let s go back and just have a look at how we were before this election. we will start with the house. you see that the democrats have a majority, republicans need a net gain of five seats tonight to take control of the house. it sjust gain of five seats tonight to take control of the house. it s just as tight in the senate. there are two independents that vote with the democrats and then the vice president breaks the tie. in a senate, the republican need a net gain ofjust one. let me show you how the electoral college finished in 2020. in light blue here are the key battleground states. so wisconsin, michigan, georgia and arizona. in each of the states tonight, there is a government up for election and with the exception of michigan, there is a senate seat up of michigan, there is a senate seat up for grabs of michigan, there is a senate seat upfor grabs as of michigan, there is a senate seat up for grabs as well. across this map, they have spent over 16, one six billion dollars on t
excuses, and mario draghi said hey, i m done. excuses, and mario draghi said hey. i m done- hey, i m done. francesco, briefly. hey, i m done. francesco, briefly, what hey, i m done. francesco, briefly, what is hey, i m done. francesco, briefly, what is your - hey, i m done. francesco, briefly, what is your gut . briefly, what is your gut feeling about what will happen next because if he does reside eventually because he cannot get everyone on board, italy has got one of the highest government debt piles in the eurozone, ecp is about to increase interest rates, what s your outlook? i increase interest rates, what s your outlook? your outlook? i consider snap elections your outlook? i consider snap elections 2022 your outlook? i consider snap elections 2022 unlikely. - elections 2022 unlikely. because the only available date would be 0ctober because the only available date would be october the second which means by the time you have a government up and running, it s too late,
taliban has to get people out, it s the same leverage the united states and frankly a number of other countries with equities in afghanistan, it s diplomatic. the taliban would like to get a government up and running. to do is that, they re going to need money. they don t have much of. they re broke. they would like to have assets unfroze and loans unfrozen. the united states can play a role in that. they would like the u.n. to help. the united states can play a role in that. you know, that s an arm s length kind of leverage, but it is leverage, and presumably that s what exactly will be applied to whatever government forms there are. there s not a government taliban left to talk to. there are leaders. there will be people the united states talked to and says, look, if you want to be accepted on
there is still an active civil war going on. we ve seen new movements crop up. so it is not as if the taliban even though we all believe they re in the middle of kabul and everything is going smoothly because they re now in charge, they don t have a government up and operational. so it is still a sporty situation everywhere within afghanistan not just in kabul. so trying to say, hey, we have to clear the roads to get people with free access to the kabul neo site, that is going to be challenging. it is going to be difficult. and that is why i said yesterday, before the president did, that i think they would have to extend the opportunity for folks to get out, how long is that going to be extended? i don t know. but i m sure the taliban are going to have a say in that and there is going to have to be some diplomatic back and forth between the u.s. government and the military and the taliban who are patrolling around the and. neo stands for noncombatant
assistance. how does that money help if the government can t handle what s happening in their own country? the money helps keep the government going but the framework, the skeleton that holds that government up is the security forces. and the security forces in afghanistan, just like i ve seen in iraq before, they counted on u.s. air support to come in like a white knight when they were losing ground to the taliban. they are not going to have that anymore. that s why morale has worsened even among special operations ranks. numbers of troops are dwindling. numbers of afghan troops are leaving their posts and going back home and to colonel leighton s point about the fear, the fear of retribution isn t just among afghan translators who work in the military, it s among anyone who worked for