i'm now joined in the studio sandra peters min an expert on of gonna start why is there such a spike in violence right now at this moment i think most of the time we tend to forget that this has been one of the bloodiest was ever in the history and in the past couple of years has seen year by year by year an uptick in. casualties and right now there is a lot going on politically we see presidential elections scheduled for the end of september but we also see a lot happening at the negotiation front and maybe this taken violence is also about leverage at the negotiating table from both sides from both sides but what i was struck by in our report as well is that the u.n. mission in afghanistan came out just recently and released a report saying that most civilians deaths in the 1st half of the year were not caused by taliban were not caused by the islamic state they were caused by afghan forces and the international allies yeah because this is a war without front lines you know this is a war hitting the villages hitting talents so take today if you have a planted roadside bomb that exp

let's bring in w correspondent sandra peters man who's an expert on the region and around the country so tell us we have this uptick in violence at the moment why do you think that is i mean we tend to forget that this continues to be for decades now one of the deadliest conflicts in the woods and right now there is a lot of going on politically you know the complaint for presidential elections has started we're having negotiations at various places in the world between representatives of the taleban government and the u.s. and all of that is leading to this uptick in violence which has never we ceased. we have to say that there are negotiations currently underway between the united states and the taliban and we've also had preliminary talks between the afghan government itself and also the taliban why doesn't this show on the ground the fact that there is this dialogue happening right now i think nobody at this point this willing to compromise too much there has been. no talk about a truce as of yet a truce that would show on the battlefield and i think what they see at the moment is

back to you in new york. >> sandra: peter doocy, thank you.s recently asked about his good friend senator elizabeth warren? watch this. >> what is the thing you admire most about senator elizabeth warren as you get ready to take her on on the debate stage? >> well, senator warren is a friend of mine and i admire the fact that we have worked together over the years on a number of issues. >> anything specific? >> look, we have worked together on a number of issues and she has a very good senator. >> sandra: here now is jeff, senior political advisor to bernie sanders' 2020 campaign. he also served as campaign manager for the 2016 campaign. great to have you on the program tonight, welcome. >> happy to be here. >> sandra: tell us first, what is that relationship and can they maintain that relationship when they are both vying for the same position? >> well, look, this is really a contest about ideas and about who can best lead this country, who can defeat donald trump, who hasn't, with respect to the working class of this country, and the great r

bernie sanders attracts as many people to his events in the early states as anybody, sandra. >> sandra: peterrning. thanks. >> i think it has been very dangerous, reckless policy by the democrats to repeal the 2001, aumf with no replacement to it. every indication i've seen he doesn't want to go with war with iran and why he didn't respond back militarily after they shot down a military asset. he is trying to use a diplomatic route. >> he is saying war with iran is far from imminent and rohany said he is willing to talk if sanctions are lifted and the u.s. returns to the nuclear deal of four years ago. the president said he is willing to meet with iran. how likely is that? jack keane retired four-star general and fox strategic analyst. good morning to you. i'm looking at your piece with lindsey graham you penned for the "wall street journal." when did iran say they are willing to talk? as early as a week ago they said that is not going to happen. >> recent but symptomatic of the strategic offensive that the trump administration is doing with iran. they are politically and economically isolati

sandra. >> sandra: good stuff. peter doocy in des moines for us this morning. >> bill: want to bring in guy benson fox news contributor, host of the guy benson show. good morning to you. let's pick up what joe biden said to steve doocy. he said imagine medicare for all would do essentially. >> i think the vote wrangling for medicare for all single payer healthcare would be awfully difficult considering the house and senate bills would outlaw the private insurance of 180 million people. we were arguing if 5 to 10 million to keep their plans. big promise made and broken. multiply that by a significant factor and you've got a lot more people with skin in the game. i think he is right about the difficulty of getting the votes necessary in congress to pass medicare for all. it's just really striking, bill, watching him make the exact same claim almost verbatim that was as peter doocy pointed out the lie of the year. >> bill: my hunch is -- i don't know what your take is on the back and forth. bring up to speed where you are n

sandra: thank you. very interesting. peterou on "america's newsroom." >> bill: you wanted one word. you got it. democratic candidates on key issues come you saw the last week. are they to extreme fourth mainstream voters? howard kurtz is here to analyze. up next. we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >> sandra: breaking news right now for you. we are just now learning that mike pence has been called back to the white house for an undisclosed emergency. what we know right now is that he was on board air force to win the plane was suddenly diverted. he was headed to an event in new hampshire. that has not been canceled. so

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peter. back with you shortly here. >> sandra: fox news alert now from the mideast. iran reportedly reaching the limit of enriched uranium agreed upon and that deal. back to the remaining pack, falling short of tehram's demands, pressuring the u.s. into easing economic sanctions. iran foreign ministry saying his company so my country will not be forced to negotiate before washington shows respect. >> bill: they confirm that iran, the total stockpile exceeded 300 kilograms, which is a level you need to get to an order to get the enrichment up to a level that they were pursuing. watch the fallout from that coming up shortly. in the meantime, we've got this puritan people are dead after a small plane crash. trying to determine why a twin engine plane crashed into hanger at the airport on sunday morni morning. >> it looks like this clearly reduced power. i didn't know if it was on purpose or not, but then it started to veer to the left, and you could tell it couldn't climb. we looked at each other, and we were like oh, my god, they're going to crash. >> bill: casey stega

. >> jon: peter doocy, thank you. >> sandra: a scary moment at atlanta's airport.ut her son down to print her airline ticket and the boy jump on the conveyor belt and was taken back to the tsa bag room. he would ride along with the luggage until he was thankfully rescued by a tsa agent. the toddler had a bruised and swollen right hand but should be okay. as a parent you can understand how it could happen. you're doing a lot of things, you have a lot of things when you're at the airport. >> jon: the video stopped before he went into the bag x-ray machine. i can't imagine that's good for the human body. powerful x-ray. >> sandra: glad he is okay. >> jon: breaking overnight north korea launches two short range missiles into the sea of japan. we'll discuss the message these tests send to the u.s. less than a month after president trump's historic meeting with kim jong-un at the dmz. >> sandra: house speaker pelosi and alexandria ocasio-cortez set to meet face-to-face. what it could mean for the future of the house democrats next. >> i did feel that singling out on the