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Interest of innocent civilians that have need to get to the airport. >> meanwhile, in just the last few hours, hundreds of evacuees have arrived at military bases and camps around europe. a number of allies have agreed to accept afghan refugees. state department officials say they will make decisions on permanent resettlement locations. we have reporters standing by with all the details. lets start with courtney kube at the pentagon. welcome to you on this saturday. what are we learning about wh...

Dynamic... the threat dynamic is dynamic— dynamic... the threat dynamic is dynamic right now, be aware? are they getting similar messages? | they getting similar messages? [ would they getting similar messages? i would have to refer you to the state department — would have to refer you to the state department. my— would have to refer you to the state department. my understanding - would have to refer you to the state department. my understanding is l would have to refer you to the state . ...

In 2020, after direct talks between the taliban and the trump administration, a deal was done. the taliban would not attack us troops, the us committed to leave. and in april, add new president, joe biden, recommitted to that withdrawal. i concluded that it is time to end americas longest war. it is time for american troops to come home. and while americas nato allies expressed concern, they concluded with the americans going, they had to, too. and so the withdrawal gathered pace. by the lie, a ...

Begin plotting attacks? >> yeah. al qaeda has been established in afghanistan. in 2015, the u.s. raided a -- one of the largest bases its seen since it launched the war on terror in kandahar province and killed 150 al qaeda operatives. the release of these prisoners. this is a boom for jihadism. some of them are islamic state but most of them are al qaeda and affiliated groups and i am told that members of -- and it makes sense because we know we detain them. but of the external operation cells,...

>> i would have to refer you to the state department. my understanding is that there is a -- that theres ways to communicate to that population, but how thats done, thats not a dod equity. i wouldnt be able to speak to that with any great clarity. >> since the mission with the three chinooks that rescued the americans, have there been any other airlift rescue operations? is that maybe a way that other americans who are still stranded might be able to get to the airport? >> no. i wont speculate a...

Military c-17s and 32 charters departed kabul. through this combined effort, the total passenger count for those flights was approximately 3,800. also in the past 24 hours, a number of c-17s are moving between qatar and germany, providing critical relief that will increase our input to those intermediate staging bases. finally, in the past 24 hours, three flights landed at dulles international airport. there are now afghans in just one week since beginning this operation who have left afghanista...

Not to mention driving around in u.s. humvees and even mraps. givens them a lot of firepower they didnt have before. >> absolutely. i mean, we are just seeing a small fraction of this. i have seen video after video. so they overran all of the afghan militarys bases. their army corps headquarters. and large military and training bases. and in these videos, you will just see panning over fields of humvees or armored vehicles, fuel trucks, sometimes tanks, ar ti ry pieces and i have even seen talib...

Successfully secured the kabul airport. the situation just a week ago was a little bit different than it is today. the airport remain secure. us military personnel currently oversee flight operations both us military contracted aircraft as well as foreign aircraft continue to operate within kabul airport. additionally the us military has maintained the gate security at major gates and supported our state department colleagues in the process of individuals to prepare for evacuation flights out of...

Salute the soldiers that are there. but we should welcome these -- we will vet them, theyre going to military bases, but there are thousands and thousands of families like tahirs that are dying to come to the united states. we have to keep the gates open, we have to keep u.s. troops at the airport, and we have to bring them to u.s. bases and then vet them, and i hope eventually bring them here. >> david, i want to thank you for talking about all of this. im so gratified to hear the good news. fo...

Evacuees. 32 charters departed kabul. the total passenger count was approximately 3,800. also, in the past 24 hours a number of c-17s are moving between cutter and germany, providing critical relief that will increase our input to those intermediate staging bases. finally, in the past 24 hours, three flights landed at dulles international airport. there are now afghans, in just one week since beginning this operation, have left afghanistan and will be transitioned to fort bliss today for further...