forces would be out there. we didn t see them. and one of the big questions is why was there really no plan for the defense of kabul? yeah. well, this is not quiet for sure what we are seeing. that did not happen. this was never going to be it s always going to be messy, but this is really messy. ridiculous. david, thank you so much. david sanger. coming up we ll be talking to a u.s. combat veteran who lost his limbs on the battle field in afghanistan. so what does he say about the takeover by the taliban? covid cases taking hospitals past the brink, with some some cases negative room in intensive care units. see which states are getting hardest hit next.
up and pleading with fellow lawmakers. sign this bill. come aboard. only one spoke out against it. people who spoke out in favor, lost two legs on the battle field in afghanistan. how compelling may that argument be in the final few moments? i don t think it is impossible to think that somebody like this could happen. we just haven t seen it happen before in the history of the presidency. is there hope? the white house is hoping and can come up with a message. it looks like majority of people have not been moving. i want to show you the tweet from mike pence showing people making decisions about health. women s health in particular. this is it. pass the bill. that s not a good look. plenty of people. you add pat roberts with a flip remark about mammograms. i would not want to lose my
satellites, they had no night vision equipment, how could they find him when it took the u.s. nine years to find osama? so how could you expect the taliban to have done it? ari. this is a simple question, although it may have a complex answer. if you were to told americans in 2003 or 2004 that we would have located osama bin laden and killed him, whether we did it on the battle field in afghanistan or drove him out of there and found him somewhere else, i think a lot of people would have thought, well, okay, that was a key objective. it doesn t mean everything is done, but that would signal a real major shift in our orientation towards the region and extricatining ourselves fro that field of battle. that really hasn t happened at all, as you ve documented. why is that? well, i think the obama people haven t learned the lesson. remember, there was a surge in the public opinion polls after osama bin laden was killed in may this year. more people said at that point that we should ge
commanders near refused to provide artillery fire or reinforcement. they were later found negligent leading directly to the loss of life. i m still hangry about it. reporter: he vents that anger with a gunfiring his pistol into the past tour. his father says he s sleeping better but still has a long way to go. i don t think he ll ever get over it completely. reporter: for his courage, dakota will receive the medal of honor but denies he s a hero. i don t even like that word hero. hero, that s i m the furthest thing from a hero. i ll accept it on behalf of the marine corps and guy that s died. reporter: he admits part of himself died on that battle field in afghanistan. another casualty of the war. j . we ll have live coverage of the medal of honor ceremony
have u.s. become involved, particularly in any efforts to interrupt their business. steve, you think is u.s. authorities they fear here, not the mexican authority? i think that it s i don t know if the word here is fear, but i think that it s a question of wanting to limit what they view as unnecessary involvement. steve fagan, thanks very much for the interview from mcallen texas. sure, thank you. general david petraeus is leaving the battle field in afghanistan and heading to 10 downing street to meet with the british prime minister and we are going to tell you why. but first, a look at what s hot on the web with. california police are searching for the estranged husband of a san diego city college student. 19-year-old diana gonzalez s body was found in a men s bathroom on campus. armando perez is considered a person of interest. police believe he may have fled to mexico. muslim cleric in britain is causing controversy with his claim that it is impossible for a man to