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Now in a cabinet position in charge of afghanistans borders and deciding who can stay and go. they have all the leverage. the biden administration gave it to them on a silver platter. and now they are going to give them taxpayer dollars, which are basically a ransom in the form of humanitarian aid. its just despicable all around. >> rachel: it is. i only have a few seconds left. i want to get back to you, congresswoman. your district is on the border. how are your constituents dealing with this?...

The military is out of the equation. we have very little leverage. the pakistanis and the chinese do. the hypocrisy inside the d.c. beltway is unbelievable. two presidents, trump and biden made legitimate decisions, political decisions to withdraw the military forces. we havent had combat troops there and special ops in two years. it predictably collapsed. i dont think anyone who was aware of the situation on the ground thought it would do anything but that. the surprise is that it went under wi...

This is different. these are, were talking about boards, and as was just stated some of those symbolic of a certain kind of bipartisanship that the president has touted as well. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer saying theyre moving full steam ahead when it comes to this $3.5 trillion budget package despite requests from a pause from senator manchin. who has the power right now in these negotiations? we have both aoc and joe manchin and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. i cant tell who has t...

>> sean, this debacle didnt have to be. this is a direct result of arbitrary political decision to set a firm date to get out without considering how you would gett every american out. the fact we are hearing from american still on the ground and we havee great americans risking their own lives to try to distract. them after the united states give up all of its leverage, all of the capacity to get these people home. this is debacle of extraordinary comparisons and the commander-in-chief not talk...

3.5 trillion to do what the president wants done and what the country needs done. but lets work out of it and stay out of all this negotiating in the mediach am thats not the way to negotiate. lets keep this around the table and see what we can come up with. >> heres what senator cortez had to say about senator mantion. >> its not just senator manchin who has leverage. frankly, the entire party needs to quote-unquote worry. because just as we have a slim senate margin we have a slim house margin...

Resettlement. but no one should be stuck there because they dont have the proper documentation. >> whos objecting to the documentation? is it the taliban or is it the department of state? >> theres no clarity. when you hear senator blumenthal, hes saying, well, the state department is slow in getting the documents, some of the children dont have the documents. the secretary is saying its the taliban. we need clarity. does everyone have the documents? is that the burden? because if thats the burd...

Europe particularly gives china leverage over us and prevents us turning the screws as tightly as we might have to to get access to this type of information. >> before with you that will we ever know the true origins of covid? >> it is unlikely without chinese government help. >> this was fascinating, appreciate your time this morning, thank you. >> thank you. jillian: israel will present data for rollout of covid 19 vaccine booster shots to the fda, the louisiana 12 can get the pfizer booster. ...

>> mike: on that point, texas republican congressman michael mccaul made pretty explosive comments yesterday ont "fox news sunday," lets play thehe clip. >> we have six airplanes at the airport, six airplanes, with american citizens on them as i speak. also with these interpreters and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands. this is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they are not going to allow american citizenss to leave untl they get full recognition from united stat...

Antony blinken said about this. >> it is my understanding that the taliban has not denied exit to anyone holding a valid document, but they have said that those without valid documents at this point cannot leave. because all of these people are grouped together, that has meant that flights have not been allowed to go. >> john: blinken was saying there, dan, that there were some people on board that do not have the proper documentation, so the whole thing was being held up. i am wondering, what h...

Guy. but all this stuff about all the leverage we have on the taliban i think is total nonsense. the taliban when they were in power only three countries recognize them. theyre also sitting on a huge pot of gold, which is the largest opium poppy trade in the world. yes theyd like international recognition. theyd like some of their reserves in american banks to be released. but they can live without it. as nic said correctly in this piece, theres going to be a bloody collision with the people who...