in the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago the secretary of state even expounded the nazi records of people like warner von brown and his fellow nazi scientists so that they can work in us intelligence. and warner von braun and his fellow scientists played a key role in the development of the us space program. but refugees also informed our political life. think of henry kissinger. madeleine albright. the german political theorist on a parent. they played a key role but there are others that playeda key role in shaping our political life. they've shaped our cultural life . think of the marlena dietrich, on gary and composer bella bar top, the austrian composer arnold schaumburg and the russian french painter mark chagall. but there are many many other refugees that we could highlight, refugees have always played an important role in the political economic and cultural life of our nation . but public opinion polls tell us that americans were very concerned about refugees. no matter how n

because of cuba's proximity to the united states, the united states was a country of first refuge. meaning refugees didn't go to another country, and then apply for resettlement in the united states. they went straight to the united states. especially to places like miami. the policy for cuban refugees at this time was such that these refugees would be given asylum as part of a bigger anti-castro, anti-communist policy. a number of requirements were imposed on these early refugee populations. these requirements illustrated how the united states pursued its own cold war self-interest. first, as i have mentioned, the u.s. offered a special welcome for people fleeing communism. second, a preference was given for refugees who were professionals or highly educated or skilled. this was in keeping with other immigration laws of the period. ultimately, while welcoming displaced people has been seen as a humanitarian act, these humanitarian efforts were often centered on the needs of the united states, the helper. these images future refugees who arrived in the united states during this per

he served the united states congress. they also served in the united states senate. and he and his wife. were the host during james buchanan's administration in washington, dc? when the south left and formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis. to become its first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become the president of the confederate states of america. we're standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1965 jefferson davis received word from general robert e. lee the commander of the army of northern virginia that they no longer could hold the federal army back from attacking the city of richmond. with that news jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis soon after that would follow he would finally catch up with his family right below right above the florida state line. it is here where a federal mounted unit was able to capture him and his family. jefferson davis was placed on a boat and moved b

but again, the biggest disseminator of misinformation, especially about war, is the united states government and state department. and in the 2nd one of these that was meant corporate media in the united states. yes, he was lying saying that he was a reporter asked them hey, your own colleges community is saying the taliban is going to overrun the government in afghanistan. and so he said they didn't come back and just well, of course they did. we know that we have the papers, so yes, he's cut, joe biden is a pathological liar. it was a pathological liar before he ran for president. he had to drop out the 1st time he ran for being caught being a pathological buyer. so yes, he's been lying about that sort of course, they'll never lose their facebook or twitter account. i mean, meaning joe biden, meaning the defense department. they have a twitter account ever facebook, but they'll never ever lose those for b, for using mis information or spewing misinformation which they're doing on the regular. well, they all will be denying it what goes to their minds. then in d. c, the foreign policy, thin

and he did not belong to the admins, but also to the united states. now unfortunately, they now did state signed a dealer with the taliban, but that was not a p still. right? that was a withdrawal, a deal with the, with the talent. but this was a puzzle of a nation that was hardly a country because of the divisions with proxy conflicts that on top, what would have been the approach you would have advised after 911 to get this right? well, let me add one footnote to what hashem said, in terms of enumerating our ears, a crucial one is it, before the job was done in afghanistan, however, we defined the job. the bush administration decided it was a great idea to invade iraq in 2003 and embark upon an even more ambitious nation building exercise in an, in an equally divided country about which again, we understood very little. so we cannot forget the enormity of the error of the iraq war. what should we have done? i think what we should have done, i think i think it was necessary. and i think most people agreed that it was necessary for us to do demonstrate

the united states ranked 22nd. what do you make of these countries, pakistan, iran, germany, austria, france taking more refugees? what does that say? guest: i think it reflects broadly the crucial importance for countries of recognizing humanitarian obligations in helping those in need. this was something where the united states role was much more prominent, defined and that has an impact on other countries when they united states will decline. this is going to be an issue and the needs are going to be greater then just what the united states alone can do, but the united states does have a unique responsibility here based upon the twenty-year war and those people who have put their lives at risk for us. host: lisa in tennessee wants to know, if a refugee commits a violent crime, can they be deported? guest: yes. the situation -- when refugees are committed, after a year, they can become lawful permanent residence. after five years, they can become citizens. before they become a citizen, they can be deported for ha

