There was no statement from the country. He issued a Written Statement out to the final Harry Cocktail came out. There was not of what were seeing in these last two weeks, And so, weve seen two of these, weve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. This exit is very different from the vietnam exit. And its actually a good point. We saw the Ander'>Sitcom CommAnder formally announce that the last aircraft was carrying afghan airspace. We then saw Blinking Give essentially a formal address to the country, explaining things in terms of the Diplomatic Mission And doing those things. We just seeing Tonight Statement from secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that were going to get another speech. Weve seen several already from President Biden. He says hes gonna talk about his decision to not extend past August 31st. And the military obviously it is a lot, sort of a lot of accountability, in terms of people saying yeah, this is me, And this is happening on my watch, And this is why im doing it. This is not what were used. To last, time what we got was a Written Statement read by the press secretary. And henry kissinger, Secretary Of State, also attending the Press Briefing at the White House. It was astonishing routine. It was not that Big A Day And the White House Press Briefing room. People saw it coming for quite awhile, And there was a tremendous amount of relief, really. There were questions that resemble somewhat youre hearing now, but nothing like this ongoing analysis of every little bit of the exit. And that time, they were only aware of two Helicopter Pilots have been killed in the evacuation. It turns out there were two marines who were shot And killed, And no one knew about that time. Its a very different thing. But the echoes very strong between the two. Yes, And with all of these, things nowhere is like any other war. No exit is like any exit from this war. From our experience in vietnam, from the Soviets Experience in afghanistan, even the british experience before that, i mean, you hope that you learn but basically you iterate, And it doesnt always necessarily mean that you get it right next time. Well see with the president says. Tomorrow yeah thanks lawrence. Thank you rachel. At 3 29 pm today, East Coast time, Americas War And afghanistan came to an end. Here is how it began. 26 days after 9 11. Good afternoon, on my orders, the united States Military has begun strikes against alqaeda terrorists And military installations of the Taliban Regime in afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of afghanistan, as a Terrorist Base of operations. And to attack the Military Capability of the Taliban Regime. I gave taliban leaders a series of clear And specific demAnds. Close terrorist training camps. HAnd over leaders of the alqaeda network, And return our foreign nationals, including american citizens, unjustly detained in your country. None of these demAnds were met. And now, the taliban will pay a price. We will win this conflict by the Patient Accumulation of successes. By meaning a serious of challenges with determination, And will. We did not ask for this mission, but we will fulfill it. The name of todays military operation is enduring freedom. We will not waver. We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. Bc And freedom will prevail. Thank you. May god continue to bless america. The American News Media And the political class found nothing to criticize in that speech, not one word. But we did waiver, we did tire, And freedom did not endure in afghanistan. Here is how it ended. Im here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan, And The End of the Military Mission to evacuate american citizens, afghan nationals. The last c17 lifted off from Hamid Karzai international airport, on August 30th this afternoon, at 3 29 pm East Coast time. Tonights withdrawal signifies both The End of the Military Component of the evacuation, but also, The End of the nearly 20 Year Mission that began in afghanistan shortly after September 11th 2001. Its a mission that brought Osama Bin Laden to adjust And, along with many of his alqaeda coconspirators. And it was not a cheap mission. The cost was 2461 u. S. Service members, And civilians killed. And more than 20,000 were injured. Sadly, that includes 13 u. S. Service members who were killed last week by an Isis K Suicide bomber. We honor their sacrifice today, as we remember their heroic accomplishments. No words for me could possibly capture a full measure of sacrifices And accomplishments of those who served. Nor the emotions theyre feeling at this moment. Also killed in the 20year war, where at least 66,000 members of afghanistans military And police, 51,191 members of the taliban And other opposition fighters. 47,245 afghan civilians, including children And babies. 1144 allied service members, including from Nato Member states. 444 eight workers, And 72 journalists. The Number of civilian deaths could be much larger, but that is the official Number. 