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Hours. >> when lawmakers have leverage, they like to use it. john harwood, jessica dean, thanks very much. this just in to cnn. were learning that vice president harris travel delegation was delayed from departing singapore due to a report of a health incident. the details of this potentially alarming. cnns natasha bertrand is here to explain. health incident, what are we talking about here? >> an anomalous health incident. thats what the u.s. calls havana syndrome. it is a weird constellation...

Didnt happen last night. >> reporter: despite hours negotiation last night in a tense caucus meeting, house democrats are leaving bidens economic agenda hanging in the balance. the impasse really boils down to this. progressives want a vote first on the budget blueprint that the sell the stage for a massive partisan spending plan on social programs. that is also the sequencing that speaker nancy pelosi has committed to. but moderates in the caucus want to vote first on the senate-passed bipartis...

At the end of the day -- >> sean: joe has given them a lot of leverage. fellow americans are their shields unfortunately because he allowed this to deteriorate. >> i agree with you, he needs to take the leverage back. one thing wont change is our strength of the u.s. army and our military and he needs to unleash them and show our strength. i we dont leave with our tail between our legs so the goal here is to empower military and take the leverage back. >> sean: i dont listen to the taliban but i...

Because we had strength behind us. the u.s. military is standing in and bringing up the conversation president trump had, it was very clear that we would hold the taliban accountable the moment they stepped out of line and thats what we need to show here. the situation right now is unacceptable and is not acceptable because the taliban is waiting this out. we set a deadline and quite frankly, i dont care about the deadline. the end of the day is our d mission. are we going to accomplish our miss...

August, we need another week or another ten days and if the taliban agree to that, then we will be very willing as we were anyway to consider if you have in new taliban government in afghanistan that they prepared to be reasonable and moderate in its approach. then it was always on the cards that they would been over a period of time be able to get international recognition and afghanistan is usually different today than what it was 20 years ago. its not part of the world economy. it has continu...

Assistance. he also wants the international community to come together with a clear plan for holding the new regime in kabul to account for protecting human rights and for looking to future engagement. he very much believes that this has to be something we can only do on a united and coordinated basis. >> and to that point, you were an ambassador in afghanistan. you know the realities of the taliban regime. we have also seen russia making moves to recognize the taliban as the government. the u.s...

The treatment of women and girls and so on and so forth. why should the taliban talk to us? i so on and so forth. why should the taliban talk to us?— taliban talk to us? i think they like a sense — taliban talk to us? i think they like a sense that _ taliban talk to us? i think they like a sense that i _ taliban talk to us? i think they like a sense that i think- taliban talk to us? i think they i like a sense that i think leverage is important im just listening to malcolm before i came on a...

Step will lock that in. theyre wrapping up debate on the rule now and we should see action on the floor in the next 30 minutes or so to confirm democrats should finally move ahead on this. >> last night, the reported yelling and curse words emanating from the house basement, does that signal anything larger or suggest anything about the balance of power? >> reporter: anybody who can pull a group together, it could be the left-handers caucus of the democratic party, pull a group together and keep...

Powerfully influence how lawmakers like myself and, of course, the biden administration, and the world will view them and treat them going forward. >> we know the g7 is saying that they are -- their one stipulation is that the taliban needs to allow for safe passage. right? out of afghanistan after august 31st. its interesting youre saying the taliban needs to understand certain things, member of the intel committee telling cnn this morning that cia director burns has, quote, cards to play when ...

I want to be sure i hear that about our american soldiers, i want to hear that about people that aided them, i want to be sure we talk about a lot of the population that we dont talk enough about, women leaders, activists that have been there, human rights leaders in that community over the last 20 years, people who defended us in the last 20 years, journalists. i want to be sure we leave no man behind and also leave no one behind thats been part of making sure we have been as successful as we h...