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First, kyrsten sinema is a very junior senator. she's only been around for a few years, and these are -- she's dealing with other people who have been in the senate for sometimes decades. and it's a very different power dynamic in the senate than it is in the house of representatives in terms of how votes are passed and how legislation is made. and another thing to remember about senator krysten sinema is this is the first time in her political career from the very beginning going back to when she was in the state house that she has been in the majority party. so she has always been a minority...

You have a very difficult task. everyone there has a difficult task. we will check in with you. thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. sahil kapur has covering this in real time. i was going to ask one baltimore more question but we had to let her go. here is the problem for the progressives. they care more than the joe manchins of the world. the idea is, well, if we don't get this full package, then we're not going to get the bipartisan bill. i think a lot of people are like, well, okay, fine, then we pass nothing. it's not clear that that's a credible threat to joe manchin and chris con...

Implication in it washington. kevin, my question to you. larry elder the leading republican in this race to replace him said over the weekend if he is elected he would deplace senator dianne feinstein a democrat with a republican. she hasn't said she is going anywhere. couldn't that affect the balance of power in washington? there are higher stakes here. >> you're absolutely right. with the vice-president breaking the tie. larry elder hopes that will happen with dianne feinstein if he is successful with the recall. that would shift the power dynamic in the u.s. senates. you have issues in cali...

The united states of america, not a diplomat, not a general, the top spy on a secret meeting, is that sign of a shift in the tone here when it comes to the severity of the relations and the association with the taliban? >> i think it's a sign that the biden administration wanted to send a senior emissary who wasn't from the state department. because they don't want to signal any diplomatic recognition of the taliban. but nonetheless, bill burns is a former diplomat. he was representing the interest of the biden administration. it is also a stark illustration of how dramatically things have cha...

>> well, now owe, first, it's an extraordinary moment. a man was arrested to help with the cia. spent eight years in prison until the trump administration pressured pakistan to help release him for bill burns, one of america's most experienced diplomats, a career foreign service officer before he came the director of the cia, to travel, look him eye to eye. it's a remarkable moment. it also speaks to the rapid shift in the power dynamics here. let's be honest. in the united states the most powerful country in the world, now the cia director is having to fly into kabul which we expected to be r...