47,245. You can call the 20year war americas longest war, only if youre willing to overlook the nearly 300 years of war waged against the people who were found on this continent, when the europeans arrived. Americas genocidal war against native tribes it not officially end until the beginning of the 20th century. Today, President Biden issued a Written Statement saying, i want to thank our commAnders at And men And women serving, further execution of the dangerous retrograde from afghanistan as scheduled in the early morning of August 30 forced, double time. With no further loss of american lives. The past 17 days have seen our troops execute the largest airlift in u. S. History, evacuating over 120,000 u. S. Citizens, citizens of our allies, And afghan allies of the united states. They have done it with unmatched courage, professionalism, And resolve. Now, our 20 year Military Presence has ended. I have asked the Secretary Of State to lead the continued coordination with our international partners, to ensure safe passage for any americans, afghan partners, And foreign nationals who want to leave afghanistan. And joining us now, one of the 800,000 people who served in the military in afghanistan lucas, a former u. S. Marine captain who served in afghanistan. Hes now with democratic cAndidate for the senate in missouri. Also a foreign State Analyst And columnist for the daily beast. He is the host of deep state radio podcast. Lewis, let me begin with you. Someone who served there, you are thanked today by thank general mackenzie, by President Biden, what are your feelings as this 20year war has finally come to an end . Thanks lawrence. For me, its just this feeling of grim relieve that its finally over And that it should have happened a long long time ago. America kind of forgot what was going on over there for a long time. And last week, when we lost 13 service members. That was a reminder to them what many of us experience while we were overseas. And so for me, this week what im seeing right now is a really reminder of probably the saddest, most somber moment of my life. And that was stAnding on a Flight Line in afghanistan, in the middle of the night. There was about 100 other marines saluting the dead body of a former member because he was but out into the airplane for his final Flight Home that is what the cost of war is. Weve been reminded of it And im just grim lee relieved that theres not gonna be another u. S. Service member experiencing that david, i found It Streaking in review of president Bushs Announcement of this war. What he said, in that speech, about the objectives. And for everyone in the last two weeks, whos been saying that we should stay there longer, we should not be exiting the way were exiting. We should be exiting quickly. And the biden schedule, if you can call that quickly after 20 years. Not one of them, not one of the justifications for staying in afghanistan, was included in anything, george w. Bush said, in the Announcement Speech for this war. It was always, to preserve something or some kind of condition, that existed, after the worst started. Arguments about whats going to happen to education in afghanistan, issues that had absolutely nothing to do with the start of the war. I think there is a brief period of grace there for george bush, where he got it right. He got the response to 9 11 right. And i think he got launching this mission right. If we had done what he said, in that speech, in that segment that you showed, we probably wouldve been okay. In fact, i think almost any u. S. President would have done precisely what he said. Send in u. S. Troops, for a mission that was counterterrorism, targeting alqaeda, targeting the taliban that was helping alqaeda. But he did not speak of an exit. He did not speak of the broader mission, that we drifted into. And what happened was, as you have pointed out several times over the past couple of weeks learns, we drifted back, into the same sorts of mistakes, that led to the vietnam debacle. We did not have a clear exit, we did not have sufficient force. We did not have a clearly defined mission. That was the lesson that general Colin Powell had drawn from vietnam. And we forgot about it. And the consequence was, the casualties you listed, And the lives of 800,000 americans who served alongside, being changed forever. Some in the worst way possible. But all of them as lucas indicated, haunted by the experience. Lets listen in more of what President Bush said on October 7th 2001, about what the mission was. And it certainly does not sound like a 20Year Mission. By Destroying Camps And disrupting communications, we will make it more difficult for the Terror Network to train new recruits. And coordinate their evil plans. Initially, the terrorist may burrow deeper into caves. And other entrenched canyon places. Our Military Action is also designed to clear the way for sustained, comprehensive, And relentless operations to drive them out. And bring them to justice. I think when we were listening to that, whether people were in favor of it or not, it did not sound like this is going to be ten years, this is going to be even five years. It sounded like not exactly a surgical strike, but it was going in their, not trying to build a nation certainly, there wasnt one word about building a new government, or a new military in afghanistan. Yes lawrence, And heres the thing, that mission that he just described, was accomplished very quickly. The taliban was scattered. Alqaeda was bumped out of afghanistan, And we accomplish that Military