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Everything just a couple of months. so because that happened i left a vacuum for the taliban to fail and the afghan security forces were unprepared for that. we the afghan security forces were unprepared for that.— unprepared for that. we should remember _ unprepared for that. we should remember that _ unprepared for that. we should remember that just _ unprepared for that. we should remember that just weeks i unprepared for that. we should l remember that just weeks before august 15 the ameri...

Relationship with the taliban to secure the perimeter of the air force following the blast and its unclear how the biden administration will manage this. >> bret: trey yingst, thank you. lets go to white house course bonded peter doocy. the white house briefing room, good evening. just in there, we got to see your question two president biden, your thought on the news headlines out of that and what you took from your exchange? >> the president said that its possible but he can say with any sense...

Biggest airbase and is part of the world. they closed down two weeks before this. i dont understand the logic, i truly dont. t the eight people are dying not because of it. a little earlier you described all hell breaking loose in the immediate aftermath of these explosions. most people watching wont know kabul at all nor the precise scene that youre in. help us understand by what you mean there.— youre in. help us understand by what you mean there. where we were is what we call — what you m...

Plaisance. then we were were likely to have given the airport and all the limitations. that will be looked at. i share the concern about the taliban and i know the leaders who were involved in making those decisions obviously were not good options there. but i think in hindsight looking back on it, it is what it is, bret. they didnt accomplish the mission and the security broke down, weve got a number of people obviously killed as a result of that security failure. >> bret: if anything the talib...

0 tkpwaeud. basically you have to get your troops out on time. the presidents press secretary will take additional questions after this. we will stay tune for that. thank you for being with us. god bless for our troops and the families getting a tough call today. that is it for us. "special report" is up next. >> >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington im bret baier. the deadliest day for troops in more than a decade. two suicide bombers detonating explosive vests they were wearing outside ...

>> odonnell: and, nancy, u.s. officials have been reluctant to give us a breakdown of how many of these tens of thousands of evacuees are american. but, that really changed today. tell us what you know. >> reporter: thats right. a pentagon spokesman revealed for the first time that only about 4,000 of the evacuees are american passport holders. that means the vast majority are afghan nationals, people who worked with the u.s. over the past 20 years, and their family members. what we still dont k...

He has this full vetting thing totally under control. >> we are conducting thorough security screening in the intermediate stops they are making for anyone who is not a u.s. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the united states feared anyone arriving in the united states will have undergone a background check. >> laura: a background check with those great afghan files. now, raise your hands if you trust the people behind the current border crisis here and the afghanistan debacle to properly ...

You including it looks like a car fire near the toll plaza on the bay bridge. yupdated on that. have a good nigh ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> odonnell: tonight, president biden sticks with his deadline to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this month. but what does it mean for those desperately trying to leave? as the clock ticks to get out, the taliban says they will block afghans from getting to the airport. tonight, the risk to our troops. >> the sooner we can finish, the b...

In the planes to leave behind nothing that could be of use to any potential adversary, that, of course, is just another n dynamic in the issue to be concerned about. this morning i was told by a source close to the airport situation that there are about a thousand people on the airbase at that particular point. thats not necessarily an ambition massively dropped. theyre being taken out fast when they get on. it does appear the numbers getting on have reduced. thats because the scenes at the ga...

>> it will not be a useful expenditure of our time to monday morning quarterback - >> im not talking monday morning quarterback in but why not look at the situation now that you need airfields you can land on to get people out? >> it would be an expenditure of resources and personnel as well as an increase most likely to the threat they are under to try to go back and as you put it retake tagram airbase which is the size of a small city. carley: it also has more runways so people would be able t...