with the taliban are dead and afghans are preparing for a new wave of violence. tonight we re learning more about what led to the collapse of these month-long talks. correspondent gillian turner, good evening. good evening. after a week of will they come along for media speculation, president trump announced via twitter this weekend he canceled with the taliban at camp david. after nearly 18 years, 2300 american lives, and $900 billion, top military brass insist the war in afghanistan is still worth fighting. i think the president very much made the right call. it s to ensure that al qaeda and now the islamic state which is moved in as well to try to exploit the situation cannot reestablish the sanctuary. the ill-fated meeting between president trump and taliban leadership fell apart after facing resistance from key white house officials including national security advisor
attack radical islamic organizations there, why? because we believe they have aspirational goals of attacking america. same thing in syria. even though we took the caliphate away, isis is still there. if they have aspirational goals to return to that caliphate and hurt america. so here it is a half a dozen places where america has national security interests. that requires some level of commitment, mike, and it s in our national security interests to protect the american people. there s 30 or 40 other places the radical islamists are involved. we are not getting involved and we don t have the national interest to do so. mike: s of the president were to call you after watching the segment would you say, mr. president, just be patient? yes. let s get a much better deal, let s hold the taliban s feet to the fire, and if you re going to continue to kill people among americans innocent civilians, the way you are doing wantonly, we are not talking to you. let s get a cease-fire as the f
called men and women in our federal agencies that tried to protect you from terrorism, that try to attack to protect you from those who attack radical islamic terrorists, whether they re bomb strikes in boston or whether it s trying to stop the next 9/11 or whether the fbi is trying to stop from, let s say your local mall being blown up or you being blown up in a church. that s what the fbi is doing around the clock. they re working to keep you and your family safe. but wayne la pierre and the nra, they ve now spent the past 30 years i guess, 40 years slandering the men and women who were actually fighting every day and on the front lines in our fight against radical islamic terror. this is what he thinks of those people who. reporter: trying to protect you and your family. as we ve learned in recent months, even the fbi is not free