Hello, friends. Here we are again, another Friday and another reporter's roundtable on the

bill press pod. Welcome. Most of the focus this week, of course, on Afghanistan.

Campaining for president, Joe Biden said he badly wanted to end the war in Afghanistan,

and he just did, ended it badly. As we've seen in those gut-wrenching videos from the Kabul airport.

But will Biden be remembered for the messy way he ended America's longest war, or the fact that out of four presidents who promised more or less to end the war, he's the first one to actually do so.

What happens in Afghanistan now? And where do all those refugees go? Meanwhile, like Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott downplayed the threat of COVID-19. But now, again, like Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott downplayed the threat of COVID-19,

but now, again, like Donald Trump, he's come down with the virus himself.

Unlike Donald Trump, will he now change his ways?

And domestic terrorism again raises its ugly face at the U.S. Capitol.

Oh, my, so much for today's panel to dissect.

So let's get right into it with Lauren Burke, newswriter for Black Press USA and host of the

Burkfile podcast.

Hello, Lauren.

How are you?

I'm good.

Thank you.

Welcome back.

David Jackson joining us, National Political Correspond correspondent for USA Today. Hello, David.

Hello, Bill. How are you? And Matt Gertz, senior fellow for Media Matters for America. Again, welcome back to you, Matt.

Hey, Bill, good to be back. So let's jump right into Afghanistan. It was about a month ago in the east room of the White House

when President Biden laid out his plans for ending the war in Afghanistan that Steve Holland from

Reuters popped in with this important question. Is the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan now inevitable? No, it is not. David Jackson,

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