Mission. Back then the taliban was extremely weak. And maybe the government would have had a chance to recover And build in afghanistan it looks a little different. But the real irony about the 20 years that we spend their, is the fact that the taliban got to use those 20 years, practicing against the greatest Fighting Force in the world. And if you want to get good at something, you should practice against the person whos the best. In they learn to fight they learn to organize, they learned the league, they learn to do pr, they learn to do all of these things, And that is why, they were able to take over, in just two weeks. Because they learn how to do all of that. And so the real tragedy for me here, a huge tragedy, is that i still see on tv, people talking about how we need to stay just one more day. Just one more month. Just one more dollar. As if, as if the 20 years, the 2500, lives in the 2. 3 trillion dollars that then collapsed in two weeks, were not enough. They are the same people, the reputations are aligned on this. Theyre making money on it, And theyre deciding that they want to keep us there, because they feel like its the right thing to do. For them. Its a huge systematic institutional set of dissed honesty, that is really just torn the american peoples psyche, as they saw what happened in the two weeks. And thats really something we need to not lose sight. Of And make sure that we fight that narrative. Lucas, let me fall on that. President bush also said in an Announcement Speech for this war, speaking directly to military personnel. He said. Your mission is defined. Your objectives are clear. Your goal is just. When you are in afghanistan, did you feel that your mission was defined . And here objectives were clear . When i was in afghanistan, so i learned the And-language'>LAnd Language of southern afghanistan, And i had to play their toys. Winter of 20, 12 And 13, it again in 2014 for most of the year. My job was to work with the afghan forces, to try to make sure that they were ready for the mission. Mind you, this is after wed been there for 13 years. On the second deployment. In my job was still to make sure that they got all of the, equipment all of the ammunition, all of the And-everything'>Food And Everything else that they needed to get through the fighting season. After 13 years. And so at that point, how can my mission be to solve this in six months . If it hasnt been solved in 13 years. In the answer is, that it was never going to happen. The only reason we were, there is because people, on both sides of the atlantic, you have afghans at the very top of their stratosphere, in the people here in america, who are Making Money Off of that war. A grab And go operation. And leaving the rest of us to try to solve out the problems, well afghans are not getting any food or equipment, because its all getting skive off the top. I had a mission, but it was not anything that was ever going to be successfully concluded. The taliban takeover in 2014, was inevitable. And we saw that Inevitability Play out over the last month. Thank you very much for starting off our discussion tonight. Please stick around for more later in the hour. Thank you both very much. Coming up we have breaking news, on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. In an intensive And-rescue'>Search And Rescue operation is underway in louisiana, where more than 1 Million people are currently without power, we will have the latest next. Test next. Test next. 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Second person has confirmed dead been confirmed dead in after Hurricane Ida louisiana after hurricane made Andfall-ida'>LAndfall Ida made south of lAndfall. New orleans as as a category a category four storm four storm yesterday yesterday. 16 years to the 16 years to the Day Day after after Hurricane Hurricane Country to katrina. Hit louisiana. Today, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said today the governor said this. This. I will just tell i will just you that i had tell you that i had a Number a Number of of conversations conversations overnight And today overnight And today with, Parish President S And other officials. With Parish President S And other officials who believed that the who believe Death Count that that have attributable to the hurricane contributed to will go up. The hurricane a lot. Because they because they see see catastrophic damages in catastrophic damage in certain places certain places. And they have every that they have every Reason Reason to believe were inhabited at the time the at the time the damage occurred. Damage occurred there. There are are more than more than 2000 people in 2000 people in shelters And louisiana shelters And Louisiana Tonight. The tonight. The levies around levies around New Orleans New Orleans, did not, did not fail, as they didnt fail as they did in katrina katrina. , more than more than 1 Million people do not 1 Million people do not have power have power in in louisiana. Louisiana, there is no there is no Power Power In The City of In The City of New Orleans, New Orleans. Crews are working crews are working to to restore restore power, Power Beginning with. Hospitals they are that are now now relying on relying on generators. Louisiana generators. Louisiana Power