gutsy call by the ceo to show that we could still pull off an extraction in the dense population, the urban confines inside kabul. do you expect many more of these? probably we can t expect the kind of thunder runs that became so familiar in the iraq war. but was this a healthy reminder, perhaps, to the taliban that we still have this kind of air capability? well, look, brian, the good news is we have control of the airport. there are 6000 u.s. troops on the ground, elite infantry, army and marines. they are backed up by naval aircraft, a prepared battle group. u.s. air force has a worldwide surge of their airlift going in. i know that general dempsey tweeted out a comment that one of the c-17s took off with 871 afghans of ward. i ve been in those planes,
night, jonathan la mere, white house reporter for the associated press, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, former battlefield commander in the gulf, former cabinet member, former member of the national skounz. and former senior policy aid during the obama administration, she is one of our public health experts and a nonresident fellow at brookings. good evening, and welcome to you all. general, given the urgency of the topic, i would like to begin with you again tonight. gutsy call by the ceo to show that we could still pull off an extraction in the dense population, the urban confines, inside kabul. do you expect many more of these, probably we can t expect the kind of thunder runs that became so familiar in the iraq war, but was this a healthy reminder perhaps to the taliban that we still have this kind of air capability?
who comes out on top in the 2018 election? broad topic. put on your political forecasting hat. jason who comes out on top? outside my area of political expertise, i don t like political predictions, what i do like is don t trust the polls. i think we moved into the space in america where the only place can you really be honest in america is in a voting booth, and so everyplace else you lie. so the people that are trusting the poll, you are going to be listening to a lot of people lying. people move into the voting booth and get real honest and so i guess if i leaned anywhere, and this will irritate people, whatever is good for trump, i think is what we re going to see reflected in the voting booth and in this election. ben: gutsy call from jason, where do you put this one? i trust all of the polls and what s going to happen with the house and the senate. i think republicans are going to keep the senate, lose the house, yeah, and i agree with what you said that it has a lot
2018 election? broad topic. put on your political forecasting hat. jason who comes out on top? outside my area of political expertise, i don t like political predictions, what i do like is don t trust the polls. i think we moved into the space in america where the only place can you really be honest in america is in a voting booth, and so everyplace else you lie. so the people that are trusting the poll, you are going to be listening to a lot of people lying. people move into the voting booth and get real honest and so i guess if i leaned anywhere, and this will irritate people, whatever is good for trump, i think is what we re going to see reflected in the voting booth and in this election. ben: gutsy call from jason, where do you put this one? i trust all of the polls and what s going to happen with the house and the senate. i think republicans are going to keep the senate, lose the house, yeah, and i agree with what you said that it has a lot to do with trump. i think the democr
take a look.k. also, john, go ahead. youth unemployment rate in greece, 62%. that s also how much the greek stock market is up from the lasi year. i own others. gutsy call. you ve been hot. stay hot. you re awesome. great to join us this weekme. again. that s it for the the cost of freedom at block. before we go, riding aboard the air force one, 180,000 tax dollars per hour. secret service, tens ofnds thousands of tax dollars per day. an eight-day martha s vineyard extravaganza, while millions can t find a job and a record number of americans need food stamps to survive. priceless. leadership. all things america expects from our commander in chief. have a great weekend. if you re on martha s vineyard this weekend, you bump into