but i think united states have been selfish to begin by making amends for about we have to take a very short break right now, but we will be back in just a few moments state you me or the families that up with the mark. sounds good. i took mark your function, you go to our definition to me. none they do. john got on the top limit and i wanted them to be like that to do the work for me about the let me let me do the the me or i welcome back. to all the parts of all ship, all indians, former borton secretary, mr. st. about before they break, we started talking about how with 19 experienced i wonder if this very difficult ordeal is going to have any implications for yes. one policy and yes. overall assessment of priorities because all of our country spending billions, if not trillions on for defining against one another. while many, many thousands of people are dying from the lack of necessary woodman. do you think the call that 9 in experience that you have had will affect its priorities and it's assessment in any way? well, you know, want to assume that this is going to be a very long,

case that in addition to the fact that they adhered to the same principles of liberty that the united states did, they also made a strategic argument that they could be very useful allies. and that was an argument that got traction. it got traction with the new revolutionary state of virginia, which began arming and supporting their little forts. the communities that were settled in central kentucky all took a form something like this where cabins were built in a circle with palisades so that the community became kind of a makeshift fort because these guys recognized from the beginning that they were operating in territory where they would be regarded as hostile invaders. and it was incumbent upon them to defend themselves against both native americans that might not want them there and also as the war progressed, against, you know, the pressures of british arms as well. one of the key people involved in this process -- let me ask you this. when you think of daniel boone, do you think of the american revolution? do you think of him as a figure of the american revolution? he's familiar, right

the united states's seventh fleet prepared for action, though america's allies opposed action. dwindled to a stop leaving the china conflict unresolved. in cuba, several rebel factions united to fight for the overthrow of the dictator. during the revolt, the american naval base at cuba was reinforced as a precautionary measure but the united states maintained a hands off policy. fidel castro leader of the factions entered havana in january of 1959. castro promised free democratic elections. these never materialized. brutal executions following his war trials and his brothers, castro's chief aides made it evident that he was under russian influence. evidence of communist agents in latin america had previously appeared in venezuela when red inspired mobs disrupted the goodwill tour of vice president and mrs. nixon in 1958. upon their return to washington, the nixon's were hailed by the president for their courage in the face of political gangsterism. a crisis in the congo reflected the problems of new nations complicated by russian interference. on june 30th, 1960, the king of be

so let's see how it goes, but i think united states have been selfish to begin by making amends about we have to take a very short break right now, but we will be back in just a few moments state you the me or the what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy plantation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk the the me or i welcome back to all the way to kind of all ship all indian former secretary and mr. st. about before they break, we started talking about home with 19 experienced i wonder if it's very difficult. ordeal is going to have any implications for in foreign policy and india overall assessment of priorities. because all of our countries spending billions, if not trillions on or defying against one another. while many, many thousands of people are dying from the lack of necessary woodman. do you think the call that 9 in experience that you have had will affect its priorities and it's assessment

defend themselves and keep as much land as they can for the tribal citizens but really thought the united states from trying to absorb it into itself. that's in essence of land allotment really sets up indian territories which become the state of oklahoma which is what happened. and they established that these reservations still exist and never stopped existing but is still is not an original planet of the five tribes and never be any american settlement and indian territory at all. rose: so the next question that i want to ask us to about the relationship about black people and native peoples relationship and living up to today. somebody asked question q&a and the question i want to ask is why did native and black people take on these problematic protections of each other and hear more about how that ties to colonialism. sort of ties to what was asked in the chat about assimilation. i think specifically about you use the word choice, saying that indigenous people could've chose to assimilate into white norms rather than heart so i wonder if you could talk more about how these problematic perspe

