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Years and this appalling performance, to continue to play a role moving forward over the next four years. >> yeah, it's certainly an end on so many levels here. i want to go back to that original europe question. so you're talking here about a fragmentation of german politics in line with patterns we've seen in europe and elsewhere, it must be said. so what does that then mean for europe because in many ways germany and mrs. merkel herself, so east german, so steady, so rock solid, has sort of held up europe in many ways. what does it mean now that germany might be a little bit more loosey-goo...

>> there are 40 terrorist organizations, al qaeda-centric groups, groups that are influenced by al qaeda ideology that have welcomed the return of taliban. it is a question of time that al qaeda will once again grow in afghanistan. there is a fight between the islamic state and the taliban at this point because there's rivalry between al qaeda and the islamic state. but certainly afghanistan has now become very important safe haven for al qaeda. >> what can be did unto stop that? >> the international community should create an intelligence alliance from the uae to japan, work with china, work ...

Underestimate nancy pelosi. but that said, was tying these two bills together a mistake? >> you know, i'm going to kind of punt on that and say that will be a better question to answer -- or an easier question to answer next week. >> you don't have a crystal ball. >> it's a great question. i wish i knew the answer. and the answer, of course, is when we can look back, we'll say, that was a genius move. what incredible strategy. or we'll say, that was really the thing that caused all of this to unravel. and a lot of it is, again, going to depend -- we come back to nancy pelosi. we come back to h...

Other parties as well like the greens and the fdp. leaders say they hope to have a new government in place by christmas. till that happens, mrs. merkel will remain in power. i want to talk about this with european affairs commentator dominick thomas. he joins us from berlin. it's fascinating because it's a new era for europe, and i do want to talk about that in just a moment. but as we pass these numbers, mrs. merkel's party has taken a hit. is that because voters have voted against her and her legacy? >> it's a great question. if you put it in a longer historical context, you can see that bac...

Unemployment. but let's not forget they also did well in the west at the time, when you could argue that income disparity was not the issue, that racism and xenophobia were. this time around they've dropped. my greatest concern going forward is i don't see a path for the cdu going into power this time around. i don't think that their track record, their performance allows for that. the question is as they essentially politically implode, as they rethink their identity, it is clear that many elements in the cdu are going to want to move towards capturing or recapturing some of the electorate th...