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Fall-out from president bidens denial of any mistakes in the exit from afghanistan. cnn now learning that u.s. diplomats wrote an internal memo last night warning of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan. this hour i will get reaction from the president, the deputy national security adviser. hes standing by live. our experts are standing by as we cover this breaking story. we begin with cnn national security respondent over at the state department for us. this is major. what are you learning ab...

You heart kaileys report on this group of diplomat sending a dissent memo to cemetery of state blinken warning of spending collapse, urging that steps be taken to help the afghan allies in the country be able to escape more quickly. cnn reports that this warning was labeled as, quote, alarmist. what do you make of this? >> boy, when you are dealing in the threat business, which i did for years, you get alarmists for every day. everybody is whispering in your ear, here is where theyre coming at y...

Predicted, predicted the potential fall of the government in the aftermath of a troop draw down. that happened more quickly than the cable which was concerned. the second thing they asked for was evacuation flights of special immigrant visa applicants. they asked for these to begin by august 1st. we began those flights in july. look, what we have said all along is when we are assessing the situation in afghanistan, we take a number of inputs. we get diplomatic reporting. we watch the reports of ...

Thats when the federal transportation mask mandate now ends. american also announced its stepping up work inside its largest hubs, charlotte and dallas, to try and keep passengers from bringing their own booze on board its flights. jake? >> pete muntean, thanks so much. we have some breaking news for you now. cnn has just learned about a warning sent to secretary of state blinken a full month before the collapse of kabul. well bring you those details next. as your business changes, the united ...

Im concerned that the knock on damage to americas relationships around the world is quite significant and isnt being taken into consideration. >> its very significant. ian, thank you very much. david, kaitlyn, thanks to you ahead. just ahead, cnn is learning that top diplomatics warned last month of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan and the need for quick u.s. evacuations. we will talk about that more with bidens deputy security adviser who is standing by live at the white house. dad. and...

With muslims. cnns david culver digs into the unlikely partnership between one nation that wants its citizens to embrace islamic fundamentalism and another that puts isthmus limbs in concentration camps and what the u.s. state department has called a genocide. >> reporter: just weeks before the taliban seized power in afghanistan, china made a very public display of growing closer to the groups leadership. chinese foreign minister yi meeting a taliban delegation in northern china in july, giving...

America is back. [ applause ] >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkel says the u.s.-led exit, quote, sparked a domino effect that ultimately culminated in the talibans return. >> this is a very bitter development. bitter, dramatic and terrible, especially for the people in afghanistan. >> reporter: and, wolf, we should also note from that pentagon briefing today we found out that there are u.s. fighter jets flying over kabul to ensure the security of this mission, this evacuation effort cur...

Florida. alexandria ayala, the palm beach county school board member says shes been getting a lot of angry messages on social media and from the angry messages im getting, im getting 200 positive messages, from parents who are thanking her for putting the safety of children first. >> the polling indicates that most americans do support mask mandates even if social media and angry phone calls dont suggest that. amara walk, thank you so much. lets talk with cnns chief medical correspondent dr. s...

Today oregon and washington state both announced that vaccines will be required for all teachers and staff while in florida the standoff over masks, stannoff between local school dis-trex and governor ron desantis is escrating. yesterday two school districts were defying desantis blocking of mask mandates in school and now its five. after three of the states largest counties, miami-dade, palm beach and hillsboro all pass the mask mandates. cnns amara walker joins me now from miami. amara, has go...

Network, aka cnn. you can tweet the show at @ @theleadcnn. we continue our coverage with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." im see you tomorrow. ♪ this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer with our breaking news coverage of the crisis in afghanistan. tonight the united states is ramping up fran sick evacuation efforts. many people are struggling to reach the kabul airport amid chaos and a tall ban crack down on opp...