s. gulf states, we do have a run of rain through this region. nothing major. certainly nothing like we've seen over the last few days in time, a lot of weather alerts. as we head over here, we've got some high elevations snow but even lower down to the ground. look at some these temperature salt lake city, just a high of 8 degrees. our next batch of what weather moves into b, c's, south coast, and we've got low temperatures are right across the canadian prairies even saw some snow flurries fall in calgary. further toward the east temperatures still above average, but disturbed weather brown, the great lakes, and i stay in new york though with a hive 22 degrees and winds in st. john's will guts to about 50 kilometers per hour . south end of south america still that heavy rain for western areas of columbia bogota getting up to a high of 20 degrees and further toward the south. we've got unsettled whether a rio de janeiro rate toward the river plate region, but that will eventually push out toward the south atlantic. okay, i'm out of time. i'll see you again soon

s. gulf states, texas into alabama, just starting to seep into tennessee. nothing major though, especially when you consider some of the weather we've seen in illinois, severe thunderstorms producing a tornado. as it moves toward the ne, i think it's going to lose some of its intensity over toward the west. the next batch of what weather moves in to be see south coast calgary. just 8 degrees we saw a sprinkling of snow flurries the other day. napkin at that time of the year already thought the end of south america. the rain is piling up for western areas of columbia for that pacific coast and further toward the south, wicked sunday, high temperatures. we have for patagonia, in fact, pointer arenas is going to get up to a high of 15 degrees with a mix of sun in cloud. that's it. that's all c. as in the weather sponsored, my cattle airways voted will best air line of 2021. a lot of the stories that we cover heidi complex. so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can do as many people as possible. know about how they know about a given

s. gulf coast up to the central plains. now to the west of this, we are seeing a bit of a winter mix come into play across the 4 corners, states, the snow pots, colorado and new mexico. the come saturday, that wet masses shifts off to the east. it is going to get west of some of those south eastern states on across the great lakes. we are seeing some heavier rain push into eastern parts of canada. but across the east coast it is looking fine and dry a 22 degrees in new york. 26 in washington d. c. and this isn't a story across the west coast. we are seeing fine, a dry a weather, lots of warms, coming through heat for california. if we look at the 3 day for los angeles, we're going to see the temperature well above average and lots of sunshine all the way through to sunday, not talking about heat. let's move to central america. it's hot and humid for much of a caribbean with scattered showers, and thunderstorms, with sunshine to rough seas as well as hurricane san. pulls off to the east of bermuda for the west. a weather tho

s. gulf states. we've got a lot of what whether fallen here florida panhandle, as we head toward alabama and georgia and around the great lakes still disturbed weather here as while pushing into new england a pretty good batch of rain moving through boston. in time for western canada will likely challenge some daily temperature records this week in the province of saskatchewan. so regina, you're up to $27.00 degrees on monday. we also got high heats across areas of california. so we've got 24 for san francisco, full on sunshine in los angeles with a high of 28 degrees. that's it, that's all season. ah, oh, al jazeera world reveals dramatic pictures from garza in may 2021. i've lived there for a number of years and it, there is nowhere safe. and god, i can't dang to his really missile attacks on for tyra books. why we're tired school of families, businesses and media organizations. simply blown up. goes a 60 minute warning. oh now which is 0, lou. ah, what i'll just say were, these are the top stories

s. gulf states. we've got a lot of what, whether fallen here. florida panhandle, as we head toward alabama and georgia and around the great lakes. still disturbed weather here is while pushing into new england a pretty good batch of rain moving through boston in time for western canada will likely challenge some daily temperature records this week in the province of saskatchewan. so regina europe to $27.00 degrees on monday, vol. so got high heats across areas of california. so we've got 24 for san francisco, full on sunshine in los angeles with a high of 28 degrees. that's it. that's all season. ah, the earth is it tipping boyd? scientists are telling us right now that we have just 12 years as the world's leaders failed to agree upon a solution or taking that into their own life with hobby. now, we're trying to get people to understand that he killed people and that it kills people. now it's already killing both fries with voice. oh, no. jazeera lou . ah, ah, you're watching old 0 reminder about top stories. this are linked, financial records a

