a remarkable life. the news continues with don lemon and "don lemon tonight." hello, everyone. here we are. thanks for joining us. this is "done lemon tonight." we have busy developments from everything from afghanistan to covid to a big win for the president on capitol hill. we're going to catch you up on all of it. i want to begin with afghanistan because that's where the pace of evacuations is at an all-time high on a date the president, president joe biden announces he's sticking to his august 31st deadline one week from now. for u.s. troops to leave the country. >> we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. but the completion by august

31st depends upon the taliban continuing to co-operate and allow access to the airport for those transporting out and no disruptions to our operations. >> so here is what the president is saying that the u.s. has helped evacuate more than 70,000 people since august 14th. 12,700 in 24 hours. that is the largest number in a 24-hour period so far. you see the video there. planes leaving kabul about every 45 minutes. but senior administration officials admitting tonight, quote, a lot of deserving afghans the u.s. wanted to help will be left behind. the reality is just not possible to get every single afghan who wants to leave out of the country. the taliban says that the roads to the airport are closed to afghans but open to foreigners. >> every day we're on the ground is another day we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and neinnocent

civilians. >> in the face of this. we don't know how many americans are in afghanistan. the secretary of state antony blinken will have numbers tomorrow. >> tomorrow i've asked secretary blinken to give you an update and detailed report on exactly how many americans are still in afghanistan, how many we got out and what our projection is. >> that is happening as we're learning the cia director secretly met face-to-face with the taliban's defactor leader. the highest level meeting since the taliban took control of kabul. if that name sounds familiar, it is because we have talked about him before. let's remember it was the former guy who secretly planned to meet with the taliban at camp david before the anniversary of 9/11. it was the former guy who signed a peace treaty with the taliban and bragged about his phone call with you guessed it, released

from prison at the request of the former administration, whose secretary of state met with him last fall. and that is who is running the show in afghanistan now. we got news tonight on the p pandemic, the white house making progress grto get more american vaccinated. 6 million shots in the arms. the highest seven-day total in a month and a half. that news coming on the day after the fda gave full aprvl to the pfizer vaccine. those who said they didn't want to get the shot until fully approved, guess what? now you have no more excuses. here is why it's important, the delta variant is spreading and averaging more than 1,000 new covid deaths every single day. hospitalizations tripled over the past month and the number of children testing positive for covid is now at levels not seen since last winter. look, we know why we don't have a handle on this. it is because some people don't

trust the vaccines. but they're willing to try a wacky fake cure they see on right wing media. they don't trust vaccines but take a drug meant for deworming livestock. like the fda says, you are not a horse. you are not a cow. seriously, y'all, stop it. it's because some people won't even wear a mask when it's the best protection for kids too young to get vaccinated. 5 to 11-year-olds are up next for the fda approval for vaccinations but dr. anthony now c -- fauci says that's not likely to happen before mid fall or christmas and we won't get a handle until next spring assuming enough people get vaccinated. >> i would like to appeal to this country to the people in the country who are not vaccinated to realize that we have the capability among ourselves to essentially cut down the time frame to getting the end of this pandemic very,

very clearly by just listening to everything you've heard on this press conference. get vaccinated and the time frame will be truncated dramatically. >> we know why this is happening. we know it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated, people who won't get the vaccine, who won't mask up. what more could anyone do to convince people that even now refuse to do the right thing? people like this guy. >> our children and your children's children will be suffocated. when we asked how many vaccines have you had, have you been a good little nautzi, hail fauci. >> you know what is better for

our children, better than the parents and the mothers who have to give birth to those children. >> yeah, the doctors who gave birth to them. who helped you give birth to them. you know, the pediatricians, doctors you go see when they have an issue, maybe those people know better than you. come on. these people. is there anything anybody can do to convince people who still won't wear a mask no matter what? >> we know what you are. no more masks. >> again, ignorance is, i don't know if it's bliss but it something. people in florida support mask mandates in schools in spite of their anti mask governor. 60% of them in a poll. we have to figure out how to convince people to do the right thing for your own health, for your children's health otherwise we could be living with this permanently. that as on capitol hill president joe biden notched a big win tonight.

