, and, frankly, i got along with him great but i also told him first just like i got along with kim jong-un if it wasn't for me you would have been in nuclear war with kim jong-un, obama expected it okay he said there is no way you are going to stop it, i said have you called him? have you spoken to him. >> no i haven't, you are going to war you never spoke to him? let me till maria great -- kim jong-un stopped nuclear war no problems now didn't like biden here we go again biden is not going to be able to handle it. he is too smart. >> we are about 20 years from september 11, amazing 20 years i was there you were there we watched this fatal attack the worst on our country, are we safer today or less safe going into this 20-year anniversary of 9/11? >> we'll now you are less safe, because what happened is there is no respect for our country, biden in six months has destroyed the respect. you know. the border is incompetent totally incompetent we had strongest border now weakest border drugs pouring in people pouring in unchecked all you had to do was go to beach don't do anything we had best

and you know who he looked so bad in front of his russia and china and kim jong un, north korea, and the european union, they are laughing at us. they had a horrible meeting with the g7 the other day. they went out and they were going wild. you saw what happened in parliament, british parliament, where statements were made about our country and about our president, nobody has ever spoken about our country or our president the way they did in parliament. it is so embarrassing. but the embarrassment is the least of it. there is great danger right now. they have unbelievable weapons. i have people, as i said, that broke away because they weren't -- because the taliban wasn't mean enough and vicious enough. and that is the new isis-x, where they broke away, or isis-k, they have isis-x pretty soon, which is going to be worse than isis-k. now, it is a very sad day for or country, and there are things we can do, but just not things that we want to talk about right now. you know, when biden got up and talked about, we are leaving, we are leaving, so fast, we are leaving, we have no choice, b

north korean leader kim jong-un has reportedly lost 44 pounds.eah, he did it by using p-90-execution. [ laughter ] if he's anything like my friends who have lost 44 pounds, he's about to write an anonymous post on facebook about his "weight loss journey." [ laughter ] this report on kim jong-un came from south korean spies. yeah. what kinds of spies are these? "uh, no new information on crimes against humanity, but kim's waist is snatched as hell." [ laughter ] [ applause ] in sports news, the tampa bay lightning won their second stanley cup in a row last night. [ cheers and applause ] yeah! did you watch the game? >> guillermo: no, i didn't, i didn't, yeah. sorry, sorry. [ laughter ] >> wanda: all right. and to celebrate, coors light did something unusual. after the game, they scraped the ice off the rink and made it into a commemorative beer. that you can actually drink! yeah. and if you're extra lucky, you might even find a tooth! [ laughter ] like a pearl in an oyster. that's not all. that's not all. did you see what the nba is doing? they ra

that is what we are watching, because in the last few months kim jong-un has said his country is sufferinga food crisis. this is in part caused by a series of natural disasters last year. they had successive typhoons and then a really heavy monsoon season. they also have problems because they closed down their border completely with china, shutting off trade with their main ally. that has made very little food and very little innocent -- that has mean very little food and medicine has made it across the border and it is clear that the situation is becoming serious. nada: the tokyo olympics opened with a ceremony which featured two mixed japanese athletes and very high roads stashed rules, rui hachimura naomi osaka. many saw as a watershed moment in the way japan views its growing multiethnic population but it also set off an intense debate. our tokyo correspondent has this report. reporter: it was the crowning moment of the opening ceremony and a big surprise. to japan's most famous mixed-race athletes given -- two of japan's most famous mixed-race athletes giving the honor of letting the

country and our country's history, the military defeat that the psychological defeat, russia, china, kim jong un, north korea, everybody, they're all watching the disaster and laughing at us. maria: we will hear from house for a relations member and army veteran wounded in afghanistan brian is here, he is calling for president biden to resign over this debacle. but first let's take a look back at the newsmakers on "mornings with maria" this week. watch. ♪. maria: what went wrong with president biden's plan. >> the transition team is now probably thinking we should look to president trump's defense department plan for the security of afghanistan that is not a political issue is the safety of americans. maria: will you be able to deliver this in time and what about the shortages in part, what has that done. >> it certainly been a very fluent situation with the semi conductor shortages that we've had across the industry, this is a 22 model year vehicle and it'll come to the dealers in the first part of next year the first quarter and we do see the situation getting better and approving. maria: give

