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Moment, jim jordan has indicated if he gets the votes to become nominated as speaker, he wants to ensure this wont go ballot after ballot after ballot that he can get 217 votes on the floor. Simply to get nominated by the conference, you need a majority of the 221 members. Jordan does not want to go to a situation like we saw with Speaker Mccarthy in january, 15 ballots, that messy process. Which why is theyre trying to sort this out Behind Closed Doors. The question is, can either jordan or sca...

Concerned about at the pentagon, whom im speaking to. if they continue to push toward kabul and take it over, the government would fall. but then the question is do they with really want to take over kabul, or is their real effort here to take over as much of the country as they possibly can, that theyre able to create an instability, be able to create what could be a very strong insurgency, maybe even a civil war in the country, and then be at a stronger negotiating point to take over the gover...

Welcome back. as promised, joining us now, courtney kube. thank you for joining us this morning. we heard from the president yesterday and he said he doesnt think that the taliban taking over the country is inevitable. im wondering from your perspective and from your reporting, does the pentagon agree with that assessment? >> reporter: it depends on what you mean by the taliban taking over the country. so theyre already taking over large parts of the country and they have been for some time now,...

From being there. we asked why are you up way too early. kelly said im up early navigating ships through the storm. mel is up way too early driving to see family. and bob our new rescue cat is adjusting to our household. i hear that. thanks for watching, have a good weekend. coming up on "morning joe," the latest on afghanistan, president biden defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops even as the taliban gains ground. plus reverend al sharpton on the meeting he and other leaders ha...

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Coast. im kasie hunt. president biden said he will move forward as planned even as the taliban moves closer to the city of kabul. >> its the right and the responsibility of the afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. let me ask those who want us to stay, how many more? how many more thousands of american daughters and sons are you willing to risk? i will not send another generation of americans to war in afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of a...

It seems clear that the russians have not put a stop to the things that the president and vladimir putin discussed when they sat face-to-face here. at what point does the u.s. have to face the fact that instead of being at a defensive and reactive posture, we have to go on offense. >> i think were at that point or weve been at that point of no return by basically saying you have to quit it. what we have to see at this point is putin always kind of denies behind possible deniability. what we need...

Something that will be addressed in this infrastructure fight. and about 33% of the country is experiencing what they call quote/unquote exceptional drought, which is the highest degree of what -- the type of drought california can see. so the state is struggling right now with extreme heat, dry conditions. i think a lot of politicians were going to see point to this as they call for climate change measures, particularly those on the left. >> thank you for being with us this morning. we apprecia...

Today? >> good morning, kasie. happy friday. todays top story on axios is a look at how the vaccination gap is growing in trump country. so a new analysis from the kaiser family foundation shows that the vaccination rates in counties that voted for donald trump in 2020 versus those who voted for president biden is widening. and the reason this matters is because the delta variant is becoming far more concerning to scientists and health experts across the country. and, you know, recent studies ha...

Chance to see exactly the political ramifications of a lot of this. lets talk about you guys have new reporting about an executive order that president biden is set to sign. i think the jargon theyre using is internet provider transparency, but basically its to require providers to tell you, the consumer, exactly what youre paying for, right? >> exactly. and so, the team got a tidbit we saw on president bidens schedule today that hes giving a speech at 1:30 on american competition and the americ...