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Cleared. now it turns out it was asked of the state department a couple of days ago, hey, all those americans on those six flights, did they ever leave? and the answer was, essentially, no. there were two qatar flights last week where i think 10 or 15 americans were able to get out. but the rest of those people are still in presumably masri shareef. heres the thing. the administration says, you know what? we pulled every lever but the taliban will not cooperate clean-up is what happens when you ...

>> it doesnt shock me. it saddens me that we still have americans held behind enemy lines that the taliban wont release. i mean, this is the classic definition of hostages. we have americans that we didnt get out. we got our military and diplomats out but we left these americans. steve: the white house says they are not stranded. >> yes, though the fact that the taliban are cooperating makes sense we gave up all of our leverage. they continue to talk about leverage. i cant imagine what it could ...

Gathering exercise as they consolidate their power inside the country and we as you said, steve, are left without any leverage at all so americans are stranded at an airport in afghanistan right now unable to leave because our enemies have them. ainsley: forcing the white house to admit that the taliban is not cooperating which many of us suspected would happen. in addition to that do you remember back weeks ago when the president sat down with george stephanopoulos and he said all my advisers a...

Case given that durham is against clock and the fact that the details of at least this indictment that theyre seeking appears to have been spelled out in a lot of detail to the press? >> yeah, i dont know. you get that fifth year because you get the fifth year. that time is part of it. it may be they wanted to make sure they have taken every step. it may be that merrick garland requested a detailed review of this all the way up the chain and that has taken so long. but it does tend to suggest th...

Long. but it does tend to suggest that they worked very very hard and that this is all they have. which does not sound like much. i do want to reserve judgment until we see all the facts. it could be that so often happens at the first charge is not the last charge, that this is the first charge and its an effort to tame leverage over someone to attempt to obtain their cooperation to see if theres more information that you can charge. but the statue of limitations is going to be butting up any ot...

It may be they wanted to make sure they have taken every step. it may be that merrick garland requested a detailed review of this all the way up the chain and that has taken so long. but it does tend to suggest that they have worked very, very hard and this is all theyve got. which doesnt sound like much. begin, i want to reserve judgment until we see all the facts because it could be, as so often happens, that the first charge is not last charge. that this is the first charge and its an effort ...

They said ship it to michigan and thats the crux of the problem. at that point, the special agent in charge i think for corrupt reasons refused to send the case to michigan, lied about it to the inspector general and an eight month delay to the investigation followed. >> dana: what could the corrupt reasons be? >> on the back end of the inspector generals report, and a very antiseptic way which is how they usually write it, they talked about how this individual went to the bar and sat in a bar a...

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>> i want to read you this piece. sochi, based on your analysis. do you think republicans look at what happened in california think okay, we need to rethink our primary strategy. do they not have the leverage over maga weighing necessarily to do that. there a distinction? >> the moderates dont control the maga base. only donald trump does. we have seen them trying to primary moderate republicans in a number of states. no, they dont have control over that. i think if they did, you would not see t...

Aid worker or an isis-k operative? >> the administration is reviewing that strike. >> you dont know? >> i cant speak to that and i cant speak to that. >> you dont know or wont tell us? >> i dont know. >> maybe the defense secretary would know the democrats running that committee invited austin to testify and he did not show. democrats are considering drawing up a subpoena to compel austin to show. >> we have an oversight function. i take that seriously. i will do what is necessary to exercise th...