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that happened a few months after this meeting between north korean leader kim jong un and the then uset's go to seoul in neighbouring south korea. laura bicker picks up the story. injanuary in january this year, injanuary this year, kim jong—un promised he would update his nuclear arsenal. militarised warheads and even make a super large hydrogen bomb, but there has been no activity. however, now, that activity. however, now, that activity has started. something has changed. i think it's worth noting that within the last few months, north korea has been extremely quiet, focusing on domestic issues. they're dealing with a deepening crisis and widespread food shortages, which the regime openly admits. since president biden has taken office, he has said he's willing to talk to north korea, but north korea hasn't exactly been a policy priority. this action here might be a way that pyongyang is signalling it wants to move further to the top of washington's to do list. china is limiting the amount of time young people can game online a week to three hours. the government says this is to pro

kim jong—un has said his country is suffering from a food crisis.e typhoons and a really heavy monsoon season that wiped out much of last year's vital harvest. they've also got problems because they closed down their border completely with china, shutting off trade with their main ally. that has meant very little food, very little medicine has made it across the border. we are watching the situation very carefully, the united nations has said that the country is down 860,000 tonnes of food. that is about a couple of month's worth. what we are looking to see is how bad the to see is how bad the next few weeks are. let's catch up now with the day's events at the olympics. and it's been all action on the track late into the evening with the final of the women's four by 100 relay — and favourites jamaica taking gold, usa the silver and team gb the bronze medal in a truly dramatic race. and then it was the men's turn — and a very tight finish saw the italian four by 100 relay team take the gold. they were just a fraction of a second ahead of team gb for

kim jong-un's sister has ratcheted up north korea's campaign to hold south korean u.s.t week. the state news reports she said "a dear price should be paid by south korea and the u.s. for their self-destructive behavior." this all as she says they seek to downside or delay the drills to keep the risks on pyongyang on track. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quin. this is bloomberg. haidi: asian infrastructure stocks are trading higher. the u.s. senate passed a $550 billion infrastructure bill expected to still demand. let's bring in vivek dhar. we are seeing some of the usual suspects. the steelmakers seeing a bit of a lift. how much of it has been priced in, and how much of it foll -- how much of the follow-through benefit do you see frazier? >> it is an interesting question. you look at a bill, $550 billion in additional spending, how much of it will actually go to output? looking at what component of the u.s. fixed index goes into the space, it is

kim jong-un's sister says planned joint military exercises between south korea and the u.s.n a statement, she says pyongyang will watch to see if the south goes ahead. the two sides leaders released statements calling for reconciliation. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. haslinda: let's get back to markets where we are off to a positive start. china back in focus. let's bring in a manager at vickers. we have the likes of goldman saying china is unvested, it is too dangerous -- on investable -- uninvestable, it is too dangerous. >> that kind of a blanket statement does not phase us because we look across market caps, across sectors. big tech outlook, we talked about this, the collision between regulators and corporate was going to weigh on markets this year. i think in health care, there is plenty of opportunity. in the manufacturing sector there is plenty of opportunity. we can talk about that or about something else. >> do you want exposure in t

kim jong-un reportedly says they plan -- the planned joint exercises with south korea and the u.s. will cloud things. they will closely watch to see if they go ahead with the drills. a statement last week called for reconciliation on the peninsula. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, the latest on the tokyo olympics as it enters the final week of competition. up next, the vice chairman of 1879 advisor shares his view on u.s. stimulus and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: six weeks of negotiations wrapped up on sunday with a $515 billion infrastructure package they hope to put to a vote and pass this week. kathleen hays joins us with the latest. what is in it? kathleen: they are going to have to read fast if they want to make any amendments. it has traditional infrastructure spending and everybody knows it goes beyond roads and bridges. chuck schumer, who is one of the leading democrats in this bipartisan group who hammered

