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Simon, just how much money belonging to afghanistan is locked away and where is it? 0k, well, there are twol different strands to this. one is that the afghan - government was dependent for 40% of its national income on foreign aid, so thats - day—to—day spending. so if you cut that off, _ you have got a serious problem. the other one is that they had about $9 billion to $10 billioni of foreign currency reserves - and what countries generally do with that is they use . it to manage the value...

Absolutely — today was a great breakthrough to be able to resume our humanitarian air service into kabul, bringing in humanitarian workers. we were also able to fly into kandahar and out to mazar, as well, and also brought medical supplies into mazar. and weve got another flight coming in tomorrow, so, yeah, its absolutely fantastic. how is life in kabul now for those who are most in need? how difficult is it for people to get by, day—by—day? yeah, weve seen really terribly a sharp decline...

Aid, so thats day—to—day spending. so if you cut that off, _ you have got a serious problem. the other one is that they had about $9 billion to $10 billioni of foreign currency reserves - and what countries generally do with that is they use it to manage the value of their own currency. in international markets. that has been frozen - and what that can do is send currencies into freefall- and you get hyperinflation. now, we have seen a bit of that, but perhaps not| as much as we thought. so ...

Hiring. the jobs report was not as good as he was hoping for but he argued his economic plan is still working. >> the measures weve taken so far have brought america out of an economic freefall, steadied us and enabled us to grow our economy even as we continue to combat covid. while i know some wanted to see a larger number today, so did i, what weve seen this year is a continued growth month after month. >> joining us now to take a closer look at this is diane swann, chief economist for grand ...

Have the federal money to be able to do that. states continue to have access to a wide array of support like help for schools that are reopening, help for child care centers, make them available, and affordable, and other resources to help our economy get back to normal. the measures weve taken so far have brought america out of an economic freefall, steadied us and enabled to us grow our economy even as we continue to combat covid. we are adding jobs, not losing them. the fight against covid to...

Todd: is somebody who literally stop the terror attack how much has your worry gone over the last three weeks about an attack on the homeland? >> it hasnt a whole lot only because i think with all the weapons and equipment we gave the taliban they will be busy doing things in the middle east. they cant fly a black hawk across the ocean, but one of the most powerful militaries in the region pretty much overnight which is the other question, why did we leave that to the taliban and when we saw the...

Decide which narrative is closer to the truth, but certainly afghanistan has many challenges ahead. >> right now it seems theres probably no air traffic controllers in the airport in kabul. weve seen obviously taliban taking over the airport already. but theres not commercial flights in and out of afghanistan. is it clear to you what happens now with kabul in terms of aid going to the country? obviously the economy is in freefall. so much foreign aid has been propping up the country for the last...

British soldiers. in fact, im told, that since then the taliban have set “p that since then the taliban have set up some kind of filtration system aimed at preventing those who do not have the right paperwork from being in the crowd and, kind of comic getting in the way of others who do have the correct permissions. we have the correct permissions. we have had reports in times of the taliban stopping or preventing or harassing some of those afghans who do have the right paperwork because they ...

Bagram airport was closed down. if youre going to take civilians out, you get those out first before you extract your military. weve had to bring in extra military to do this. we also need to look further ahead and recognize that the taliban are now in charge of the capital city, but theyre not in control. the capital is swelled by millions of people. many dont like the taliban and we need to bring in united agent is thats going to no doubt affect the company simply because the economy is in fre...

Afghanistan is in freefall. The Taliban conquer city after city with impunity. The State Department pleads with the Taliban to spare its embassy. A repeat of Saigon 1975 looms. It need not have been this way. President Joe Biden decided to withdraw forces to honor a peace agreement his and