the five hour cease fire brought that the comfort to the people trapped in besieged east and. there's no food or water they always say there's a ceasefire but they come back in the bomb us the situation is really bad science is already high and we do not have money at the shelter shoes no food or water and we do not you warm. close to six hundred people have been killed in the latest onslaught hospitals have been hit and medical supplies are running out and suddenly the airplane came towards us my mother screamed get inside the house i told her i will wait for her and the missiles exploded. as jets roared above both sides accused each other of violating the truce even. look this is the truce this is the ceasefire this place had fifty women and fifty children thank god they left before the airstrikes. ordered by the russian president the syrian government had agreed to hold fire but despite the viol

security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in syria osama bin debate is in gaziantep in neighboring turkey and a warning you may find images in this report disturbing. but. this is what the united nations the green house to stop. the hours into the u.n. security council has thirty day cease fire declaration forms get dropping on mr. meticulous doesn't that injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes barrel bombs and artillery bombardment all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area hold to four hundred thousand syrians. what experiences from the b.b.'s these things. don't give us heights that face and it's the. what's. the. possible we don't know we don't we don't know. and then here this is a big number of population it wants to be. all doable voice and one be the solution and we evacuated one thousand or two thousand of them to be so developed of little as feared government forces try to enter eastern water from three sides attempting to seize as much land as possible before the cease fire is implemented reinforcements from the syrian army's