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The Taliban today undoubtedly has a stronger hold over how the US militarily plans to withdraw from the conflict in Afghanistan. This raises questions about the continuing challenges to security in South Asia—in particular, the influence of IS Khorasan (IS-K), the group’s Afghanistan avatar, and its rise both as an ISIS-aligned entity and a big-tent brand for various jihadist groups in the country. As the ‘Khorasan’ project of ISIS gets more attention, and the US and the Taliban stand a...

>> absolutely. we talked about message testing. this is a big one. you have a lot of democrats looking at this, looking forward 2020, whether these statewide messages are going to work. this is obviously a lot bigger than a congressional district in queens. >> and to that point, can you sell the bernie sanders message, the ocasio-cortez message in the heartland? abdul sayed says yes. >> i think the democratic party has gotten complacent about how we win elections and more importantly about who w...

Todays special election in ohio will no doubt test the midterm mood for republicans. other states to keep an eye on tonight include kansas, missouri, michigan. also a critical day for democrats. back to michigan, for example. vying to become the nations first muslim governor. hes branded himself as the medicare for all candidate, and hes earned some big-name support from liberals like bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. but will their support be enough to help el-sayed? we talk about a ...

Different from general elections. the cliché about turnout, they really are in the special elections about turnout. todd: it could be a sign of things to come. lets go to michigan, a governors race, three democrats and a primary and this man here, with bernie sanders and alexandria 15. >> reporter: this is interesting because this is a bellwether race. the establishment democrats of all come behind gretchen, you have abdul sayed, very liberal, jumping over each other to find who is more liberal...