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An extremist group next door? >> no, it depends on how you define taliban government. the fact is that afghan taliban has taken over the whole country, and they have promised to make changes in the right directions, so why don't we give them a chance. why would you insist they are terrorist groups, and who actually did the biggest damage in afghanistan. it's american led war. it's nato forces. >> reporter: china has yet to recognize the taliban government as the legitimate government of afghanistan. but to an extent, it's already doing the talibans diplomatic leg work, speaking on behalf of th...

>> for americans and other individuals that want to be able to leave afghanistan after our withdrawal is complete that the state department is going to continue to work across many different levers to facilitate that transportation. i say, as i said earlier, right now, we do not anticipate a military role in that effort. >> the panel is here. john, doing a little leg work. michael beschloss joins us, we are waiting comments from the secretary of state. for viewers wondering, the foggy bottom seems to be running behind schedule, although it is a busy day. we're going to bring you secretary of s...

So there's a disconnect there from what we're hearing from some administration officials and what the president is willing to put american forces, keep them on the ground past the deadline for. >> because what he's saying may be just an admission of what's possible. >> well, i think he's outlining two priorities. the first priority is always to protect american citizens which they clearly had not planned for. i mean, the embassy i know had been planning for every possible contingency, but like i said, they didn't expect the taliban to take over the country so quickly. so this caught them flat ...

Of the united states, the powers that be about what you're experiencing every day, what would you tell them? what would you warn them? >> they need to secure the border. we need boots on the ground. we're seeing an influx of cubans which we have never seen before. we've apprehended 20 cubans themselves. we had to file charges or them for criminal trespass. >> neil: so how do you handle that? you're short-staffed. your men and women are all over the place dealing with migrant minors and adjudicating that. how do you judging this? >> we take it one minute at a time. of course, with the new covid...

I called his businesses. i sent a letter to his home. i tried former spokesmen and never got any response from him whatsoever. i did get a former unnamed spokesperson to talk about part of this, but he was pretty elusive. >> now, archer daniels midland says this wasn't a sweet deal, this wasn't some, you know, special deal for perdue on his way to becoming a trump cabinet secretary who was going to be in a position to do nice things for the company. they say first of all they didn't get any special favors and said it wasn't that great a deal. they describe this as an underperforming asset, esp...