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A quote from the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, congressman meeks, and what he said about an upcoming hearing on afghanistan. watch. >> the afghan security forces laid down their weapons. there was no resistance whatsoever. and thats how they move so quickly and i think, to a degree, and this is what i want to ask questions about, caught the american security forces off guard. but should we have prepared? what could we have done better? what do we learn from this? those are the kinds...

And it has a new mission. serving as a haven for refugees who fled the taliban. >> reporter: plane after plane, carrying men, women, and children. evacuees who are part of the chaotic scramble to airlift people out of afghanistan following the talibans takeover. now, safe at the u.s. airbase in germany, one of the biggest outside of the united states. soon, capable of taking in up to 7,500 people from this unprecedented airlift. 521st air mobility operations wing commander, colonel adrian willia...

Its a pretty incredible situation when you think about it. this is an afghan lady who is on board a u.s. aircraft that was in wrote germany, when she started to go into labor. she was having some complications, so the commander of that aircraft dropping and air pressure so that it would increase the air pressure on board. potentially saving this ladies life, they say. when they finally landed at the airbase there in germany, of course, u.s. air force medical officials assisted the woman in deliv...

But should we have prepared? what could we have done better? what do we learn from this? those are the kinds of question and oversight that we will do on the committee. >> briefly, congresswoman, before we go, what is your one biggest question for the administration right now? >> my -- if -- if i had to limit it to one, it would be why did we close our airbase -- um -- before we evacuated? that, to me, it was a huge misstep. chairman meeks will be conducting hearings. im looking forward to those...

Seriously ill, and requiring hospitalization is increasingly what matters, he says. after all, this is how we manage all other infectious diseases. but scott morrison may want to treat covid-19 like the flu or another infectious disease. the cold-hard truth, robyn, the vaccination rates in australia just arent high enough for him to do that just yet, robyn. >> thanks for that. live there in sydney, angus watson, good to see you. thanks for that update. coming up on cnn, millions of people are ...

Resource for the evacuation effort. he is promising to do everything he can to get americans and afghan allies out of the country safely. the u.s. says about 13,000 people have been airlifted in the past week. there are many, many more who have not. germany now being used as a stop, along the way. evacuation flights to the airbase began arriving friday. the managing editor of the "long war journal." you should check it out. he joins me now. good to see you, again, bill. i mean, now that the tali...

After days of chaotic scenes at the kabul airport, u.s. president joe biden says hell, quote, mobilize every resource for the evacuation effort. he is promising to do everything he can to get americans and afghan allies safely out of the country. but getting through the crowds and past the taliban into kabul airport remains a daunting and dangerous task. the u.s. says about 13,000 people have been airlifted in the past week. germany is among the locations now being used as a stop along the way...

Nearly 6,000 u.s. troops now guarding the airport. tonight, abc news confirming there were no u.s. flights out of kabul for up to seven hours today because the airbase in qatar was filled to capacity. >> they were saying that they dont have enough room over there. the woman and the kids, everyone has problem. they are sleeping on the street right now. >> reporter: late today, weve learned rescue flights have now resumed, diverted to other locations. u.s. officials say 5,700 people have been evac...

The airport, thats our mission. know, the mission is to get our people out there that is the mission. we can use military forces outside the gates to do that. in addition to the french in th brits that you were mentioning, that jennifer mentioned, they are doing much the same thing that with all military people, but some people from the embass going out and getting other people in bringing them through the gate to be processed. this is about resolve in commitment to begin the question . it is ou...

The airbase. the airbase now is secure. the base is calm and full of u.s. troops, it is very secure. there is air support above, but getting onto the base is a clalening. its a challenge from kabul. imagine trying to get deep from the provinces, trying to get from a district. if you are in a district in central afghanistan or northern afghanistan, you may have to go through 50 taliban checkpoints to get here. >> right. >> how are you going to do that and are you going to show all of the document...