kim jong-un's sister said the plan to hold allied exercises undermined efforts to restore ties.he biggest acquisition ever for square, led by twitter founder jack dorsey, paying $29 billion for an australian by now, pay later company. simone biles will return to competition at the tokyo olympics. the american gymnastics star withdrew from most of her events because of mental health issues. she will compete in the balance being final tomorrow. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> by this evening, hopefully we can start the process. we should finish up by thursday, i hope. >> you think it will pass? >> i do. when you see chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell voting for the same thing, it is something beautiful. jonathan: senator joe manchin speaking to cnn over the weekend. good morning, alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i am jonathan ferro. into the bond market, yields unchanged on the session so far. the euro is stronger and the

kim jong-un's sister says the plan to hold -- global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloomberg quicktaked by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. matt: this is bloomberg markets. i'm matt miller. let's get a quick check on the major averages right now. we had seen bigger gains earlier. still looking at green on the screen. it had been a gain of more than have a percent. about two hours ago. then we got thighs and manufacturing members and then those numbers came off. the 10-year yield at 1.17. it has been all over the map so to speak. the dollar index is down by just .1%. nymex crude and brent have been showing some losses today. nymex is down more than 3.5%. time for our stock of the hour. global payments had a beat and raise quarter, but chairs are getting hammered as analysts question where the gains came from. today wilson has a deeper look. dave: you are talking about one of the biggest payment companies around. in terms of their latest quarter, numbers look fine. second quarter average revenue beating estimates, but the

. ♪ >> petroleum, helping the kim jong-un regime adding to its stockpile of material needed to make nucleareapons and the reactor is used to churn out roughly enough for one atomic bomb in recent years with uranium enrichment or nuclear warheads. china, regulators are cracking down on the games industry. minors limited to three hours per week, aimed at curbing excessive indulgence and games and assisting mental health. toyota with record demands from july for suv's and hybrid. the japanese automaker making deliveries by 16% from one year earlier. due to the parts shortages. global news, 24 hours per day on bloomberg quicktake. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> as soon the storm passes, we are going to put this, but the countries full might hind the rescue and recovery in a be here to help the gulf region and get back out there as ugly as possible, long as it takes. tom: the president managing the message over the weekend with important meetings at the white house today and all having a collective mystery of a deadline of august already first, tomorrow. that comes closer in kabul as well. taylor riggs

president trump visited the region several times to meet with kim jong-un.o singapore, to vietnam. but beyond that, was not terribly engaged with southeast asia itself. that is something the biden administration is really trying to address now. manus: thank you very much. bruce einhorn, the latest on kamala harris and her trip to singapore and asia. let's get the first word news. >> thanks. sweden's prime minister is to step down in november after seven years in power. his unexpected announcement in a speech on sunday could open the way for the finance minister to become the country's first female leader. bloomberg has learned janet yellen has told senior white house advisers she supports reappointing jerome powell as federal reserve chairman. the white house has been casting a wide net for possible candidates. powell's four-year term is set to end in february. the u.s. treasury secretary's backing would increase powell's chance of reappointment. lg camp shares have tumbled the most after general motors recalled its electric vehicle for the first time in nin

he has the wherewithal to do it or mental capacity, let's give trump credit, he reached out to kim jong-un basis of leadership but he was also very strong when he talked to him, he was willing to walk away from a deal. they are not licking their chops, they are saying i've taken the measure of this guy, he does not measure up. we should be concerned about that as our commander and chief. mark: you know, you mentioned president trump. we didn't lose an inch of anything. >> no. mark: under president trump, he was attacked. for his the way he managed his foreign policy and so forth, we never gave an inch to iran, he was crushing iran economically, never gave an inch to north korea. even though he engaged in talking with them could we surrendered nothing, we never gave an inch to anyone on any front, he shut off russian pipeline that biden game back to the russia an, and imposed toughest sanction on the old oligarchs with respect to the domestic affairs he secured border, he understands that terrorists come across the bored etoday, terrorists are more numerous probably more vigorous than befor

