Taliban forces, as the militant group sees a resurgence across the region. Our National Security analyst peter bergen is here and joins us by phone from washington, and in beirut, cnn Nick Paton Walsh who has reported extensively from afghanistan. Welcome to both of you. Good morning. First i want to start with you, Nick Paton Walsh and talk about the resurgence of taliban in afghanistan. The reason this tragic event happened is because Coalition Forces it trying to drive away taliban forces. How strong are they in afghanistan today . Reporter well, certainly if you leave what people call kind of the city of kabul, the walled area where many people used to say the president of afghanistan was only president of that particular area, theyre increasingly strong. They were on their back foot when the u. S. Flooded in troops as part of their surge. Now theyre pulling them out. We just heard barack obama pulling them out extraordinary fast, almost down to zero in 2016. The taliban are gainin
The las vegas killers, how could so much violence go so unnoticed for so long . Frightening video seemingly right out of a bad dream. Elevator going up fast and out of control with a man trapped inside. Hello, everyone. Great to see you today. Im john berman. Opposed to every other day. Just today its great to see you all. Im michaela pereira. Its 11 00 here in the east and 8 00 out west. Big day for hard choices. Were talking about Hillary Clintons long awaited memboir. The former secretary of state has been doing the hard sell. In her book and men appearanany appearances, shes defended her job as secretary of state and her role surrounding benghazi, the attack that left four americans dead. This is what she told Abcs Robin Roberts this morning. I have obviously thought about this long and hard. The Security Issues around this attack or the attacks we had when my husband was president or when president reagan was in office, you learn from them. You cant always predict. You cant always
The four dead americans. I should not be a distraction from that. And thats part of the decision as well. Thank you very much. There are rumors the letter put out by young no will you put a rest no, come on. Who do you think i think the conference should be able to decide. Thank you very much. So there you have the breaking news, Kevin Mccarthy, the House Majority leader, announcing publicly right now hes withdrawing his effort to become the next speaker of the house of representatives. A huge, huge question mark now remains in the house, who will be the next speaker replacing john boehner who said he will step down at the end of this month. Republican president ial candidate dr. Ben carson, as all of our viewers here in the United States and around the world know, hes surging in the polls right now. Hes just behind the frontrunner donald trump in almost all of the national and key state polls. Hes also fighting off some major controversies right now. He is out with a brandnew book tod
Offended, people he belittled. In other words, welcome to monday. All of the above stands out from most mondays. This is the first one he is the republican nominee. Donald trump as we know is not most candidates. His general election pivot includes concerning financial experts, annoying tax cutting conservatives and talking about crooked hillary. We begin with jeff zeleny. Reporter Hillary Clinton isnt taking the bait. Shes married to a man the worst abuser in the history of politics. Shes married to a man who hurt many women, and hillary, if you look and study, hillary hurt many women. And hillary, if you look and study, hillary hurt many women, women that he abused. Reporter today in virginia, clinton says she isnt responding to that. I am answering on what i think voters care about. Youre responding with substance. I am running my campaign, i am not running against him. He is doing a fine job of doing that himself. I am running my campaign. What i want to do as president , what i st
Lewis powell was 64 when nominated in 1962. In the modern era of the court, thats the oldest nominee thats been confirmed. I think his age is certainly part of the politics of the situation. Its an implicit statement to Senate Republicans confirm my 63yearold nominee now during president obamas year in office for prepare for Hillary Clinton to nominate somebody who may be in his or her 40s. Thats the tradeoff that Senate Republicans are facing. It certainly seems at the moment that they are happy to just kick the can down the road, think that a republican may be elected president , something that has happened. They have put their line in the sand about this nominee. So this is a very interesting ceremony coming up. But the idea that Merrick Garland will be on the Supreme Court anytime, perhaps ever, seems remote. Thats a fair point. Dana, you spent time looking at the various contingencies out there. It seems extremely doubtful after all the public comments, since antonins sudden death