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The leverage. you dont have any leverage. our own jennifer griffen reporting multiple american babies whose parents are green card holders unable to get past the taliban to get to the airport. theyre trapped behind enemy lines. cnns clarissa ward, i think did a phenomenal job talked about a family from texas all with u.s. passports who were also unable to escape. a three year old american boy

Despite promises from the united states to people like sarah we have no diplomatic presence in afghanistan. do we really have leverage with the taliban? we got money. is that enough? theres not even a functioning airport or a plan to get the one in kabul up and running again. we must keep asking those in power how, how, now what? now what? how are they going to help those still trying to escape in afghanistan? and then at some point in the future well get to and how are you going to keep this co...

The line on this infrastructure. we cant talk about physical infrastructure in this country and we allow the democratic, the political infrastructure to collapse and because of that, we want you to hold the line. >> let me keep it real. i think that most base democrats understand and trust that the speaker is sincere. she said she does this for the children. thats why shes in this business of politics at all. i trust her and believer her when she says that. i dont trust people like senator manch...

Have the ability to sustain the force and execute the other missions simultaneously. unfortunately afghanistan, the mission there became what we would call an economy of force mission, and people took their eye off the ball and got ready to go into iraq, and they mixed up the counter einsurgency, and you negotiate when you are building strength, not when you are trying to come out and cut strength because you lost your leverage. of course you could hope you never have a successful, the allies we...

Hands trying to unite a disparate company fed on religious and ideology that all of these sects are much different than each other. money here could be huge leverage, and private organizations that receive donations from individuals or from various governments including our european allies are in the strongest position to help the women of afghanistan and to help other potential refugees from afghanistan that are our friends. what are you hearing about their effort and whether or not the united ...

We have leverage and international pressure. we dont have any leverage, joe. none. our embassy is gone. our soldiers are gone. and they have americans behind enemy lines. they would be called hostages, joe. and pretending that the taliban care about their standing in the world, well, youre just full of adam schiff. theyre terrorists, joe. they let other terrorists from isis and al qaeda out of prison joe. they dont give an adam schiff what you and other countries think. theyre going door to door...

Diplomatic effort where the u.s. government tries to persuade the taliban to allow people to the extent they are able to leave the country under their own volition. that could involve taking commercial flights, crossing the border into neighboring countries. thats going to be incredibly difficult. the taliban have been to be glib about it playing nice the last couple of weeks clearly with an interest to do so because they want us to get out of the country and see us gone, but weve lost a lot of ...

Talked about? >> its based on what their behavior is. i think the president clearly outlined that well be watching what the taliban does. that is certainly allowing american citizens to depart. allowing afghans and our partners the depart and also how they operate as it relates to treatment of women, to human rights, a range of factors at play here. i dont have anything to predict for you. obviously theres a great deal of economic leverage that you referenced, sanctions already in place that we ...

That anyone that wants to, leave including americans who have aligned with the u.s., with targets on their back, to be allowed to leave when they want to. is that going to happen? it happened until the u.s. left militarily. but now its a diplomatic mission, what leverage do we have? will they have some financial leverage. but basically, they have to make this happen by pressuring the taliban, with the finances, in trying to get pakistan around to keep their borders open. pakistan primarily does ...

Left, they say, its over. i cannot express my happiness in words. our 20 years of sacrifice worked and the taliban worked in quickly to seize the airport. brian: we chose to lose. michael waltz chose to win but it was taken from him and everybody who fought with him. listen to how he character rizzss whats left behind in afghanistan. >> im honestly speechless because i have been up night after night helping americans get out. and they are still there. i was on the phone this morning with two ame...