the house approving a budget frame work that will pave the way for democrats to spend $3.5 trillion on a sweeping economic package to expand the social safety net a top priority for the president. >> to win the future, we need to take the next step. today the house of representatives did just that. today's vote in the house allowed them to consider my build back better agenda. the bottom view is in my view we're a step closer to investing in the american people and positions for long-term growth and building an america that out competes the rest of the world. >> that vote by the way after a tense night last night after democrats battling democrats that goes to show you everything is negotiable in the biden presidency. and there was another big vote tonight, the house voting 219-212 to pass the john lewis

voting rights act. i talked to the president about that during our cnn town hall last month. >> this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn't read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap -- and so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than pr protecting voting rights, especially for people who fought and died for that? [ applause ] >> no, it's not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s is1 and s 4 and g on my desk to sign it. >> let's hope it. the john lewis act faces an uphill climb. the assault on voting rights across this country is nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next

election if they don't like the results. this is important, people. this is important. not about politics. it's about our most sacred right as americans. the right to vote. a right worth fighting for. pay attention to this one. >> i want to get to kaitlan collins standing as a matter of fact outside the white house for us. good evening. let's talk about the news. president biden going through with his call for -- that he wants to stick with this august 3 1st deadline, withdrawal deadline out of afghanistan and getting as many people out as possible but he started his speech today talking about his agenda back home including infrastructure, including voting rights. does this tell you anything about his thinking? >> don, think he timed those remarks to wait for the house to get through the votes given the drama happening on capitol hill

with the moderates and house speaker pelosi because i think the white house would prefer to focus on moving his agenda. this is what they're having to focus on in large part, what is happening in afghanistan. this started the presidents' day with a briefing with this top national security aide. then the call with world leaders where he did tell them what he repeated this afternoon. he is for now sticking by this august 3 1st deadline a week from today to have all u.s. forces removed from afghanistan. there are really two reasons bewin behind that, don. one is the president believes the longer the u.s. stays there, the higher the threat of a potential terror attack comes and also worry if they do stay past that deadline they've been discussing with the taliban so far, they could lose their cooperation. and don, that is critical to getting americans and afghan allies out of afghanistan so far. making sure the taliban would let them come through the check points to get to the airport and so i do think that is a big factor into the decision the president made, something many in the west wing advocated for.

they did not want to see him extend the deadline despite the pressure from other world leaders and democratic lawmakers that think it's best to extend that deadline. >> i don't want to get past what you said. you mentioned getting the forces out. the first u.s. troops started leaving afghanistan. several hundred leaving today. again, concerns that the situation could get worse as these troops depart, correct? >> right. because essentially, the thinking inside the white house is that the longer we're there, the more we have a potential terrorist attack by isis k or other organizations they have been monitoring for several days now and as the draw down goes on, of course, the number of u.s. forces there gets smaller. that is a concern for the white house, as well because the smaller the forces are, the potential and greater threat they face given there are fewer of them on the ground and so that is something they are going to be watching as this drawdown happens because yes, a few hundred troops did start leaving today but it is going to be more

and more, of course, over the next seven days. there is a period where the evacuations will stop before that 8:31 deadline actually approaches. and that will be really focused on getting the troops out of there and weaponry out of there and machinery out of there. that's a concern for the white house. that is what they're keeping an eye on. you're hearing from lawmakers that went on a secret mission to afghanistan in recent days and they say they do not think this is enough time, even if biden stuck by that normal september 11th deadline he initially set back in april, they don't think that's enough time, don, to actually get everyone out. >> yeah, i'm not being rude but as you're speaking, i'm looking down. i understand you have reporting as well as our white house colleagues on the president has been briefed today on the findings of the covid-19 origins. what do you know about that? >> reporter: yeah, this is a 90-day review the president ordered in may. a major question everyone has in several countries across the

globe is how this pandemic started and what led to this? there had been essentially a split in the intelligence community over whether or not it could have been a possible lab leak, something that you've seen pushed by several people of the former administration or if it was something that jumped from animals to humans and that is how it spread, of course and became the pandemic we're still living with to this day. this 90-day review is completed and president biden received a classified briefing. the public has to wait to get the results because the in intelligence community has to prepare an unclassified documents and have not ef brooed l -- briefed lawmakers yet. don, we should note cnn we've been reporting for several weeks, they're not expected to break a lot of ground or have this report come out and find out all the answers behind this pandemic but president biden we were told was frustrated they didn't have better or solid answers what led to this and that's why he directed the intelligence community to look

