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>> reporter: there's no consistency in the position by mcconnell. this is purely an opportunity by republicans to cause democrats political pain. and when you're in the minority across all of government, you don't have much of an agenda of your own, mainly what you can do is make life miserable for the other side when you so choose. that's basically what republicans are doing. the argument boils down to they say democrats have shown little interest working with republicans as they spent trillions, whether it was on the first covid relief package earlier this year passed by democrat only votes ...

National security correspondent for npr news. it's good to see you again. i wonder if we might start with the drone strike. where does that put the u.s. in terms of, a, its ability to get out of afghanistan, and b, its about to leave having secured what we intended to secure, which was a bit more confidence that there would be no more terrorism directed at america coming from afghanistan, what does that leave us? >> right. well, as you noted, the president's statement was quite strike. i never recall a president talking about a terror strike is highly likely as president biden said today, poss...

Others understand why remote learning isn't sustainable for will? >> for kids like will, a lot of times they'll have a paraprofessional with him to sit there and help him find the right workbook page, make sure that he's staying on track and when they're using computers, to make sure he doesn't close out the zoom before it's time he relies on that support. but when he's at home during that virtually, that support person's me, and that means, a, i can't work, and b, i have to step into the role of teacher and being the task master, which i don't necessarily want to and it's not optimal for him ...

As you think about the next quarter of a century, how do you think a, artificial intelligence, and b, quantum computing are going to compare with the internet in terms of a total transformation of our lives? the progress in artificial intelligence — we're still in very early stages but i view it as the most profound technology that humanity will ever develop and work on. and we have to make sure we do it in a way that we can harness it to society's benefit. but i expect it to play a foundational role pretty much across every aspect of our lives. on the plane over here, i read an essay on art...

To the deeper or more meaningful questions. it can shine a light on things, it can make some things better, it has a dual side to it, it can make things worse. i'm incredibly energised by what technology can do. i've felt it through my life. even through covid, looking at the vaccine technology, the fact that we could solve vaccines in a year. it's an incredible feat, so i look at those things but it still is not going to solve making sure the entire world's population gets vaccinated. that's where it's up to humans and society and policy making to solve problems like that. you've now been in ...