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We were going to leave. that was a popular movement, action by the american people across presidential leadership. from one in office to the next. thats not the issue. the issue is how did you plan to do it and how youve executed that plan because it looks like you are leaving a lot of people to get their heads cut off. kayleigh. >> thats right. its how we left. president trump made clear. take out the civilians, take out the equipment, bomb the bases and take out the military last. he said i as...

Explain why, in fact, we need to have a presence on the ground in afghanistan. so when youve got three president in a row having said we have to get out -- >> even president bush was trying to find a way out. >> i think theres no question we have to maintain, need to maintain a presence on the ground. 3,500 forces, counterterrorist operations, counterintelligence operations. that allowed us to have the kind of assurance that the taliban would not, in fact, take over as they have done and create ...

We continue to strive on the ground. what we really want to do is continue to provide you details in a timely manner. as you know, recently the secretary of defense activated the stage 1 of the civil reserve air fleet. right now that activation includes 18 aircraft from six commercial airlines. this will increase passenger movement from the intermediate staging bases, temporary safe havens to the united states. while we continue to prioritize military aircraft, for the transportation of individu...

Planes involved anymore, defense echo terry lloyd austin is actively -- activating the civil air fleet, see r.a.f. that lets the department used commercial aircrafts to evacuate u.s. citizens and personnel, signal -- and other at risk individuals from afghanistan. now, the current activation plans call for 18 commercial aircrafts from these companies to pick up passengers from interim staging bases. they are not flying into the airport in kabul. military aircrafts will still handle those flights...

To help us and the rest of the world to stand by us. we asked the russians to let us use their bases. we need strategic partners. what this has done is apart from the fact that its just an absolute false narrative that we have created, the united states government has created this narrative, the military, the state department, the white house. theyre saying to the world the taliban is in charge here. were not really a super power because if we were, we would use our power, which were not. i wont...

2a hours, 25 us military c—17, three us military c—130 and a combination of 61 charter commercial and other military flights departed kabul. the total passenger count for those nights was approximately 16,000. ——the total passenger count for those flights of that number, the us military transported just under 11,000 personnel. our mission remains focused on ensuring a steady flow of evacuees out of kabul to the intermediate staging bases and safe havens and the intimations to continue to...

Military transported just under 11,000 personnel. our mission remained focussed on ensuring a steady flow of evacuees out of kabul to the intermediate staging bases and safe havens at our insulations continue to rapidly build out capacity as needed to ensure reception and providing humanitarian assistance. the use of temporary safe haven locations across europe and the middle east in areas that include u.s. insulations in qatar, uae, kuwait, bahrain, italy, spain and germany. we deeply appreciat...

Ordering major u.s. airlines to help fly evacuees from bases abroad. they will not be going into afghanistan. abcs senior foreign correspondent ian pannell reports in again from kabul tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the race to evacuate kabul growing more urgent by the day. roughly 7,800 people flown out in the last 24 hours. the highest number so far. the presidents national security advisor warning that the threat from isis at the kabul airport is "real, acute, and persistent." >> we have a lon...

A court date. and then a notification of his death sentence. these court decisions are final, and you will not have the right to object, the third and final letter reads. you chose this path for yourself, and your death is immeant, god willing. there are still 13,000 people at the airport and more trying to get through every day. but a new terror threat from isis-k, forcing the u.s. to develop alternate routes to the airport for safety when there is so little time left to evacuate. five flights ...

As you know, recently the secretary of defense activated the stage 1 of the civil reserve air fleet. right now, that activation includes 18 aircraft from six commercial airlines. this will from the intermediate staging bases to the united states. while we continue to prior tides military aircraft for the transportation of individuals and out of kabul. these flights will not be flying into kabul. as of this morning in the last 24 hours, 25 u.s. military c-17s, three u.s. military c-130s, and 61 c...