and then the many repercussions for china-u.s. relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a new low? also justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills the leader of al qaeda once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair raising crisis that could spill into military conflict, and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china. one that has been carefully managed for five decades. and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st century s two most p
this big problem of 60,000 isis related women and children in refugee camps and another 10,000 isis fighters in prison. the turks keep threatening to invade that part of northeastern syria, and the u.s. government has repeatedly said they re very opposed to that, because this would distract from the kurds keeping these camps open. so isis hasn t gone away. what threat they pose to the west is limited either in terms of inspiration or in terms of people going to get training, or in terms of their ability to carry out an attack in the west. that said, it can change. if the turks invade northeast syria and these prisons and camps are disbursed, they can regenerate the caliphate that was destroyed. peter bergen, always a pleasure to get your insights.
but last year, the nfl and nfl pa came together because we both have a vested interest in games being played. the same rule did apply last year. if there was a cancellation, neither team would get paychecks. according to the nfl reporting, the nfl is reporting that 78% of players have gotten at least one shot. you re saying 75% vaccinated. one shot is not fully vaccinated. do you know if it s 75% of players fully vaccinated? i don t know exactly if they re fully vaccinated, but i do know by a fact that 75% to 78% of them have started that process. the point is that as camps open and, again, camps are opening already. quarterbacks are already reporting. in the next couple weeks, everybody will be there. players are starting to do this. what the nfl is doing as always and you know this is not only exercising control over players but also sending messages to tv contracts, to big
we played an entire season but the same rule did apply last year. if there was a cancellation, neither team would get paychecks. according to the nfl reporting, the nfl is reporting that 78% of players have gotten at least one shot. you re saying 75 vaccinated. one shot is not fully vaccinated. so is it do you know if it s 75% of players fully vaccinated? i don t know exactly if they re fully vaccinated. but i do know by a fact that 75 to 78% of them have started that process. but the point is that as camps open, and again, camps are opening already, quarterbacks are already reporting in the next couple of weeks. everybody will be there. players are starting to do this. what the nfl is doing, as always, and you know this, is not only exercising control over players, but also sending a message to tv contracts, to big media, to sponsors, that we re going to have this season because there was a lot of uncertainty last year and as this money starts to come in, they want to be assured
well, if you read this decision that came down late friday night, some are arguing no. but what are you going to do? you got new draftees, camps open. are 13 owners really going to shut down camp for this small window? the fact is that judge nelson, who is the trial judge in minnesota, wrote actually two opinions, about 110 opinions brilliantly written. this emergency procedure, fredricka, is used like they re going to put somebody to death. it is so perverse, so wrong, that it will be very short lived. the bottom line is it forces everybody to get to the bargaining table. they have to get this thing resolved. you can hear this every friday beginning at noon eastern time. a return of taliban fighting overseas in afghanistan. we re getting a report today of child suicide bombers. here s the question. just how long has the u.s. military been in afghanistan?