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let's return to afghanistan where it's been two years since the taliban takeover. the un says the country is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, and has warned of a huge shortfall in funding — and a deepening economic crisis. women and girls have faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power, including the banning of girls from secondary schools. these are the latest images from kabul where the taliban marked the anniversary with celebrations and a public holiday, saying "no invader" would be allowed to threaten the country. flags of the islamic emirate of afghanistan — the taliban's formal name for the country — fluttered across the capital. our chief international correpsondent lyse doucet, spoke to the un's resident humanitarian coordinator for earlier i spoke to sahra karimi. she's an film director and former head of afghan film — that was a government body in charge of cinema in afghanistan — before it was closed down by the taliban. sahra was evacuated on the day the taliban arrived in kabul. she told me her thoughts — two years on from the taliban takeover.
translation: my baby has no cradle. i sold it to buy some flour. i got some food on loan from the shops, but i can't pay them now. if there is no other way, i will be forced to sell my children to survive. a desperate decision for so many parents. survival. that's life now. lyse doucet, bbc news. are corresponding has been speaking to the new coordinator of the un have humanitarian response in afghanistan. we have humanitarian response in afghanistan-— have humanitarian response in afghanistan. have humanitarian response in afuhanistan. , ., afghanistan. we should be able to cive to 18 afghanistan. we should be able to give to 18 million _ afghanistan. we should be able to give to 18 million afghan - afghanistan. we should be able to give to 18 million afghan people . afghanistan. we should be able toj give to 18 million afghan people in need a monthly food ration. we are unable to give to 13 million in spain, and now we had to cut it to 5 million because of the funding situation stop it is inevitable that
well, biden was on his way that day to meet ukrainian leaders in kyiv when he threatened to withhold that billion dollars in u.s. aid if they didn't fire their top prosecutor viktor shokin. so what happens when you are a biden facilitator? well, you continue to work for the family. that's what happens. hochstein now serves as special presidential coordinator to biden. now, it's information like this that our next guest declares emphatically it means that joe did benefit from hunter's business deals. joining me now jonathan turley professor of law at george washington university and a fox news contributor. professor turley, there are all sorts of unsavory or different types of characters coming in and out of this biden drama. but what pushed you to feel most comfortable about making the claim of the director benefit to joe biden. >> well, we have heard this drum beat recently that the media is
>> steve: he said, the court said i had to do it. >> ainsley: when joe biden was vice president, he went to ukraine and bragged about firing the prosecutor, i will not give you $1 billion in tax dollars ukraine, unless you fire this person who sits on the burisma board with my son. there is a picture surfaced and house republicans are really slamming joe biden for they are saying this is proof he was over there to conduct business with burisma. the guy to the right, right? his name is amos hochstein. he was or is president biden's current special presidential coordinator, was in communication with hunter and hunter's associate at burisma holdings when the first son was serving on the board, according to e-mail reported by fox
right. how do you have time to do anything else? >> all i do is work. all i do is work. >> sounds like it. all right. fascinating times. turning now to the deal the white house announced with tehran to move five americans from prison on house arrest in exchange, sources say, the white house has agreed to free up $6 billion in iranian assets for humanitarian purposes. the money had been held up. let's bring in coordinator for strategic communications tat white house, rear admiral john kirby. tell us about this deal. >> we're still negotiating the deal, joe, so we're careful about how much we put out in a public space. we're glad these five americans are now out of evan prison. that is a good thing. it is a good first step. there's a lot more steps to come here. now, i've seen the speculation and the criticism about this $6 billion. i think you characterize it exactly right. i think it is important to remember, again, without getting too far ahead of where we are in the negotiating process, that what we're talking about here are iranian funds that were in a
i move so much better because of cosentyx. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. >> martha: all right, let's get an update from the white house on the breaking news that we began the hour with on this story. iran moving five americans from prison to house arrest reportedly as part of a prisoner swap that would give iran limited access to billions of dollars that is intended to be used for humanitarian purposes. we are glad to be joined by john kirby, national security coordinator, strategic communications, john, welcome to day. what can you tell us about these individuals and when do you expect them to be home? >> there are five of them. not all of them want to be named but they are out of prison. in fact one of the pipe is under house arrest but we have four moved into house arrest today. we have been able through our
hang innocent people who support the freedom movement in iraq. for that, i am happy to see all of these innocent people free from prison. but at the end, this is a signal to the islamic republic to take more americans hostage. >> martha: we will put that message to the white house from you a little bit later in the show. we have john kirby on as the national person for the national security arm at the white house and nc coordinator for a strategic communications. we will take his take exactly happened here. and the other exchanges that have been made, brittney griner for victor bout known as the merger of death in russia said this is a routine that has become more common in this administration we will see where it goes, masih, thank you very much. it is an honor to have you with the spirit >> thank you so much. >> martha: here at home, inflation kicked back up as
yet been released. the question is when will they come home, and what are we giving iran in return. joining me now, national security counsel coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby. admiral, thank you very much for being with us. i know that we believe, the united states believes those imprisonments and trials and charges were not true. and we're happy to have these individuals back. when will they be on a plane back and out of iran? >> i don't really know right now. we're still working out the details and parameters here about eventually securing their freedom, and when that will be, what that will look like. but we don't really know right now. we're just really happy that they're out of evan prison because the conditions there were just intolerable. they're in house arrest, but still in iran. they're not home yet, and we still have a lot of work to do to get them there. >> have we been in touch with them directly? do we know what condition they're? >> we have been in touch with them through the swiss, i think,
day to meet ukrainian leaders in kyiv when he threatened to withhold that billion dollars in u.s. aid if they didn't fire their top prosecutor viktor shokin. so what happens when you are a biden facilitator? well, you continue to work for the family. that's what happens. hochstein now serves as special presidential coordinator to biden. now, it's information like this that our next guest declares emphatically it means that joe did benefit from hunter's business deals. joining me now jonathan turley professor of law at george washington university and a fox news contributor. professor turley, there are all sorts of unsavory or different types of characters coming in and out of this biden drama. but what pushed you to feel most comfortable about making the claim of the director benefit to joe biden. >> well, we have heard this drum beat recently that the media is now acknowledging that, sure,
we're not getting results here, perhaps ukraine wants to think about another plan. even some pushing for the possibility of land concessions for peace, something that, of course, ukrainian officials have understandably resisted, as have many of their western allies. the combination of russian defenses, a lack of sufficient training, and time pressure has really changed a lot of these assessments to being more pessimistic, including many folks who are very optimistic at the start of this counteroffensive. >> excellent reporting, jim chute toy, thank you very, very much. let's get reaction from the national security council coordinator, retired admiral john kirby. you just heard jim sciutto's excellent reporting. i know the white house is practicing patience, but do you acknowledge that significant gains in ukraine's counteroffensive right now seem to be highly unlikely? >> well, look. even the ukrainians, wolf, including president zelenskyy, have said that they're not going