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Country and thent concern becomes will that lead to other terror networks like al qaeda, like isis being able to grow up to grow there? and on this issue of the interpreters who have been so important, so critical to the military and to the diplomatic personnel who have been there for the last 20 years in afghanistan, ive been told that while many of them have not been applying for the special immigrant visas, it is in the half that may be eligible. part of that is because they werent necessaril...

Drugs, and tran engineers are athlete ban. not on there, is the states electric grit. grid. this comes -- and he has suggested secession after a lawsuit failed to overturn president bidens victory. joining me is patrick from "the tex tribune." when you couple it with the political theater of last week of the governor and the former president at the border with the governor talking about using texas state taxpayer dollars to build a wall, how nervous is

Well hear from president biden in just about an hour. certain topics include steps to protect thousands of afghan interpreters who worked alongside american forces throughout the 20-year war. ending the war is a biden goal, but ending it as taliban groups enter are of a concern. what are we going to hear from the president? >> well, hes essentially going to reiterate his decision to withdraw the groups in the face of the agreement that his predecessor had made with the taliban. thats kind of the...

I guess as they view themselves, the red state senators and the democratic party who refuse to prioritize democracy and voting rights over the filibuster, a rule that you cant find anywhere in the constitution, they will be the first to go and it will be really hard for democrats to ever be elected in states like that ever again, and there will be no satisfaction in anyone saying they told them so, but here we are. ari berman, matthew dowd, kimberly atkins stohr, thank you for starting us out. ...

Already we have members of our military whose parents fought in afghanistan 20 years ago. would you send their children and their grandchildren as well? would you send your own son or daughter? >> powerful words from president biden who, today, finds himself on the defensive from all sides of the political divide, defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. forces from afghanistan amid warning from his own generals what a boon this will be from the taliban and among criticism from fellow democra...

Afghan interpreters and others who have helped u.s. military forces over the last two decades of that war. many of them still waiting on the the visa applications that they have put in to try and get relocated out of afghanistan as u.s. troops withdraw from that country. one administration official saying that president will address plans to begin relocating many of those interpreters in august. there are also plans to relocate some of them to third party countries as they await decision on thei...

Including interpreters and translators since we will no longer have military thereafter this and not need them and they will have no jobs. we will also be vital to the effort so that they have been very vital and their families are not exposed to danger as well. we have already dramatically accelerated procedure time for special immigrant visas -- visas to bring them to the united states united states. inaugurated on january 20th, we have already approved 2,500 special immigrant visas to come to...

Interpreters and translators and because we dont need military there, and they will not have jobs and vital to our efforts, and they have been very vital and so their families are not exposed to danger as well. we have dramatically accelerated the procedure time for special immigrant visas to bring td sta since i was inaugurated january 20th, we have approved 2,500 special immigrant visas to come to the united states. up to now, fewer than half have exercised the right to do that. half have gott...

Peace agreement that will end this senseless violence. i have asked secretary of state blinken and our special representative for afghanistan reconciliation to work vigorously with the parties in afghanistan as well as the regional and international stakeholders to support a negotiated solution. to be clear, to be clear, countries in the region have an essential role to play in supporting a peaceful settlement. well work with them, and they should help step up their efforts as well. were going t...

President bidens expected tomorrow to address this now very pressing crisis. joining us now is matt zeller. hes actually major zeller now with his interpreter. he cofounded the group no one left behind, which advocates bringing afghan interpreters safely to the u.s. thank you so much for being here. i appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me, maam. >> what are you hoping to hear from president biden tomorrow, and do you have any expectations about what you will hear? >> i hope he says th...