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Efforts, with the taliban now saying they'll block afghans from leaving a top democrat saying it is unlikely the u.s. can get stranded americans and afghans out on time. plus, the secret meeting between the cia director and the taliban. richard engle is back in afghanistan as covid cases explode, the new warning -- the unvaccinated are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized and we're inside one hospital seeing its worst covid surge ever plus the governor warning tourists to stay out of his state to stop the spread the vice president's trip to vietnam delayed for hours after two u.s. diplo...

Longer, president biden is sticking with his self-imposed august 31st deadline for u.s. forces to leave afghanistan. >> we are currently on pace to finish by august 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. >> reporter: it follows a secret meeting monday in afghanistan betwee cia director william burns and a top taliban leader who previously spent eight years in prison after being arrested by the cia. after the meeting the taliban declares the u.s. must leave by the end of the month as promised, threatening consequences if not. the president today saying he's asked for contingency plans to s...

Agrees with it and wants it, transportation project bill hostage to wait until we figure out the social welfare program bill and do them together so that the second one gets out the door. it is bigger, more expensive, and the house moderates who are the majority makers, did not campaign on it. that is why thecentrists are saying if you don't let us get this win, that 70% of americans want, to the president's desk, we will vote against it. the liberals are saying, if you hold this hostage, we won't vote for the transportation bill.

Your arms. that's not the new governance. i think there are questions about what happened with the ci director william burns in his direct meeting with the taliban leader in kabul yesterday in th fact that there was not briefed to the house intelligence committee in intelligence briefing is quite something as well. i don't know what was said, may be that will come out in the coming days, but hopefully the negotiation went well in they can get all these americans out it just doesn't seem like that deadline will be met at. >> one thing for sure commit nobody wants the taliban to dictate our next...

Not going to let any afghans ou of the country who we don't wan to leave the country. the overall question is though lot of people are asking is why is the united states of america going hat in hand to the taliban ? >> exactly, john. we are bag big in the taliban t lead us to evacuate the country. it's gotten to that point it such a showing of weakness. the idea that our cia director has to meet with the taliban to save americans, in the taliban, they are in power now in their responses we are drawing a red line. in their probably going to enforce that redline. we're leading the taliban dictat...