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The taliban could be close to naming a new government in afghanistan, perhaps days away, with expectation that the new president will be taliban co-founder mullah abdul baradar. as the taliban cements their control of afghanistan and their hardline religious fundamentalist government takes shape, tens of thousands at risk of violence are still trying to escape the country. joining me is eileen o'connor at the rockefeller foundation and ambassador michael fall, former u.s. ambassador to russia. great to see you. eileen, i think the last time i saw you it was in kabul. >> i think it was. >> inde...

We'll see the motorcade inclu including the beast with the president. we're also waiting for the account of their july phone call. that could be released any minute now. president trump has already admitted he spoke with zelensky about joe biden and his son hunter. hunter biden as you may know served on the board of ukraine's largest private gas company whose owner was investigated for possible corruption. hunter biden was not accused of any wrongdoing in this investigation. joining me now, the former ambassador michael fall. also ted price. it's great to see both of you. ambassador, for any...

Said it couldn't happen, it was no big deal and did nothing about it. when i won it became a big deal and the rigged witch-hunt headed by strzok. he went on, our relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. stupidity. >> coming up on "morning joe", president trump is set to sit down with vladimir putin in half an hour. richard engel has coverage from moscow. >> also joining the conversation, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael fall and senator rich and blumenthal of connecticut. piers morgan on the heels of his interview of his interview with president trump...

You can put it down. >> he's already there, isn't he? >> well, he's there in a certain way. but i'm not there. you have obama there. frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under obama, with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power of nato and all of this. in the meantime, he's going -- he takes crimea. he's sort of, i mean. >> you said you might recognize that. >> i'm going to take a look at it. the people of crimea, from what i've heard, would rather be with russia than where they were. >> so much to talk about with michael fall, former u.s. ambassador to russi...

World, the source said. president trump's support for russia's claim to crimea echos russian president vladimir putin's own words as well as comments trump made on the campaign trail in 2016. >> he's not going into ukraine, okay, just so you inds. he's not going to go into ukraine. you can mark it down. you can put it down. >> he's already there, isn't he? >> well, he's there in a certain way. but i'm not there. you have obama there. frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under obama, with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power of nato and all of this. in the ...