into it. i think the thinking is the further away you get from the pandemic, the more you've seen the chinese government shield facts around what started here and how this began, the harder it is to find out how all of this got started. >> as you can see, caitlyn collins and colleagues at the white house president biden has been briefed on the covid-19 origins. the white house is colorful behind you. what is going on? >> reporter: it's for the para l par p p paralympics. >> we'll continue to update you on the breaking news. time is running out in afghanistan as we know. more than 70,000 people evacuated in ten days with the world watching. daddy printed out my permission slip, right? steven? (dramatic opera music) do you suffer from cartridge conniptions?

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president biden deciding not to extend the august 31st deadline from withdrawing from afghanistan. the president siting a major security risk that grows bigger every single day u.s. troops remain on the ground there.

he says that he asked for a contingency plans in case forces need to remain in the country longer. evacuations have been rapidly increasing but many americans and afghan allies are still desperately trying to get out. joining me now the former defense secretary william cohen. secretary, thank you so much. appreciate you joining us. let's start by talking about the president holdiing steady on tht deadline of withdrawal a couple days, august 31st, one week left. is it the right call? >> don, time will tell on this for sure, but i have to say i have mixed emotions today. i'm profoundly grateful to our military and i want everybody watching here or anywhere in the world to look at that military to see what we're capable of, to see the kind of capability, the individual soldiers, marines and others have going from humanitarians to peace keepers to waroarriors and diplomats wrapped in one.

we have to be enormously grateful to the job they're doing with the state department personnel who are processing these visas at an incredible speed under the circumstances and at risk to their lives, as well. i am depressed to see that there are going to be many people that won't get to the airport, that the taliban has said shutting down the avenues or the access to the airport, that means fewer people will be getting on those planes. and that's something we have to recognize that not everybody that supported us will get out even though we have a moral obligation for them to get out and i go back and look for parallels in time and i was thinking of back in 1959, the french finally recognized algeria independence after having as many as 500,000 troops in this country at sometime and time to recognize the independence of algeria and many advisors said but we've shed so

much blood and nagal said blood tries quickly. that's something we have to contend with and comprehend. will the blood of those who have sacrificed, all of the veterans who have been in afghanistan who have lost friends and lost limbs and all that they've given, will they forget this? will there be a moral amnesia? i don't think so. i think anybody who has been there will not forget, but you get to be president, you have to decide. i've been on both sides of this issue having served in congress and saying here is my recommendation, mr. president and then been in the cabinet and says the president has to decide, congress doesn't really make the decision the president makes. he's made it and we'll have to see how it unfolds. >> let me say this. because i think that there is no denying that getting more than 70,000 people evacuated in ten days, that is remarkable. it was a rough beginning, no doubt. you saw the pictures.

just -- what is your view of a successful threshold for these evacuations and part two of that question, is it really realistic to think that america can or should -- maybe they should be but can get every single person out of afghanistan who wants to leave, is that realistic? >> i don't think so. i don't think it's possible. although we've seen in the past ten days something that was seen as being disastrous go to something remarkable. so anything is possible and nothing is inevitable until it happens. but nonetheless, i think trying to get everyone, every american to be sure but everyone whose supported us and worked with us, identify them and have them get through the check point to get on the planes and get out will be virtually impossible but we'll have to wait and see on that. >> was that realistic even to get everyone out?

>> i don't think it realistic. i think that's what president biden tried to lay the foundation and say we'll do our best. first come the americans and then come those in line with the proper identification visa and help and i think that's all that's going to be accomplished and some will be left behind and the question is will that blood dry quickly? there are people who will lose their lives. now, we have some leverage over the taliban. we have economic leverage and by the way, with the cia director having gone over there, it will be interesting to find what the nature of his conversations were -- >> let me play this because you're responding to it. what the secretary is talking about william burns met with the taliban in kabul on monday. the taliban set a red line on delaying the withdrawal and this is what the pentagon spokesperson john kirby was asked today and we'll get the secretary's response. >> the public statements by the taliban the same as the private statements being made to u.s.

