commemorating the 9/11 attacks carried out by the allies of the taliban. this would have been unseemly. you could just imagine whou trump would have attacked any other president like president obama if that other president had decided to invite terrorists to camp david. so it s a good thing that trump is now disinvited them. but what this shows is the negotiations that have been carried on are sort of in shambles. i think what s really happening here is not the fact that the taliban carried out another attack on thursday. because they ve been carrying out attacks throughout the course of these negotiations. we have lost there have been 16 u.s. deaths this year in afghanistan. right. we lost 16 soldiers in afghanistan this year. why is number 16 the breaking point? it doesn t make a lot of sense. it does underline the taliban have not shown they re committed to peace. we have not asked them to cease fire. as a condition for negotiations
the central government here in nassau continues to function well and is leading coordinating mobilizing all of the efforts supported by regional institutions. and our role as the united nations and organizations is to complement activities. that s what we did in the leadup to the hurricane and what we ll continue to do for as long as requested and required. rein paulsen, thank you so much. appreciate your work and efforts there. thank you. president trump has yet another republican rival in the 2020 race for president. mark sanford says he has what it takes to take on the president and change the republican party. his main objective next. and breaking news off the coast of georgia. a u.s. coast guard effort to rescue four missing crew members on this capsized ship have just been suspended. much more straight ahead. [music playing] (vo) this is jerry.
saying. the president believed that we could further that, that we could further america s national interests by having conversations with people that have the capacity to deliver on what you just described. that was the effort. that was the mission. that was the purpose that president trump has laid out. but you saw if the taliban don t beha behave, don t deliver on the commitments they ve made to us for weeks now and in some cases months, the president of the united states is not going to reduce the pressure. we re not going to reduce our pressure for the afghan security forces that have fought so hard there in afghanistan. reporter: fred, we should also point out this tweet from 2012 from president trump in which he criticized then-president obama saying he would slashing the military and negotiating with our sworn enemy the taliban who facilitied 9/11. mike pompeo was asked about this. he said there was no confidence that president obama would hold
kids vo: safelite repair, safelite replace welcome back. president trump s business em pair is at the center of yet another house investigation. this time it s his golf course and resort in scotland. the house oversight committee is looking into increased u.s. military spending at the trump turnberry golf resort. air force members paid to stay there when they stopped to refuel back in march. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is following details on all of this. the air force acknowledged that this happened, but they re also defending this decision? reporter: they are. they re saying that it s not unusual that the air force members and in this case in march on this flying this c-17 on a refueling stop on the way
that. they put out a statement today saying ending peace talks would only harm the americans. thank you so much from the white house. let s talk more about all of this. let me bring in james spider marks who is the former commanding general of the u.s. army intelligence center and a cnn military analyst. also with me, max booth, a senior fellow on the council of foreign relations, a washington post columnist, and a cnn global affairs analyst. good to see you both. max, you first. if this is a secret meeting, you know, why would the president tweet out about it, undermine any possibility to have a secret meeting? well, welcome to the latest episode, fredricka, of the trump show. diplomacy by tweet. you re seeing how that works which is not very well. now, i will commend president trump to this extent. i think it s a good idea to disinvite the taliban from camp david during the week we are