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i m chris hayes. one as american americans say the aftermath at the end of the 20-year war, many people have noted that the violence in afghanistan itself, is not over. far from it. there are millions of afghans. these are of course people like you and me, family members, jobs, hopes, dreams. who have known only a war, their entire lives. in the history of human life, on this planet, most political conflict has been resolved violently. conquering empires. but he civil wars. ethnic cleansing. it s a great miracle, of a functioning liberal democracy. like the one we find ourselves in. that we find a way to resolve the inherent conflict, two different factions in beliefs and religious and ethnic groups juries without resorting to violence. that the idea. the idea is we resolve those differences, through democratic struggle. in protest. and free speech, politics. and all those other features we have, of liberal democratic nations like our own. but all that is being threaten ....
the world and future generations. the uk says the immediate priority is getting out those who want to leave. continuing safe passage for those, the minority, the small minority but none the less significant number who haven t yet been able to get out and then dealing with all the other building blocks to make sure afghanistan can be more stable moving forward. let me know today how you think the uk and us handled the exit from afghanistan. message me on inst or twitter or email [email protected] hurricane ida: thousands of soldiers and emergency workers are deployed in the us state of louisiana to help with the rescue operation officials say it could take weeks to restore electricity. a new study suggests playing just one season of professional rugby is enough to start having adverse effects on the brain. in her eighth paralympics, sarah storey wins a record equalling 16th gold medal in tokyo a feat hailed by the chair of uk sport. she still has the amazing physic ....
the end of the vietnam war. and president jerry ford never said a word. never once. there was no press conference. there was no statement to the country. he issued a written statement after the final helicopter came out. there was none of what we re seeing in these last two weeks. and, so, we have seen two of these. we have seen two big losses after multidecade wars. this is very different from vietnam. and it is actually a good point. we saw the commander today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. we then saw secretary of state blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission of doing those things. we have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. but now we re going to get another speech on this matter. we have seen several already from president biden. he says he s going to talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st and the military advise he got not to do that an ....
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 we re seeing in these last two weeks, and so, we ve seen two of these, we ve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. this exit is very different from the vietnam exit. and it s actually a good point. we saw the 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 we re going to get another speech. we ve seen several already from president biden. he says he s 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 ....
conversations with the president on january six, and why the select committee is taking his phone records, and how the unhinge response of public health measures during the pandemic is taking a very dark turn. i m gonna speak in front of the school board, and i m gonna give them an option, they can leave or they can be removed. it all starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. on september 26 2001, almost 20 years ago, 15 days after the u.s. was attacked on 9/11, a dozen cia operatives landed in northern afghanistan. their mission was to lay the groundwork for the u.s. invasion of the taliban -controlled country. since that, day for nearly two straight decades, there has been an american military presence in afghanistan. until today, this afternoon, america s longest war was brought to a close. i m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan, and the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, foreign count ....