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Hope. we saw the administration and congress strike a deal on how we can manage guns better in this country. i hope that even on a lightning rod issue like immigration there is an opportunity, and i think thats where we as individuals need to put pressure on our political leaders to say, look, lets actually have a functioning system. when people say, well, they should come the right way, there is no right way. for three decades we have had a system that has had no change. thats where theres an o...

Government negotiators in 2020 trying to thrash out some sort of power—sharing compromise deal with the taliban before the us—led nato forces decided to unilaterally withdraw from the country. ijust wonder, given what youre telling me about what they said at the time, were you naive? did you get the taliban wrong, given the way they are today? i had hoped that taliban have come to this understanding that afghan society has changed, that afghan society in the last 20 years has transformed. le...

Last month, it is a functioning system, internet, judiciary is, doctor is, the right institutions in place and that is really different from say rwanda during the genocide, syria just being armed to bed. it is different and getting the word out requires technology and self reporting. there are groups working with women, taking testimony and they are coming up. taking testimony and they are coming um— coming up. does that help combat the _ coming up. does that help combat the crime? - coming up...

Funding for the long overdue physical improvements. >> i wanted to share some of the perspective from smrth places because bank of america, goldman sachs say that they dont see it that way. bank of america just yesterday put out this memo, logistics bottlenecks showing no signs of easing with u.s. port congestion near record highs and north europe hitting new highs. so what are you seeing that theyre not seeing? >> well, first, this worldwide supply chain issue is not solved. no one is saying th...

We have protests outside fox news over time. most people -- there are no process no mike outside pfizer. do you have a giant company which does a lot of good, not attacking no one everything, but no one is even allowed to ask questions about pfizers behavior. that doesnt seem like a functioning system to me at all. >> i dont expect big pharma to be talking about natural immunity. never heard a wink about it from our public health officials. people have circulating antibodies that neutralize the ...

Question. where is our political system here. we have protests outside fox news over time. most people -- there are no process no mike outside pfizer. do you have a giant company which does a lot of good, not attacking no one everything, but no one is even allowed to ask questions about pfizers behavior. that doesnt seem like a functioning system to me at all. >> i dont expect big pharma to be talking about natural immunity. never heard a wink about it from our public health officials. people ha...

>> i think this is just short-term economic gain. this is the thing you cant separate any one thing. this is a global system we all depend on. so trying to cut it down to make a quick buck doesnt work. when you have millions of people that are going to be affected by the deterioration of that system including us and everyone else on the planet -- >> this is not a brazil thing. >> exactly. this transcends political boundaries. you have to start thinking of these things on a global society level w...

And regrettably im not surprised. >> i think most americans want a functioning immigration system. this is clearly not it. in your experience what works? what is the way to have a functioning system without the material sto terrible stories. >> first, we have to continue to work on the eradicating of violence. it can be be done. not suspend aide, that is the wrong thing to do, and that sends the mejage that there is no hope for you. there are smart things we can do for border security, and quest...

Theres nothing to be afraid of. and you know what, if theyre not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. thats okay. theyre doing what they think is right. >> republican congressman tom reed of new york is heading over to the meeting at the white house with the president. hes joining us from capitol hill. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on, wolf. >> lets get through some of the specifics. the president seems to be backing away from his promise a f...

An attempt to improve it. do you think that america could be doing a better job of that in terms of what society building looks like in afghanistan? >> if you go back to the giv beginning, its gone from a brutal 15th century state at war with itself to something far different. in the last two years, a lot of those gains have started to recede. but the role of women, when we first went in there, u.s. army full colonel intelligence officer told me said that women had the status lower than that of ...