s. military during the gulf war, who led the u. s. military during the gulf war and you lived in the middle east when he was secretary of state. how was he viewed by leaders and people in this region martin? he was well respected as a secretary of state, all in the middle in the lead up to immediately after the aftermath of 911 p. for the alliance, the u. s. and other nations used to go into afghanistan by his highly regarded throughout not only the middle east by, throughout the world. and again, this goes back to his extraordinary career in the military. and then his service to 3 administrations very was been hodges of course we all ran by colin powell as a 1st african american joint chiefs of staff and also the youngest. he was the 1st black secretary of state also. but leaving aside race, this is someone who old so that of the pinnacle of american foreign and military policy for 40 years. and he toyed with the idea of running for president, but he didn't. why do you think that is? look, oh, every officer that ever served in the

s. military bases surrounding the gulf. and the caption is, iran wants war. look how close they put their country to our military basis. michael, when you and i were here a year ago, iraq was on the front burner and that's still a pretty rough neighborhood. but with everything else on our plate, american citizens attention is elsewhere. is iran any less troublesome to day? troublesome? no, i think it's, it's turning it so it's a view view and world view toward an alternative world order looking more eastward . now that they, they did a dia, major deal with the chinese. and they're looking to basically get out from under the us sanctions. whether not the u. s. her and iran can actually work out an arrangement to reestablish the j. c. p i. j. c. p, away. i think iran has moved on and they're going to be charging a greater course. they just were admitted into the s c o, the child that the shanghai cooperation organization that is huge, that is huge. and that links and much more closely with china or russia, turkey pakistan and a plethora of other countries and c

s. has been speaking to gulf countries in particular to co ordinate its response to make sure that everybody within the region along with the us taking a common ground in terms of dealing with the situation. so strong reaction at this point from the us administration, the boarding going to the sudanese army leaders that they must restore the process of democracy as soon as possible. and 1st of all that they must seek any attacks against civilians that had been reported in the recent date. so once again, you've got very strong reaction from the united states, remembering as well back to be relationship with sudan had been warming up in recent months. the to that was taken off the terror list by the us government last year. now this obviously a setback to the relationship between the 2 countries. the us says it's exploring ways or steps that it will take. next. we can go live now to hear morgan, who is in cartoons, are you there on the ground? heather, what's the latest you were hearing? while there, as till the signs of civil disobedience, he can see the streets of harpoon very quiet. people

. >> in the early 90's he was the face of the first gulf war, operation desert storm was fought on his doctrine. born in new york, two jamaican immigrants, he settled -- studied geology. various presidents thought his advice. -- sought his advice. george w. bush pulled him from retirement to make of the first secretary of state. his reputation suffered after the un security council. >> saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. the information was later found to be false. >> he spoke of it as a blot on his legacy. he became increasingly estranged from his republican party and backed democratic candidates. he supported a number of youth projects, he died aged 84 of covid-19 related complications despite having been vaccinated. his immune system have been weakened by blood cancer. brent: members of the u.k. parliament today held a minute of silence in honor of murdered politician david. the british prime minister, led trip is to him who was stabbed to death last week as he met with constituents in eastern england. the trial of

power and under what conditions, something that gives rise to what happens in the first gulf war in the early 1990'sely important, especially in the wake of recent news and developments in afghanistan and other places in the world. >> definitely a very highly respected really. and in our construct. >> did you ever get a chance to meet him. >> well, yes, one time actually, i i was able i i was at tufts university at the fletcher school of law of law and diplomacy walked into a seminar. and there was a former secretary of state, general powell right there giving a seminar talking to about 2 dozen people and he was talking what was going decisions relating to going into iraq and the events after 9.11 with maybe 24 25 people in the room. i went right to the front and challenge them on intelligence and challenge him on what was going on. he was a class act. he dealt with the criticism he understood what had happened to him. he understood that moment in history. he took it. he said that there were lessons to really a class act and thoughtful about the events happened that led us to a path of a second gulf

