robin wright, it is a really good — interests. robin wright, it is a really good piece _ interests.ests. robin wright, it is a i really good piece in the new yorker. thank you for being with us. we will see you at the same time next week. thank you for watching. so far this august they weather has been pretty average in terms of the amount of rain we have seen and the temperatures being close to average, but it has been a cloudy month and on thursday we had a lot of cloud around again. just a few breaks here and there as you can see but looking to our west we have an area of low pressure. this has france to the south—west that will bring zones of cloud again across the uk so continuing that cloudy theme. they will be bringing some rain our way. the first sign of that rain will be for northern ireland with the rain turning heavy and study here. further east for scotland, england and wales there is a better chance of seeing some sunshine, even into the afternoon for north scotland and eastern england. but further west we will see the rain starting to spread into west scotland and the

joining me now, general wesley clark, former nato allied commander and robin wright from the woodrow wilson center, spent a lot of time in that part of the world. knows it very well. general clark, i want to begin with you. because i want a reality check in what the plan is going forward and that is depending on cooperation from the taliban, depending on perceived leverage over the taliban, and in the form of humanitarian aid and financial aid to continue to get not just americans remaining in that country out. but also afghans, many thousands of afghans who worked for the u.s. and therefore face a threat. is that practical, does this work? >> we'll have to see, jim. it might work. it might work to some extent. it might not work at all. we know there is a hit list out there. we have people frightened to death in kabul, hiding in their attics and so forth and really disappointed because last flights that were supposed to make it out with these people did not make it out. because of taliban interference. so we know we have a problem there. but i would say this. that we also sort of run

robin wright has more from travel. it was very significant. i mean, this really was almost like a key note, i think setting out the tone and the china for the, for the 4th coming at taliban government. and i think what we were getting with what the taliban wanted to, to get with the softer, more acceptable face. of taliban rule and actually started with in quite a triumphal. it's way quite uncompromising, talking about in grand terms about the emancipation of the country after 20 years expelling the forward as, as it was put us as the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for civilian struggling to get flown out of capital stock ations have resumed a day after chaotic scenes on the runway, the military has evacuated, 3200 people. so far. leaders have also agreed to hold a virtual g 7 meeting to discuss a common strategy for i've gone on. while the u. k. has announced that will be accepting up to $20000.00 afghan refugees in the coming years. opposition leaders say the target should be far higher. the plan is on top of the existing scheme to

airport to evacuate their citizens. troops and afghan allies will get the latest on the ground from robin wright in the afghan capital capital. and we'll also get more on what president biden had to say from gabriel is onto in washington dc. and just a moment. but 1st, charles stratford begins, our coverage must be lindsey's rush through the streets to collect the wounded bodies are lifted on to stretches. the 2 attacks by suicide bombers happened close to the abbey gate entrance seat of cobble airport. yet neither baron hotel he was a sudden explosion. we climbed out and saw that there were many people effected. people were held everywhere their brains with scattered. there were also foreign forces who were form. i saw at least 4 or 500 people there. the explosion was really powerful, half withheld into the water, others on the ground outside. we carried the wounded here on stretches, and here my clothes are completely bloody. the bower hotel is controlled by the u. k and they 2 forces. it is one of the places where tens of thousands of afghans have been gathering after the taliban took control

. >> well, robin wright and madonna are the 2 best things about him.nyway. that broad brush thinking the assumption that people's positions about vaccines or questions about it, that it's automatically political. can't be connected to anything. that's why these hollywood elite are disgusting. that smugness comes out: i know why you are not vaccinated. you have no idea. >> greg: that's true. it's as though he desires that phantom group. it was unnecessary. but he needs to have that group. those people don't want to see my movies. >> that's a great point. my content is not for this portion of the population. who are those people you? know those trump people. 78% of the black community and here in new york with the passport thing. you assume everyone knows who you are talking about. >> children. >> exactly. >> greg: it's interesting, kat, because he is saying he is advocating vaccines at almost like a peer pressure move. he was the rebel but he believes it's peer pressure he is on the side of regardless of the efficacy of vaccines. he is operating on this

so joining me now, cnn military analyst retired general mark ertling and robin wright, also a columnist for the new yorker. i'm so glad to have you both on this evening. it is a blessing that we have you here. robin, i'll start with you first. 20 years. more than 2300 american lives lost. tens of thousands wounded. $2 trillion taxpayer dollars all spent ending in a humiliating mess. what message does this send about the united states to the rest of world? that's the question. >> this is an epic defeat for the united states when you consider that america is arguably the world's most powerful nation. it stood against the mighty nazi war machine 80 years ago as well as the formidable japanese empire and won with its vast air, sea and land power. in afghanistan, the united states couldn't prop up a military to defeat a rag tag militia with no air power, no armor, and only 60,000 fighters in a country the size of texas. it is not just humiliating. it will have a pro found impact on america standing in the world on the future of jihadism which the u.s. had thought it had won by eliminating th

