After 20,744 American servicemen and women injured,

and the loss of 2,461 American personnel, including 13 lives,

lost just this week, I refused to open another decade of warfare in Afghanistan.

We've been a nation too long at war.

Good morning. Just a day after U.S. troops left Kabul, President Biden defends his decision to end America's longest war.

But with the Taliban declaring victory in Afghanistan, the question is,

what will be the political impact of the withdrawal? Plus, hundreds of thousands of people

in Louisiana are still without electricity or running water in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida,

with temperatures soaring. The question is, when will power be restored? And in less than two weeks, voters in

California will decide whether to recall Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, the question is,

could we see him replaced by a Republican? It is way too early for this.

Music way too early for this. Hey, everybody.

Good morning again.

Welcome to way too early, the show that has not yet been recalled.

I don't think.

I'm Jacob Soberov on this Wednesday, September the 1st.

And we're going to start with the news.

Amid backlash from both sides of the aisle, President Biden is forcefully defending his decision

to end the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

In his first public speech since the last U.S. troops left Kabul, the president yesterday said

he refused to prolong a forever war and credited his administration's evacuation efforts as an extraordinary

success. My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I'm the fourth president who has faced

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