secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've reached our goals i mean how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. yes the u.s. forces are now only about a quarter of the 10000 international troops in afghanistan but the thing is they possess all the best capabilities necessary essential capabilities for the rest of the more than 30 nations who are there alongside u.s. troops so basically even if some countries wanted to stay they couldn't they would not be able to operate safely for for their own efficacy and their own protection without the u.s. capabilities and so when president trump former president made this deal with the taliban which was conditional on several things at that point he also said that nato troops would leave because everyone acknowledges they want to have the choice to stay even if they wanted to i'm not hearing that they would want to later frankly i spoke to some sources and they said we're tired too you know we may disagree on what we'

by september 11th when mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's on growing commitment to the country he told the afghan president i should have a fanny that the partnership is changing but the partnership itself is enduring a mr heinies said he respects the citizen and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by the u.s. troops in. afghanistan at a critical juncture the fate and rights of afghan women are in the balance according to some we can talk to but durrani she is an education activist and the director of a learn an afghan non profit that advocates for children and women and she joins us i believe now from khandahar. probably. do we have missed the santa. barbara is the mining is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. to. the whole to do they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't think those are. fr

mr blinken said the us would do everything it could to pursue peace between the afghan government and on the natural world has been more positive. sir david attenborough has made a documentary exploring how our relationship with wildlife and nature has changed during covid. sir david has been speaking to our science editor david shukman. david attenborough: march 2020. 0vernight, our lives are put on pause. boris johnson: you must stay at home. i but as we stop, remarkable things start to change. the lockdowns have been tough for people, but great for wildlife, as we see in a spectacular new documentary with david attenborough. this is the year earth changed. david, it's great to talk to you. i'm sorry we can't meet in person, but we've transported you electronically to the wonderful setting of chartwell. for people watching your programme, that's going to be shown on apple+ tv from friday, what message would you want them to take from it? that human beings, even with the best will in the world, cannot restrict the natural world. that's what we're doing, we're pushing it aside. even t

lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony are blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've reached our goals i mean how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. yes the u.s. forces are now only about a quarter of the 10000 international troops in afghanistan but the thing is they possess all the best capabilities necessary essential capabilities for the rest of the more than 30 nations who are there alongside u.s. troops so basically even if some countries wanted to stay they couldn't they would not be able to operate safely for for their own efficacy and their own protection without the u.s. capabilities and so when president trump former president made this deal with the taliban which was conditional on several things at that point he also said that nato troops would leave because everyone acknowledges they want to have the choice to stay even if they wanted to i'm not hearing that they would want to lay low or frankly i spoke to some sources and they said we're tired too you know we may disagree on wha

that letter from secretary of state tony blinken to your boss president ashraf ghani, and he — mr blinkenat he wanted you in the government "to understand the urgency of my tone". he called for urgent leadership and he basically said "you guys need to step down. you need to agree to the creation of a transitional government which would involve sharing power with elements from the taliban." are you telling me that you will not accept that? well, if washington has a sense of urgency, we have more sense of urgency. we are in the middle of the heat. we are in the middle of the fire. we know who gets killed. i meet grieving families. i know who get buried. so we feel the pain, and they read about the pain. but bringing peace in afghanistan based on an artificial schedule and based on abstract calculation will not happen. so what we said back to the us administration, that we are ready to create a government of peace, and we said we are ready to not finish our term and hold an election as soon as feasible. we want to hold an election intensely monitored by international monitors, the more — the

austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies where you are mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've accomplished every single goal that we had how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. leyla while the u.s. only makes up about a quarter of the some 10000 troops that remain in afghanistan they do possess all the necessary capabilities for helping the other some 30 countries in acted their operations and their own protection in fact so it's always been true that if the u.s. decided to leave the other countries would have to follow and in fact just today even before we hear the formal announcement germany and the u.k. have said they'll definitely follow the u.s. and start pulling out their troops so once the u.s. and its key enabling capabilities leave everyone's going to leave everyone is going to leave i mean just barely 2 months ago and the nato secretary general you know stoltenberg said no permit woodrow so does this change of heart review a bit of common sense promise essentially are just too big to solve tha