. >> let's give trump to credit, he reached out, he reached out to kim jong-un, he was strong when we seess that as well in russia, they are not lick their chops, but saying i've taken the measure of this guy, he does not measure up, we should be concerned about that. mark: you know, you mentioned president trump. we didn't lose an inch of anything. >> no. >> under president trump. high was attacked. for his way high managed his fore -- he managed his foreign policy, g we never gave an incho iran, high was crushing iran economically or an inch to north korea, he did talk with them, we surrendered nothing. we never gave an inch to anyone on any front, high shut off russian pipeline. that biden game back to the russians, he imposed toughest sanctions to the oligarchs that any president in my lifetime with and respect to domestic affairs he secured border, he understands among other things that terrorists can come across the border, today the terrorists are more numerous probably more vigorous than before. the borderr is wide open. general thank you for your service, your y family's serv

what trump tried to do is convince kim jong un we are not interested in defeating you, we just want you out of our lives. could you argue that this is what joe biden is doing? north korea is so there about the physical tension has decreased. because trump basically said, we are not interested. is that what joe is doing with afghanistan? >> jesse: we won't have hostages in north korea for the rest of joe biden's term. that was an official retort to your artificial stance, joe biden chose a hostage crisis. he thought that was the best option, he said, we are not going to extend the deadline, not going to do search and rescue, it's going to dog joe biden for the rest of his term. jimmy carter only had a year of a hostage crisis, joe biden connect three years of a hostage crisis. i don't see how he survives this, is this the costliest military blunder in united states history? pearl harbor destroyed the pacific, i don't know if you adjust that for inflation if that matches the $82 billion in u.s. hardware we give to the taliban. the most embarrassing, custer's last stand, little big horn, b

kim jong-un's sister has ratcheted up pyongyang's campaign to hold -- to halt a military exercises.he state news reports she said a dear price should be paid by south korea and the u.s. further quote self-destructive behavior. that as seoul may downgrade the patrols. a last-ditch effort for a canadian court to reject an extradition request. she has been fighting extradition since her arrest in vancouver two and a half years ago. u.s. prosecutors claim she lied to hsbc about huawei's operations in iran. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: here in new york, andrew cuomo has resigned as governor and apologized to the 11 women the attorney general said cuomo sexually harassed. he called the report falls but said his decision to leave was in the best interest of the people of new york. kathy hochul will take over the office in 14 days, becoming the first female governor of new york. quite the downfall for somebody who was at one point though

resumed operations at its plutonium producing nuclear reactor in recent months that could help kim jong-un's resume add to the stockpile of material needed to make nuclear weapons. north korea has used uranium enrichment for nuclear warheads. in china, regulators are cracking down on the gaming industry. the new rules are said to protect minor' -- minors' physical health. toyota is planning to cut production by 40% in september due to parts shortages. global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ is is bloomberg. ♪ >> we believe that we are down to a population of 300 or fewer american citizens who have yet to get out. we have evacuated more than 5000. we evacuated more than 300 just yesterday. we believe there is still an opportunity for american citizens to get to the airport, get on planes, and get home. tom: jake sullivan, u.s. national security adviser, on cnn this weekend, managing the message for the weekend. annmarie hordern in washington makes clear i

they criticize me when i talked to kim jong un. well president biden told me it's the single biggest problem we have. i said have you ever called him a question mark have you ever talk to them? no, i haven't. he did try, but it was not receptive on the other side. but it was receptive with me. now we were supposed to have a war and probably a great big nuclear war, i get along with him great, and i got along with him great. he does not like biden much, i will tell you that. but i got along with them great. and we had no problems. you remember that. you remember the big button versus the little button and the whole thing. let me just -- we get along great, we had a very good relationship. we met, got no credit for that one, no problem. by the way, south korea, got them to pay billions of dollars. we are protecting south korea, they are very wealthy. they built the ships and the televisions, they do everything. they are very rich. they were paying us nothing. i got them to pay billions and billions of dollars because we are protectin

