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The case for his infrastructure bill and more spending on climate. now, this is something that could be, you know, normally when a president visits a storm zone it is pretty apolitical as much as a president can be. but in this case the white house and president biden are, you know, making no apologies for the case they are making for how these storms are getting more dangerous, more deadly and something needs to be done about them. so that is the subtext of just the timing of this trip here. as...

Reserve and treasury. you know, the impetus to unfreeze it is you, taliban, have to continue helping on all of this. very little indication in the past that money has been an incentive for them to do much of anything. what do you think? >> look, i dont think so either. in fact, its a demonstration of weakness. we ought to say to them, that was the money that belonged to the legitimate government of afghanistan. you overthrew them by force. that money is gone. that is our greatest leverage. they ...

We actually got him a hat that said gfy. we won the world cup and had leverage, we had gfy, go [ bleep ] yourself was a no to their proposal. wed be like johnny, johnny, you know what were going to say, johnny? hed be like oh, come on. id be like thats right, johnny. you go tell them g-f-y, g-f-y. >> michelle acres will join president clinton as he announces a plan to improve federal laws requiring equal pay for women and men. >> we want to make sure everyone will have the chance to make the mos...

Thousands of afghan citizens that have been by our side the last 20 years or so. im reading a source. the taliban will turn you away if you tonight have your proper documentation or they will take it from you. they own all the cards here. we picked up and left. we have no leverage. >> neil: what do we do? to get a few people that do get out, it was like an administrative nightmare. some were pointing fingers at the state department. the state department said they have nothing to do with it. if y...

Of the women protesting, joe? >> it is. its remarkable and it continues to be an unfolding story that jonathan lemire, obviously the white house is very concerned about and are taking a position with the taliban not trust but verify but pressure and then verify. obviously if you hear conservative commentators, read conservative op-eds listen to conservative members of congress, republicans in congress, theyll attack joe biden and antony blinken for trusting the taliban. but its not just them tha...

Hand that joe biden dealt him. what leverage do we have? what threats could the u.s. make that are credible? we are reducing our leverage and so forth. we have hostages in afghanistan. you know, what it reminds me of, in the 70s, we kind of undermined the shah of iran. now we seem to be doing it to the saudis. i do not think that they are private, but the idea that you can persuade people to accept a diplomatic solution when they think they have a military one and grasp. its just silly. >> sandr...

You can. these veterans, many of them i talk to you, quit their jobs or are on leave, doing whatever it takes, and they are not going to quit. this is ongoing, not just for americans but are afghan allies that we promised we would get out. they are not going to stop. engage these groups, have them into your office, celebrate the victory together, have a public-private partnership going forward. we have no diplomats on the ground. all you really have of these private organizations that are steppi...

In. >> republican congress when dan crenshaw tweets "sb 12 campaigns in california and biden goes back in his delaware retreat, there are still americans and allies trying t to get out of afghanistan. they have planes, they are ready to go, but taliban wont let them and biden burned up any leverage we had," and hes not the only one questioning the priorities of the president andt vice president. >> havent seen her really publicly -- i havent seen her on capitol hill or at the white house, i have...

You would never imagine there being a bank vault in the empire state building. but if you cant afford the $1160 price tag that comes with that tour, heres a little teaser of what you would learn. the vault is made of pure, solid steel and weighs so much that it would be almost impossible to remove it, at this point, from the basement. this actually belonged to one of our original tenants from 1931 that was on the second floor. and the bank knew that they had a lot of leverage with the building, ...

Joining us now, cnn political and national security analyst, david sanger, a white house and national security adviser for the "new york times." good to see you this morning. >> great to see you, jim. >> the new york secretary of state says we have assurances that we will hold the taliban to let people freely leave, not just american citizens but afghans, perhaps special immigrant visas, et cetera. do we have any reason to believe those promises. >> not much. we have diminishing leverage here. o...