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That we have the capability, the ability to get that done by the end of the month. as you know, the us came under some pressure from some of the g7 to push the date back. what is their biting calculation cannot do that? the? the date back. what is their biting calculation cannot do that? they are sa in: the calculation cannot do that? they are saying they can _ calculation cannot do that? they are saying they can do — calculation cannot do that? they are saying they can do everything - calcula...

Open? >> ill let the general take it. would you j-- i would just say e are in communication with the taliban about the situation at the airport now. our folk frus a military perspective is -- right now the plan is to end the mission on the 31st august. i dont want to suggest that is not what were planning on. as we get there, as i said earlier, we want to preserve as much capability as long as we can to continue to conduct evacuations while safely removing our people and our equipment all at the...

Be at war with the world. they want to impose a harsh and awful rule in their own country but they saw that hosting bin laden lost them power. they dont want that, they dont want to repeat that. in some ways they will be the alliance of the western trying to fight isis. the question is whether they will have the capability to do so. the taliban are divided, the taliban of kandahar would not necessarily agree with the taliban network. their chain of command is far from taliban network. their chai...

Dimension, not political, diplomatic, economic, not security wise, not military. so you have to look at that and say okay, they are getting the outcomes they want because they can bomb the taliban into the stone age like that. they can destroy all those weapons that are in place, they can tell pakistan to cease and desist right now or we are turning off the money.es they can tell them stop doing these big evacuations of afghan women, and the mountaineering team. when you are funding the taliban ...

Believe that we have the capability, ability to get that done by the end of the month. >> all of this comes as nbc news confirmed what was first reported by "the washington post," cia director bill burns held a secret meeting with the de facto leader of the taliban in addition to hearing from the president, the state department is briefing reporters, pentagon having another briefing as well. we have a lot of reporting to get to and some essentially some open holes to try to close. joining me, ke...

So whether there is much greater medical capability. i think it will vary but let me see if we can get you a better answer. i will have to wrap it up. well see you again at 1500 again, 3:00, sorry. general from northern command and general walters of the european command. i will basically turn the podium over to them and i assume that it will be the focus of the briefing. if i need to stick around after for other issues, ill do that as well. well see you later this afternoon. thank you. >> harri...

Summer. and then, along comes the sucker punch with the -- with the delta variant, which is extraordinary in its capability of spreading from person to person. so we hope well be there at the time frame that i mentioned correctly being the spring of 2022. but theres no guarantee because its up to us. if we keep lingering without getting those people vaccinated that should be vaccinated, this thing could linger on leading to the development of another variant which could complicate things. so its...

Americans over there working as hard as they can. chris, you know, weve got to highlight that this is basically a digital dunkirk right now. there are an enormous amount of americans that are giving their money, their time, their effort to help with this. theres an opportunity for a public/private partnership. the pieces arent in place yet but im hoping theres this center set up for civil military relations with these folks that have this desire to help. america is a wonderful country with hugel...

Pentagon press secretary john kirby hinting at more. >> on occasion, where theres a need and theres a capability to meet that need, our commanders on the ground are doing what they feel they need to do to help americans reach the airport. >> reporter: for now the u.s. embassy in kabul is telling afghan special immigrant visa applicants and evacuees not to come to the airport until theyre told. with potentially little more than a week less of this evacuation effort, fear of a totalitarian taliban...

Taliban lead afghanistan once again become a pariah state, but if i had to bet can i think its probably where we are going to end up. iiruilieii where we are going to end up. when ou are in where we are going to end up. when you are in charge _ where we are going to end up. when you are in charge of— you are in charge of counterterrorism, you had troops on the ground there, you had that formidable oversight of the us embassy, which was an intelligence hub. he had oversight from the planes that...