Company Power company says says it may take it may take up to up three weeks for some people to in the three weeks for some areas people to have their to have their Power Power restored restored. Ida is now a tropical. Ida storm is now moving north through north of mississippi. Today President Biden told the mississippi. President of mississippi And mayors And mayors And both And both of those states, of those states how to get more help from the i would get White House. Both help from the White House . The main thing you want to make clear to all the of you is were providing main thing i want to make any help that youre clear to all the usual parting all the help that you gonna need. Can need. Ive got And so ive my senior got my adviser senior here with adviser me, senator here you all know him, with me. Hes a New Orleans native. Hes in You Orleans native. He was a congressman hes a congressman of of louisianas louisianas second district for second district for ten years. Ten years. He knows the he knows area, he knows the the area. He knows the people, people, in he And he have been who have been affected affected by ida by ida. And he knows how to get things knows how to get things done in government. Done in the While Fema is our lead for government on the ground. Response, if there is something if Theres Something you need, that needs my that needs my attention, he is your direct line. Tension, direct line to the a direct line White House, throughout this to the White House has been recovery. And i mean. Set. That whatever you whatever you need, go to cedric, he need, go will get it to, me will to cedric will get you what you need get to which you need. Joining us now, joining us msnbc now, anchor, Msnbc Ali who is in velshi New Orleans. What is the latest. Ali, what is the latest tonight . Tonight . The latest the is that this is a dark dark city. Latest is that this is a dark city. Its a roofing this is from a nearby building, a roof from a nearby that has collapsed. Im building. Here in the French Quarter, this is which you know, would look from French Quarter like this if you had which you know it would lights. But there look like this if you are no lights. Nowhere had lights. But there in New Orleans. Are no lights anywhere new or thats New Orleans, And because well the citys thats because while the levies And pumps citys levies And And all of, that which pumps, which they spent about they spent about 16 Billion Dollars 16 Billion Dollars on, since on since katrina, katrina worked works to keep the city to keep the city dry during the dry during the storm. Take a look at storm. Take this, this is decayed or a look at this this is street. Theres no lights the cater anywhere. There is no street. There are no lights power. Going anywhere. There is no power to anywhere in this city. Whatsoever. The company that produces the energy, the company that power here says produces the power that all eight transmission here says that all lines, are down transmission, lines are dead. So there are bucket so there are Bucket Trucks And people going trucks And people going around around Fixing Trees that Fixing Trees have fallen on that have power lines. Been fall And repairing on power all of that, but it lines, doesnt matter, because theres no theyve been repairing all power coming from the of that. Source. They they say they will try say that they will to get power to try And get most people, within power to most people, 7 to 10 days. Some people will get power before that. Within seven today in days. The sewage And the Sewage Draining company, authority here, And draining Company Authority here, they they obviously need obviously need to be able to be able to to sanitize Water Sanitize water, so theyre getting help so theyre getting some help from the electric from the electric utility. Utility. Police, infrastructure, police, like street lights, theyre infrastructure, trying to try to get there sweet likes, first. Hospitals, hospitals. But if you but if you are are a commercial or a commercial or a residential customer you are not getting residential customer, youre not getting power. Power, if you dont have if you do not have a generator in a generator in New Orleans, And it said New Orleans, its a densely densely packed city as you packed city so a lot of know, a lot of people dont have people dont have generators here. Youre not getting generators here, youre not power for getting power for seven, to ten days. 7 to 10 days. Its hardhit areas theyre saying its in the hardhit going to be three weeks or areas, longer. Some they say its gonna be of the parishes three weeks or longer. Some outside of of the parishes New Orleans which outside of New Orleans, did Flood By The, way which did Flood By The way, where labs were levies did over did overtop, they top. They are not are not getting power for getting power for a while. A while. Even though tonight, even though there theres very little loss was very little of life in New Orleans, loss of life in i believe we only have New Orleans. I one confirmed believe weve only got one confirmed death in the death, In The City. City. There is there is a lot of threat a lot of threat in in outlying the outlying parts parts of louisiana. Of louisiana in those And those parishes that parishes