Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Tonight a dangerous and pivotal point in u. S. History. How the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters could damage American Democracy. Trump not only insisted he won, his lies made millions of americans doubt the u. S. Election system. He relentlessly pressured officials and the Department Of Justice to help reverse the 2020 results and when that didnt work, his supporters turned to changing Voting Laws across the country. To understand how dangerous this is for americas democracy, you have to look at the entire scope of the actions by trump. His Inner Circle and republican politicians who are clinging to his lies even to this day. Here is cnn senior investigative correspondent Drew Griffin. Reporter pamela, cnn spoke to a Dozen State and county officials involved in elections, many republicans and expressed concerns about the future of the united states, and that Donald Trumps Big Lie could change this nation forever. Donald trumps
That was ten years ago. Think about that. Were going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. I learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u. S. Forces. The taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. Tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. The Afghan Army collapsed and the central government has fallen. Panic fills the air in kabul. President biden said this is not going to be a saigon. Guess what . There has been an Explosion Outside kabul Airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. I stand scquarely behind my decision, its time to end americas longest war. Is it a mistake . I think it is, yeah. I think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. I must see its defeat for the United States. I think the president is right. Enough is enough. What was all of this for . That has to be the question veterans are asking. Two decades, more than 2 trillion, more than 6,000 american Lives, more than 100,000 afgha
Live from cnn World H Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to All Of You watching in the United States, canada and Around The World. Im brynn kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Fresh fighting was reported saturday in Afghanistans Panjshir Value i why, the only territory the taliban havent captured. Panjshir is home to the national resistant front which has been opposing the taliban for decades. The fighting intensifies. In the capital the companys fragile economy got a small boost saturday when the largest Currency Exchange Market opened for the first time in three weeks. Ordinary afghans have been starved for cash because banks are limiting withdrawals. Journalist Ben Farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. Lets start with the fighting in the panjshir. What is the latest on the conflict there . It looks as though we may have lost ben. We might try and reach him again later on. Now earlier, i spoke with ben and so were going to play a little tape of that inte
America is not done with you yet. President biden vowing to maintain americas fight against terror as he forcefully defended his decision to end the war on afghanistan. Let me say clearly to those who wish america harm, to those who engage in terrorism against us or our allies, know this, the United States will never rest. We will not forgive. We will not forget. Well hunt you down to The Ends of the earth and you will pay the ultimate price. President on defense. Those forceful words because he is on defense. Hes saying he will no go after terror where it is today. He explicitly says terror is not where it was two decades ago when Al Qaeda, of course, launched the 9 11 attacks from afghanistan. The War In Afghanistan is now over. Im the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. When i was running for president , i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. Today ive honored that commitment. Biden says the war should have end
Said it could have been in a more orderly way. He says 100 to 200 americans remain in afghanistan, and he insists there is no deadline to get them out. The Commander In Chief vowing to continue the fight against isisk terrorists who killed 13 u. S. Service members, warning, and im quoting him now, we are not done with you yet. Lets begin over at the White House with our chief national correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, the president waited, what, 24 hours after the u. S. Withdrawal to declare on camera that the operation was a success. Wolf, this was the decision that President Biden has long wanted to make, but as Commander In Chief, he could finally set the course to end americas longest war. He spent far more time talking about the merits of that decision rather than the questions that do, in fact, still remain about the operational decisions that led to a frenzied, chaotic, even deadly war. He was defiant as he spoke today at the White House but left no question he believes he made t