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Unravel this thing. karzai certainly is poking us in the eye. we have to deal with what we are dealing with with karzai. we need to work and try to shape this thing if we want an out come that is a priority to us. if it's not a priority, we need to walk away this evening and let them have their future and wish them the best. we should not be fumbling around and letting karzai call the shots. the diplomats have to step up and solve the problem. >> i want to get the united states reaction. it was a strong reaction. the u.s. embassy called the prisoner release deeply regrettable and said afghanis...

Pakistan. >> whoever the next afghan president is, he is likely to be more reliable than president karzai, and his signature is likely to instill more confidence than would karzai's signature. with two months to go in the presidential campaign, i hope our witnesses will tell us if they agree that the united states and the coalition which we are apart would be better off waiting for karzai's successor to sign the agreement. >> i don't believe president karzai is going to sign it. >> reporter: now there is news out of afghanistan this morning, jenna, t karzai is preparing to release this thursda...

Would prime minister netanyahu potentially have put these talks in jeopardy at this stage? >> well, a lot of what happens around the talks -- i mean, we don't know for sure. a lot of it is posturing for domestic audiences. each side does things and reacts to the other side as part of somewhat of a choreographed dance. i think to some degree, you know, you see the settlement announcement around the same time as the prisoner release. that's probably not a coincidence. john kerry said these announcements were largely unsurprising. it might have been a little more than they were anticipating. i th...

Done there or are we at a stand still? >> reporter: it's a different situation in cairo which is going through a major transition. you couldn't have any idea what's going on if you drive the streets. 90% of americans during the month of july and august is gone because the heat is so intense. the business flow has almost trickled down. the only visitors are the muslim visitors. there's some bottlenecks. there's local students and other arab students looking to get student visa's cleared. businessmen trying to get visa's into the united states for their autumn schedule. it's going to be a comple...

It is going to be extremely difficult on those two issues. but kerry's achieved something and the signs are really quite remarkable. the radio silence around these negotiations is virtually impressive. i tried to get a conference call for the wilson center last week. my friend wouldn't do it because he said he promised secretary kerry he wouldn't talk about this. nobody in israel is talking about it either. that's a testament to kerry's effort and efforts maybe -- maybe -- just the beginnings of an indication of the seriousness of the process. >> kim, this is the most remarkable thing as aaron...