sins of the american effort in afghanistan, going in and then completely changing focus. well, look, that clip was fascinating. i think it goes to show just i think i got caught honestly making a funny face on tv because we were to rapt by what we were hearing. they were so honest with you. this is an amazing special we re going to see with you, jake, with really the behind the scenes story here. so thank you so much for talking with us about it. you can tune in and you can watch jake as he is asking these tough questions, getting incredibly candid answers about america s longest war. that will be on sunday night at 9:00 eastern. and next a nurse will join us live to describe the horrifying conditions inside the warehouse where nursing home residents were kept during hurricane ida. hear what she experienced. plus a landmark move for the nation s second largest school district voting to mandate vaccines for students 12 years and older. not everyone is on board. we re going to sp
other people will as well. and i do think you ll see more of this. all right. well, thanks one and all for joining. hope you have a very reflective weekend on this 9/11 weekend. coming up one of the top generals in afghanistan shares his rather shocking take on america s longest war. that s next. if you have this. consider adding this.
reporter: there s been pushback towards the united states specifically because i think, you know, in the taliban s mind it was really the united states that they fought against, that they negotiated with to get to where they are today, and they accuse the united states when there s questions raised about the inclusivity that it is not enough well, there aren t any women. there aren t any other ethnic minorities. there isn t anyone from the former government. the taliban is saying this breaks the dohar agreement. this is against the dohar agreement that the ambassador signed with the taliban s now deputy prime minister back at the beginning of 2020. so the taliban pushing back hard on this one. nic robertson for us there in kabul. thank you, nic. be sure to join jake tapper as he asks the tough questions about america s longest war. what went wrong in afghanistan? the cnn special report begins
alike. connected, was able to get him to kandahar to kabul and he is now in texas and is able to speak about it and then a cia officer and a friend from college reach out and said, hey, i m working with digital dunkirk and would you be interested in joining and when i got in, connected with a group of folks who had the ability to provide sensitive logistics and then it became an operation to support the state department. they were telling americans or anybody rather, citizens, lprs, whatever you happen to be, you need to be at this place at this time with this paperwork and chaos in a war zone, how do you fill out paperwork, how do you navigate and that s what we were helping with. nobody was trying to do any crazy cowboy operations. we were supporting the u.s. government and happy to do it. you were trying to rescue people. thanks so much. best of luck to you. i m sure we ll be talking and thank you for your service as always. be sure to join me this sunday for a cnn special rep
delay routine exams because of the pandemic. we certainly wish the senator the best. this quick programming note. join jake tapper as he asked the tough questions about america s longest war. the cnn special begins sunday at 9:00 p.m. appreciate your time. hope to see you here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up right now. hello. thanks for being with me. a six-pillar plan, one goal. and the pandemic. the president set to lay out his strategy just hours from now with a speech that comes just nine weeks after he declared independence from covid-19. on july 4th the u.s. was averaging 12,000 new cases and 200 deaths a day. then delta. and this is where we are now. an average of 150,000 new cases a day.