santiago, farther north migrants in columbia facing a long way to trot across the gulf of robber into panama, hoping to reach the u. s. thousands of people continued to converge in the small town of nichol clea, but there's a limit of $500.00 boat tickets a day and the sold out until november. i sandra amputee joins us now from nic. okay, in columbia and as hunger, the situation increasingly desperate for the migrants are stuck there. yeah, and every day, more so essentially, because the most of these migrants were expecting to spend 3 or 4 days here before being able to continue their journey north. and instead, many of them are practically all of them are now hold up here for that well over a month before they're able to get on one of those boats. they're also at night, some people who are smuggling them illegally to the other side of the gulf of wood, a barber. we understand that tickets for those boats, stars from $250.00 or more, which most of these migrants are not able to pay. and besides the fact that many here are families. and so that the journey night, this particularly dangerous. and also the fact that pe

s. for the west and the east, it settled and then sandwiched in between we had this act of weather from the upper great lake, straight down toward the gulf of mexico. so we go in for a closer look and we're getting down with rain as we head toward at mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle on sunday. now the weekend for the great lakes, it's been 5050 saturday was nice, but here comes at what weather on sunday major. hurricane sam, steering toward the east. not looking to have an impact on newfoundland to where the west temperatures are up in regina at 24 degrees. and we've also got some high heat for california, a late getting up to a height of 33. ah, this is one of the most astounding that logical revolutions in all of this make great. we have to meet you to emission. i like to cancel my message. i'm in motion . the need to be mindful where people are just talking about wind and solar is if that's going to solve the problem. it won't. the world of business and commerce is driving energy transition each the promise of clean energy and illusion. the top side of green energy on al jazeera, ah ha, thousands of women march across the u

a soldier for 35 years he is remembered for his role in the first gulf war and the powell doctrine, which stated the u. s should only use military force if it has clear and achievable objectives with public support, sufficient firepower and an exit strategy. our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we're going to cut it off. and then we're gonna kill it, he famously told then secretary of state madeleine albright that u. s troops should not be used as toy soldiers. his pottery barn rule. you break it you own. it was a tough lesson the us learned after the invasion of afghanistan and iraq after 9 11. during a white house event honoring teachers. president biden spoke about powell, born in harlem to jamaican immigrants, not only a dear friend and the patriot, one of our great military leaders and a man of overwhelming decency, he joined rotc at the city college of new york. this is a guy and we talk about. who had teachers who looked at this african american kids. and said, you can do anything served two tours in vietnam as secretary of state under george w. bush despite deep skeptici

part of a group currently patrolling the gulf of guinea, which has regrettably, become a hot spot for a tax on international shipping. the price searches in the u. s. showed no sign of using anytime soon. in fact, the secretary of treasury has said inflation rates are likely to remain at near decade highs until at least the 2nd half of next year. now to give you an idea of how it's actually hitting people in the pocket, for example, the prices of used cars and stakes have shut up by more than 20 percent. if you want eggs with those stakes, you'll pay an extra 13 percent more compared with the prices to the beginning of the year. furniture bedding our up by double digit percentage points as well. and us officials say the current inflation rate is way above the forecasts. the convert charge to the economy has caused disruptions that we will be working through over the next year. and of course, americans haven't seen inflation like we have experience in a long time when of course, not just united states being hit hard here. the chief economists for the international monetary fund warned the inflationary pressures around the world rule will remain at

gulf war in iraq. and he was one of the most admired political and military figures in the u. s. his approval rating was at 88 percent and that really didn't waver much. of course, he was affected by his support for the 2nd iraq war. but overall, he was one of these figures that all americans liked. whether they were democrats or republicans, and he had a very low disapproval rating of only 6 percent. so this was one person that everybody could agree upon. and that's why there was so much love for her over this idea that he should run for president. and he would have won because he just was so popular, he was perceived to be trustworthy, and someone that all americans could relate to that. that's what i was just about to ask why what, why was this men so popular? but i feel you, you've gone into that now, was there always going to be a transition from the military to politics for someone like him who had that much influence and, and as you say, high approval. well, he was always just one of these generals that politicians felt that they could trust and he was able to communicate