k, to try to sway to the united states. otherwise, the show on the sway them to extend the deadline to keep their troops in cargo in a bit to turn rescue. yet more people, the united states said they will not be doing that. they've set the deadline the end of august, and they will not be going beyond not, not is suddenly going to mean that some people he would be entitled to leave. who would have the right documentation to get on a flight. they simply are going to be in a flights to get everybody out. it has been said, the entity lincoln said that those people will not be forgotten. what exactly that means in terms of the amount of hope that they will be getting, getting beyond the deadline that is absolutely unclear at this point. but of course, people are desperate to get out. they flocked to the airport another's, made them a target for possible terrorist attack. and that's what we're hearing is half of these new pictures that are coming in. now this appears to be from a news agency that we can confirm the source of the

you're quoting united states law. my understanding is the state of virginia in the lot, if you want to swear allegiance to the united states you can have your slaves back. but if not i'm going to seize them is conscious and subfloor. used is clearly against sold in the united states army. i will use them and keep them you will no longer have your slaves. this will create a math of folks their freedom. start out with three men and become 10,000 by the end of the american civil war in four short years. jefferson davis the man is a contradiction. jefferson davidson in his early life was a graduate of the united states military academy. he was secretary of war, he served the united states congress also served united states senate. he was a host during the james buchanan administration in washington. when the southwest formed their own government they invited jefferson davis to become his first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become the president of the confederate states of america. we

into the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago, secretary of state even expunged it need not seen records of people like some of the fellow nonstate scientists so they could work in the u.s. intelligence and the fellows and team of scientist but a key role in theevelopment of the u.s. space program but refugees also informed our political life. think of henry kissinger, madeleine albright, the german political theorist, hana our rent. they played a key role but there are others in shaping our political life. and they have shaped our cultural life and think of the actress. in the hungarian composer. in the austrian composer and the russian french painter. but there are many many other refugees that we could highlight, they have always played an important role in the political e economic and culturl life of our nation. the public opinion polls tell us that americans were very concernened about accommodating refugees. no matter how noble the cause, no matter how noble the individual. in 1980,

ago are exclusively south vietnamese ground operations under south vietnamese command with the united states providing air and logistical support. there is one area, however, immediately above parrot's beak where i have concluded that a combined american and south vietnamese operation is necessary. tonight, american and south vietnamese units will attack the headquarters for the entire communist military operation in south vietnam. this key control center has been occupied by the north vietnamese and vietcong for five years in blatant violation of cambodia's neutrality. this is not an invasion of cambodia. the areas in which these attacks will be launched are completely occupied and controlled by north vietnamese forces. our purpose is not to occupy the areas. once enemy forces are driven out of these sanctuaries and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. these actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. any government that chooses to use these actions as a pretext for harming relations with the united states will be doing so on its own resp

these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say before, our embassies around the world simply could not function without locally employed staff. and we will continue to do everything we can to bring them to safety. with that, matt? >>. >> so before you came out here, your colleague had a number of questions to you. you can thank her that for later, some of which involved the -- some of the numbers you just went through. she gave some of those as well. but there are three things that i want to ask. can you be extremely brief in the answers. the i don't need long answers. do you have numbers after you just given us the asset numbers, do you have numbers or do those include nprs? do you have numbers for remaining siv snz do you have number for p-1, p-2 applicants? and in terms of the broader universe of at risk afghans, do you have numbers for those? secondly, she punted on the idea of a diplomatic presence post august 31st. i presu

on january 3rd 1950, 9:49's star was added to the united states flag when the territory of alaska climaxeduries efforts to achieve statehood. admission to the union was celebrated in typical alaskan fashion. the 50th star was added when hawaii became a state on august 21st, 1959. pierre governor quinn -- hawaii's first u.s. senator persisted -- participated in a celebration. he was the first senator of chinese ancestry in congressional history. no hawaiian celebration is complete without a traditional hula. acclaimed is an anti communist hero and announced as a threat to civil liberties for his conduct of senate investigations, joseph became the most controversial political figure of the period. >> we've been holding executive >> we've been holding executive sessions covering the >> information programs dealing with the voice of america. dealing with in confidence. subversion. i might say that we have good reason to believe we will get full cooperation from the new secretary of state. i think we can be helpful to him. >> his charges of communist -- by the army led to a clash with army secr