officials about the deadline and when u.s. should leave? >> what i can tell you is that the taliban have been very clear about what their expectations are, as well. >> what the public and private statements are the same? >> without getting into details, i'm not seeing much dissonance. >> you were speaking about that issue. taliban calling the shots here, please go on, sorry for interrupting but i wanted to play that for you. >> they are calling the shots but we have some leverage with them. after we leave we'll certainly have an intelligence capability, not as great as it has been but nonetheless, i won't predict this but speculate about it. the taliban may be calling upon our intelligence services to help save them from isis k and from alibi da. they will be in trouble economically and i think they will be assaulted from the extremist groups more extreme than them. they will have to fight that war, as well.

i think the cia director was probably sending a message about what our capabilities are, what our expectations are and what will happen in the event that they don't abide by the agreement to date and don't give us a little leeway after august 31st. i don't know that but i'm delighted that the director burns went there, opened the line of communication and better that comes from the cia than the state department. that would give them too much legitimacy and we're not ready, not prepared to do that at this point, if ever. a lot will depend upon how they behiave in the next week, month and year before we have a formal recognition, if any. >> secretary, the trump administration helped release the taliban leader from prison. trump spoke with him on the phone in march of 2020 after making a deal with the taliban. did all this give the taliban more clout than we marge bargai for? >> i think it absolutely did.

the former president said and boasted on television at a rally, i boxed in the military. i boxed in biden. i did that deliberately so he would have little move or they would have little room for maneuver and so president biden comes in. he has little room for maneuver but extended it somewhat. people can argue whether he should have extended a lot further at that point but nonetheless, i think he's pretty much boxed in as the former president put him in that box to begin with. i want to come back to this. this is not something that, say, political decision on the part of president obama biden in the sense of it being partisan or political in motivation. this is philosophical for him. he's absolutely opposed to our continued presence in afghanistan and was opposed, i think, pretty close to the beginning once he saw that we expanded the mission to nation building. i've said this on this network. if you're going to engage in nation building and a foreign

country, you better be prepared to be there not 20 years but 40 and 50 and maybe even 100 years to try to change the culture. we're still trying to change the culture here in this country and the notion that a foreign occupation force could come in and try and change our culture in a 20-year period is pretty ridiculous. we have to get a little more conscious of cultural sensitivity, a little more cultural intelligence as our generals have said in the past. we're not aware of the triable nature of afghanistan. we weren't aware of it. we shouldn't take it into consideration. we thought we could actually in a 20-year period build something resembling a western sityle democracy. almost impossible to concede. i hope we've learned this lesson again we have to have a real focused mission and not expand that mission beyond our capabilities and if we're going to do that, do it from the outset saying we'll be there a

long time and we'll spend more and more money and risk more and more lives. but i don't think the american people want that. i think it's again a philosophical decision more than a political or partisan one and we'll have to see how it unfolds for the president. he made the decision. we'll have to live with it as best we can. i think a lot of people will suffer as a result. i think the afghan people will suffer. i think the women certainly are go going to suffer, we'll have to see if we have leverage to persuade them and maybe they learned to see their society changed at least in the urban areas and where the society now having access to technology. i don't know the answer to that. i don't think anybody knows but we're in a position like a python squeezed them economically and diplomatically and ultimately from an intelligence point of view certainly not bringing any assets to bear that might help them in the future that they may need. one final thing, we haven't talked about covid. we talked about covid here in the united states.

we haven't talked about covid in afghanistan. i don't know how many coming in, i hope they're all being checked for covid in our country but if covid is spreading in afghanistan, they won't be able to carry on as a society if they are dying. we have some leverage to be sure, some help to be sure they're going to need in order to survive as a functioning government. and we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. >> we're smarter for having spoken with you as we always are. thank you, secretary cohhcohen. appreciate it. dealing with a pandemic, evacuating afghanistan and making huge multi trillion dollar deals in congress. we'll look at president biden's strategy for them all after this. outs doesn't have to be harsh on your sensitive skin. new cetaphil gentle clear contains balanced formulas that gently clear breakouts and soothe sensitive skin. cetaphil. complete acne care for sensitive skin. now in the acne aisle.

