clarity. democratic divisions threaten to torpedo that measure in a separate $1 trillion infrastructure bill. and as biden prepares to tout the end of the war in afghanistan and reaffirm his commitment to u.s. alliances and diplomacy. i m sending a clear message to the world, america is back. reporter: he must also contend with the roughest stretch of his presidency on the world stage, from the messy u.s. withdrawal in afghanistan to a drone strike that killed civilians and a diplomatic rift with the u.s. oldest allies. some of the criticism he s faced in many of the capital of the allies whose partnerships he planned to reinvigorate, does he believe there s work to be done to restore that credibility? it s important to note that criticism of a decision is different of a criticism of the credibility and leadership of the united states broadly speaking, but larmer point here and what you ll heart president talk about tomorrow is we are committed to those alineses and that alw
spared by the taliban, and it strikes me with those of the afghanistan efforts was really just a pledge to make good of the end of the war in afghanistan, and it is masked without offering feasible alternatives. once again, domestic politics injected into foreign policy. the taliban s quick takeover of the policies and the afghani s laid down the arms, and the president watching the effort crumble in a matter of days has made it all of the more clear that we could not occupy afghanistan, and the president s decision to bring the troops home was the right one. and for me as i close, closing this chapter of the u.s./afghanistan book is a difficult one. i voted to authorize the war in 2001 after the terrorist attack
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reports on the air, among them that the washington monument had been hit, a car bombing outside the u.s. state department in washington. i ll never forget hearing that on the radio. but then we heard something that seemed other worldly and outlandish beyond what was already the smoldering ruins here, that was the sight of flames and smoke over the pentagon. the pentagon, the center of our defense department had been hit. so talk about what a 20-year journey it s been there. a journey that for so many people in this building only ended in a way two weeks ago at the end of the war in afghanistan. but now the continuing presence of al qaeda as part of the taliban, whom we are working with. you talk to people here and elsewhere in the government, at the cia and state department who dedicated their lives trying to
pentagon correspondent. donny deutsch is here. the reverend al sharpton is still with us. we are still trying to get mark s shot up, elizabeth, but we were covering the end of the war in afghanistan and mark was on the air with us and said, you know, i m thinking about covering the pentagon on 9/11. i thought about how so many of us have been at this since that day, and i m going to put up your story on the front page of the new york times on september 12th. you were covering my old boss, george w. bush. that was your story. i want to ask you about that day, how often you think about it, what you remember from it and how it changed how you do the job you have now. well, i think about it i have thought about it the last few days. i was just downtown right at the washington bureau, which is just a few blocks from the white house as you know, and i remember that day. i had just moved to washington.