sergeant of affairs at the united states embassy in kabul two of the last united states officials to be removed from afghanistan. that's it. the kabul airport is now under no control at some point soon, they hope, they say, it will be under control of the taliban and some degree of professionals. there's been discussed the possibility that turkey might get involved that qatar might get involved in flight operations there. let's take a live look now at the state department where we're told blinken will speak next we're expecting to hear from him how our commitment to afghanistan does not end of course, there are many thousands of afghans who had been promised safe passage out of afghanistan once the taliban took over. many thousands of them were not able to get out. it's the latest reporting of nbc news that there are about 250 americans inside afghanistan who had expressed an, who had wanted to get out of afghanistan but had not yet been able to there's any number of hundreds of americans who for reasons of their own, didn't want to leave yet or hadn't made a decision to leave yet be

so let's see how it goes, but i think united states have been selfish to begin by making amends about we have to take a very short break right now, but we will be back in just a few moments state you the me or i i can't rec, drugs are essential for millions of patients or are they, they want that pill that they hope will take care of their problem thoroughly and rapidly in the short term they really work. the problem is, in the long term, they're mostly disastrous. suddenly stopping a drug can cause withdrawal symptoms more serious than the condition that was meant to treat instead of the beneficial effects of these different medicines. any up to something wonderful, very often they're harmful effects and up to something terrible can pills. so of all ills, or are we trying to mitigate life itself? i just think i was and i was just scared, scare little girl of 24. and like, didn't have to be so complicated for me or i welcome back to all the parts of it. it's kind of all ship all its former secretary, mr. st. about before they break, we started talking about home with 19 experienced. i

now united states is a central issue. i mean, they don't have any foothold. they are from a very, very good i never understood and i want to go out of nowhere in a shuttle. so the only way they can be in need is a seas because they have a few years navy, which can go anywhere in the world. and we have common interest with them in order to protect the feelings of communication from chinese encroachments indian the notion best of asheville for bringing the united states in the maritime domain to be able to go to china's ambitions, but on land. no, we are not interested in steaming off with united states or anybody. yes. now, let me ask you about the humanitarian aspect. all such relationship because when he found itself face to face with an avalanche of 19 trying to seem to be far more forthcoming in offering its helping, offering assistance to get down the united states. i know that the washington has tried to change the course and resigned itself as more empathic. but i wonder if this initial unbounded meant of india by the united states was disheartening and

but when it came to defending the united states of america, when it came to defending united states ofstepped up. they were great men. we are now confronted with a bumbling fool in the office of the presidency prove. week incoherent generals. we can incoherent secretary of state and national security advisor. we are in a grave statement now. and our enemies are sharpening their fangs and fingernails. it's a very dangerous time in our country. when i say in our country, i mean domestically with the borders wide open, the push of american marxism in classrooms, a media utterly corrupt and a congress bankrupting us, america if you have not waking up it is about damn time that you do. i will see next time on "life, liberty & levin". >> a poll out today shows america one to withdraw from afghanistan but they disapprove of the way you have handled it also over the last week a majority of americans , i am just the messenger no longer consider you to be competent, focused or ineffective in the job. >> i haven't seen that poll. steve: i bet you haven't. biden hours ago another bumbling stumblin

