so on tuesday the u.s. secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will face questioning on capitol hill about the military withdrawal from afghanistan. now, since the u.s. exit, the country has seen a swift return to strict and brutal taliban law. a quick warning, the video you re about to see is graphic and may be difficult to watch. so over the weekend, militants put the dead bodies of alleged kidnappers on display in herat. the taliban are even cracking down on barbershops now, banning barbers from shaving men s beards or playing music in helmand province. joining me now is rohan, professor of security studiies n singapore and editor of afghanistan after the western drawdown. good to have you on the show, sir.
infrastructure bill on monday. but on sunday, democrats said that that vote likely would not happen. the house speaker said that she would not bring a bill up for a vote if the votes were not there. and progressives are still saying that they will not vote for that package unless there s agreement on the larger $3.5 trillion spending bill, which moderates have said they will not support in that size and scope. so the president has a long road ahead as he is trying to bring these negotiations together. last week the president hosted lawmakers here at the white house, so we will see whether he decides to do that in the coming days as his domestic agenda is really entering crunch time and one of the most critical stretches of his presidency this coming week. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. for more on this, let s turn to jessica levinson, a professor of law at loyola law school in los angeles. lovely to have you on the show. this is a huge week.
heard nancy pelosi say this week, this week, this week. he can t he can t pull this along for too we can t go too much longer until it looks like a failure either way. jessica levin son, really appreciate you joining us. always great to get your analysis. thanks so much. have a great week. you too. so republican senator tim scott is blaming the democrats for these failed negotiations on police reform, on a police reform bill. there were nationwide protests and calls for greater accountability in policing after the murder of george floyd in minneapolis last year. scott said democrats walked away from negotiations after attempting to defund the police. we have about a billion dollars in grant money that goes to police. when you start saying in order to receive those dollars, you must do a, b, and c, and if you don t do a, b, and c, you literally lose eligibility for the two major pots of money, the burn grants and the cop grants,