Offering todays please welcome. From the greek Orthodox Archdiocese of america. His Eminence ArchBishop Lpa doe for us Let Us Pray to the lord. All almighty and eternal god in peace. We come Before you any Block, your infinite goodness . Look upon this gathering of our nations political leaders and grant them illumined hearts and minds to serve their fellow citizens. Through this RepuBlican National Convention grant. Until the Nominee President donald j. Trump and his advisers and counselors wisdom grace, and the spirit of duty not they may emBrace all americans. His needs shining, the light of good government upon the veneraBle institutions of the roles Best hope for everyones lives liBerty, and pursuit of Happiness Grant unto the delegates a powerful recognition of purpose to Bear witness to Divine Providence which has shielded this great land through the centuries and drives us to a more perfect union with one another ever Building on the laBels of those pioneers of patriotism, who
Witness the huge crowds converging, ready to make themselves heard. That reporter from the l. A. Times was able to capture the scene as we closed in on that noon witching hour. He captured the scene this way at 11 33 a. M. Yeah. That was it. And this isnt just like a shot that was taken in the wrong direction or a shot taken of the sidelines. See what were pointing out there . Thats the big screen, and thats the stage. Thats the center of the main event less than a half hour before the whole thing was supposed to kick off. Where is everybody . Now, to be fair, this was 11 33 a. M. Things did fill out a little bit by the time noon actually rolled around. But not by that much. This was as big as the whole thing ever got on saturday. This was around 1 00 p. M. About an hour into it. When there is a big March Or Rally in washington, a big gathering, sometimes News Outlets will use like, you know, Crowd Size experts or aerial views of the crowd or do a bunch of complicated math to try to ap
Our first as a distinguished Fellow And President of the creation of the current problem. He was a Point Man for the central Intelligence Agency in that battle when the United States decided to offer support. We were fighting a soviet invaders. Our next is a member with many experiences. He has experience. It is an organization which protects cultural heritage sites. His involvement in the region goes back to the age of journalists of. He covered afghanistan and the south caucasus region. Finally our last guest is a Vice Chairman of the center for board directors. He served as a director in the george w. Bush administration, and he had a direct role in planning and executing the early stages of the war in afghanistan. We have a Weston Icon at the bottom of the zoom screen. I will begin our Zooms Discussion with the question of my own. The focus of this panel is on the future. What it will look like after United States withdrawals completed. An americas on the Ground Role is diminished.
Debut in the West End. In afghanistan, in a major escalation of the talibans offensive the militants have captured a Provincial Capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. Theyve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. The united nations Special Envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. Our world Affairs Correspondent Richard Galpin has more. In the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban Gunmen Opening Fire on this car, killing the head of the governments media information centre, dawa khan menapal. Theyd warned officials would be targeted in response to Air Strikes by afghan and us forces. The war now increasingly spilling into the capital. But the taliban are also now targeting other key cities in this, their latest offensive. They claim to have captured the city of