william wechsler, we appreciate _ time. william wechsler, we appreciate your _ time. wechsler, we appreciate your time this i time. william wechsler, we - appreciate your time this afternoon on the bbc. thank you very much, from the think tank atlantic council in washington, dc. let's talk a bit more about the internal politics as well. barbara plett usher is our washington correspondent. we have had that pentagon briefing in the last hour. i am interested in your thoughts on the public mood now as things seem to deteriorate in the pentagon is talking about risks of another attack.— another attack. yeah, here in washington. _ another attack. yeah, here in washington, it _ another attack. yeah, here in washington, it is _ another attack. yeah, here in washington, it is very - another attack. yeah, here in | washington, it is very sombre, another attack. yeah, here in - washington, it is very sombre, of course, they have lost 13 literary personnel. that is very big loss for the united states —— military personnel. these threats, this discussion about forthcoming threats

with the former assistant secretary of defense for special operations and combating terror, william wechslerhe will join us this hour. we saw the tensions really weighing on the market. take a look at the s&p 500. u.s. futures marginally higher, muted right now. the deadly explosions in afghanistan almost overshadowing the jitters from the jackson hole symposium. we also had some data misses, job claims and annualized gdp slightly missing sentiments. wti falling for the first time in four days, although now an upside about that $67 a barrel level. bonds are flat, the 10 year yield rising for a third session above that 1.34%. what was interesting about this market, though, we have not seen the markets react so much to the headlines from afghanistan until this time. take a look at that level, that nine 480 the timeline. the taliban announcing the explosion in kabul. in the afternoon, we had the u.s. saying that two suicide bombers responsible were with isis and that taking it another leg lower on the s&p 500. the risk assets like the vix rallying. ozzie and japanese yen also at a one-week low.