about ten minutes or so. now i want to take you back to the united states because for the first time since the fall of afghanistan, top american leaders are publicly testifying before congress about what went so terribly wrong. in the coming hours they'll address u.s. house on services committee. they gave the senators their take on what the government collapsed so spectacularly and why the taliban remain a serious threat. >> we helped build the state, mr. chairman, but we could not forge a nation. the fact that the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise. and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. >> we must remember that the taliban was and remains a terrorist organization, and they still have not broken ties with al qaeda. i have no illusions who we are dealing with. it remains to be seen whether or not the taliban can consolidate