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Have happened under his leadership. >> why didnt this take place during our administration? it wouldnt have taken place and wouldnt have taken place right now, it is a sad thing for the world, for the country and certainly very sad for a lot of people that are going to be needlessly killed. >> brooke: remains to be seen what the biden administration and congress will do to hold putin and russia accountable for this act of war. well continue to monitor lawmaker reaction this morning. >> carley: w...

Looked at this build back better plan and it looks dicey. i dont think any republican would be considering that. >> i hope not. >> neil: is it fair to say it doesnt come up for a vote this year? its not happening, period? >> its not coming up for a vote by the end of the year. it would be doa next year. i believe the left misled americans, the american people on what this thing would cost. they used the section by section score by the cbo to get a vote on the house. were learning that that score...

It is irresponsible. >> congressman, lets switch gears. if you could briefly tell us about the legislation you produced to hold educational institutions responsible for sexual assaults committed by professors and staffers. tell us about it. >> i, unfounately, have two universities tt have had some very serious sexual harassment issues in my district. i work verylosely with a number of the young gymnasts at michigan state university before people had ever really heard about the case. i think titl...

We could be there for 20 more years. 21 this would likely happen again. it was the execution of it. it was the fact that we left this power vacuum and it was swift and we know that president biden did say that they had a miscalculation on how quickly the nation would fall and how poorly equipped and willing the of a dan security forces were to protect and defend their own nation. but we have to send our thoughts, our prayers out to those that are now going to be in a horrible position. do what w...

Growing by the day. >> thank you, thats nbc news kelly kobiaya from kabul. i want to underscore, the report of the taliban seven miles away from kabul, we have fought confirmed that yet. we will have more later this hour. we are monitoring the situation there. we will let you know if it thanks tonight. for now, lets switch gears. come september, members will be racing against the clock. a few different clocks, actually. on tuesday, 19 republicans joined democrats to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan...

Along with their militiamen. they have fled to uzbekistan in the north. they have fallen with an army base there. all of this as the humanitarian situation continues to crumble essentially some 13,000 families have now fled taliban areas and the need for food and shelter is growing by the day. >> thank you, thats nbc news kelly kobiaya from kabul. i want to underscore, the report of the taliban seven miles away from kabul, we have fought confirmed that yet. we will have more later this hour. we ...

Lingering front will bring potential for heavy rainfall in the next 12 to 24 hours. know what to do if theres a watch or warning, we will see them throughout the day. there is your forecast, warm, hot and sticky across the south. it has been spectacular across the northeast and that weather will continue for us but the west another day of high heat especially to the northwest. they are not used to getting temperatures in the 90s to 100 degrees and this will be ongoing not only in the northwest a...

Familiar. and of course, lets just remind everyone that weve been such strong supporters of israel and the u.s., not least because they are a democracy and of course weve been talking about the challenges to our democracy here at home, just underscores the parallels even further. mike, lets switch gears. axios is tracking political ads on facebook. youve noticed some interesting trends here? >> yeah, kasie. this is fascinating because so much of what we do is spin or trying to deduce things. thi...

With, its like death by a thousand cuts where it makes it harder to vote in a lot of different ways. this says everyone will have the same basic access so a lot of these bills that say you cant vote early without this specific i.d. or this specific provision, all of those are out. this would be changed so much when it comes to a slew of voting restrictions across the country. >> lets switch gears. i want to talk about last night, the former president on the stage pushing lies, once again. and th...

Because matt bevin as you might know, was one of the least popular politicians in the country. the reason he lost. in november. he spent a lot of time during his four years in office antagonizing republican members of the general assembly. hes an equal opportunity offender. and i think its not surprising that a lot of people now using this to attack him. >> something folks want to know after this is can anything realistically be done to look into all of these commutations? >> well, again, theyve...