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so we are intent on doing both. that is standing up for our people when theyre attacked while at the same time working every single day to prevent the conflict from growing and spreading. >> thats secretary of state antony blinken laying out the priorities of the biden administration in the middle east which is becoming more volatile by the day following a deadly strike on three u.s. service members. and on capitol hill well bring you new details about the bipartisan border deal in t...

because they cant keep up with them and track them once theyre here. its gotten to be alarming. so much so in arizona the governor there is sending the national guard to police the whole situation. well be talking to the leader of that effort in a second. first, alexandria hoff, how this got so out of hand. alexandria. >> yeah, certainly got out of hand and now congress feels they have to act particularly on the republican side. emergency aid funding and for taiwan its contingent on u....

After these groups in their own right. trade to andrew come as far as pfizer and afghanistan, we know that the surge worked. we know that these pinprick attacks by jihadist started to stop as a result of the surge. what would a search look like in this regard? >> i think he saw little bit of that after the manchester attack of the british government put the army on the street to soft target that looks vulnerable. also, it is important to point out in afghanistan the surge didnt really work. the ...

Theyre ready to go and protect. obviously these pinprick attacks happen which end up devastating and they swoop up and try round up these people. is this sufficient? are they trained successfully or do we need to step it up? >> they are not going to be able to do it by themselves. thats clearly whats whats been happening the last two years. the taliban has taken back considerable nor territory. at any time since 2001, when we invaded the country and removed the taliban. so, everything is on thei...

Because lets remember what the president said. he said the attack he would conduct would be a pinprick. the united states military was not built to conduct pinprick attacks. if the united states military is going to be engaged by a commander in chief, it should only be engaged in an endeavor to win. and were not going to authorize use of force if youre not putting men and women in a position to win. people dont trust this president because of that. >> senator paul? >> i think this gets to the po...

It was not build to conduct pinprick attacks. if the military is engaged by a commander in chief, it should be engage in an endeavor to win and were not going to authorize use of force if youre not put in a position to win. people dont trust this president because of that. >> senator paul? >> i think this gets to the point of wisdom on when to intervene and when we shouldnt. had we bombed assad at the time like president obama wanted and like hillary clinton wanted and many republicans wanted, i...