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And within the kabul airport. there is a big question and that is why did they not keep bagram open with multiple runways with all of the facilities of a u.s. operation going on there. during the press conference yesterday we heard from mark milley and blade austin and here is what secretary austin said. i want your response on the other side. >> we will continue to coordinate and deconflict with the taliban and make sure that those folks, those people that need to get to the airfield have the r...

Are putting a lot of farmers out of work, if that is what they choose to enforce. they have the ability to do it, but i dont trust the taliban, i dont trust the statements that they will not flood their neighbours in europe with drugs. this has been a shared sacrifice, notjust immigration with drugs that have entered afghanistan, but nato allies, a shared sacrifice with american soldiers and afghan partners. that should not be lost in this conversation either.— this conversation either. when t...

With the senator, hes not the only one. they keep talk act the 300,000 strong afghanistan army. its a lie. youd be lucky if you could fill a football stadium with the afghanistan military that put on their uniform. anybody who served, a ngo, or contractor would say that for the last 20 years. >> that number is meaningless. and its been proven as you seen the capitols fall and kabul. the afghan military was trained, yes, in theory, they had the capability and the capacity to fight, but they didnt...

Have them so why not? >> good question. just going back, these were not low passes. these are providing air support. this isnt anything new. the ronald reagan has been there providing support. these f-18s are flying more than just yesterday. these were continuously in support and part of the assets that i briefed early on that were always available to the centcom commander. we mentioned them to give an update of the type of capability the commanders of the ground continue to have to do and insur...

Taliban. now the clock to evacuate winds down. all eyes on an august 31 withdrawal deadline. >> isis and al-quaida is a planning factor. you wouldnt expect it to be otherwise. im not going to talk about specific force protection measures against terrorist threats. i think clearly were mindful that that threat could persist. >> defense secretary lloyd austin made the admission about limits of rescuing americans stuck behind taliban lines in downtown kabul. >> we dont have the capability to go col...

Starts with, can you, the answer is always going to be yes. >> sure. >> thats the way theyre trained. you want me to take that hill, im going to take it. whatever you ask me to do, im going to find a way to get done. fine. thats where the civilians have to step in and say appreciate that, respect your capability and where youre coming from, but we civilians are ultimately the ones who have to make the decisions and we look at this and see it differently as a result. so i often times hear people ...

Of air fields and roads throughout the area. a ch-47 xheeted a partial move of about 60% of a field hospital which we believe the rest of the field hospital will be air lifted today. the u.s. coast guard continues its life-saving missions and all the helicopters involved will be on air lift missions to ease the suffering and to get people and capability the where they need to be. the u.s.s. arlington is on its way and is expected to provide additional lift and medical capabilities and serve as a...

Left to get them out is to bake the terrorists to please allow safe passages to people that we know you dont like to the airport. listen to what secretary of defense lloyd austin actually said earlier today. >> he have the capability to out and collect americans. >> we dont have the capability to collect large numbers of people. its obviously and not close to where we want to be in terms of getting numbers through so we will work that 24 hours a day and seven days a week. we will get everyone th...

They still are trying to get more people out and getting them through the taliban checkpoints and through the gates and on to the airport and actually getting the correct names to the military to manifest these people on. there was another very important thing we learned in the briefing here today and that is that the u.s. military is flying armed f-18 fighter jets over kabul. theyre flying off of an aircraft carrier in the region. theyre there for overwatch and security, but it also shows that ...

So theyre going to block them, theyre going to kidnap them, theyre going to shake them dow or they might kill them. now we have in afghan hostage crisis where americans are goin to have to pay bribes to the taliban to get out. u.s. government might be paying them, cash is king. we dont know, but were going to have to be paying terrorists to evacuate americans. i know we want to get afghans out to, but i want to get americans out and that should b the priority. right now, i think only 300 america...