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American people that theyre getting things done for them. very tangible things like in the reconciliation bill. child tax credits, universal pre-k, free community college, expanded benefits under medicare, and the infrastructure bill, roads, bridges, broadband, all that sort of thing. but youve got individual members, democrats trying to maintain their leverage throughout this process. the moderates are trying to keep leverage over the reconciliation process, in part, because some of them, josh ...

Negotiating with the defact yo leader of the taliban, and it symbolizes the incredible change of circumstances we find ourselves in. not only did the cia help capture this man and he was in prison in afghanistan, and before that the taliban was a spent force and defeated in part by the cia which went into afghanistan after 9/11, and now the taliban holds most of the cards. as courtney made clear, they have incredible leverage as to whether or not this deadline is enforced, because if they decide...

Qatar and got out. it was heartwarming to see them go. it seems like the taliban are belatedly realizing their fourth century politics may not be working. theyre saying, whoa, hold on, united states, they dont want us encouraging their doctors, lawyers, engineers, those that are educated that we need them. this is the taliban spokesperson saying we need those talents. really? because some of them are women. so im wondering what kind of leverage there might be available to nato countries, to the ...

Bring the sides together. now, progressives are going to say thanks but no thanks. they are public enemies number one and two. and you have outside groups going after these democrats. not only is there this family feud, its out in public. thats relationships that youre seeing tested within, and the more a lot of these people are attacked the further theyre going to dig in. >> one of the things that seems to be that progressives are worried about and why they want the $3.5 trillion budget reconci...

Quick two-day session, but theyve got a pretty big goal to pass a budget resolution that unlocks a $3.5 trillion bill central to joe bidens legislative agenda. but a group of nine moderate democrats say they wont vote for the budget resolution unless infrastructure goes first. so it seems speaker pelosi may be stuck between a rock and a hard place with "punch bowls" jake sherman breaking it down for us. think of the stalemate in the house this way. moderates say they need infrastructure before b...

Foresee and maybe not focusing enough on afghanistan or getting ahead of the messiness of this withdrawal is the way that may soften their support or their ability to have some leverage over lawmakers on the hill. if the president loses five, six, seven points in his approval ratings, that makes picking up the phone that much more difficult and they have very thin margins as it is in both the house and the senate where they still need to pass the budget bill. it just gets harder. i think this is...

Being valid. were on a downward spiral on credibility in elections. the texas bill will contribute to that. thats the real problem that i think were facing. >> ben, always good to have you with us. thank you. >> thanks, erica. turning to a potential showdown on capitol hill that has democratic infighting over infrastructure front and center. the house expected to vote this week on a budget resolution. already approved by the senate. but a group of nine moderate democrats is threatening to bloc...

Is not rational. but without that military presence in afghanistan, does america have any potential leverage over the regime that will be left there? probably not. but american policy on this has been incoherent for a long time. when obama was first elected, he said iraq was the wrong war and afghanistan was the right war, so we will persevere with the war in afghanistan and pull out of iraq. janet has frozen. i will come back to you. vincent, let me ask you, does this play into chinas hands at ...

Her cousins and their 2-year-old daughter and her husband and she was pushed around in the 2-year-old falls out of her arms and crushed trampled by the crowd she was trying to find her picked up her lifeless body and its like youre drowning in the ocean trying to find your child and you cant and shes devastating her heart is bleeding. >> she was a former employee of a u.s. organization emblematic of the people crowding the one and only in very few gates there effectively a kill zone of humanity,...

Afghans who are traveling to the airport? because with know that the taliban want the americans out of the country. that is one of the reasons that they are cooperating right now, allowing the americans to get through as much as they can, even though there clearly have been issues but they dont want the afghans to leave the country. that makes the country weaker. it makes it look like people are leaving because theyre scared of the taliban which, of course, they are. so, i think that that will b...