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Out. i think one should also bear in mind, notwithstanding the fact that the taliban themselves have a long record of terrorist attacks, particularly in kabul, the very few countries around the world have been immune to terrorist attacks. its not possible, least of all in a place like afghanistan to stop every single potential attack. theres indeed some possibility that the information about this imminent attack to the americans may well have come from the taliban in the first place, but they wi...

More u.s. troops out. trying to get out of afghanistan as soon as u.s. forces can. how did they -- i mean, if they choose to continue this and continue evacuations, how did they reach out to americans and get americans to the airport? i assume gathering outside the gate for americans say thats not option? >> yeah. i mean, its going to be -- look, heres the reality. maybe theres moments when they can get them through the gate, when they know its secure. maybe its going to be going outside the gat...

Americans were clearly aware time was running out. if they were going to try to get to the airport, they needed to go. but that was offset by the security concerns. i think fair to say were still waiting for any kind of word definitively, how many americans, passport holders might have been outside the gate. >> when we talk to sam again, well talk to him based on his experience of being in the area, where u.s. forces would be stationed in terms of are they always just behind the blast wall, on t...

But the. >> it was part of the structures of the security for the international coalition. that was the british base where the airborne brigade were based. its why the area is a magnet. not only do people get in through the gate, they also go via -- the abbey gate. the british largely collapsed that as part of their withdrawal, i believe, because there were a lot of brits on the air base yesterday. they said frankly, a stones throw almost between the exit to the baron and the entrance to abbey g...

Ramparts of battlements. frequently visible around the gate to people trying to get in. thats the way many people have been able to get in. by getting messages inside the airport to say ive got my documents. the documents get screened and identifying themselves without clothing or a baby dressed in yellow as one did. allowing the soldiers then to literally point at them and then they quickly open the gate and close it again very rapidly, letting people in in the sporadic moments. of course, that...

Word later this afternoon. but at this point, well have to see. im sure theyre waiting to see if president biden decides to address the nation. >> and barbara, theres no telling at this point how many people might have been outside that gate at this time. yesterday the u.s. put out the embassy based at the airport. instructed any american outside the blast walls trying to get into the airport to leave the area because of a specific threat. this seemed a prior concern about what might happen. its...