Stage, and even asking joe biden is in itself problematic because the us president made clear he does not want to stay longer. to do so requires him to talk to the taliban, and the taliban have said they do not want to see troops staying longer. yesterday when i asked the prime minister s spokesman what is the point of asking, he said it is entirely right we do everything possible to get as many people out as we can because we are in this situation now, of course, where there are many thousands on the ground in kabul who are scrambling, trying to get to the airport. there was a conversation last night between boris johnson was a conversation last night between borisjohnson and was a conversation last night between boris johnson and joe was a conversation last night between borisjohnson and joe biden. no indications there the us president will look to extend time on the ground. the statement from that was that the leaders talked about ways to get people out after that deadline. we know
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Let s return to our top story. it s expected borisjohnson will ask the us president, joe biden, to delay the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan, when he chairs a virtual meeting of g7 leaders today. we rejoined nowjulia manchester, who s a political reporter for the hill in washington dc. good morning. great to see this morning. first of all, just remind us howjoe biden got this point. we us how joe biden got this point. we saw us howjoe biden got this point. - saw that earlier in the summer, joe biden announced that he would be withdrawing american troops from afghanistan. remember, this was a decision that was initially made, the decision to withdraw, by former president trump during his administration. we saw thejoe biden was following through on this. fast forward to last week and we saw those chaotic images coming out of kabul airport, after the taliban essentially took over the country in just a matter of days, something the