joe biden is clearly not up to this job in the world knows it, and the world knows, kim jong un knows that, and obviously the taliban knows it. they were left to fend for themselves and we cannot guarantee safe passage but we urge you to try to make your way to the car as i international airport. joining us now is an american, trapped in afghanistan. we've decided not to show his face or name in he now joins us. thank you for being with us and can you tell us what's going on now and what you see unfolding? >> just know that i test with my family, all around and -- finally they come to the gates to get out from afghanistan and head back home. so we tried to go there with the family. we tried to get closure, but unfortunately we are faced with the taliban and we were very frustrated. and i see there was no way, and how to get out of here. and make it back home. >> sean: sir, we had a little hard time hearing you but i've been able to pick up an awful lot. may god to guide home safely. and every other person behind enemy lines tonight. there were so many gut wrenching scenes out of a den

that could help kim jong-un's regime add to its stockpile needed to make nuclear weapons.or used it turned out enough plutonium each year for one atomic bomb. in recent years, north korea has used uranium enrichment for nuclear warheads. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: i'm matt miller. we welcome our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. we were bringing the latest on the aftermath of hurricane ida as it continues to ravage the south, leaving millions without power, without clean water, and causing damage that could run into -- will likely run into the tens of billions of dollars. we will also bring you the latest on the virus front as the cdc meets to discuss the fda approval of the pfizer vaccine, and the eu recommends reimpose and travel curbs on u.s. travelers due to the rise in covid cases in america. dr. jonathan javitt, ceo of nrx pharmaceutica

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that's the site that kim jong-un offered up to former president trump at that summit back in 2019, sayingess of dismantling that known nuclear reactor in exchange for sanctions relief and steps toward denuclearization. trump's team walked out of those talks. north korea resumed activity at their nuclear sites. they've actually been operating a radio chemical lab since early february in the same area as this nuclear reactor. but now the fact that they've restarted the reactor seems to be an indication that they're going to start producing more plutonium. more plutonium means more warheads. so obviously this is a development that the iaea is calling a cause for serious concern, deeply troubling. i would say, michael, the fact that they're doing it deliberately, somewhat out in the open, shows that north korea wants the united states to see this. sources are telling us the north koreans are frustrated because they think that they are not high enough on the priority list of president biden's administration, which of course is dealing with the crisis in afghanistan, the stalled iran nuclear de

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looks like kim jong un is no longer listening to joe biden or is listening and likes what he hears.w is "new york post" columnist miranda devine. i put out a tweet when all of this kind of exploded noting that americans should beware and there will be more terrorism and more violence and look for adventurism by our enemies. this is a perfect example. what is your take on this? what are they doing? >> isn't it just, tammy, a little taste of what's to come in the next, you know, three and a third years of the biden presidency to come. and the debacle with the withdrawal from afghanistan has just put up in neon lights the weakness, the fecklessness and the incompetence of this administration and his administration. there are unforeseen circumstances around the corner. all we know is that america's enemies have been waiting nor moment of weakness to pounce. they will in every which way. unfortunately, you know, tonight, what should have been a, you know, a good moment of leaving and ending that war in afghanistan which most americans wanted was so botched, it's done more harm than good

understanding of what they're doing with their nuclear program and is there any renewed outreach to kim jong-un and his regime? >> we have left the door open and reached out through our channels. we don't have an update in response to our offer. we're obviously aware of the reports we've seen the last 24 hours and closely coordinating whether or not allies or partners on developments and assessing closely. >> the president said in his remarks a short time ago that in april a deadline was set for august 31. in fact, in his april remarks, he set a deadline of september 11th. what changed with the august 31 deadline and the september 11 deadline? was that a deadline agreed to in a new time frame by the taliban or suggested by them or this administration or what is the discrepancy there? >> the military gave their assessment that they needed 120 days to wind down our presence in afghanistan. with abided by that. >> the april speech, september 11th was the date. the august 31 date just arrived between april and now. >> and he based a strategic decision -- tactical decisions on the advice of the mili

