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Have any leverage to persuade them. and maybe theyve learned to see that their society has changed, at least in the urban areas, and with society now having access to technology. i dont know the answer to that. i dont think anybody knows. but were in a position to like a python squeeze them economically and diplomatically and ultimately from an intelligence point of view, certainly not bring any assets to bear that might help them in the future that they may need. >> yeah. >> and one final thing...

We havent talked about covid in afghanistan. i dont know how many coming in, i hope theyre all being checked for covid in our country but if covid is spreading in afghanistan, they wont be able to carry on as a society if they are dying. we have some leverage to be sure, some help to be sure theyre going to need in order to survive as a functioning government. and well have to wait and see how that plays out. >> were smarter for having spoken with you as we always are. thank you, secretary cohhc...

Trump. despite everything that trump gave him, political gifts, diplomatic victories, it wasnt enough for netanyahu to win an election. netanyahu lasted 144 days after donald trump and the end of his term. he had a functioning government for exactly zero of those days. >> thanks for bringing us the latest from jerusalem. joining me now is former state department middle east negotiator and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. what does this mean for the u.s.? >> i think joe biden caug...

And lloyd austin. it was a government sworn in by a very thin margin, that means it will be hard to govern especially with netanyahu being the head of the opposition, he plans to be an active head of the opposition and plans to make it difficult for neftali bennett. it is worth looking at netanyahu and worth considering the end of this era of netanyahu revolves around former president donald trump. for all the political gifts that trump gave netanyahu, moving the embassy, recognizing jerusalem a...

Benjamin netanyahu as prime minister, a position hes held for 12 years. so this is now another step closer to really happening. just to put this into more context, "the new york times" used this analogy. this is like congresswoman ocasio-cortez and senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell all joining forces. cnns hadas gold is live in jerusalem. help us understand how these rivals all put aside differences to do this. >> reporter: well, ana, four elections, two years of political dysfunc...

They will each have a veto. the ultimate prime minister will be from the center, who is pro-two-state solution, and quite different. he is not a big leftist but he is very different from naftali bennett. so where that leaves us, in a sense, is an attempt to freeze that issue, to freeze the palestinian issues. to wait, while israel deals with other things. but of course, reality doesnt always wait. either, reality or the palestinians, themselves, may unfreeze the issue. and cause a crisis, in thi...

It leaves, an attempt to to freeze the issue to wait while israel deals with other things. and other reality or themselves may unfreeze and call a crisis in the government since there is such profound -- i have been talking to people over there, and supporters of the arab parties, they just want a functioning government, and they don want huge changes here. is that your feeling? >> yeah, and we have a deeply divided -- there is a majority for the government. there is a majority that wants a func...

The republican party. were trying to save the country. and the danger here is we dont realize how dangerous it is because its sort of a patina of normalcy out there and we all desperately want normal. and we have a normal president who has a functioning government. but this is not a normal time at all. and we have to rise to that challenge. and we have to wake up and face it. we cant look away. >> tim, as i said in your intro, you are the author of "trump nation, the art of being the donald." i ...

Functioning government. yet there is deep skepticism of it. we have an administration that is hell bent, of eviscerating it. >> who can be an acting person in this administration. . >> exactly. >> 100 days before the primary, we are crunching the numbers on medicare for all. making a promise that could leave her kul initial. kate mckin onchanneling steve kornacki. >> were talking trillions. you know when the numbers are this big, theyre just pretend. . >> sorry, senator. im going to need to see ...

A coalition back in april. now we have had another round of elections. the elections are showing with almost every vote counted that neither the likud party or the one led by benny gantz can put together a majority bloc. we have gantz on 57 seats. that is the target. and liberman has 8. he is eye dee logically closer to mr. netanyahu. but his instincts tend toward the center left of mr. gantz. in either case, what mr. rivlen will be doing is figure out who is most likely to put together a functi...