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There. what is our leverage? how do we enforce our will? are we asking, as he asked general mccaffrey, are we asking the taliban or telling the taliban what we like and what we would expect to do? >> were telling them. and it is backed by the force of the 82nd air borne. my hat goes off to the united states military. they were told, leave the country but dont leave too quickly. in fact, come back in forceful and i talked on a senior pentagon official and he said it has been a couple of chaotic d...

To one critical, defining, major thing, and everything else flows from that, and that is exactly where weth are at in afghanista. the united states government can change this even today, and they dont do it. they dont use the leverage they have with pakistan. they will give you 5,000 reasons, but it doesnt matter. they dont tell you the national security threat posed by letting the cartels come across the southern border, do they? they only have a conversation about the humanitarian aspect. they...

Still, effectiveness against hospitalization, while slightly decreasing, remains relatively high perhaps the biggest concern, the threat from delta this graph showing a significant drop in efficacy. >> we are concerned that this pattern of decline we are seeing will continue in the months ahead, which could lead to reduced protection against severe disease, hospitalization, and death. >> reporter: while the fully vaccinated still have a layer of protection, the cdc estimates likely near the eigh...

Government. which is it going to be? >> i agree with general keane. we cant recognize them as a government. theres a situation where afghanistan is totally broke. theres nobody making the lights go on. theres no one making the water flow. the banks are absolutely empty. theyve been looted by the crooks that ran the country and the united states has cut off all credit to afghanistan. theyve occupied one of the most remote and savage places on earth. totally on the periphery of every place. nobody...

The leaders have to try more. they have to pressure the taliban into accepting the educational rights. but everybody likes leaving their country. not everybody has the resources to leave the country, right? you have to understand that they have to use leverage and use resources to pressure the taliban into accepting women as an educational right. and the taliban are fishing for legitimacy and the world leaders can give it to them only by asking them to accept women to have educational rights. th...

Ramp up those evacuations over the next couple of weeks. 6,000 out so far according to the white house, something on the order of 60,000 to go. its a very difficult challenge especially when youre dependent on cooperation from the taliban who are untrustworthy. the white house says they have some leverage, financial and otherwise, over the taliban so theyll try to sustain that. but the question is whether or not they can. and that test is still in front of us. as you indicated, president biden s...

Call? no he didnt. it was deferred to a morejunior minister to pick up instead. we are told by the foreign office that mr rab was making calls from his hotel room. he wasnt lounging around on the beach all day. so what does he have to say about eight? we are trying to track him down this morning. no sign of him. we know he is back in the country because he was in the house of commons yesterday. here is ben wallace. first of all, i can tell you last friday. — first of all, i can tell you last f...

To me to be extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off the calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. that was a no, and a cabinet colleague came to mr raab�*s defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost or didnt have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be...

Especially when youre dependent on cooperation from the taliban who are untrustworthy. the white house says they have some leverage, financial and otherwise, over the taliban so theyll try to sustain that. but the question is whether or not they can. and that test is still in front of us. as you indicated, president biden said he was not going to be bound by that august 31 deadline if there are still american citizens who they have not yet gotten out. >> he said hell extend the deadline to get o...

Secretary, dominic raab, of a dereliction of duty, after reports he declined to phone his afghan counterpart to seek help airlifting interpreters out of afghanistan. but the government has defended his actions. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or didnt have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly, allow planes to fly out, and those people we were getti...