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Around the world because at least around iraq [inaudible] we had bases and allies. we turkey, we had paces in israel and the gulf states. look around the map in afghanistan, we have nothing. not a single country has agreed to host american forces. all of our local allies are being hunted down as we speak. and the taliban are going to be armed to the teeth by the -- i mean storehouses of heavy quiments, tanks and ammunition. >> bret: one more thing. >> sure. >> bret: for people who say that the p...

Individuals will come to the united states. we have three military bases now set to receive them, fort lee, fort mccoy and fort bliss. the capacity at those three bases, we want to get up to 22,000 capacity. were not there yet. understandably. were building out to that. as the secretary made clear to the department, if we need to offer additional u.s. installations here in the continental united states, well do that. right now we think we can get up to 22,000 in relatively short order here over ...

Miles to go just to get to bagram. you bring in long range aircraft to bases we can do the over the horizon thing. its not mission impossible but its mission very, very hard from bagram. >> thank you, admiral, for being on this morning. still ahead, white house communications director, kate bedingfield will join us as the u.s. struggles to pick up the pace of evacuations in afghanistan. plus the biden administration is recommending covid booster shots for most vaccinated americans but some hea...

Administration -- >> mollie: president trump yesterday came out with a statement, when leaving afghanistan you should have out all the americans first, then we shouldve brought out all of our equipment, then we should have bombed our bases and finally bring back the military. he said doing the opposite just makes no sense of these leaks from intelligence agencies and defense department officials are interesting but im a little bit reluctant to put too much credence into them because i saw how le...

Republican and democratic leaders say they are eager to welcome evacuees although will is fearmongering from some on the far right. here is brian todd. >> reporter: some afghan evacuees who have been granted the special immigrant visas or sivs arriving in the united states and some governors have stepped up to say they are welcome in their states. >> we have open arms here in wisconsin. >> reporter: governor evers is a democrat and nine republican governors say that they will also welcome the re...

0 welcome to msnbc on a busy friday afternoon. president biden giving an update on the chaotic situation, the evacuation of americans and afghans as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the crisis unfolding in afghanistan. the president says evacuation flights have resumed. that is of being paused for several hours. sources tell nbc news the flights stopped temporarily because qatar, the first batch of evacuees were taken, didnt have the capacity to take any more people. this ...

0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. were very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secret...

0 . the pullout has been a whole different story. >> a special thank you to all o our guests that have joined us in our amazing reporters with their first-hand stories covering afghanistan over that decades. >> the best in the business. >> continuing coverage on the fox news channel. the story with martha mac callum start right now. >> what annout standing middle east team we have and the coverage over the years brings something to this story that i dont think youll find anywhere else. good afte...

Think it was a failure of - that that would happen? i dont think it was a failure of us - think it was a failure of us intelligence, because us intelligence, because us intelligence agencies had been becoming more dire in their assessments of a collapse of the afghan national security forces as we got into the spring and the early summer of 2021. if anything, spring and the early summer of 2021. ifanything, it spring and the early summer of 2021. if anything, it is a failure of policy, so the de...

>> well, unfortunately, intelligence is supposed to inform decision making. but intelligence does not recommend courses of action. the cia is not a policymaking organization. our job is to provide assessments based on the intelligence and the policy options that are being brought to our attention, such as if we do a, what happens? if we do b, what happens? so certainly the case that president trump, when i was th there, it was clear in august of 2017, he was willing to take a different look at a...