we had over 3,000 paramilitary support. we kept the air power and bagram air place. that was the agreement in place. everybody knew that. the plan was set to hold those forces until we had a good agreement in place, which was an agreement between the afghan government, ghani and the taliban. that was part of the agreement on february 29, 2020 called the doha agreement. until a stipulations were met, we were going to stay there. the president of the united states, donald trump, picked up the phone on march 3 and i was in the oval office when he made the call. he talked to the chief taliban negotiator and made it very clear using trumpian terms, what would happen if we violated the agreement? because of that we had no americans killed from the 29th of february, 2020 until president trump left office.
they used in this budget were actually crafted by the ways and means committee that he was che chairing over the last year and change. something that he spoke out against the process but welcome the peace in how he can deal with the more far right members of his conference. luke russert, thank you very much. we also have breaking news out of chicago this morning. former house speaker dennis hastert has pleaded guilty to evading banking laws. offering millions of dollars to an unnamed individual in order to hide secrets from the past. the admission of guilt will spare hastert from a trial which could bring those secrets to light. hastert sentenced on the 29th of february and faces up to six months behind bars. lots ahead on this jam packed wednesday, starting with a major strategy shift in syria that could, could put u.s. boots on the ground in the fight against assad. richard engel is live from
ridiculous deal. renegotiate with pyongyang on the 29th of february. we will give them this for acting nite. they would shut down the uranium program and not launch missiles. in a month they have a violation of it. the best we can muster for the state department spokesman to say it would be inconsistent with the recent undertakings. if that were to happen. it s a gross violation of the treaty. spitting in the face of. doesn t give you responsibility. in light of negotiation with iran in a few days. b, the whole idea of negotiating with the adversaries. you know won t abide by agreement. second, japanese defense ministry said it would shoot down the rocket if it goes over japan.
because this is his initiative. but more importantly it will benefit the american people and that is what it should be all about. so, i think we hope, that we are able to get this passed before the 29th of february, but right now, all indications are that we are leading up to another hostage taking situation. let s go to worse case scenario here, i heard this in a briefing, and i can not say how i heard it, there s a concern at the administration at the highest level that there s three ways that the economy can stop recovering and we now the economy is getting better. the unemployment is down to low eights now and hopefully below eight by the election. but the represeublican party do not want that. there s three ways to screw it up. europe, and you have the problem in the middle east with the possible war with iran, some type of war effecting oil supplies and you have the possibility that the republican
we hope that we re able to get this passed before the 29th of february, but right now, all indications are that we re leading up to another one of these hostage taking situations. wow, that was house democratic caucus chairman congressman john lar son of connecticut on msnbc talking about the latest congressional battle to extend the payroll tax cut for 160 million american workers. just before christmas, congress extendsed the cut till the end of february. now, house and senate negotiators are deadlocked in their latest effort to extend it for the rest of the year. democrats and republicans blaming each other on this one. conference committee chairman dave kemp is calling for civility as the war of words is heating up again. luke russert joins us live from capitol hill. as i said, you wonder anymoreful people know what the word civility means. here we are again. indeed, tamron. and about a few minutes ago, jay carney, the president s press