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Is all on the united states to do all of the evacuations. are any of our nato allies attempting to get people out or is this an all u.s. military all by itself operation? >> the operations here very much so represent the way this war was fought. there are militaries from all over the world here. its surreal when youre walking on the street outside the airport here. you have british soldiers who are heavily involved in pulling people out of the crowds, in sorting through, getting them over to the...

Briefing and what they would say. they are so desperate for information here. theyre not desperate for food or water or medical care. they dont have sanitation problems. its not a logistical nightmare here like in kabul, its a bureaucratic nightmare. there are some 6,000 or 7,000 here. none of them have any idea when they will be leaving. most dont know where theyre going. so theyre taken care of. they have medical care. they have housed. things here are okay. but they still dont have that infor...

Mistake? the pictures with secretary of state pompeo. in retrospect it was a mistake? >> i think that the previous administration was a lot drunker and a lot more leverage, in this case they are sensing weakness and thats really what the problem is. its a weakness as well as the lack of plan that they went into this. do not take out are american citizens first, to not make sure that you fortify the special immigrant visa process first. >> neil: you think the former administration wouldve done th...

It was so clearly stated wrong. kevin mccarthy tweets "according to him, americans can easily get to the airport in kabul. they cannot. the border is secure? it is not." and since when, dan, does emotion play such a big part in the secretary of state in his decision-making? >> i would like to leave the emotion out of it, but it is hard for all of us watching not to be emotional about the horrific foreign policy failure. >> sandra: amen. >> when he was asked how many al qaeda, he said i dont know...

Defended his administrations handling of the situation. >> let me be clear, evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we started a month ago, or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss, and heartbreaking images that you see on television. >> yesterday, 7800 people were evacuated including american citizens, special immigrant visa applicants, their f...

Really heavy rainfall already in new york. >> yeah. absolutely. >> we are going to add to that. >> tyler mauldin, thanks so much. yeah, exactly. exactly. we will check in with you later, tyler. thanks for that. >> you got it. and lets go back to another one of our top stories. the race to evacuate people from afghanistan amid the chaos and terror. we are seeing some stories of hope. the u.s. military says troops saved an afghan womans life and helped her give birth in the cargo bay of a c-17. ...

My question -- my first and foremost question would be why did we close that airbase before we had the evacuation completed? is. >> democratic congresswoman susan wild of pennsylvania. congresswoman, thanks very much. coming up, the u.s. will roll out covid-19 booster shots for moderna and pfizer next month. why are some w.h.o. officials calling that decision a mockery of vaccine equity? plus, the taliban swept to power in afghanistan but how did we get here? and is the group really any diff...

This was a total surrender, surrender for no reason. they werent asking, we had them -- the equipment they got is the most sophisticated military equipment in the world. he surrendered our airbase. he surrendered our weapons. he surrendered our embassy. joke jobe was going on vacation as afghanistan was going to hell. [booing] and this is what you get when you have weakness in the white house. as i personally told the taliban leader if anyone ever double-crossed the united states of america it w...

Post, this threat is prompting the pentagon to consider moving rescue operations outside the kabul airport. nbc news correspondent josh fedderman is joining us from his post at the white house. the president will meet with his national security team ahead of the remarks this afternoon as well. >> reporter: thats right, kendis. several hours we expect to hear from president biden for an update from the white house where the president is on the hook to explain what is a gargantuan task, how theyre...

Is passengers disembark. theyre brought here by bus and the first person they meet is a uso imam. they are given a welcome to the airbase and then they proceed through medical checks, as well as security checks. then, they are brought to a holding area where their i.d.s are checked. then finally, they will be able to get to their temporary living quarters here on the base. this is an all-hands-on-deck effort between the u.s. air force, army, as well as more than 1,500 civilian volunteers, includ...