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0 works. if the hope is for them to be a reasonable partner for afghan allies, other members of former of the afghan government or the u.s., that one indication there. im jim sciutto. thank you for being with us. that is flick robertson with me there. "at this hour" will start now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, im kate bolduan. were continuing this follow the major breaking news in afghanistan. there has been an explosion outside of kabul airport. officials also say this appears to be ...

0 casualties are unclear at this time. we will provide additional details when we can. we also learned moments ago that president biden has been briefed on that explosion outside of kabul airport. a white house official tells cnn. and we are waiting on a pentagon press briefing which will happen in about 30 minutes from now. the back ground on this, as you look at a live picture from the kabul airport, that in recent days and yesterday we reported the u.s. has been very concerned about a credibl...

0 operation, which says you have some fidelity on the intelligence. thats different than a lot of what i saw. bottom line, if they had that fidelity, eventually they will find these guys. all right. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers here around the united states and around the world. the horrific attack outside the kabul airport. moments ago, president biden honored the heroes of the mission in afghanista...

0 >> karen greenburg, thanks so much. that does it for this edition. chuck todd is up next with "mtp daily" only on msnbc. well, dont worry, andrea, youre not going very far. were coming back to you in a moment. welcome back to "mtp daily." a pair of explosions rocked kabul, have tloefr the u.s. evacuation efforts into turmoil, just five days before president bidens agreed to deadline to get americans out. u.s. officials tell nbc news at least three marines were wounded in the attack outside t...

Against crowds outside the kabul airport. meaning to heighten concerns about security there. the u.s. believes the terror group isis-k wants to create mayhem at the airport, something that the u.s. and taliban both want to avoid. and the u.s. has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. all this according to u.s. defense official. president biden acknowledged the growing threats of violence around the airport, part of the reason he cites for...

Going back to the trump administration, the cia was very consistent about the likely circumstances wed see. the first bases closed in may, and then by july 1st, bagram was closed it sent a clear signal to those throughout the government they couldnt rely on us. >> u.s. intelligence capability in afghanistan is going to shrink after the complete withdraw, right? >> it shrunk remarkably. it will have to be run as a stay-behind network, thats when an agency like cia is operating its own sources rem...

>> don, time will tell on this for sure, but i have to say i have mixed emotions today. i am profoundly grateful to our military. and i want everybody watching here or anywhere in the world to look at that military to see what were capable of, to see the kind of capability the individual soldiers, marines and others have going from humanitarians to peacekeepers to warriors and diplomats, all of that wrapped in one. and so we have to be enormously grateful to the job theyre doing along with our s...

Story and end for me. >> dana: that has been repeated by many other journalists there. the country is quite young actually. it doubled in size from a population standpoint and 41% of the people there under 14 years of age. they dont know what they are about to experience. how might they be able to get news now? what is the capability of being able to find out whats really going on in their country? >> well, the country is plugged in and connected more than ever before. the majority of people hav...

Populations all the way to the end if we have to and if we need to. if youre an advantag evac tha to get out, well continue to get you out. but in those last couple of day, well try to preserve as much capability as we can at the airport as you might imagine. so in those last couple days, we will begin to prioritize military capabilities and military resources to move out. that doesnt mean that if youre an evacuee and you need to get out that were not going to try to get you out, but that we wil...

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