>>> national security analyst rebecca grant and new yorker columnist and distinguished fellow robin wright let's deal with -- there's a blame game that's being played. let's deal first with the people who are being trapped? this is the acute situation here. you have americans, afghan a allies, highly skilled and educated afghans who are particularly vulnerable to taliban reprisal. they may be eligible for p-1, p-2 visas. what happens to them if they are holed up in kabul? >> this may be as many as 60,000 people who are being told to shelter in place. job one is for the military to clear the ramp at kabul's international airport and resume the flights. they'll have to bring in not only military transport but commercial and contract air lift to get everyone out. they'll need a secure airport, a clear ramp and then a way to bring people to kabul airport even approximate that means using u.s. ground forces to hold those roots through the city. >> do you see that happening, robin? because i have spoken with the pentagon official, we spoke with the white house on this show, and there appears to

reporter: the problem, dylan, whose mother is another well-known actor, robin wright, had other ideasartly rejected the idea of acting for so long because i didn't want to follow in their footsteps. i wanted to be in film, but i always wanted to be behind the camera. reporter: years later, now 30, she felt ready to take on the role of jennifer, with her father as both director and costar. >> i ft similarly to her in her pursuit of finding her own identity away from her past, separate from her fath, her mother. and then also coming to this reconciliation, ceptance of the fact that your parents, your past is a part of your identity. reporter: you had to do some emotiolly difficult scenes, right? was that easy or hard or having family right there? >> i think it definitely made it easier. i did not expect that. it was definitely cathartic to say the least. reporter: a family tradition continues. sean penn's father, leo, who died in 1998, was a director. his mother, eileen ryan, was an actress. >> is that my daughter in their? reporter: he is a two-time oscar-winner as best actor, for "mys

i'll speak to head of t lebanese red cross and journalist robin wright about iran's influence and itsnew president means for the united states. then. >> i do believe that fighting for the righto vote is as american as apple pie. >> access to the ballot is once again under threat in america, on the 56th anniversary of the voting rights act.

and "the new yorker's" robin wright, acclaimed author and award winning journalist. her latest article, does the great retreat from afghanistan mark the end of the american era? mr. chairman, i begin with you. the president spoke very clearly to the nation. he did not really give an inch on the fact that he says while terrible, gruesome and tragic, these scenes that we are seeing, he says, if anything, the last week ultimately reinforces why the united states should no longer be spending blood and treasure there. your reaction to the address today? >> i think the president was absolutely correct. look, we spend close to a trillion dollars. trained over 300,000 people to be a security force, allegedly so that they could fight on their own. and they just laid down. so why -- i don't see how the american people can continue with a surge -- that's the only other thing that could be done s to surge, go back up to ten, 15, 20, 25,000 people, and be basically the security force for the afghan people who are not fighting for themselves. so it is time, after 20 years. but, re

daughter played by penn's real life daughter dylan who bears a striking resemblance to her mother, robin wrightr a living? >> not what i do for a living. i'm an entrepreneur. >> reporter: when the idea came across your desk, direct a film based on a true story but also direct your daughter, what was your first reaction? >> i had been sent the script, and i got to about page 30 and that's when my daughter's face got imprinted on that character in a way that occasionally had happened with other actors, but not to the point where it could now only be that face. >> reporter: dylan was not obviously an experienced actor at that point. what was it that told you she can do this? >> it wasn't until the first day of shooting when she just nailed the scene and i remember immediately being thrilled, admiring, moved, but mostly relieved. >> the truth is i've actually been out for a while. >> reporter: directing and acting at the same time, something you've never done before. >> right. >> reporter: how do you begin to manage that? >> so there are people who are wired for that. for me, i have noticed in my l

dylan penn definitely has inherited the family's acting jeans both from her father and also mother robin wright and resolve in for love the daughter has for her father, sean penn shines both in front of the cameras as the flawed father, but also behind it capturing and enhancing every bit of nuance in this powerful dean's list a in select theaters in protege. maggie q gets her chance to be more than just the superstar supporting actress. this time she's the driving force of this revenge thriller about a woman up to get even for the murder of the man who was like a father to her. despite samuel l jackson and michael keaton acting as pillars in the story. it's still best described as predictably exciting. it's a dean's list b and catch it in theaters going on a journey. the journey through memory. you have to do my there's also reminiscence with hugh jackman us a futuristic private investigator who misuses the technology of the day that allows the willing to vividly relive their memories. it's an interesting complex get completely original concept, but one that got muddied up with too many layers

robin hayes speaking to guy johnson. let's get a bloomberg business flash. here is laura wright.ked by the zooplus management. zooplus has been among the big winners of the pandemic lockdowns as people stuck at home bought pets. phillip morris has moved closer to the acquisition of vectura. vectura says the offer by phillip morris is fair and reasonable supporting an opinion by carlisle. many are urging victoria to reconsider. airbnb shares fell after they trading after a decline was reported in bookings. the company blamed the spread of the delta variant of covid-19 for the gloomy outlook but it did beat wall street expectations for a second quarter for revenue that came in up 37% on 2019 levels. after spending a decade of trying to revive it, adidas has sold reebok to authentic brands for 2.5 billion dollars. the majority will be paid in cash with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2020 two. authentic brands represent more than 30 names. are you cool enough to wear reebok? tom: i ditched my reebok years ago because i saw this coming, frankly. laura: you are ahea