s. huge, sway the cloud here. another one is coming from the pacific. this bringing cold weather even some snow for some parts in between. this envelope it pretty warbler has stretching from the gulf coast right up to the middle of canada. bismark in north dakota shows this 28 degrees. you're well above the average of 14, and it stays like that even when the winds tosses into knolls. late later on friday, so very slow progress of this, temporarily. wintery weather on the high ground of british columbia. you said, oh, falls apart. but if you look at the mountain states in the mid west or more bit west in the west, i mean that more sharon to come virtually any way that goes for the south as well. the real wet weather. i think he's going to continue to be in the eastern states, so she kept great lakes. there's been flooding recently, for example, in detroit has been fighting down in the southeast corner. they will be more as a result of the showers. there's also been flooding in the yucatan in this city in the west met either. it's been a meet a div quite easily. i think for the next 2 days or so. this is the breeze beans. the rain is like yet is heaviest. bit further east orbit for

s. military budget, the pentagon budget, it's all secret. how much are they contribute to fossil fuel emissions? your work on the 991, a persian gulf war, they were trying to work out when the burning of the co 8 oil fields in terms of fluid dynamics. what impact did that have on carbon dioxide emissions? here's what i want to pay, but i, tom remember, pointing out the impact of scurrying new oil sales and so forth. and just to point out that it was in interaction between the source of actions and, and climate. british almost already of all, very much not work. i wrote, i wrote a claims in wasn't actually significant, as it turned out in, in that paper at all. um, i suppose the while you been doing all of this work, you know that there been fossil fuel companies, rubbishing your research, and the research of others. what was it like doing all that work on stochastic modeling, knowing that it's called a global climate coalition, sponsored by x on chevron and others were trying to make out the your research was nonsense. one, always some interesting companies that wanted to try to deny the fact that we're having time at change, but i

currently part of a group patrolling the gulf of guinea, which has regrettably become a halt sport for pirate attacks on shipping. a price searches in the u. s. show, and no sign of using any time soon. the secretary of the treasury has said inflation rates are likely to remain at near decade highs until at least the 2nd half of next year. now to give you an idea of how it's hitting people in that pocket. so the prices of used cars and stakes have shot up by more than 20, said, if you want eggs with those stakes, you'll pay 13 percent more for them compared with the prices of the start of the year. a furniture and bedding are also up by double digit percentage points as well . and u. s. officials say the current inflation rate is way above the mainstream narrative full costs. the common charge to the economy has called disruptions that we will be working through over the next year. and of course, americans haven't seen inflation like we have experience in a long time. of course is not just the us that's been hit hard. the chief economy for the international monetary fund warned inflationary pressures around the global remain until at least t

s. has unveiled plans to develop wind farms along the countries coasts. the white house hopes to build 7 huge farm stretching from the atlantic and the gulf of mexico to the pacific ocean is more of a push to supply more than 10000000 homes with wind power by 2030. the government says the pharmacy would cut $78000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and create tens of thousands of jobs. authorities in taiwan are investigating whether a fire that killed at least $46.00 people was started deliberately. dozens of others were injured in the incident on thursday, nor burton manley has a story. it was a rundown building and a working cloth neighbourhood. now it's a burn tilt shell. the clean up continued throughout the night after this block and tie once port city of gal shown was engulfed by a huge fire resident say with home to poor elderly and disabled people. many who survived and now left homeless. so through chin had managed to escape the flames. oh, you are all dying. i've never seen a fire. i pressed on the elevator button when i got downstairs or i saw the building burning. the fire was way big. there was no power. it was a scene of chaos. merkel sa

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s. for the west and east it settled in n. sandwiched in between. we had this act of whether from the upper great lakes straight down toward the gulf of mexico. so we go on for a closer look. and we're getting dowse with rain as we head toward at mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle on sunday. now the weekend for the great lakes, it's been 5050 saturday was nice, but here comes at what weather on sunday major. hurricane sam, steering toward the east. not looking to have an impact on newfoundland to where the west temperatures are up in regina at 24 degrees. and we've also got some high heat for california alley getting up to a height of 33, a cutter. one of the fastest growing nations in the world news wanted cut, needed open and development. international shipping companies to become a key, middle east and trade money skilfully. men, 3 key areas of filling up from connecting the world, connecting future. ronnie, cutter cutters, gateway to whoa trade. teaches don't lie. that's the beauty of television generalising who was wanted to make the audience feel something to create an emotional connection with the story. sometimes you have to

s. has unveiled plans to develop wind farms along the countries coasts. the white house hopes to build 7 huge farms stretching from the atlantic and the gulf of mexico. the pacific ocean is part of a push to supply more than 10000000 homes with wind power by 2030. the government says the forms will cut $78000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and create tens of thousands of jobs. a painting by british st artist, bank c, which became famous for shredding itself, is sold for a record a month in london. and selling latest instead of it for new world reco the bank see love us in a been salty leaving out love is in the been sold for $21900000.00 . it's celebrate auction house apiece was previously titled a girl with balloon and sold for $1300000.00 in 2018 before immediately self destructing in a paper shredder were paying collector. so back, ah, this is all just here. these are the top stories be roots been rocked by his worst dave street violence and more than a decade.

