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In this complex suicide bombing attack. as weve been reporting all morning we can confirm two explosions, one at the abbey gate, one near the barron hotel. those marines were not outside the airport, they were along that barbed wire weve been seeing and helping the state department as they check papers and kept the security at the gate. last night at abbey gate there was a crush, a sea of humanity described to me. 5,000 people, many, many layers deep trying to get in. they knew, the state depart...

How do you communicate with people in the country? how do they reach you, commander? >> a whole slough of reasons the three of us lead the thing called dynamo two and really what it is, its the air bridge of the northern corridor. so what happens is we sat down and figured out that kabul was going to fall and we didnt want -- many would be left behind. this was unacceptable to us so we looked at human and physical terrain and figured the northern corridor would be the best option for those left ...

Eyewitness, one of our interpreters trying to get out since the taliban first took over kabul. he did not -- he was not able to get there but still helping people. >> bill: his name is carl. right now we believe he is at the hospital. with us now mark green joins our coverage. good morning to you. im certain youre watching the updates. your initial reaction to what appears to be not just the final days in afghanistan of a 20 years war but the final hours now. >> its just gut wrenching. im gettin...

There was a suicide bombing at the abbey gate. barron gate and abbey are close to each other. injuries not confirmed but americans -- there have been american persons injured. again, there was a fire fight that broke out. this has been something that word has been out for the last few days that they were planning something like this from isis. the first thing that came to mind one of my first runs to the gate to take people across was this would be a perfect scenario for a suicide bombing and wo...

Has been put on the population in the capital city. reading from reuters now. this is what they are reporting out of kabul. the blast has killed at least 13 including children. and they are citing a taliban official. it reads an explosion outside the kabul airport killed 13 included 13 and wounded many taliban guards according to the taliban from kabul now. chad pergram is working his sources live on the hill to bring us more from there in washington chad, hello. >> the house and senate are out ...

As you guys have discussed a little bit really we have to talk, when we talk about getting through these gates, it is the access to the gate that was the problem. you had americans and afghan allies that couldnt make it the 200 yards to get to the gate to get passage through. now something like this complex as a ied explosion and a fire fight happening at the abbey gate makes it impossible to move people. we are waiting to get more guidance on what they are advising americans and allies how to g...

Are getting we dont know. it is clear now that they should not attempt in any way to get to the gate and that doesnt include, by the way, the afghan allies, the thousands we have talked about for the last couple of days that are simply abandoned. we have been tracking some efforts, private efforts for some of these afghan allies to get out. some that were unsuccessful yesterday and now were in communication with that are simply feeling stuck with nowhere to go. another important point that we ho...

Explosions, two of them. one taking place near the abbey gate and one near the barron gate. two of the main entrances to the airport in kabul where u.s. forces helped to set a perimeter to help with the flow of evacuees onto the airfield. this was likely, according to reports, an attack conducted by isis-k. a group that both british and american intelligence officials were warning about over the past several days. a group that could launch attacks in the region. a very small organization. the of...

A group of people. unknown number of casualties outside the abbey gates. one of the main gates manned by american paratroopers and marines. no reports of casualties at this time. of course, this comes just last night when there were over 5,000 afghans gathered at this gate desperate to get inside and get on one of the last evacuation flights. well get back to you as soon as we hear more. last night, bill, of course this comes last night the state department warned any americans outside any of th...

Numbers of death and injuries still not confirmed. i can confirm there was a suicide attack at the barron hotel. >> bill: i understand you are italian and you were not there at the scene when the explosion happened but youve been to the airport often and when you are coming up on nightfall what are the circumstances at the gate outside that point over the past week? >> it is getting worse and worse by the day. there is no more -- 1:00 in the morning is a safe time to go or 3:00 in the afternoon ...