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Even in afghanistan but maybe elsewhere. so, yes, there would be a capability to retaliate. maybe not immediately. but i would think that the first thing that we would be doing is worried about getting the mission done, and that is the defense of kabul airport and finding more secure ways to screen people when they come in. it may take a slightly larger number of people there to do that. that has to be asked. that has to be then considered. it has to be considered in light of how were going to r...

Intelligence about this potential attack at the airport is specific and credible. they believe isis-k has the capability and the planning to do so and the target would be those crowds around the airport with the intention of striking fear and creating mayhem around the airport. that that seems to have contributed to what weve seen there which is lack of ak setsz to the airport. but lets be frank, its not just that because the taliban ive been speaking to groups trying to get people out of the co...

People there. we have the rising capability to keep them from going after us. ladies and gentlemen, it was time to ending a 20-year war. thank you so much. >> what i took from that, yamiche, including in the face of fox news attempting to try to get under his skin is that president biden has not changed his mind at all. if anything, this tragedy that weve just seen occur with 13 dead among our u.s. marines, hes more determined than ever to get the u.s. out of afghanistan. is that a right read on...

That serious that they need that sort of level one trauma care. they will have to get them med evaced out of there as fast as they can. they have some minimal capability on base and to try to assist if at all possible with the afghans. but again, the word is -- the words are very rapidly evolving here. these are very first reports. nonetheless three officials telling cnn there are some u.s. personnel wounded in this attack, jim. >> as you well know, med evac -- [ no audio ]

Theyve conducted dozens of attacks over the years in afghanistan and pakistan and this fertile ground in afghanistan with basically no government in place and widespread local grievances and insecurity. this is the kind of place they look for as theyve lost territory elsewhere lost territory elsewhere in the region. for the u.s., we heard from the beginning of plans for withdrawal was remaining american interest, over the horizon interest, keeping the capability they wanted to keep to counter gr...

Gets ahead to where _ other groups. that answer in a sense gets ahead to where we _ other groups. that answer in a sense gets ahead to where we are. - other groups. that answer in a sense gets ahead to where we are. we i other groups. that answer in a sense| gets ahead to where we are. we have some very dangerous days ahead in the immediate run—up to the 31st, exactly as president macron was saying a few minutes ago. yeah, it is auoin saying a few minutes ago. yeah, it is going to — saying a...

There as possible? it doesnt mean stop getting people out and just add more troops. >> thats right, joy. the day the americans landed there and started extraction, it became a magnet for terrorist attacks at the kabul airport. this is different from other places like bagram where we had a security perimeter, we had air and ground dominance to a degree in terms of our military. we could defend it. this is not the case of whats going on today. were relying on the taliban. theres some minomers out ...

Let them leave by the kabul airport. so what do we tell them now? >> we are watching afghanistan being transformed into a terrorist state. the taliban has sheltered and provided sanctuary for al qaeda for years. it is a petri dish of terrorist threat to our nation, and right now, our military is there but not with the kind of force that we once had. remember, we gave up bagram airbase and withdrew our military. that is what started all of this. what i would also highlight as we negotiated the de...

>> reporter: i think, jim, it is got a sense of tragic inevitability because of the lay down there, the security lay down bheen means that yes the taliban are patrolling and people walking around with weapons as the british and american military withdraw, there are fewer and fewer people to be on security. they wont have reduced security on the airport perimeter but there are less and less people around to monitor this situation. and in any case, very little they could do about it. if somebody w...

0 your fine men and women, 18 died and was a preview of coming attractions. now in afghanistan, where this year not a single u.s. soldier had died or even been wounded, thats broken today with the death of 12 and 15 inches. >> -- pentagon calling it a complex terror attack. saying two isis suicide bombers were responsible. a team of reporters will give us updates throughout the hour. first chilling news saying he expects the did he doily isis attacks to continue. >> let isis break through the ch...