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Was literally arrested in a joint c.i.a. pakistan operation that ended uplandin landing him pakistani jail for years. this has culminated in him rising to the highest ranks of the taliban leadership structure, in a position to sit across the table from americas toppin t top intelligence official, the c.i.a. director. it is a pretty incredible moment. to be a fly on the wall in the room would have been an amazing experience. >> amazing to say the least. the guy the c.i.a. helped arrest now sittin...

First. the group released a column in "the washington post" writing this in part. quote, you dont hold up a majority priority of the country and millions of jobs as some form of leverage. the infrastructure bill is not a political football. back with us tonight, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist foyer "the washington post," amy stoddard, veteran washington reporter. a.b., because you are fluent in congress, for the members of our audience, and maybe your host, can you please expl...

His strategy is to maximize the number of people he can get out of afghanistan. i am certain he has contingency plans but he does not want to announce that, it could effect the ability of getting the numbers out that were getting out today. but we need to stick with our mission to make sure all those that fall in this category have an opportunity to leave afghanistan safely. that may require us to stay longer, and i think the president recognizes that and we have contingency plans if needed. >> ...

Out. appreciate it. and it is the biden agenda here. you look at that $3.5 trillion spending package that is how he wants to remake the economy to make it for families and workers. so much of the focus, to get government out of your life and put power in the hands of the companies, this would be a game changer any guess the priorities of the economy and that is what he -- >> clearly progressives are worried that they will lose leverage. if they do the bipartisan one that has already passed the...

Joint approach to dealing with the evacuation but also a road map for the way in which we are going to engage ralph taliban and it probably will be a taliban government in kabul and the number one condition we are setting is g7 is that they have got to guarantee right the way through august the 31st and beyond a safe passage for those who want to come out. some of them will say that they dont accept that and some of them i hope will exceed a sense of that. they g7 has very considerable leverage ...

They g7 nations. he was saying that the uk remains connected to a safe passage for its activities beyond the end of next month and a member of the indications are according to the news agency thatjoe biden says he is going to stick to the timetable led us troops are pulled out by the end of august. so next week. and the taliban have made it clear that theyre not in the mood for negotiations about shifting that timetable and borisjohnson also says that the west has leverage and g7 does have lever...

The ground with who knows what kind of violence? >> absolutely, we still have leverage on the taliban. they want these people out, lets help get them out. i dont see any reason at all why they wouldnt be supportive of continuing the evacuation. theres absolutely room to negotiate and to extend the deadline from my perspective. but then again, im out of government right now and dont have that horrible burden on my shoulders. i wish them the best because when they do well, america does well and th...

And long term i imagine hes talking about the leverage the united states would like to hold over the taliban, theres money, 80% of the budget comes from foreign aid, that gives foreign governments a certain amount of leverage over the taliban, assuming they dont want their economy to completely collapse. and talking to other regional powers about how to contain the taliban and to make sure that afghanistan, under the taliban, doesnt once again become a safe haven for groups like al qaeda or isis...

Absolutely what the entire western world is pushing for, given the absolute desperation of so many people, western citizens, afghan nationals to get out of the country. they dont want to live under taliban rule. but at this point in time its difficult to see how they are going to broker this. obviously the u.s. has leverage in the fact that it does have well-armed, well-trained thousands of forces there at the airport. but it is an extremely precarious situation, especially as burns and other in...

They get the services from the veterans administration and elsewhere that they are entitled to. >> you think that youll be able to get to a position with the taliban in control where you can have private citizens going in and out of there or any kind of joint efforts with that type of despottic group sitting there on the ground with who knows what kind of violence? >> absolutely, we still have leverage on the taliban. they want these people out, lets help get them out. i dont see any reason at a...