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ok let's go back to matt in london i think one of the things i find really very peculiar is that mr blinken the secretary of state has been really quite active and very much in public. trying to explain the administration's policy on the world stage and his constant obsession with this democracy issue which i think everyone i think nominally speaking about democracy is a good idea but you know it's really kind of rich coming from the secretary of state when after the november election tens of millions of people have doubts about the democratic process in the united states itself so i mean isn't it kind of peculiar to you that the secretary of state goes on the world stage well it's deeply divided home go ahead in london. america's deeply divided it's the polarized society but in america people have the right to express their opinion there is no indication. that the election was rooted in any way it is the fairest election that has ever been in american history america is not a perfect democracy and americans an imperfect. but it would be better that america strives to becoming a perfect dem

mr blinken is that the us would do everything it could to pursue peace.concerned that there are many concerned that the vacuum could tip afghanistan back to the dark days of its past under the taliban. yalda hakim has been reflecting on where the country could be heading. early in march afghanistan's director of march afg hanistan's director of education march afghanistan's director of education bad girls over 12 from singing in public at school events unless the events were attended solely by women. women and girls across the country were furious. they said this was an attempt to silence them, with many accusing the government of promoting gender discrimination. the ban also brought up painful memories about afghanistan's are and fears about its future. the taliban are a hard—line islamic movement who are in control of afghanistan from 1996 until they were overthrown by the american military in 2001 because of their links to terrorist —— who were in control. was in power, the taliban force women to wear the all covering burka and prevented girls from goi

afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th mr blinken search his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president ashraf high. that their partnership was changing but enduring mr heidi said he respects the decision expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. well as the u.s. and other nato troops prepare to exit of gonna stand there's concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taliban many of gun women are especially worried about what could happen next. parvana samani is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that is. she at the home today where they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't think. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have changed but is people digest th

there are in brussels meeting with nato allies where you are mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we we've accomplished every single goal that we had how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. leyla while the u.s. only makes up about a quarter of the some 10000 troops that remain in afghanistan they do possess all the necessary capabilities for helping the other some 30 countries in active their operations and their own protection in fact so it's always been true that if the u.s. decided to leave the other countries would have to follow and in fact just today even before we hear the formal announcement germany and the u.k. have said they'll definitely follow the u.s. and start pulling out their troops so once the u.s. and its key enabling capabilities leave everyone's going to leave everyone is going to leave i mean just barely 2 months ago and the nato secretary general you know stoltenberg said no permit woodrow so does this change of heart review a bit of common sense problems especially are just too big to solve that's not somethin

afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan presence are so funny that their partnership was changing but and during mr romney said he respects the situation and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. well as the u.s. and other nato troops prepare to exit afghanistan there's concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taleban by the afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next the parvana someone is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that he. said the whole today they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't think those are. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have changed. but is peop

mr. blinken, in part it is politically motivated. one has to recognize that. a sense of attacks a particular country. >> let me ask you very quickly in the end, since we're talking about history, in your professional opinion would the united states government's treatment of native americans historically qualify as genocide? >> one of the things you might ask is what would really surprised me or excited if he and that would be for president biden to have characterized the killing of american indians as a genocide or the lynching of blacks in the southern states as a crime against humanity. that would be a big thing. you may recall two or threes ago president macron of france characterized colonialisms as a crime against humanity and got into very deep water. so words really do matter and history matters on these issues. >> felipe sands, pleasure to have you on. >> lovely to be with you. >>> next on gps, if china keep burning coal with abandon, does it matter how much the west will cut carbon emissions? is there a solution? find out in a moment. i may not be abl

mr. blinken's trilateral statement back in 2017, 2016 and so forth. that is japanese real intent. [laughter] but of course diplomatically at think the whole korean peninsula itself denuclearization is used. if you read the singapore statements, and has a third pillar, denuclearization. it says, it is very well-crafted. it says north korea will pursue denuclearization of the north korean peninsula. course they have their own definition. but it was well-crafted i think. so denuclearization north korea is the court definition. because of united states policy as well as japan's. and i think south korea as well, thank you. >> thank you professor. as we approach the last couple of minutes i'm curious to know if all of you have sort of a quick final take what you would hope our audience members leave with about what is being done on north korea? and what you think our ways were sort of a key weight folks can change in thinking about how united states and allies. lesser through jessica. >> yes think tharp sorry about the hiccups today up of the wife fight in my house. the first thing i wi

mr blinken met with the country's top officials and had this message for the taliban.ake the country by force. despite two decades of american troop presence, large parts of afghanistan are still held by the taliban. while the capital kabul remains under government control, our correspondent secunder kermani has been to the north of the country to balkh province, and a town 30 minutes outside of mazar—i—sharif, to meet with the taliban officials in charge there. us troops will be withdrawn later this year. but the fighting here will likely continue. negotiations between the taliban and afghan government have achieved little so far. for the past year, you've not been fighting against the americans — you've been fighting against other afghans, other muslims. haji hekmat is the taliban's shadow mayor in this part of the province. he gives us a tour of the area. one, one, one. class one? class one. there it goes. in the 1990s, the taliban banned female education. and in other areas, there are reports they still don't allow older girls to attend school. but here at least, t