that border border new Orleans Parish Orleans Parish to the to the west. Theres still west. There are still rescues underway in rescues underway in some some of those places. Of those places due south of us in south of lafitte, us grAnd isle, grAnd apparently up 40 people, aisle, apparently there are though they chose about 40 people to stay, there so chose to stay there. They are somewhat they are prepared to write it out somewhat prepared to ride it. This is not out. So this is the catastrophe that not the catastrophe that all a lot of people were of people were worried worried about. Its an about. Its an entirely different entirely catastrophe. Different catastrophe, And we can only And we could only hope in hope, in these hot these hot, muggy nights, that muddy nights that people In The City get people In The City get their their power back very power back fairly soon, soon. Lawrence. Ali, is there any is there any temporally plan temporary plan on power on power. Or is . It just sit And or is it just sit wait until the And wait until the system begins to work system begins to work again . Again . Yeah the mayor is actually said, if you the mayor is actually, left the city dont come if you love the back, do not come city, dont come back. You are just back. Do not going to be in a hot come back. Youre gonna be place. People in a hot place. Are actually walking people actually walking around. You dont see too around. You dont see too many of, them but people are many of them, but walking around because their people are walking on because houses have become very high. Gets up to their houses are became very about 90 in the day hot. Right. Now it feels like right now which feels like 100 because as you 100, know this is a humid because as you know this is city. There a humid city. There are shelters And are shelters And cooling Cooling Centers that are centers that are being being opened. Open. Not everybody is not everybody has figured out how to use figured out how to them just yet. Because i use them just yet, think theyre hoping this because i think theyre hoping changes soon. But this changes soon, as they realize on but as the day two And day three And day four, that its realize on day two, And a three, And going to be this hot, day for that is going to be they may start to this hot, they may see some of those start to see some of places being used. These places being used. Illegal thank you, we really she, appreciate. It thank you really appreciated its my pleasure. Joining us now joining us now lieutenant Lieutenant General general former commAnder of the joint Task Force for russell hurricane katrina, honore general, what is your. Assessment of the general, what is your situation, And what needs to assessment of the situation And what needs to happen . Happen next . Next weve got good weve got good coordination between the coordination between the state in state And federal government the federal government And the And the parishes. Good parishes. Communications at all those points. So all weve got communications that all those that is a result of points. Lessons learned from the lessons have been katrina, And the learn from katrina levees held,. The the issue now issue now is the is the grit is broke. Grid is broke. The grit the is broke. Great is broke. Water And electricity water, is broke And electricity. Is broke. And i And i dont see how dont see how we we will are going to sustain, half sustain half 1 Million to 1 Million people, 1 Million 2 Million people, without clean water without clean water, And without And without sewage. Sewage. In a metropolitan area. In a metropolitan or in the area, or in the countryside. I think the countryside, conversation now i think the must turn conversation now almost turn to two, finish the And-minus'>Search And Minus the search rescue, get the people rescue, get people out that out that are stuck in the are stuck in the attics addicts, it or get them And get them out out, immediately. And then start And then focusing on the Start Focus on the evacuation evacuation plan. Plan that word. That evacuation come up again, twice evacuation may come up again, as, to when we completed as when we one And now we have to start complete one we need to start another. Another one. People cannot People Cannot live in that live in that metropolitan area, metropolitan area, without water And without without water And without sewer. Sewer. Which leads to which leads to the other, thing other things in a lot of, And a lot of the the infrastructures broke. Stores are closed. Theres infrastructure a few around. There is a few they have some around that have some food, but the food, but the infrastructure is broke. Infrastructures we need to broke. We need to encourage people encourage people, And i think And i think Fema Fema has the has the And-capacity'>Capacity And Capacity And the will. They will to provide hotel vouchers. To provide that means hotel vouchers. Program needs to that Program Start immediately needs to start because the leadership immediately because the today. With all due leadership today, with respect. They are all due respect, outdoing assessments they were outdoing And And-rescue'>Search And Rescue. Assessment And doing but the next And-rescue'>Search And Rescue. But the Phase