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Stranded americans as leverage. how the white house is responding. >> this is not a new and improved taliban. this is the same all taliban, reverting back to the same brutal practices. it is a very sick culture, and they treat women like property. i worry about the women left behind as well. i dont just play someone brainy on tv - im an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance...

Down here and seeing the expression of surprise. you would never imagine there being a bank vault in the empire state building. but if you cant afford the $460 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 tha...

A lot of leverage with the building, being it the great depression, so they demanded that the building put in a bank vault for them. it looks like im planning how to break into it! she laughs. thousands of workers, who were known as sky boys at the time, raced to finish the construction of the building in just over a year. but today, theres a much smaller team on the ground keeping things running. tim dailey has worked at the building for six years. hes an engineer who keeps everything safe and ...

This is a government that, however much it taxes imports and exports at land borders, and however much it boosts heroin — er, opium production, which ends up on the streets of other countries including the uk as heroin — the bottom line is they need money. the bottom line is they need money and we have got money. well, the west has, of course, some leverage, but aid - money only goes so far, _ and it is true that the humanitarian situation in afghanistan - at the moment is very, very dire. i...

Administration believe they have leverage over the taliban. i have a hard time seeing that. if youre an american thats still in afghanistan and not able to get out of the country, what in the world are these people supposed to do? >> the administration, the state department, they have zero leverage over the taliban. they have the fake perception because they control some of the dollars, who has been the afghanistan government and theyre locking those up, that they all of this control and twist t...

The visit? would you think he is trying to achieve? i the visit? would you think he is trying to achieve?- is trying to achieve? i think everyone — is trying to achieve? i think everyone is _ is trying to achieve? i think everyone is trying - is trying to achieve? i think everyone is trying to - is trying to achieve? i think everyone is trying to make | is trying to achieve? i think- everyone is trying to make sure that they are adjusting to the new realities and afghanistan and their national...

Jake is talking about financial aid to the taliban is because we left a lot of americans behind and right now theres not many cards left to play to get the americans home and get our al gain allies home other than the economic card and we can end up putting a lot of money in the talibans pocket to get our remaining americans out. thats why this crisis is far from over. we have a lot of americans that still need to come home and friends of ours that helped us and need to come to the quite and thi...

A hint of what they face in the new old afghanistan. dan johnson, bbc news. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the afghan capital kabul, and has the latest on that visit by the pakistani intelligence chief. turning first to this visit of the head of the pakistani intelligence services, the isi, certainly pakistan has been requesting to help with the evacuation of remaining foreign nationals and those afghans who are eligible to leave the country that havent yet been able to do so. so, that...

Form part of the discussions with the taliban. the pakistan also has a long history with the taliban and has been accused of secretly financing their insurgency. they also acknowledge having some leverage and theres a lot of speculation that this visit is about discussions about the creation of a new government here in afghanistan. it is been nearly three weeks since the taliban of taken over in kabul. its been nearly three weeks since the taliban took over kabul. theyre still yet to establish o...

Then there are issues of language and of further trials, which could be a little bit complicated, but i think, broadly speaking, if youve got really highly skilled health professionals who can show the right paperwork, then im sure it would be greatly welcome. not least, of course, because we have a shortage of the people we need, dont we? just a last thought on this, there is a potential here, eunice, isnt there, to seize the opportunity of leverage, if we are going to talk to this new taliban ...