former president donald trump with all the fanfare of his summit tri with north korean leader with kim jong unay lessons can be taken from the experiment it. >> showed engagement can produce some results. the results were not implemented but north korea did admit working towards denuclearization. that's a good thing. >> those experts also say that when individual leaders get too involved, the working groups best position to hammer out the details of an allusive deal like the north korean one can get hamstrung. bret? >> bret: amy, thank you. up next, we will talk about north korea's latest provocative moves and the fallout from the afghanistan withdrawal with former u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. ♪ ♪ kidney alert for type 2 diabetes! forty percent of people with type 2 diabetes will develop chronic kidney disease, or ckd. did you know ckd can lead to kidney failure and dialysis? kidney alert! ckd often has no symptoms until it's too late! help protect your kidneys. call your doctor for a uacr test. it shows one of the earliest signs for ckd. visit kidneyalert.com! usaa is ma

they criticized me when i talked toth kim jong un. president biden told me it was the single biggest problem that i had. he did try but it was not receptive on the other side. it was receptive with me. we were supposed to have a war and probably a very big nuclear war and i get along with him great and i got along with him great. he doesn't like biden much, also he's not. but i got along with him great. you remember that. remember the big button versus the little button? we could along great. we had a very good relationship. we met, got no credit for that one, no problem. by the way, south korea, i got them to pay billions of dollars. we are protecting south korea. they are very rich. they were paying us nothing. i got them to pay billions and billions of dollars because we are protecting them from north korea and i had a very good relationship with president moon and all of the people in south korea. in fact they liked me and i liked them so i said why are we doing this for nothing? japan, the same thing. so many, we are protecting t

so, look, kim jong-un likes to be a spoil sport and rain on everybody's parade and surprisen everybodyorth korea is what ish on front of the of mi for thent administration every day. and look, north korea, they're an irrational actor, kim jong-un will do anything to maintain his family's hold onis power. they know if they do something too provocative, the u.s. in about 20 minutes could take actions that would, you know, basically ensure that he and his family wouldn't be in power. that tends to keep them in check. i am hoping it will keep them in check for a while. >> all right. senator tim kaine, thank you so much. as always, great talking to you. i hope to see you again soon. >> yep. >>> all right. willie, by the way, we have that picture. heater e here's lbj when meeting the pope, giving him a bust of, the pope staring at it. okay. well, yes, i guess so not quite our speed. we like handing out, of course, when we have dignitaries visiting the "morning joe" set, a bluft bust. there giving him a bust of himself. >> you know what was so special? that was around christmas time, the pope

not only embraced them, this is kim jong-un, this is putin, these are leaders around the world for whomwas the last concern of these leaders. not only did trump embrace them, but he legitimized them. he sort of echoed their view of governance and of domination of their populations in a way that kind of gave them some cover. i think so when -- when joe biden comes into office and sees what has happened, sees the kind of, you know, people looking past the, you know, what is going on around the world, the tucker carlsons of the world, the mccarthys of the world, i think it really gets to biden. i think, you know, what he has said, what his people have told us is that that is at the heart of why he wants to do this job. but, as you said, he is disciplined and he knows that in terms of getting stuff done, in terms of making it for the american people, he has to focus on what is in front of him, and that's some of the domestic policies. >> and, i mean, alexi, the bet is born out in the data. i think the infrastructure package is the most popular policy he has backed so far, but behind it is a