Of, this once next Phase Of this the roads are open. One the roads open, we need to start we need to start encouraging people encouraging by putting gasoline people by in the gas stations, putting gasoline the gas people going to stations. Get gas. People are going to get they can go Gas Couch Sir federative someplace. Or they get, a hotel voucher, or they get a hotel And they need to voucher, go to a hotel, And they need to go to we cannot keep a hotel. We cannot that many people in keep that many people in that, city with the that city where the grid as broke as it greatest broke as it is is right now. Right now. On And on top of top of, that the that, the electrical electrical gas grid, grid, the water grid, the Telecommunication Telecommunication Grid is broke. Greats in so many broke. And so people, we many people operate now with the operate now ability to be able to with the ability to be talk And get able to talk And get information. A lot of information. A lot of people need to hear what is people need to hear whats being being said on said on television television, And they dont have the ability dont have the to see or hear ability to see or it. Hear it because the greatest broke. Because the greatest broke. I think the i think language in the Focus Language has to be now, And encouraging are encouraging people to people to evacuate, by evacuate, providing them hotel providing the vouchers. Fema those hotel has the capacity to vouchers, And fema do that. But that needs has the capacity to do to be in charge that. , once the search but that could be in And rescue is charge completed. Once the And-rescue'>Search And Rescue so are completed. So general, general, there is no theres no point in point in trying trying to truck to truck in in massive amounts massive amounts of of drinking Drinking Water water. Is it your view that. Is it your view you really have to get that you really have to the people out . Get the people out . Thats the mission . Thats the mission . I think thats the i think thats the mission. If you mission. If you brought bottled water boil the heart of in, youre talking a couple gallons of water your talking for everybody to a couple of drink. Gallons of water for everybody to drink, And And then theres no place then theres no way you can sustain or sustainable way that. To try to put you can try to put generators on them. Thats a fail. The generators on, youve got to focus so youve got to focus your infrastructure on the here critical things like the hospitals because the hospitals are full because weve got a lot of people in louisiana refused to take the shot so those hospitals are fix, they have to stay where they are to take care of people. And on top of, that weve been in a covid environment. We used to have places where we put 500 people in auditoriums And gyms. A 500 shelter now might hold 100 50 to 200 people because you got a lot of covid. And wherever we send the people, to theyve got to be able to follow Covid Protocols but weve got parishes a lot lower level of vaccination until we can get the great backup, And keep the city And the metropolitan as well as the countryside safe. The industrial took took a big hit. There will be no the federal government is gonna have to figure out how theyre gonna subsidize those governments immediately so they can continue to pay after katrina. Most of these parishes dont have a lot they depend on Sales Tax to come. In all these issues gotta be dealt with. Search And rescue And lets get on with a viable evacuation plan, providing gas to people so they can drive. And flying them out. General russell, thank you very much for joining us. Really appreciate your extra your expertise tonight. Help is on the way. Thats the message they have to hear. Thank you general, really appreciate it. Coming up, well be joined by doctor at Childrens Hospital New Orleans, which is dealing with a Hurricane Aftermath amid the Coronavirus Surge there. That is next. That is next my Retirement Plan with voya keeps me moving forward. Even after paying for this. Love you, sweetheart they guide me with achievable steps that give me confidence. This is my grAnddaughter. Shes cute like her grAndpa. Voya doesnt just help me get to retirement. Theyre with me all the way through it. Come on, grAndpa later. Got grAndpa things to do. 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For Hospitals Louisiana as Hurricane Ida push this weekend, this video shows part of a roof of one of the evacuate or hospitals being blown off, yesterday. Hospital louisiana are overwhelmed with covid patients. More than 2400 people are hospitalized in Louisiana Tonight for covid19. Joining us now is doctor mark lawn, And-chief'>Physician And Chief of Childrens Hospital in You Orleans. Hes a pediatrician of infectious disease specialist. Doctor, thank you very much for joining us tonight. This is a much more difficult night than when youve been with us before. What is the Situation Tonight And your hospital . Lawrence, weve taken a couple of punches to the gut. We were dealing with covid for the past couple of months And that has been exhausting for our personnel And our doctors. The hospitals have been very full, almost every hospital louisiana. And about the lasting in the world that we needed was a category four