challenges there. and earlier, i spoke with cnn military analyst, colonel cedric lateen, i asked why after so long, the afghan government, still, can t defeat the taliban. here s part of our conversation. the government in afghanistan, for whatever reason, has not been able to develop a strategy to counter the taliban efforts in this regard. you know, people, i guess, have a very short memory, in some cases, because the taliban was a very brutal regime when they were in charge in afghanistan, before 2001. but the government in afghanistan, the current government, is very much in a creature of habit, i guess, would be the best way to put it. and because of that, they are unwilling to not only learn what the taliban are doing but they, also, have no capacity to emulate what the taliban are doing and counter them at their own game. and because of that, they are not only incapable of achieving
the trump tower in these years and it would have been done. the national security agency works for the president. it s unclear to me why the president would go through the house intelligence community, it makes no sense at all. he s the president. he can ask for the stuff and it can be given to him. i look at this as a diversion. they re going to drag out this incidental collection and people who don t understand it are going to say oh, the president was spied on, which is not the truth. i have cedric lateen who knows all about intelligence and bob cusack, editor in chief at the hill. in front of the west wing he was asked can you rule out whether or not senior obama administration officials were involved in that, he said i cannot. he was asked whether there was evidence that members of the intel community who would have done the surveilling were political opponents of trump and his answer was i m bothered by
don t let them disturb you. please continue to fight for us. see, they understand that this is a witch hunt. ben carson is expected to speak again shortly. we re going to bring that to you as it happens right here on cnn tonight. plus pyramid scheme. candidate carson is wrong about the pyramids but does the surge in the poll show voters don t care? we have a lot going on tonight but i want to begin with the stunning breaking news. the deadly crash of a plane full of tourist was not an accident. they believe evidence on the plane s black boxes confirms that the plane was brought down by a bomb. and tonight, we have a new video from isis claiming responsibility. let s discussion with rene marsh, safety analyst david soucie and author of malaysia 370 and cedric lateen. a new isis video claiming responsibility. what do you know? isis claimed responsibility
certainly cedric lateen. congressional reporter for the washington post. happy fourth to all of you. colonel this is very troubling news obviously for americans to wake up, if in fact north korea s word can be trusted that they did actually test this intercontinental ballistic missile. how concerned should the white house be this morning? i think we should be concerned, but we also have to take this with a grain of salt, looking at the range of the missile is of course the key thing that intelligence agencies are going to do at this point in time because they want to see if the threat is actually going to be one that includes places like alaska, guam, the west coast of the united states, and possibly more. and based on what we see with this missile right now, i m leaning toward the idea that
fast forward in about half the country now either contested or controlled by that insurgeoncy. isis a whole set of problems, the dissolutionment with the taliban, its behavior, branding seek a newer fresher face that isis provide, isis k, historically the area of pakistan they would like to see in their hands some say isis came across the border from pakistan when it infiltrated being the epicenter where it all began. isis lost by the afghan army, but regained ground quite substantially in the past months perhaps by the attacks in kabul. back to you. thank you, nick. let s bring in cnn military analyst retired air force