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Strubbing the work of congress in investigating. >> john heilemann, impeachment is on. >> well, certainly on in the mind of jerry nadler who wanted to proceed in this way for a while. i think the question now is a couple of things. we talked about the clock over the months. youve got jerry nadler who would like to commence the impeachment process. you have nancy pelosi who still seems to not want to go down that path. the question of whether this road map thats been laid out, whether this turns ...

Subpoenas that in itself is obstructing the work of congress in investigating. >> john heilemann, impeachment is on. >> well, certainly on in the mind of jerry nadler who wanted to proceed in this way for a while. i think the question now is a couple of things. we talked about the clock over the months. youve got jerry nadler who would like to commence the impeachment process. you have nancy pelosi who still seems to not want to go down that path. the question of whether this road map thats been...

Qaeda. at some point some american president is going to cut a peace deal with the taliban. the taliban will be there after the u.s. leaves. thats why this is still going. >> yes. >> so its going to have to happen at some point, right? >> we gave up our leverage when the president -- when this president and the last one announced we are going to leave afghanistan. this is a terrorist group. >> even if we didnt announce it, they would no that? >> yes. >> america is not going to be in afghanistan ...

The other civilians that were killed in this latest attack, 16 americans have died in this year alone. so this wasnt just about american soldiers dying. this was the president of the united states confronting the fact that he was not going to get a deal at camp david in the of any kind finale that he likes to look for. so it couldnt happen. >> he clearly wanted the nobel prize photo shot. thats clearly what happened. final question, weve seen 16 american service members killed this year. >> yes....

Hearts break for the family that lost the american soldier and the other civilians that were killed in this latest attack, 16 americans have died in this year alone. so this wasnt just about american soldiers dying. this was the president of the united states confronting the fact that he was not going to get a deal at camp david in the of any kind finale that he likes to look for. so it couldnt happen. >> he clearly wanted the nobel prize photo shot. thats clearly what happened. final question, ...

Qaeda. its 18 years they have been here. at some point some american president is going to cut a peace deal with the taliban. the taliban will be there after the u.s. leaves. thats why this is still going. >> yes. >> so its going to have to happen at some point, right? >> we gave up our leverage when the president -- when this president and the last one announced we are going to leave afghanistan. this is a terrorist group. >> even if we didnt announce it, they would no that? >> yes. >> america ...

Taliban was simply having too much leverage here, but he was also someone who disagreed with holding this forum at camp david as well as the vice president mike pence, who they both advised the president that holding this summit with the leaders of the taliban on the week of the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack was not a good idea fr, was not going to good optics, but of course our reporting shows in the end the president overruled those advisers telling the president he shouldnt move forwa...

Commanding that michael flynn appear before congress this month, accusing him of ignoring a subpoena. what do you want to learn from him? >> as you know, michael flynn was not only a part of the trump campaign but he was also part of the trump transition period, and he has a lot of information with regard to a number of issues. for instance, what are the counter-intelligence risks associated with the linkages between trump campaign officials and russia? you know, one of the things that has been ...

Administration. i want your take. what if this is a negotiating tactic on the part of the president trying to -- he goes about this to try to gain leverage over the taliban, working towards the peace talks? does this help the negotiator, the man working on this for so long? does this help him? >> this undercuts the negotiator and president trump is not a student of history or much else, for that matter, but if he looked back over several years, past several decades, the taliban doesnt care about...

Frustrated with the talks in recent weeks and he was told by those who are close to him including senator graham and his national security adviser bolton that the taliban being given too much leverage so does that mean that what the u.s. had agreed to is off the table now and start at ground zero? that is something that the u.s. officials who are working tirelessly on this effort are going to have to work towards. but the reality here is that the taliban does feel that they are negotiating from ...