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Bad guys who can do bad things and plan bad missions? absolutely. >> reporter: so the pentagon maintains they will have the ability to defend itself on the ground as well as leverage those over the horizon capabilities, which is what we saw within the strike on saturday. and president biden says he has instructed his commanders to take every possible measure to prioritize forced protection as this mission enters a retro grade period which the president has warned will be the most dangerous part ...

Depending on the americans, so they were not particularly i interested about what is going on with russia and china. i think the ball is - in the american camp. they are the only superpower now. europe is no longer- a superpower because it doesnt have, as i said, a defence policy. - so definitely the ball- is in the us camp and i think the us has to show again . leadership, which has been missing now for a long time. just briefly then, jeffrey, who does the united states partner with in the regi...

So definitely the ball is in the us camp and i think the us has- to show again leadership, which has been missing . now for a long time. just briefly then, jeffrey, who does the united states partner with in the region to try to exert some influence when they have shipped out? you know, the us has traditionally tried to use pakistan as leverage with afghanistan but pakistan has said, famously, we have to live next to afghanistan. if you leave, we are still here. so they have always played both s...

And it is not clear what the impact is going to be for afghanistan, for biden. but i think it is also too early to write that chapter of history yet. you know, a year is a long time these days and memories are very short. so lets see how this plays out. but right now, as history is unfolding hour by hour it is not a good story. it is a terrible, terrible tragedy that is unfolding. justin, marc mentioned the fact that the country is broke. they are going to need some money. that is the leverage p...

Amendment, for all americans, so heres what i think is the solution is. we cannot tolerate the filibuster as it was in segregated american. lyndon baines johnson helped pass the 1964 voting rights act, and overcame the filibuster. he insisted that senators, particularly in our party, and i wish there would be others because i have seen voting rights be bipartisan, cease and desist and move legislation forward to protect the voting rights of all americans. thats what we will insist happens in the...

Any terrorist elements who think they can operate with impunity in afghanistan. >> im curious about going forward though, sir. are americans going to just have to get used to the idea of the taliban as the legitimate government of afghanistan? and, if so, is there any way to hold them to their word and have them not return to their brutal, tyranical rule? >> well, certainly we have in the international community hold some leverage on the taliban, and their legitimacy has yet to be decided. they ...

So definitely the ball is in the us camp and i think the us has- to show again leadership, which has been missing . now for a long time. just briefly then, jeffrey, who does the united states partner with in the region to try to exert some influence when they have shipped out? you know, the us has traditionally tried to use pakistan as leverage with afghanistan but pakistan has said, famously, we have to live next to afghanistan. if you leave, we are still here. so they have always played both s...

Security. >> how many isis-k prisoners were left and believed to have been released from the prison? why were they not removed when the u.s. pulled out? >> i dont know the exact number. clearly its in the thousands. >> u.s. officials say reports that they shared lists of americans and allies with the taliban are incorrect. adding in some cases to get the afghans and americans through a check point they provided the information. for the most part the taliban have let those people pass. 12,500 peo...

As the government. what the conditions are, and so forth. i think that is right and prudent. you also have a lot of leverage with the taliban, in terms of economic factors. we hold a lot of their gas, and so the government of afghanistan, there is a lot of international economic leverage we have as well. and i think the united states is trying to use it. to do things like you mentioned, including keeping the airport open, so that people can get out in the future, the taliban have said that they ...

Account? it will be impossible to sim -l account? it will be impossible to simply use _ account? it will be impossible to simply use leverage _ account? it will be impossible to simply use leverage that - account? it will be impossible to simply use leverage that exists i account? it will be impossible to l simply use leverage that exists to get them to be completely rights respecting government overnight, asking them to do more than other governments in the region is not tenable. but it is wron...