mr blinken said the us would do everything it could to pursue peace between the afghan government andtomorrow? i are you ready for the crowds tomorrow?— are you ready for the crowds tomorrow? . . , ., , tomorrow? i certainly and beyond waitin: for tomorrow? i certainly and beyond waiting for this. _ tomorrow? i certainly and beyond waiting for this. we _ tomorrow? i certainly and beyond waiting for this. we have - tomorrow? i certainly and beyond waiting for this. we have been . waiting for this. we have been gearing — waiting for this. we have been gearing up for it since the last lockdown— gearing up for it since the last lockdown we've had. so everyone is now prepared. we are here to feed the nation — now prepared. we are here to feed the nation are very thirsty people. i've the nation are very thirsty people. i've seen— the nation are very thirsty people. i've seen your tables outside, i pass them today actually for the sake of done a very good job of making it look very homely. how many can you get in and is it enough to turn a profit? 50 can you get in and is it enough to turn a

and the person who has worked most closely with him over the years on foreign policy is tony blinken. he's mr. biden's secretary of state, and secretary blinken joins me now. mr. secretary, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck. great to be with you. >> before i get to all the various challenges you're facing in this job, i want to start with covid and the issue of vaccinating the world. we're miles ahead of most countries. there's vaccine inequity that is growing. what is the u.s.'s responsibility globally in your view when it comes to vaccinations? >> chuck, i think we have a significant responsibility. we're going to be the world leader on helping to make sure the entire world gets vaccinated. here is why. unless and until the vast majority of people in the world are vaccinated, it's still going to be a problem for us. as long as the virus is replicating somewhere, it could be mutating and coming back to hit us. similarly, the world has a very strong interest in making sure we're vaccinated, because the same thing applies f. the virus is replicating here and mutating here, that's g

blinken. thanks so much for joining us, mr. secretary. we appreciate your time.nounced that it will share up to have 60 million covid vaccine doses with other countries soon. today president biden indicated that india will get some of those. how is the biden administration going to prioritize which countries get the vaccine? >> jake. we're putting that plan in place as we speak, and you're right. we'll have 60 million vaccines. the astrazeneca vaccines. we want to make sure that the vaccines we'll have in our possession are safe so the fda is reviewing that so we're a couple weeks away from that but we're putting together a plan to do that.

blinken. thanks so much for joining us, mr. secretary. we appreciate your time. so let's just start right there. the u.s. just announced that it will share up to have 60 million covid vaccine doses with other countries soon. today president biden indicated that india will get some of those. how is the biden administration going to prioritize which countries get the vaccine? >> jake. we're putting that plan in place as we speak, and you're right. we'll have 60 million vaccines. the astrazeneca vaccines. we want to make sure that the vaccines we'll have in our possession are safe so the fda is reviewing that so we're a couple weeks away from that but we're putting together a plan to do that. when we came in we immediately made a very significant contribution to kovaks, the international vaccine facility, $2 billion and an additional $2 billion between now and 2022. that's promoting access to vaccines around the world. the vaccines we'll have directly on hand or will shortly we need to decide whether to do some or all that have through kovaks or how much will be don

blinken. thanks for being with us, mr. secretary.ou've heard the reaction from the generals who commanded troops in afghanistan including the former chairman of the joint chiefs and david petraeus who went on to become cia director who say this will leave america more vulnerable to terrorist threats with joe dunford saying it will also have a afghanistan itself. n - your reaction. >> look, martha, i just got from kabul and met with the president there and met with other leaders there. that was just after coming from nato meeting with all of our allies, and across the board i heard support for the president's decision and the path ahead. here's the reality and, by the way, i have great respect for dunford and others, but we had a very deliberate and fully informed process leading up to the decision by the president and the fact is this, we went to afghanistan 20 years ago, and we went because we were attacked on 9/11. and we went to take on those who had attacked us on 9/11 and to make sure that afghanistan would not again become a ha

