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Have any leverage to persuade them. and maybe they've learned to see that their society has changed, at least in the urban areas, and with society now having access to technology. i don't know the answer to that. i don't think anybody knows. but we're in a position to like a python squeeze them economically and diplomatically and ultimately from an intelligence point of view, certainly not bring any assets to bear that might help them in the future that they may need. >> yeah. >> and one final thing. we haven't talked about covid. we've talked about covid here in the united states. we haven't ...

We haven't talked about covid in afghanistan. i don't know how many coming in, i hope they're all being checked for covid in our country but if covid is spreading in afghanistan, they won't be able to carry on as a society if they are dying. we have some leverage to be sure, some help to be sure they're going to need in order to survive as a functioning government. and we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. >> we're smarter for having spoken with you as we always are. thank you, secretary cohhcohen. appreciate it. dealing with a pandemic, evacuating afghanistan and making huge multi tr...

Trump. despite everything that trump gave him, political gifts, diplomatic victories, it wasn't enough for netanyahu to win an election. netanyahu lasted 144 days after donald trump and the end of his term. he had a functioning government for exactly zero of those days. >> thanks for bringing us the latest from jerusalem. joining me now is former state department middle east negotiator and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. what does this mean for the u.s.? >> i think joe biden caught a huge break here. you have a government right seright. >> dale: -- right, center and left that ...

And lloyd austin. it was a government sworn in by a very thin margin, that means it will be hard to govern especially with netanyahu being the head of the opposition, he plans to be an active head of the opposition and plans to make it difficult for neftali bennett. it is worth looking at netanyahu and worth considering the end of this era of netanyahu revolves around former president donald trump. for all the political gifts that trump gave netanyahu, moving the embassy, recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel, the golan heights and the abraham acc accords, he never gave netanyahu an e...

Benjamin netanyahu as prime minister, a position he's held for 12 years. so this is now another step closer to really happening. just to put this into more context, "the new york times" used this analogy. this is like congresswoman ocasio-cortez and senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell all joining forces. cnn's hadas gold is live in jerusalem. help us understand how these rivals all put aside differences to do this. >> reporter: well, ana, four elections, two years of political dysfunction, and the feeling amongst these political party leaders that without removing netanyahu, that ...