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The great answer mr. kirby gave there is as youve 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 on the ground. as youve seen, we have that capability to manage quite a lot of through-put and be able to put the right, you know, things on those aircraft as they come in and as they leave. >> john, who is guarding the u.s. embassy righ...

Going on in kabul but we know of no american casualties. >> one more question. when exactly does the august 31st deadline take effect? is that august 31st midnight or september 1st midnight? >> august 31st. >> a couple points you made earlier. you mentioned at some point the u.s. will prioritize getting military personnel out of the international airport. is there a point where afghan nationals and u.s. citizens will not be allowed to get into the airport compound? supposition being you would ha...

American only? >> im talking about 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 well help them withdraw their forces as well. >> right to the very end or you have to do that earlier? >> obviously we want to spreefsh preserve as much capability as possible. some of it is our allies answer partners. and so there will be a balance there. and it will be up to the admiral to determine that he has the...

Officials about the deadline and when u.s. should leave? >> what i can tell you is that the taliban have been very clear about what their expectations are, as well. >> what the public and private statements are the same? >> without getting into details, im not seeing much dissonance. >> you were speaking about that issue. taliban calling the shots here, please go on, sorry for interrupting but i wanted to play that for you. >> they are calling the shots but we have some leverage with them. after...

Trust the vaccines. but theyre willing to try a wacky fake cure they see on right wing media. they dont trust vaccines but take a drug meant for deworming livestock. like the fda says, you are not a horse. you are not a cow. seriously, yall, stop it. its because some people wont even wear a mask when its the best protection for kids too young to get vaccinated. 5 to 11-year-olds are up next for the fda approval for vaccinations but dr. anthony now c -- fauci says thats not likely to happen befor...

Half of all icu patients. meanwhile mississippi set a new record for covid-related fatalities. dr. fauci is pleading for unvaccinated people to do their part to help end the pandemic as quickly as possible. >> i would like to appeal to this country to the people in the country who are not vaccinated to realize that we have the capability among ourselves to essentially cut down the time frame to getting the end of this pandemic very, very clearly by just listening to everything youve heard on thi...

He says that he asked for a contingency plans in case forces need to remain in the country longer. evacuations have been rapidly increasing but many americans and afghan allies are still desperately trying to get out. joining me now the former defense secretary william cohen. secretary, thank you so much. appreciate you joining us. lets start by talking about the president holdiing steady on tht deadline of withdrawal a couple days, august 31st, one week left. is it the right call? >> don, time ...

The u.s. has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. this according to a u.s. defense official i have spoken to. security concerns around the airport are one of the major reasons president biden cited for sticking to his august 31st deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. forces. the white house just announced that about 19,000 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, people like those youre seeing there. more than 82,000 people in total...

>> i am concerned about that. when other things that the secretary said when he was secretary of state he said when america retreats, chaos follows. i almost felt like that was true . exactly what we need to, what i the right mixture of intelligence officers and state department in u.s. military to keep us safe in serve our interests depends on the countr where were serving. in the case of a failed state like afghanistan, where im quite convinced terrorist will flood the zone there and they alre...

Against us, there will be some serious consequences. i think we need to hold on to the airport as long as we can. then afterward, we need to work with humanitarian organizations and others to see who else might be able to get out because i know that the turmoil within afghanistan is not going to end at all once our planes and our military leaves. its going to continue for months and years ahead. >> is it wise to use the money as leverage here with the taliban or do you think that implies we may ...