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Past with the taliban. the taliban have said, this go-round, theyll be different, theyve changed. but when they apply their rules and their controls, these are very, very blunt instruments. what were witnessing here, by them closing the road, thats them saying, were going to make the airport safe, but by virtue of that, its also going against what the international community wants. we have very few points of leverage over them. so when you see taliban on the streets hitting people with the butts...

Senior most experienced diplomat in the cabinet. he could send no stronger emissary to talk to them than bill burns. but our leverage here is limited. they have tactical advantage. they own the immediate surroundings of kabul airport. theyre controlling the access to kabul airport. and they own the hills around kabul. were in a precarious position and we have limited diplomatic wrench. leverage. >> what happens to happen in the next week? do we know how long this drawdown is going to take and wh...

Restrictions on the rights of women including the right to move around freely and girls rights to attend school. recruitment of child soldiers and repression of peaceful protest and expression of dissent. many people now fear reprisals by the taliban against those working with the government or international community. but where is the oversight? the eu has been critical there is no commitment from the human rights council to an independent fact—finding mission. the eus compromise proposal for...

I dont care whos in power, who is president. 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. we dont leave with her tail between her legs so the goal here is to empower military and take the leverage back. >>...

Leaders will promise a vote by the end of next month. >> i was going to say, that seems to be a significant moment and could mean you get two different signing ceremonies, which politically the biden white house may prefer, even if passage they believe is easier doing it in tandem, no? >> reporter: moderates absolutely want two signing ceremonies, they want to go back to swing districts and say they worked across the aisle to do something major for roads, bridges, and public transit, spend about...

The taliban has said staying, keeping u.s. forces in afghanistan beyond the 31st is a red line, and there will be consequence. biden has sent his top spy master to broker some sort of an agreement that can manage this issue. and in the longer term, you just have an amazing chance to size up this new de facto leader of the taliban, someone who is coming in with a massive amount of leverage to determine the fate of this country after a stunning military victory over the united states and over afgh...

And for the president to help the people understand how this process has improved, how it is going to continue to go. what are the risks, as jonathan talked about, of the troops that we already have there and how that risk increases as we get closer to the 31st. look, my hunch is, too, that what you are going to hear from the president is the beginnings, quite frankly, of messages intended for the taliban in terms of, you know, if reare holding on the august 31st date what i think that is is pro...

Room were to parties sit down and try to hash out their differences he. was talking right there about negotiations between democrats. tonight theyve gone late into the night in fact. as they tried to reach a deal on infrastructure. at least nine democrats have signaled, they will vote against the democrats three and a half trillion dollar budget, unless one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, is voted on first. the group released a column in the washington post, writing this in part ...

Of our afghan allies will not be able to be evacuated, aaron. we shouldnt lose sight of that. this decision, even though biden was in really a no-win situation militarily, the result of this is going to be many afghans will be stranded. the theyre not able to get to the airport. were going to leave without getting everyone out, aaron. >> i want to bring you in on this, general. we talk about dead line and such. at the end of the day, what will define the u.s. operation as finished there? and wha...

Attacking our military is 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 mission. are we goin...