s. government has unveiled plans to develop major wind farms along the country's coasts. the white house hopes to build that 7 huge farms stretching from the atlantic and the mexican gulf to the pacific ocean. the government says the farms would cut $78000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. and the painting by the british st artist, bank c, which became famous for shredding itself, has sold for a record amount in london. and silly legacy delivered for new world record the bank. see lovers integrated, salty, a lovers in the been sold for $21900000.00. when it went under the hammer at sotheby's auction house, the piece was previously titled girl with a balloon and it sold for just $1300000.00 in 2018 before immediately self destructing in a paper shredder or as these winning bitter spin vastly over the guide price of about $8000000.00. ah, now reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, at least 6 people have been killed and many others injured in the worst street violence seen in the lebanese capital for more than a decade.

s. for the west and the east, it settled and then sandwiched in between we had this act of weather from the upper great lake, straight down toward the gulf of mexico. so we go in for a closer look and we're getting down with rain as we head toward at mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle on sunday. now the weekend for the great lakes, it's been 5050 saturday was nice, but here comes at what weather on sunday major. hurricane sand steering toward the east. not looking to have an impact on newfoundland to where the west temperatures are up in regina at 24 degrees. and we've also got some high heat for california alley getting up to a height of 33 ah. on counting the cost on gala miracles, legacy. the german economy that is the envy of the world, but unprepared for the digital age. apple kicks out game make an effort from his app store is the phone maker abusing is monopoly and afghan businesses and losing international customers? counting the cost on algebra for holding the powerful to account as we examined, the u. s. is role in the world on al jazeera lou . ah ah, welcome back, a grandma about top stories here this hour more than 6

gulf war. after saddam's army was defeated, it was retreating out of kuwait, the american military, bombs, the army as it's retreating. they were hit where they stood birth by u. s. bond, then by tank. but because this is a call of duty game, and because america can't do any wrong, that atrocity has to be pulled out and re attributed to russia. i grew up dutch that should gyptian. and that meant that at some point in my life, i started realizing that in most of these games i was playing as people that looked like my dutch friends. and with we know you speak that i was always shooting people that looked like my air friends. and over time of kind of come to realize that the only way you can tre, something like the u. s. military as an absolute good is if you slaton everything else into an absolute evil. so the arabs, the russians, the south american sort of get flattened into this nest of evil with terrorism. but the u. s. military goes in and straightens out and they have been exceptions. speak up to the line released in 2012 highlights the human cost of wall. it's even shows us soldiers using the deadly chemical white phosphorus as they did in the real iraq. thr

gulf states to hold on to power. i think that we have to recognize that the military undertook this qu, knowing full well what the consequences would be. the u. s. envoy was there on the ground just hours before the who was initiated, warning the military of the condemnation that would come of the sanctions of the cutoff in assistants debt relief, that would be suspended. so they took this decision knowing full well what the consequences were. the question is, you know, are they starting to bend now that the street protests had only continued to grow and will likely grow even further in the, in the coming few days. and now that the international community has shown a great deal of resolve in speaking out and condemning this, i think what we'll be looking for is to see whether or not some of the. busy protectors of the regime within the arab world, and certainly at the security council with russia, whether they begin to crack as well, or whether they will continue to hold firm and defending the military. that will be a big determining factor as to whether or not the military can really hold on. well, i think there's a number of factors that are,