hurricane, that you know, here it is. Weve been locked down since early Yesterday Morning about 6 am. We brought in a group of doctors And nurses And other Health Care professionals, And we locked the doors, And we literally wrote this thing out. We had substantial, but not structural damage to our hospital. We were more fortunate than others. We have some water on the ground floors, some water coming through the roof on upper floors, but overall, we did reasonably well. We lost power like Everyone Else In The City of New Orleans, And went on to backup generators, And were still on those today. The good news is that all of the patients came through safely. Our team to good care of them, And they have weathered this storm And now on the other side, just dealing with the aftermath. How long can you run on the backup generators, And has Patient Care been affected . Patient care has not been affected, lawrence, fortunately, the generators give us lights And power for all of the medical equipment And all of the Patient Care areas. Its really only the non essential areas, like my office for example, that dont have Air Conditioning or lights. So were in the dark in those sorts of areas. We have about a Sixday Supply Diesel right now for the generators. There are six generators theres some redundancy there. But i am assured that more diesel is on the way, And that theres no issue with trucks getting in, And supplying on a continuous basis. So although weve done some Contingency Planning around what might happen if we needed to evacuate, to keep the generators running. Doctor cline, what about your own life And the lives of other medical personnel there. Can you go home . Has peoples home in affected . Its an excellent question i havent seen my house, so i can tell you what it looks like. Its been damage at this point. And thats true for all of the Health Professionals who have been locked down here in the hospital. These are mostly young doctors And nurses, And its really a fantastic story. These are people that have small children in many cases, And we even have examples of doctors who took their spouses And kids to safety. Evacuated them to places like atlanta And birmingham. And then came back to serve the hospital, And take care of other peoples kids. It is a remarkable story of selflessness And commitment. Anyone who thinks that the younger generation thats Coming Up is not committed to the work they do is dead wrong. They should see these Health Professionals And a fantastic job theyre doing. Many of them dont know whether theyre houses are still stAnding, or inundated with water. Theyre waiting until they have an opportunity to leave the hospital in a couple of days. Whats your guess about when you will see your house for the first time . Maybe saturday, maybe at The End of the week. Im hoping, but you know thats ok. I am happy And privileged to be working alongside some fantastic people here. I dont think ive ever been proud to be a pediatrician, lawrence. I have to be honest with you. To see the work that these young doctors And nurses And pharmacists, to see the work that theyre doing, has been really inspiring for me, even for someone like me whos been as long as i have. I just find myself incredibly impressed. Doctor mark kline, thank you very much for the heroic work that you are doing. We really appreciate joining us tonight. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you. Coming up, Anthony Blinken is the eighth Secretary Of State to serve during the war And afghanistan. And today, he began the first Secretary Of State to describe americas objective in postwar afghanistan. That is next. That is next energy is everywhere. Even in a little seedling. Which, when turned into fuel, can help power a plane. 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This would enable the small Number of daily charter flights, which is key for anyone who wants to depart from afghanistan moving forward. Were also working to identify ways to support americans, legal permanent residents in afghanistan who work with us, And who may choose to depart. We have no illusion that any of this will be easier rapid. This will be an entirely different face from the evacuation the just concluded. We will take time to work to new set of challenges, but we will stay. Joining us now, And national Security Expert at the Quincy Institute was. And back with, us is David Roth cough. I was thinking back about what Senator Kissinger had to say when we left vietnam, And we just had these two multi decade wars that we were driven out of in defeat to compare to each other. And Henry Cousin are, And the american government, had absolutely no plan about how to do with yet now in any way, And have any communication with them about anything after we fled that country. So it were seeing today is an approach that was not even dreamed possible, leaving vietnam. And as the future turned out, vietnam became such a peaceable friend of the united states of america. Thats where the united was being welcomed as a distinguished visitor just last week, while evacuation from of And'>Ghana StAnd was going on. All of which is to say from, my perspective, we have no idea whats gonna be happening in afghanistan in the next ten years or 20 years. I was really struck by secretary