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When you look to your point about the history of this particular part of the world. and so here we are. here at a place where our intelligence possibly has failed us, where weve made some decisions that need to be undone and redone. we need to be able to ask for whos accountable for these kinds of decisions. we need to be able to have the hearings in congress and the oversight in congress that is our duty and our mission to do. and we also need to frankly be supportive of the ways that we can ge...

The country has no president. there are certain deals that the president is the one who is tasked of doing them. also you have people out of positions, head of civil pro section is struggling right now to really help the international community get to people who need help. yes, the political vacuum has impacted rather negatively. and so it is unfortunate again. we know that earthquake happens in haiti. it did 11 years ago. we know that hurricanes happen. they happen every year. the question is n...

Is it defensible in any way? >> awfully hard to defend, giving the pictures we are seeing every second. presidents are often defined by their foreign policy. you think about lyndon johnson and the vietnam war. he think about jimmy carter and failing to get the hostages out. you think of barack obama and his taking down of usama bin laden. this will define the biden administration. and for congressional democrats looking for word, they have to defend this. this will cost them two to three points....

But now again it is about the way this withdrawal is happening, the fact that they were so caught off guard, and that is what republicans are going to season going into the midterm. >> one aspect of this i know you have written about a lot are the translators and the afghan nationals who were so critical to u.s. response there and the question i think im hearing from administration officials a lot is not just evacuating the embassy as were seeing under way right now and the time limit there but ...

Of democrats in an agenda that was run on in 2020, that voters overwhelmingly support, and that voters need. so im kind of looking around like, what gives? and honestly this escalation, the second letter, i can only think about right jayapal said earlier today. how can you call yourself a democrat when you are calling yourself a dam against economic investments, childcare, investments on climate action that we need immediately, paid family leave and so much more. so this is a dividing line in th...

Whiter so they use redistricting to strip citizens of their power. >> ray, one could imagine this is not a sustainable, long term idea or philosophy but it could be because they will redistrict and have influence over districts for at least ten years and power begets power. >> whats the key phrase? for at least the next ten years. democrats have not done well in elections. so the 2010 elections were a terrible midterm for the democrats. in the state houses, as well. so republicans had a dispropo...

Your mind. what is a proper ending to the afghan war? >> see, thats the problem. we started this war stating simply we are going to go kill the people that killed us and make sure they cant do it again. by the time i got afghanistan in 2010 it was, you know, make this place better for the women and children here. listen, i have my flesh to make that place better for the women and children. its not say i dont care about that. but to understand that even our leaders didnt understand what our ultim...

Europe, and i think there is a potential as many us military leaders, it could become a haven for terrorists, you know, for... troops... relative stability. afghan was not perfect, but it was a pretty good investment for very, relatively little cost, the us had not been engaged in combat operation since 2015 and it really hadnt been front—page news for year, so, biden has wanted to fulfil his campaign promise to pull out, it is not like this has been big news in a big rallying cry, it is not l...

Which so many believe is the fundamental, sacred right and could cost democrats the midterm next year? >> history is important here. voting rights, civil rights was never the priority of a white house. we had to make it a priority. i think what were going to see is that we are going to make this a front burner issue. one of the reasons martin luther king iii and i have called this march on august 28th, right past the white house. were going to start at black lives matter plaza, march past the wh...

The polls are in, and americans -- that could pose a problem for the democrats in the midterm. many of them have been vocal about their desire to take cops off the street. so senator cory booker took it upon himself to rewrite history. when faced with a police to funding amendment, this is how we responded on the senate floor. >> some people have said they are members of this deliberative body that want to defund the police, to my horror! finally once and for all, we can put to bed this accusati...