this is the only time the united states, particularly the president of the united states, has not onlynowledged drone strikes killed civilians, but apologized for it. and the reason why it is such a significant moment in its singularity is both in the book and for an earlier series i did for the guardian in 2016, i interviewed people, pakistanis and yemenis principally, who were survivors of drone strikes or his relatives were killed in drone strikes. one of the stories i tell in "reign of terror" is from a young pakistani man who was 13 years old when obama launched his first drone strike and it blew up the compound where he lived with his family. they were gathering for a celebration of one of his relatives who had just returned from excessive ask for -- successful business trip most of 40 years later, he woke from his coma. he had burns over most of his body. he was missing and i. he had learned that most of his family's breadwinners have been killed in the strike so that when he left the hospital, his responsibilities would immediately be providing for his family however it was tha

where is the united states -- where is the united states on that. i know you're focus is on the evacuation. the urgent element of that is providing humanitarian aid and since there's quite a bit of uncertainty about the airport as well. you have expressed your commitment to provide the aid. how are you going to do it? has the united states come to that decision that they will have to deal with the taliban because of humanitarian aid reason? >> first, on the issue of recognition, it's not unlike the question of any diplomatic presence going forward. it's something that we are in regular, constant contact with our allies and partners around the world to discuss . it speaks to a unified position on this. >> that mean you're aligned with their position? the. >> a separation question from conferring legitimacy. what i will say is these are questions we're actively discussing with our european partners and well beyond. discuss issues that are tactical and any relationship with the future government of afghanistan will look like. we're not prepared to answ

the united states has brought more than 75,000 afghans who have in various ways assisted united states government over the years. this provides a visa to the united states. when this administration recognized that the security information was quickly evolving, many weeks ago, we launched operation ally refuge. this was not something that was envisioned in any of the programs, including the one in afghanistan and iraq. that is a gargantuan, u.s. effort to not only grant visas to the special immigrants but to bring them to the united states with a massive airlift operation. it has been through that operation that 2000 afghans have been able to reach the united states. most of them have been able to start their new lives through resettlement agencies. it was a month or so ago. we recognized the need couldvul. that is why we initiated a priority two refugee status program that went beyond the statutory definitions of who could apply for and be eligible for the program, to include those afghans who have helped the u.s. government and the american people. we know there are other vulnerable a

with the blueprints and they would leave behind the copy to implicate the congress party of the united states this is a copy of the mi5 obtained. it seems like an unlikely plot but they thought there is a serious possibility. so they tipped off the americans and that's how the nine states got onto the case. the fbi put him in charge. now very obscure america's best detectives. much of my book rests on evidence from the files. please image. this is an image of bearing a gun the fbi at this stage have begun to issue weapons to special agents hoover initially had been against carrying weapons he was no stranger to guns. he was an action world war. next image please. the next image is in a more pensive look. that is more typical because his contribution was a tough guy and he was touchy about that. the contribution was cognitive in the breaking up of spying. move take that off now. he was born in a russian control town. he is a consummate liar. people still hold that against him. although on the other hand it helped him detect that and the people he was intimately, who claim to be an orphan to ge

even here in the united states great universities are being systematically destroyed. small nations all over the world find themselves under attack from within and from without. if when the chips are down the world's most powerful nation, the united states of america, acts like a pitiful helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world. it is not our power but our will and character that is beingest it had tonight. the question all americans must asked an answer tonight is this, does the witch est and strongest nation in the histories of the world have the character to meet a direct challenge to win a group to win a just peace, innorse our warning, tramples on solemn agreements and travels. on the sovereignty of unarmed people and use prisoners as hostages. if we fail to meet this challenge all other nations will be on notice that despite its overwhelming power the united states when a real crisis comes will be found wanting. during my campaign for the presidency, i pledged to bring american

the united states. so for a poor country that's been at war for more than 40 years, just how likely is there ever to be in afghanistan, that is at peace with itself and its neighbors and its america leaving it in better shape than it found it. fortunately, we're joined by people who have all the answers. andrew base of a professor emeritus at boston university, retired colonel in the u. s. army and author of america's war for the greater middle east. he's also the co founder and president that the quincy institute for responsible stay crap. and joining me here in the studio is hush him. why not? you are a writer, an analyst on international affairs and former spokesman for the united nations in afghanistan. let's start with a clip from pentagon spokesman john kirby. it's their country to defend. now, this is their struggle. the commander in chief has given us a new mission and that mission is to draw down by the end of this month. and that's where we're moving to what it looks like. beyond that, i'm sim

