that said the taliban would not give safe harbor to al qaeda as absurd in its face out of the gate? with the death of al zawahiri, what is the status of afghanistan today? overnight, changed what they were and able to do for some degree. al zawahiri was involved in operations and there were messages that he was getting more relaxed about more recent events. you ll see a change because there s a figure head here. but the change to the extent of what they ve been able to do because they haven t been up to much, frankly, over the last years. can any of us remember the last major al qaeda attack that we can think about? so, there s that, certainly. and it points under the taliban, as you mentioned the doha agreements, the sense agreement that the u.s. is desperate to get for itself, the goal to achieve, that afghanistan no longer being a terrorist safe haven. and you can t have much more
absolutely agree. it didn t i didn t i did not notice, or not notice that many times or invoked in mississippi in this moment. you are absolutely right the kind of collapse of radical reconstruction, had everything to do with the ascent, the assault on democratic rights across the south. you think about what happened in north carolina, in the late 19th century, where those little red shirt over, throw a coup that overthrew the government. so your harkening back to that history, actually it points but i want to see this really quickly, there is a sense in which as a professor, i was reading this first hearing as the interim directory paragraph. what they have done is they laid out in some ways the broad architecture of this is what we are going to do. i remember when you were writing papers in high school, in college, the professor was a tell me what you re going to do, then tell me what you did.
that many times or invoked in mississippi in this moment. you are absolutely right the kind of collapse of radical reconstruction, had everything to do with the ascent, the assault on democratic rights across the south. you think about what happened in north carolina, in the late 19th century, where those little red shirt over, throw a coup that overthrew the government. so your harkening back to that history, actually it points but i want to see this really quickly, there is a sense in which as a professor, i was reading this first hearing as the introductory paragraph. what they have done is they laid out in some ways the broad architecture of this is what we are going to do. i remember when you were writing papers in high school, in college, the professor was a tell me what you re going to do, then tell me what you did. so we are getting in this moment are the beginnings of this narrative that draws and connects the dots, that offers details. it is this coherent story that
political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legislation on gun violence. so what s the plan inside the white house right now? how involved will president biden himself be? we re hearing from the president today and asked in the oval office a meeting with the leader of new zealand whether he would meet with mitch mcconnell on gun control measures and he said he will be meeting with members of congress about this. as you noted, the president also said yesterday that he feels as though everybody is becoming in his words more rational. so expressing hope something
leadership is what this is about. individual civil servants will have to reflect upon what choices they made but it s in the context of the culture of number ten and it s the culture of number ten and it s the culture of number ten and it s the culture of number ten which also affect how the civil service is being portrayed, how it s responding to the current situation that they can cut 91,000 jobs. this goes on week in, week out. pare can cut 91,000 jobs. this goes on week in, week out. week in, week out. are you suggesting week in, week out. are you suggesting that week in, week out. are you suggesting that when - week in, week out. are you suggesting that when you l week in, week out. are you i suggesting that when you talk week in, week out. are you - suggesting that when you talk about the culture, are you suggesting that civil servants were led astray by their political masters? i civil servants were led astray by their political masters?- their political masters? i think it