blinken told the afghan president and other senior officials yesterday that the u.s. remains committed to the nation. on wednesday, mrsaid the remaining 2,500 american troops would be coming home by this year's 20th anniversary of the september 11th terror attack. peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government are at a stalemate. >> the only path forward to a durable, lasting, and just end to the conflict is through negotiation, is through a political agreement. and ultimately is through compromise. >> under an agreement last year between the trump administration and the taliban, the u.s. was supposed to complete its military withdrawal by may 1st. >>> nola.com reports on the search for 12 missing crew members from an oil industry boat that capsized in the gulf of mexico. the lift boat seacor power flipped tuesday during hurricane-force winds about eight miles off the coast of louisiana. six people were rescued. the body of the captain was recovered. one of the rescued men told family members of the missing crew that they appear to still be on board. the coast guard said divers on the scene yesterday knock

mr bush and says it will provide at least $235000000.00 in u.s. aid to palestinians the package was announced by secretary of state anthony blinken as part of an effort to repair u.s. ties with the palestinians but all but collapsed during trump's 10 year plan includes $150000000.00 for the united nations relief agency owner $75000000.00 in u.s. economic support in the occupied west bank and $10000000.00 in development funding when this isn't nixed by fire. org. you could let alone with other side he defected and. jumped on the city to bow to. your 1st accuser cash or said i thought that due to competition. issues he was he took the bus if he puts himself chutney thing he said on the phone she says she. just says it's hard to set up. for that. but it had to share. a god that each of. us who could. hit a. good. bit . if this is a get it. good. good. the valve for our software oh my d. the only ones that tune is that the law is you on the on a twinge that you are not jewish that you are gaza with so as not to just be the most it is thought is a pity a look a certain media you know as it was at that hospital or divorce if you mortally what were you in f

diplomat, antony blinken, made a surprise visit to afghanistan one day after the president announced he would pull u.s. troops from the country starting may 1st, and they would be out by september. mr. biden meanwhile will welcome japan's prime minister to the white house later today, a signal to china that the two countries are united in their opposition to recent aggression against taiwan. >>> and u.s. climate envoy john kerry will wrap up meetings in shanghai on friday, testing china's willingness to cooperate on environmental issues. but those new u.s. sanctions on russia, they're sending a clear message to the kremlin. here's cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. >> reporter: president biden is vowing to hold russia accountable after four years of slaps on the wrist by president trump. >> i was clear with president putin. if roussia fns to interfere wit our democracy, i'm prepared to actions to respond. >> reporter: the president sanctioning russia for conducting a major hacking operation against the u.s. and attempting to influence the presidential election. >> my bottom line is this. where there's an interest in the united states to work with russia, we should, and

mr. biden went to arlington cemetery yesterday to honor the more than 2,400 troops who lost their lives in the afghan war. secretary of state blinken is actually in afghanistan right now. he says that he made the unannounced visit in order to meet with u.s. troops and the afghan president to demonstrate our commitment to this country. but there are republicans and some democrats who worry this a full pull-out of u.s. troops is going to embolden the taliban and destabilize now become a de search for12 crewem who arilllunfolding abouten miles from the coast aft do we know what happened yet? >> no, we do not know yet. the weather turned out to be much worse than expected. a family said some men are believed to be trapped in the water but that's not known yet. this boat is very unique, three boats sticking up in the air, looks like a boat on the water but then the legs can be pushed down into the water to anchor the boat, so to speak and then the boat is lifted so it operates as a platform. the coast guard told us overnight they had a plane and two boats in the search area actively looking for these individuals. >> reporter: battling r

mr. secretary, we're only 100 days in. it's certainly too early to cast judgment on any administration 100 days in, but i am curious what your thought is on joe biden and tony blinkengh points for trying to get the united states back in the business of trying to provide leadership in the world. look, we spent four years basically in a process of withdrawing from world leadership into an america first isolationism. and we paid a price for that. it's not going to be easy. i think we lost a lot of trust in the world as a result of what happened. but, if president biden is able to engage, to go to europe, to go and visit with our allies, to be able to define what the united states policy will be and working with these countries in the future, then i think there's a good chance he can help restore that trust that we're going to need in confronting china, in confronting russia and confronting the other dangerous threats that exist in the wor . the only key in the united states for the future is to build strong alliances. >> secretary panetta, when you took the job as secretary of defense, we were about ten years into the war in afghanistan. now, as we approach the 20th a

afghanistan after president joe biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th on mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the ob-gyn president musharraf i need that their partnership was changing. but enduring irony said he respects the decision and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by the u.s. troops. well as the u.s. and other nato troops prepare to exit of gonna stand there is growing concern about a possible security breakdown and of where surgeons of the taliban are many afghan women especially are worried about what could happen. parvana samani is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that is. she at the home today where they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't speak. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have chang