on january 3, 1959, a 49th star was added to the united states flag when the territory of alaska climaxeda century's efforts to achieve statehood. admission to the union was celebrated in typical alaskan fashion. the 50th star was added when hawaii became a state on august 21, 1959. governor quinn, along with hawaii's first u.s. senators participated in the statehood day celebrations. he was the first senator of chinese ancestry. no hawaiian celebration is complete without a traditional hula. acclaimed as an anti-communist hero his involvement in the senate investigations, joseph r. mccarthy became the most political figure of the period. >> we've been holding sessions covering the information programs dealing almost entirely today with the voice of america, dealing with incompetence, waste, subversion and i say that we have good reason to believe we'll get full cooperation from the new secretary of state. i think we can be helpful to him. >> his charges of communist coddling by the army, led to a clash with the army. in 1959 the president and mrs. eisenhower joined queen elizabeth and pr

they're more of the true history of the united states. after this break, join me every thursday on the alex simon show, and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the welcome back. i'm still here with retired us army officer major daddy session was the true history of the united states. i mean, some said that in the a bit your ease of donald rumsfeld, they were far too kind to him. i mean, what did you make of the? i mean, millions, tens of millions were killed, wounded or displaced in that these was, oh, it was obscene. i mean, the missionaries were largely obscene. it's one thing to dance on someone's grade. but when that person created countless graves masquerades, i think we need tell the truth about it. and the truth is don rumsfeld role in american politics is highly nefarious and it was long term meaning like the youngest, then older secretary defense, i believe the secretary front place is the cheapest, stafford gerald ford. she's been fighting to unshackled t

all of their motives to attack the united states were still on. and importantly it was not they were just angry about the policy they had a strategy. a strategy which provoked the united states into doing something >>. rules for radical and a symmetric action including terrorism for the action is in the reaction of the opposition. in this case okay does not try to get america to turn around and run away, they did not think that would work. they are trying to provoke a full-scale invasion of afghanistan two they could replicate the war help them fight against the soviets in the 1980s. to bog us down in them than lawton's words to lead us to bankruptcy to force the american empire out to the long laying on the hard way. magazine in 2010 when bin laden was still alive. he said when bush won the election of 2000, my father was so happy. this is the kind of president he needs one that will attack and break the country. he said in clinton's time sent cruise missiles after my father and got away. but he been in afghanistan for ten years you still do not

the commitment in the agreement with the united states signed in february of 2020, or last year, wherehey stated they should not support or provide safe haven for international terrorist groups like al qaeda or isis. that's a very obvious and important commitment because nato, our main task in afghanistan has to be to prevent the country from becoming a platform for launching terrorist attacks against our own countries. for 20 years we have prevented such attacks from afghanistan against nato allied countries. we need to preserve those gains. we discussed how we can preserve those gains, including by stating clearly to the new afghan rulers, the new government these are commitments we expect them to adhere to. it is relevant when it comes -- we expect them to live up to other commitments, including respect for human rights and the rights of women. some nato allies have not recognized the new government. partly because there is no new government to recognize. some allies, and i think it's important, they have operational tactical contact with the taliban. that is to ensure safe passage

with the united states. of course, the advent will be looking to even thing because it has gone through several works for the past 40 years and the in the quiet and need like education, democracy, technology help and some of the things that requires because it has gone through a number of similar works and unfortunately it's coming again, but we need to prioritize the per, yerkes ok, both for the government all over the national community, also for the united states. now the per year is fighting terrorism. no. going to bring stability to the athens to make sure that the outcomes live in security and to make sure that there is no threat from kind of needed to the region nor to the north. and also not to the, the international community in, in enlarge. and that is there yet, that entire world is felt now, it's not only the united states and the government because the united states intervening with the international partners. and i've kind of responsive, but it does not rely only on the united states. shoulders

