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We have. today one concern that administration has is they are seeking to cause mayhem at the airport and potentially intelligence streams showing they had intelligence and capability to potentially do so. this is even something president biden sited this week when he was talking about why he is going or is set on making that august 31st deadline as he said he knows that groups like isis-k and other organizations are seeking to potentially target this airport and the crowds outside of it. so now...

Americas leaders are literally saying they dont have the political will to fight the taliban, to use the power they have, to use the capability they have. the will to stand up. they have no honor at this point, no dignity, betrayed our allies, you talk a lot about who should be coming to back and all that but no one is talking about the fact we created this problem and we can fix it and we shouldnt be putting -- afghans dont want to offload to america. many do but what they really want is to hav...

That theres a very specific threat stream about attacks around the kabul airport. the threat coming from a group known as isis-k, islamic state khorasan, arrival of the taliban. with intelligence like this, they look for whats credible and specific. this is both of those things. credible in that they have multiple intelligence indicators here. specific in that theyre talking both about target and capability. they believe isis-k has the ability to carry out these attacks here with the intention t...

>> theres a report out by relatives of americans in sharif saying the woman has had permission to leave that base to go to kabul to leave. would that fall -- would helping that american citizen who has gotten permission on their own from the taliban to get from sharif to kabul, would that be in this sweet of capabilities that the pentagon has? >> no. im glad i got a chance to follow up. when i said outside kabul, im talking about relatively close by. i dont want to set the expectations that were...

Finished earlier and you talking about american military resources? >> primarily u.s. military troops and equipment. we are now and have been working with our allies and partners to help them withdraw their people and will help them withdraw their forces as well. >> right to the very end or have you had to do that earlier? >> we want to preserve as much capability as possible. some of that capability is not ours. some of it is our allies and partners. there will be a balance there. it will be up...

Pakistan is already trying to get commercial or semicommercial flights in and certainly keen to try to make sure that there is a smooth transition from american control to afghan control when the u.s. leaves. nobody wants to see this place being attacked or burnt or looted. there is some speculation that turkish troops may stay on in order to help with that process. the afghan capability to run an airport has evaporated because the air traffic controllers were among the first to flee on those ea...

There, as you have seen in the last three days, the complexity and amount of aircraft moving in and out. so the capability to continue to sequence and plan for the actual requirements that leave on a daily basis is going to be made, you know, on the ground. s about as you have seen, we have that capability to manage quite a lotof through-put and be able to put the right things on those aircraft as they come in and as they leave. >> john, who is guarding the u.s. embassy right now, who will guard...

Continue to evacuate needed populations all the way to the end if we have to and we need to. if you are an evacuee that we can get out well continue to get you out right up until the end. but in those last couple of days we will try to preserve as much capability as we can at the airport as you might imagine. in those last couple of days we will begin to prioritize military capabilities and military resources to move out. that doesnt mean that if you are an evacuee and you need to get out that w...

Mission right up until the last day. >> i think what i would add for the great answer mr. kirby gave, as youve seen in the last three days, the complexity and the amount of aircraft moving in and out. so the capability to continue to sequence and plan for the actual requirements that leave on a daily basis is going to be made on the ground. as youve seen, we have that capability to manage quite a lot of throughput and be able to put the right things on those aircraft as they come in and as they ...

These men and women and their children. what were doing to do when we get them on the bases is make sure that they have safe, security housing, plenty of sustenance, food, water, medical care and the ability to work through the rest of their process. so our focus is on making sure that theyre safe and secure and that -- well do that to the maximum capability that we can and we certainly encourage americans to welcome them as well when they relocate from our military bases into american society, ...