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Build out even more. >> did the people that were stuck there for so long, did they have food, water and sanitation? >> yes. i have no report that they didnt. >> i want to follow up on the 169 americans that were reused. was that an incident where a commander took a decision and left the wire to help those people? were weapons drawn or did that commander ask for a higher up authority to leave the wire? >> im going to absolutely get more. if you look about the gate and where they are, you can see,...

U.s. troops exited the airport perimeter to bring in 169 americans trapped in the chaos outside the gates. >> we have increased -- >> reporter: and tonight biden promising u.s. forces will continue to do whats necessary to get americans out, including the possibly of rescue missions into taliban-controlled kabul. >> were continuing every opportunity and every means by which we could get folks from the airport. >> reporter: even as he acknowledged he doesnt know how many americans are still in af...

Taliban checkpoints. that may be problematic. an awful lot of reports that that is still very much a problem. victor? >> yeah, barbara, i picked up on that. he said, yesterday, we went out and got 169 americans over the wall using military assets. ill come to you, certaolonel, that moment, but first to jeff zeleny at the white house. the president delivered remarks on monday. there was the abc news interview midweek and now hes back again. what did you make of the tone and did he accomplish the ...

Military. now hes trying to get them out before they are hunted down. >> i love these men, and i owe a debt of moral obligation to them to get them, their wives and their chin out to safety. >> reporter: the administration saying u.s. troops went over to wall to rescue 169 americans nearby. >> in a short amount of time, with a short amount of distance, some of our troops were able to go out there and retrieve them and bring them in. >> reporter: since the u.s. sent more troops into kabul to spee...

And sounds like theres a little bit of tentativeness in terms of making that commitment. lets bring in benjamin hall. he spent a lot of time in the region and live in london. benjamin, your thoughts as you listen to the discussion about the 169 people that were plucked from somewhere outside the perimeter. john kirby said they were very close to the airport, almost as if he didnt want anybody to be offended anybody of going outside the perimeter. that was sort of the suggestion in some of what h...

Airport, the president said this. >> no the best of our knowledge, the taliban check points are letting through people showing american passports. now, thats a different question when they get into the rush and crowd of all the folks just outside the wall near the airport. thats why we had, yesterday or the day before, we went over the wall and brought in, how many? 169 americans. sgr right now at kabuls airport, were told some flights have resumed after no planes took off for ten hours. thousan...

Food, water and sanitation. >> yes. and i are no report they didnt. >> i want to follow up on the 169 americans rescued. was that an incident where a commander took a decision and left the wire to help those people? were weapons drawn? did that commander ask for a higher up authority to leave the wire? >> im going to absolutely get more. you know, as you look about the gate, you already see that, you know, soldiers out there are starting now to increase that capability, that security around the ...

Some of the troops were able to go out there and retrieve them and bring them in. >> okay. thats 169 americans or do you know the breakdown? >> i dont have the breakdown of everybody. >> related question would be are they going beyond the perimeter to do that? they rescue americans and our afghan partners in need. one way or another potential future operations the main focus is and making sure that as the general said that air operations resume and continue as unimpeded as possible. but clearly,...

Elements other than the taliban. colonel layton, to you. your reaction to what weve now learned this effort by u.s. forces to, as the president said, bring 169 americans over the wall using military assets. whats your reaction to that and the decision not to expand the perimeter there at the airport? >> well, victor, not to expand the perimeter is actually a risky endeavor in and of itself, because if you dont expand the perimeter, theres risk in expanding it, but if you dont expand it, then the...

The general briefing, 13,000 since august 14th, 18,000 total. the vast, vast majority of that number are afghans. >> some are saying 35,000. others are saying is 00,000. >> in terms of what is left to get. >> right. >> i couldnt give you a perfectly predictive about what that is going to look like. we are moving and have been moving a lot of family members. but, i mean, just to give you an example, the general noted nearly 6,000 kaum out in the last 24 hours. 5,000 of them were afghans. i dont a...