s. warrants to dawn that failing to move towards a civilian lead. government could put economic and political support at brisk child is killed in oman, ouse tropical psychos. shaheen moves across the gulf country lebanon's mortar system is pushed close to collapsed by the nation's financial crisis. ah, see dawn as being warned that failure to progress towards civilian leadership could put us economic and political support at risk. and attempted to 2 weeks ago has caused more mistrust between the military and civilian groups, the share power in a transitional government. there is still no date for the military to ham control to the civilian side and this tension is putting pressure on a p stale sign between the transitional government and rebel groups. a year ago, the so called cuba agreement was meant to resolve the conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions, especially in the western region of dar 4 and in the southern states of south quarter fun and blue nile sedans. revolutionary front, also known as the sr f, signed the deal, but 2 other powerful rebel groups, the sudan liberation movement, and the sudan people's liberation movement north did not. a

s slow, uncertain, often chaotic. there are moments of praise for the vaccine wrote out and the development of life saving treatments, both involving scientists from oxford university. but that does not exonerate the gulf nador it's advisors for a litany of criticism set out in what is an almost universally scathing report lobby ac. you know, la lost his dad phemie to cobit 19 in april last year. he wants an apology. this moment here isn't about politics and of saving faith. it's about understanding the pain that people are going through and doing what we can to ameliorate that and then prevent it from happening again. i think you can convey all of that in 2 simple ways. i'm sorry, so the decision to not do that, i think, sense i different i know fortunate message quite loudly, the national cove at memorial wall opposite parliament bears vivid testimony to the pandemic. and parliament has now laid bare the extent of government responsibility for those losses. a public inquiry is due in 2020, to jonah hall, al jazeera london fans, and i shall monetary farm says the economies of the world's foreign nations will take longer to recover unless thank seen them all fairly distributed. it's called global growt

s. won't see diane, that failing to move toward a civilian that lead government scripted economic and political support at risk. a child is killed in oman as tropical cyclone shaheen, moves across the gulf country. and another day sees red hot lava spew outs from la palmer's volcano. 14th advise people to limits their time. i doors and on pete assembly with your sports, we look ahead to sundays blockbuster in the premier league one in spain. barcelona coach. royal acumen is one step closer to the exit door of to another disappointing results. ah, well we begin this news are in she nicea, we're hundreds of people are holding a rally in supports of the presidents on when say case i eat names a geophysics professor with little political experience as the country's 1st female prime minister, nigella bowden is now working to form a government's but the opposition has a king size of conducting a coo after suspending parliament in july than answering his plans to rule by decree. i wouldn't cross notes of bernard smith, he joins me life from the capital tunis. bernard, there are lots of protests happening on the street right now, but we're also hearing abates, arrests, a. what marquee tell us a

s wind energy capacity. under the proposal, seven mayor offshore wind farms would be developed on the atlantic and pacific as well as the gulf of mexico the move is partof the plan to generate enough electricity to power more than 20 million homes by 2030. foreclosures are starting to surge as programs from the pandemic are beginning to expire according to adam, lenders began the foreclosure process. states with the largest numbers of new foreclosures were california, florida, texas, new york and illinois. and finance leaders from the g 20 have signed off on the deal to revamp corporate taxes, agreeing to the pack amid their meeting in washington yesterday. the ministers also pledged to continue support for their own economies while also monitoring inflation due to continued global supply chain crunch issues brian, back to you. >> we saw ireland give in going from 12.5 to the minimum 15% there. we'll see how it moves markets if it all. thank you. >>> let's get back to the markets and the feds easy money policies, potentially starting to slow as soon as next month. now stocks largely shrugging that off we knew it was coming.

those of you have followed s igard's work is the reason for the unexpected collapse of the afghan government is something we have reported on for years, corruption, gulf soldiers, the dependent of the afghan military on u.s. mail -- airpower and other enablers as well as the overall incompetency of the afghan government stuff in the press and on the hill, it's suggested thatsigar may be the only agency that who stock is risen in the wake of the with drawl due to our penchant for telling inconvenient truths. i would suggest that you and the press corps must also be credited with telling unwanted but ground truths on what was going on in afghanistan through the evacuation in kabul and to date and without the amplification of our reports by the press, sigar would not have been as successful as it has been. we all know that u.s. agencies have not made honest reporting easy for us or for you about america's longest war. we have a recent example we talked about in this quarterly report that i would like to discuss replete with you today. as we reported today, shortly after the fall of kabul, state department wrote to me and other oversight agencies requesti