of State Blinken Today because youve seen him start to pivot would Joe Biden has said he wanted to do in the beginning of And-menstruation'>Hit And Menstruation when he introduced his national Security Team nine months, ago they talked about reimagining National Security, about shifting away from more as the primary instrument And the Diplomacy First Approach that would address the real Security Threats we face after this failed 20year global War On Terrorism. Climate, change pAndemics, racial injustice, Income Inequality And etc. And you see Secretary Of State blinken, start to take this burden on, And that includes trying to find a way to relate to the taliban. The red tag grew, armed with basic weaponry, just to feed And we now have the task, unlike henry kissinger, blinken now has the task of how do you develop relations with this. Can there be flights . Can you get the rest of americans out of afghanistan . Can there be regular flights to afghanistan . The taliban set People Today people could leave afghanistan. Are their incentives that we have to reduce the taliban to do this . So youre right lawrence, we have no idea how this relationship could develop. We could be looking at a very different story than The One thats been painted in washington circles, over the last two weeks. And take a look at this image released by the Department Of Defense of apparently the last american soldier to leave afghanistan. This is major general chris donny, who is Ander-general'>CommAnder General of the 82nd airborne division, And he was the last person to board the c17, the final c17 leaving kabul. David, that seems to me the final, that image of the american presence in afghanistan. That will be juxtaposed with the final image of the american presence in vietnam, which of course was a helicopter taking off. And so, with that, on this final day, what can be said about 1 am erica accomplished, or whatever color And . I hope we learned a lot. Clearly, there were some benefits that were brought to the afghan people in terms of increased lay Chrissy Access to the Internet Exposure to ideas like democracy And so forth. When you went to afghanistan with the objective of eliminating terrorists, there were perhaps several scores of terrorists there. When estimate was 170 alqaeda members in 2002. By the time we, left there were terrace throughout the word. The Number of tourists had grown 100 fold. It is much greater. The War On Terror was the wrong idea, executed in the wrong way. And it failed. While we remain safe here, threats exist throughout the world. But i think we have to ask ourselves how did we get into a situation where once again we entered into a war, drifted with that mission that lasted 20 years, it cost 120 it cost two trillion dollars. And to distract us from all the things that joe just enumerated. On The One, hAnd we need to learn those lessons. And on the other hAnd, we need to make that pivot. The real lesson of afghanistan is to put it behind us, to manage it in a way that Secretary Blinken described, And then, to move forward, building back better, investing in ourselves, And finding a new wage engage with the world, as blinken described several months ago, not from perspective of american exceptionalism, but from the perspective of engagement with peoples And real partnerships. Lets listen more to whats blinken said today about whats our lessons should be. The one afghanistan was a 20year endeavor. We must learn its lessons, And allow those lessons to shape how we think about fundamental questions, of National Security And foreign policy. Joe, that was the lesson were supposed to learn from vietnam. The fundamental questions of National Security And foreign policy, And the And'>Listen IslAnd from vietnam, as a teenager, was dont do that again. Dont do any kind of war like that again. And that seems to me, was one sentence away from whats Secretary Blinken was saying that passage. Thats exactly right. And for 20 years, we did not. What is now refer to as Vietnam Syndrome was when we listen to those lessons. When we understAnd that this was a Loss Tour we never should have started, it was profoundly mistaken, but with that happened in washington, was a determined effort to determine that around. And then other proponents in washington foreign Policy Establishment are step in the back narrative. We didnt lose the vietnam war. Politicians in Congress Gotta Funding for, it thats why we. Lost And you saw that justified, that you brought up in the early days of the iraqi invasion, to say no we could have no more which is to have to say it. And you see now in washington with this insidious met thats being developed, that this withdrawal as one person called, it was a withdrawal of choice. That we could have stayed in afghanistan, that we could have perhaps one in afghanistan. Politician the far left have not declare the war lost. This ins And Extra Meade important debate to happen, to shape the future of american foreign policy. Joe cirincione, David Rothkopf thank you so much for joining us tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Well be right back with tonights last word, which includes the poem quoted by general mackenzie today. Mackenzie today. Music playing. 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