Eyes. It s the story of rapid action with ongoing consequences. The desperation in afghanistan today, the withdrawal of american troops, the return to power of the taliban, it all began with a decision immediately after the 9/11 attacks to respond with war. We ll show you through the lens of the nbc news archives how america went from a quiet week in september 2001 to a military footing that would last for 20 years. Along the way, we ll hear from a veteran of afghanistan and iraq, now congressman jason crow and we ll ask him the question that used to be almost taboo. Was the decision to invade afghanistan made in too much haste? did we rush into war? our story begins on september 10, 2001. When president george w. Bush used his fighting words for an altogether peaceful cause against a very different enemy. There are too many of our kids in america who can t read today. Maybe not in this school, but around the nation there is just too many. And now it s time to wage war on illiteracy fo
and worse. loses basic contact with his family who is keeping his name and mission alive. let s bring in dan hoffman former cia station chief served in moscow, fox news contributor. dan, why do you think the world cares so much about alexei navalny and why does his death matter? well, you know, the first thing that came to mind was chris wallace s interview with putin back during the summit asked him how come so many of your opponents end up dead? that s the way vladimir putin operates. remember, navalny had more than 6 million youtube subscribers. published a lot of material about corruption specifically related to vladimir putin. he was considered a threat to putin because he was able to mobilize public opinion against putin s autocratic kleptocracy. now, the key thing to keep in mind here is that russia is going to elections in march. even though navalny was not in a position to really to be a threat to vladimir putin from jail, from a siberian go log. putin s message is
the democratic strategist mary anne marsh and david yelland, formerly editor of the sun, deputy editor of the new york post, and now running his own communications, advisory firm. welcome to the programme. it will take several days to develop a full picture of the devestation across turkey and north west syria. but it is highly likely the death toll, which stands at more than 3,500, will rise. the first earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, struck at 4.20 this morning, while most people were in their beds, 20 miles from the city of gaziantep. note the time strap, on the footage from this security camera. the shelves rattled continuously for over a0 seconds. and that gives you a fair idea of what was happening outside. the emergency teams say at least 3,000 buildings have collapsed across eight provinces in turkey. here s the before and after, the gazientep castle, walls that have stood for over 1500 years. in daylight, the badly damaged housing blocks were still falling. this one in
hear trading officers carried out the test purchases as they find are alarming. and in half an hour, day line has an eyewitness account of europe s containing migrant crisis and the trump administration. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described his new chief of staff, john kelly, as a true star of his administration after reince priebus stood down from his post. mr trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homeland security, where he injured asa homeland security, where he injured as a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr probus came after he was criticised by the present‘s new communications director who accused him of leading to the press. another treat, and other day, . another treat, and other day,. john kelly is currently in charge of homeland security. donald trump replaced by his priebus at the end of another to much is weak in washington. the two men travelled to long island, whe
may have to reduce benefits for members or raise tuition fees for students. and in half an hour, click goes to las vegas for hackfest to find the the latest on cutting edge hacking research from the most brilliant minds in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described his new chief of staff, john kelly, as a true star of his administration after reince priebus stood down from the post. mr trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homeland security, where he introduced a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr priebus came after he was criticised by the president s new communications director anthony skarr uh moo chi anthony scaramucci, who accused him of leaking to the press. another tweet, another resignation, another day in the trump presidency. reince priebus is the latest senior figure in the white house to leave his job prematurely. the shortest serving chief of staff in histo