initially, in december 2019, they said kim jong-un had a special christmas surprise.e story went away. to me, it is a total disinformation campaign. host: kathy, pennsylvania, democratic line. caller: i have not heard anybody address this. my husband and i, we believe we had the virus in february or march of 2020 before we had heard about it. i have not gotten the new vaccine, because i think i might have immunity, even though it has been a while. is there still immunity? would there still be immunity if you had the virus back in february or march of 2020? host: tom, ohio, republican line. caller: i have been interested for a while in the conversation between peter strzok and lisa page. and the insurance policy. could you expand that to me? host: mary, florida, independent line. caller: i would like to bring up nation of laws. it seems that there are so many in-laws -- laws on the books that are not being enforced at the southern border. they seem to be being enforced on the northern border. that is one of my major concerns . because the law is like a balance beam. al

bowing down to these terrorists like he did kim jong-un it, the democratic party needs to stop blaming biden. they went over there. in the last few days of their -- they refused to help with the transition. this is what they had planned. what did trump and kushner and mike pompeo, why did he take the last trip over there? this was a traitorous way to the taliban, no. it was we first start. show the clips of trump and mike pompeo, the taliban leaders, he was going to bring those people to camp david. they sabotaged it. host: heard your point. i do have president trump on the afghanistan withdrawal strategy. he was on fox news. this isn't the moment you are speaking to. listen to what the former president said on tuesday. >> what we were going to do, we were going to take the military out last. the people were coming up. they were going to,. the agreement was violated. i hope things back because we weren't going to do anything. just to finish, the people come out first. then i was going to take all the military equipment. we have billions of dollars worth of blackhawk helicopters that ru

bowing down to these terrorists like he did kim jong-un it, the democratic party needs to stop blamingiden. they went over there. in the last few days of their -- they refused to help with the transition. this is what they had planned. what did trump and kushner and mike pompeo, why did he take the last trip over there? this was a traitorous way to the taliban, no. it was we first start. show the clips of trump and mike pompeo, the taliban leaders, he was going to bring those people to camp david. they sabotaged it. host: heard your point. i do have president trump on the afghanistan withdrawal strategy. he was on fox news. this isn't the moment you are speaking to. listen to what the former president said on tuesday. >> what we were going to do, we were going to take the military out last. the people were coming up. they were going to,. the agreement was violated. i hope things back because we weren't going to do anything. just to finish, the people come out first. then i was going to take all the military equipment. we have billions of dollars worth of blackhawk helicopters that russ

i don't suppose kim jong un for example is ignoring this.s and saying how much do i have to pay attention to the united states. israel must be assessing how much can we trust the united states to defend us and help control the region and control iran. it's all across the board that this is going to change things. maria: and christian whiten is with us this morning and christian, you've already seen a comment from the mouthpiece of the chinese communist party, with the global times coming out with that tweet a week ago, pretty much putting taiwan on alert that the u.s. may very well not be there, given the cut and run in afghanistan. your reaction to all of this, christian? >> yeah, it's definitely -- weakness is provocative and this is not occurring in a vacuum. i don't think the collapse in kabul would have happened as rapidly as it happened if it weren't for biden administration's weakness in iran. we've been begging iran for six different sessions in vienna for a deal. we threatened russia retaliation for cyber attacks and done nothing an

un sanctions and pay for it nuclear weapons program. the answer is through a secretive government organization known as bureau, 39, which obtains foreign exchange by any means possible to fund kim jong and regime in the 1st 2 episodes investigating how it's done. we reveal how money laundering and slave labor raise cash for kim. ah the north korea, the pariah state, a dictatorship shrouded in mystery. every day the official newspapers praised the heroic deeds of the dear leader. time seemed to stand still here. ah, no korea has the 4th largest army in the world. for 3 generations, the kim family has ruled the country with an iron faith. but how does the regime manage to survive despite severe un sanctions? and how come kin john own has enough money to threaten the world with the most powerful weapon of all time? the nuclear bomb, the far from north korea ramco broker, a history professor is working on answers to these questions. he says, our image of north korea is wrong, isn't what it said. it is just look at the country functions and at the highest level. what is the main goal of, of the government of the regime i should say, is to make money is to make cash for kim. what intrigue