balloon is but will do the most to keep you and the republican informed. laura: that general to give us a little play-by-play. currently it s traversing the continental united states. right now we assess that it will probably be over the united states for a few days. but we will continue to monitor, review our options and keep you updated as we can. he s like al roker and the doppler radar. it s humiliating. we re the united states. even general wesley clark and former obama s secretary defense leon panetta felt the need to chime in. it s our airspace that we have to protect. so i suspect there are ways to be able to go after this balloon, whether to shoot it down or to intercept it in some way. or whether to interfere with what the maneuverability of the balloon which obviously is of concern. bob bear even more blunt in
changing in real-time, right? just days ago, he said this. we made clear to the taliban that any attack any attack on our forces or disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with swift and forceful response. right. but not against the taliban, in this case, right? because isis-k is supposedly their enemy, right? but we are hearing from the ground that people believe that the isis guys are mixed in with the taliban guys. what s the reality? do we even know? do we even have time to find out? so, what will retaliation look like? let s bring in bob bear and retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis. thank you for helping me, especially at the hour. appreciate you. bob, let me start with you. the president had to say that. when america ais attacked when any of our service men or women are hurt, you can expect the commander in chief to knuckle up but how real is that threat?
or the bagram was already gone. i mean, we had already turned it over, like, a month or so before that. so you can t undo that. and unfortunately, that s just where we are. bob bear, lieutenant colonel daniel davis. appreciate you. my pleasure, thank you. front lines. back channels. what can be done from a diplomatic standpoint in this rescue mission? now, what does that mean? that means what about this plan after we leave? is there really a reasonable expectation of anything good happening? next.
100,000. and, you know, when you got to put that into context. the original plan in fact, when august 31st was even mentioned as date was to get out the 2,500 troops by that date. and then, all hell went broke loose when when the afghan government and military disintegrated. and now, all the sudden, it turned into an evacuation and the fact that we have gotten this many out is is really a testament to how fast the military can respond, on the fly, to a really world-class emergency. so problem is that clock is ticking. and, you know, it s harder to get in and i don t know how many more are going to get out. but my heart bleeds for them. and i also have a friend who is one of those trying to get in. so i can feel for what she is saying. you know, that s a fair point, bob. um, look. you can make the case very easily that the biden administration did not handle this exit well. but the rapid collapse did create an evacuation scenario that wasn t envisioned. um oh, absolute y