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the cia director williams burns meeting face-to-face with the top taliban leader in afghanistan. the highest level direct exchange between the biden administration and the militant group since the fall of kabul and another example of the president using powers to negotiate. the president's negotiation on display at home with the passage of key parts of his agenda in the house. will this meet in the middle strategy pay off for the president? time to talk about it. evan, author of "joe biden the life, the run and what matters now." evan, good evening. thanks for joining us.

let start by taking a step back. yes, there is -- we have a crisis in afghanistan but administration evacuated tens of thousands in just days. the battle against covid and getting vaccines out in higher numbers. now with fd aapp approval while battling a right wing that is -- the right wing's main strategy is to seek and destroy. what under lies all of this for president biden? >> you know, at the core of it, don, is this idea that has been with him for 50 years as long as he's been going into politics is this idea that scorched earth is generally not the answer. usually, if ever possible he wants to try to get around the table, get across from the table, and as he will tell you, i don't get to choose who i sit across the table from on any given issue. i have to contend with the realities presented sending his cia director bill burns is a classic example. we have someone seasoned

intelligence customer consumer known to the governor, head of the intelligence community going over there sitting down with the taliban. this is not two sides saying what can we give each other? this is as much information gathering and him saying to them in no uncertain terms we have something that we both want. as strange as it sounds, don, the united states and taliban in this moment share one goal, which is that both of them want the united states out of the country. obviously, the schedules are different. they have different details in mind but what he is trying to signal to the taliban here is instead of us talking about the ten things that we don't agree on, let's talk about the one thing we do agree on and figure out a way so that we can get out of here on the schedule we've identified. that, the chance to sort of get there and actually get in the room and do it we'll see he is not putting too much faith in the taliban as he said to us today, we will judge them by their actions.

but this was getting in the room and sitting across from the table and figuring out what in fact is the point of common ground and can we meet it? >> are you suggesting by action but one phrase again in your conversations with the president is quote getting in the deal. is that his motto? >> yeah, it really is. it's been one of his basic principles going back to when he first ran for office in 1972 running for the senate. he rep sresented the state of delaware. very much a place of the south and of the north. it was very much split politically. he had to figure out a way to sit down at the table. that's how he sometimes found himself sitting down and making deals with people he disagreed with on everything else. if we allow those things to get in the way, we can never make a deal on anything. >> i asked before, is this meet in the middle strategy working? is it working, evan? >> well, on some things it may and some things it won't.

take for example what is happening in congress this week. what we just saw today was a tentative step forward for his build back better plan as we all know how he calls it, which is in order to get not just physical infrastructure but child care investments and soft infrastructure in place, you had to figure out a way to get multiple players to sit down. mike who is one of the president's top advisors once said to me he feels the president feels as if washington negotiates upside down and negotiate on what they disagree with first before they can get into agreement. so these things are not over the goal line yet. the united states is deeply and very seriously still engaged in afghanistan. this is the hardest problem he's faced since coming into office and yet to accomplish these infrastructure plans but further a long in that process that i think people might have assumed at the outset. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. see you soon.

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dr. anthony fauci saying the u.s. could get the covid-19 pandemic under control by next spring, if more americans get vaccinated. but tens of millions are choosing not to and loudly fighting mask mandates especially in schools. why are so many americans opposed to measures to stop the spread of covid. i want to bring in david gram who has a new piece with possible answers. good evening. welcome. thanks for joining us. david, you write this, you say the best way to think about the republican opposition to covid-19 precautions might be as

another manifestation of the surging feeling in the american conservative movement it represents an embattled minority that needs to use the power of government to defend its independence. why is the right so angry? >> i think they're angry because they see on a lot of fronts they're losing and this is one. you know, most americans support mask mandates in schools, even in public places. they support vaccine mandates on the job. they are mostly vaccinated but there is a loud minority not vaccinated and they are angry people are telling them to get vaccinated. they don't want to be told what to do by whoever it is and they're fighting back. >> i spoke to a parent this month who was harassed after speaking in favor of masks at a school board meeting in tennessee. here is what he told me. >> all of the school board mentioned this that they've received hundreds if not thousands of emails the last several weeks about this issue. better than 70% in favor of a mask mandate. in the room the other night, the

