Hey there. I'm David Reined. I'm a reporter and a producer with CNN Audio.

You may know me from the Sunday edition of CNN Five Things. If so, glad you found you way over here.

You can skip ahead a bit actually, since you already know what we do around here.

If you're new, first of all, welcome.

And second, here's our mission.

It's pretty simple.

Keeping up with the news can be tough.

I've worked in news for a decade and even I can get overwhelmed sometimes.

You've got all these headlines coming at you all day and it could be tricky to figure out which ones are worth a deeper dive.

You've only got so much free time after all.

That's where we come in. First I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

CNN is a huge place like when I started working here last year. I was truly blown away.

We have correspondence and reporters and producers and every corner of the world ready to cover the latest breaking news at a moment's notice.

And they are willing to put in the work to uncover that crucial detail or score that

exclusive interview that puts everything into focus. So each week our team is going to sift through all those headlines and all that great reporting to find the one thing we think you should know a little more about.

And then I'm going to talk with the reporter who's been following the story closer than anyone.

So with all that out of the way, let's get into this week's one thing.

This week marks one year since this moment.

Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history.

When President Joe Biden made that announcement on August 31st, 2021, it was far from a victory lab.

Remember how the evacuation played out.

Afghan people flooding the tarmac at Kobles Airport hanging off American military

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