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code that is washington, d.c., border security is a political issue. but if we leave the 202 area code, everywhere else in the country, this is not a political issue, its a national security issue. and when you actually go to the border patrol council, those that see the chaos day-to-day, theyre saying, "send us some help." >> when you are handed the keys to the, you know, kingdom as it were, when you have the majority, there is an expectation that you will be able to govern. we have j...

>> we had already signed up 70,000 vaccine sites. let me remind you on january 20th, 1.5 million shots were in arms on that day. that had nothing to do with the biden administration. i think the biden administration are doing some good things in underserved communities and carrying the bat onwell. i think the roll-out was really about as well as it could be. miraculous given the short time. i think well look back on that and history will prove that to be correct. >> bill: th...

>> its not about me and him. its about the country. >> reporter: yet, it is about the two of them. being close to trump helps graham, who is up for re-election in south carolina where the president has so much support and top graham aide calls it trumpistan. trump treasures graham as a golf buddy and a navigator in the ways of washington. but we now know grahams influence, his attempts to curb the presidents isolationist view, has limits. >> lindsey graham would like to stay in the middle east f...

Leave, quietly, off the record, on background, express dissat fak shcti faction. you have new reporting of another drawdown of troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: what we are now told, jim, is that the president has also ordered the pentagon to begin planning for drawing down, withdrawing about half of the u.s. troops in afghanistan. this could come out to somewhere like 7,000 troops. that will take some time. theres a lot of equipment there, a lot of u.s. special forces. but drawing down those ...

Whose views are aligned with yours, meaning his views are not aligned with mr. trumps. you cannot underestimate a key fact here. this is a secretary of defense, a retired general with 40 years on the job, who basically tonight has fallen on his sword. he has said, i can no longer support the president of the united states. jim? >> it is a remarkable moment. weve had a lot of officials leave, quietly, off the record, on background, express dissat faction. you have new reporting of another drawdow...