parents are screaming take a vote. we'll put it to a vote. we're the majority. we're the majority. screaming. yeah, they were the majority in that room because most of the parents are too scared or unable to go to a meeting like that where quite frankly, probably was a superspreader event. >> so he is echoing what you say about this noisy minority. you say the gap between what the public overall wants and what it's noisiest members demand in opposition is not new. so is there any recourse? >> yeah, i mean, even looking back in last summer and last spring we saw most americans supported social distancing and supported closures of businesses and supported these things but you have republican governors fighting back. the question is, what recourse is there in this system? we see is sometimes minorities are able to hold power. that's true when you see parents railroading school boards and the filibuster blocking legislation in the senate across the board the system gives power

to the minority. it's important to recognize where they are in the minority and point out most americans support these things. >> yeah. i want you to look at this polling in florida. 60% of residents support requiring students, teacher and staff to wear masks in schools. so what does it say about governor ron desantis leading the charge against these mandates? >> well, i think it says that desantis has a keen political nose among other things. we see republicans upset they're being told what to do. upset at being bossed around they feel by people and so you see desantis picking up that banner. he knows voters will respond to that in a tiff with the associated press. he sees an opportunity to be seen as standing up for penal a -- people and knows that is powe potent in today's gop. >> my colleague went to a trump rally. this is what we heard from some

supporters. >> no, not getting that vaccine, no, no, no, no. them vaccines are not good, hundred. >> reporter: are you vaccinated? >> no, but i have a lot of hydroxychloroquine at my house. >> have you got your vaccine? >> nope, don't watt it. >> reporter: why? >> they ain't tested it enough in my opinion. >> i don't trust the government. i don't trust cdc. i don't trust none of them. >> that woman at the end saying i don't trust the government. i don't trust cdc. i don't trust none of them. you point out that the resistance to precautions isn't really anti-government sentiment when enforcing bans on mask mandates and vaccine requirements often requires the government. we see that in texas and florida. >> that's right. what these people are doing is not reducing government. what they're doing is using the force of government on somebody else. for example, punishing businesses that want to institute vaccine mandates in their private business so they don't have to be exposed to people unvaccinated.

that's what we used to see from the republican party. this isn't small government. it's red tape for thee not for me. >> be well. enjoy the peace. see you soon. we'll have you back. so, unruly behavior doesn't fly. that's the faa's message with thousands of people being cited for ugly, i guess you can say ugly behavior. gets worse than that on planes. what's going on? we'll look into it next.

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the faa is out for with a new message. unruly behavior does not fly and it's slapping the passengers with steep fines. >> reporter: thousands of ugly, unruly passenger incidents reported just this year are putting not only flight attendants a danger. >> we have a disruptive customer in the back. >> reporter: and are distracting pilots. >> you know ruly passenger we need to get off the airplane. do you have authorities on the ground? >> yeah. >> reporter: the just released video shows transmissions between flight crews and air traffic control when confronted with issues that have climbed to in tolerable levels. 3/4 have involved the mask mandate and many passengers drinking alcohol illegally brute

on board. >> by law, you must follow all instructions from the flight attendants. >> reporter: they have been turning to kids to send the message. >> they should know better if they are like adults. >> it's a very serious moment. >> reporter: manner airlines captain of the allied pilots association said flight crews are tired of distractions and abuse. the faa fined one passenger $45,000 after he was accused of throwing his luggages, grabbing a flight attendant and putting his head up her skirt. >> this is not just creating havoc and panic in the space they live n they are spreading that out throughout the plane and distracting the pilots. >> reporter: the faa has slapped a total of more than a million dollars in fines on unruly

passengers this year. that sis all, it cannot bring criminal charges. and they are asking to involve the federal government, and prison time would be able to treat this. >> the president said we will be out of afghanistan in a week. stay with us .

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president joe biden saying tonight that the united states is on pace to finish the evacuation mission by the august 31st deadline as long as the taliban cooperates. he will have other actions available if adjustedments need to be made. the sooner the u.s. can finish the mission, the better because of increasing threats of attacks by isis terrorists. also, tonight the taliban

moving to block any more affghas from leaving the country. two big wins tonight at home for the president's agenda on capitol hill. gentlemen, so happy to have you, good evening to both of you. it's the top of the hour, we are glad you are here. so two big wins for the biden administration. the house voting to move forward on the massive $3.5 trillion budget and the john lewis voting rights act and the president talking about the economic plan before the afghanistan announcement. does this show you where he thinks americans are focusing? >> it's not only with where he thinks americans are focused, will be focused, it's what he thinks will be the best way he has to counter some of the political damage that has,