out on this day because it makes people feel good politically. joe biden is a thoughtful guy and ifu wish he thought about t real life human implications of end this when he didn't have to. >> we'll have to leave it there for today. thank you fore joining us on ts today. as we approach the top of the next hour, we want to share a few numbers. first the war in afghanistan is america's longest war. it's been called the forgotten car -- war and america's paid the pprice. 20,000 wounded, 2,000 killed. the u.s. spent about $2.25 trillion. 143 billion was spent on rebuilding the country after ridding it of the taliban. there were new reports that kabul airport is taking fire.is gunshots there. at the top of the hour my colleague will join me. we'llgu go through all the late breaking developments there.