the united states joined 20 other nations this morning and jointly affirming that commitment. this is personal for me. as it is for many people here at the state department and across the federal government. in 1997, i joined then secretary of state albright when she visited afghan women and girls in refugee camp. secretary albright told them, it is impossible to modernize a nation that half or more the population is left behind. that was one of the most meetings i had as a diplomat. i had a teenage daughter at the time. a young teenager told me about watching her sister being raped and thrown out a window. women who were doctors and teachers and homemakers, talked about how they couldn't do and have their lives anymore. that memory will never be wiped from my mind. society could not flourish and prosper without the full participation of women and girls back then and they cannot flourish and prosper without women and girls now. in the last 20 years, afghan women and girls have embraced their freedom. millions have gone to school. they have become doctors, lawyers, journalist, p

you're safely walking around the streets of the united states. yeah, well i mean, what you say about what west point and teaching it there, i think is important. i mean, i say in the prologue of this book, i was on paper highly regard officer, right? fairly high regarded i had good scores, i've done one of the west point out a good combat record. so i was a prime candidate to go back and teach, which is pretty selective thing. but what they can't measure is that i just come out of tours. i no longer believed that i spent all my time in those wars and after ending grad school studying the back story to this. and at the point when i got to west point to teach, i felt it would be literally obscene, grotesque not to tell the truth, not to bash america, i tell a lot of great stories about a lot of great americans write about the spirit and the potential of this country, however, if i'm not telling the gods on is true wards and all to the people who are signed up at 18 years old to fight and die for said country, which is all based on back story and le

we, in the united states border patrol, transfer them to health and human services for their care, custody and control as quickly as possible to unite them with parents or legal guardians here in the united states before they make their claim for asylum or their claim for a special immigrant juvenile status. you will recall in march of this year, we experienced tremendous crowding in our border patrol stations of unaccompanied children. i said then that it was a challenge for us, that we had a plan to meet that challenge, and that we were executing on that plan, and that it would indeed take time. that is what we did, and we cleared the border patrol of the overcrowding of unaccompanied children in execution of our plan. i should say that of course we have unaccompanied children still in border patrol custody, but we are moving them much faster than we did in march, and under 72 hours that is required by law. next we have the single adults. single adults, the great majority of single adults are expelled under the title 42 authority. the public health authority of the centers for disease co

people want to commit terrorist acts the united states is much easier pieces to get to come to the united states. we look at this we find no relationship between immigration in the united states or elsewhere. really being in a conflict is what drives terrorists. >> 1986 there was it immigration amnesty. is that do again and your view? >> listen we've got more than 10 million people residing illegally in the united states. whether it's president trump who is as anti- immigration or obama before him they are not all being deported it would rip society apart to try to do that. they are here. i don't see how we benefit from having them here illegally when he could be here legally. let's bring them above the board, get them on the books and make it official. i also think you have to couple that with the increase path to legal migration. if you don't, just like before you'll have the reset button people will come here illegally. it is to allow for greater legal immigration but. >> because wretched refuse? the political institutions, co-authored by texas benjamin powell. he is been our guest on

we have a long history in the united states of welcoming refugees into our country. in helping them resettle into new homes and communities, it is the work of state and local governments, ngos, faith-based groups, advocacy groups, tens of thousands of volunteers. it is a powerful demonstration of american friendship and generosity. many americans are asking how they can help afghan refugees in their communities get resettled. the answer is to reach out to your local resettlement agencies. there are national websites with state-by-state resources -- phone numbers. they would be grateful for the help. to emphasize that although u.s. troops are leaving, the u.s. is still deeply engaged. we will support afghanistan through diplomatic support through the peace process. the afghan people deserve a just and lasting peace. the security at opportunity that piece makes possible. we will do all that we can to advance that goal. we will continue to welcome afghan immigrants and refugees as our neighbors in gratitude for helping us despite the danger. we will not forget it. thank