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♪let it go (huh, huh)♪ ♪let it go (word, word, 88)♪ ♪let it go (let it go)♪ were back with the tragic breaking news out of afghanistan. more than 60 people dead and 140 wounded according to the afghan health ministry after multiple explosions at the kabul airport. among the dead at least 12 u.s. service members. 15 u.s. service members are said to be wounded. my panel joins me now. let me start with you. general kenneth mckenzie, the commander of centcom, today he said were still w...

Bombing attacks. outside the kabul airport. those service members who died were at a gate right outside the airport, a checkpoint to enter that space as we understand it from the general of the commander of central command that they may have been the expt killed and injured several others. we understand there were potentially others of afghans who were also injured or killed in those explosions in afghanistan today. i want to turn to our pentagon correspondent who has been monitoring the situati...

Died as a result of the two suicide bombers in kabul today. at the kabul airport just outside. bringing back strategic analyst retired general jack keane. youre listening to jen psaki and talking about the specifics. i want to hit on one thing that she set about the taliban. they are not our friends and we do not trust them. i will say, general, the commander of central command and rear admiral of the u.s. forces on the ground in afghanistan have previously in written correspondence and verbal r...

Further along the airport perimeter, where terrified afghans would surely have been running from the first blast. a senior afghan health officials says at least 60 people have been killed and 140 injured. in the last hour the pentagon has confirmed that 12 us service seven members were killed and 15 wounded in the attack. us officials say a suicide bomber approached the gate and was being checked by us soldiers when he exploded his vest. general kenneth mckenzie, commander of us central command,...

Is exactly what the biden administration was hoping to avoid. us military officials confirmed that 12 died and 15 were injured in the attacks. general kenneth mckenzie, commander of us central command, said there are real specific threats ongoing, but the evacuation will continue as planned. we are continuing to bring people onto the airfield. we just brought a number of buses aboard the airfield over the last couple three hours, so we continue to process, we will continue to fly people out. the...

Guns. they gave no back up to the afghans that we served alongside. i could break things over what im seeing on this, and i dont believe a single word that comes out of that mans mouth. >> i know that you listened earlier in the day, as i did and so many others did, to the u.s. militarys commander of the central command, general kenneth mckenzie. he put it blunty. he said they expect these kinds of terror attacks to continue. so what options does the u.s. military have right now to thwart these ...

Its a very heavy heart that i do this conversation with you today. nobody feels it more than me or the other members of the chain of command. well do everything we can to improve our practices there, to make sure its a safe as possible for our folks on the ground that are doing this dirty dangerous work. john, thanks very much. >> thank you, general. thank you all, appreciate it. >> aaron gilchrest here at the nbc studios in new york. youve been watching a pentagon press briefing on the situatio...

Ground with us today. many soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and coast guardsman that support this operation across the central command, european command and area command is our responsibility. this evacuation could simply not have been done without the amazing flexibility of u.s. transportation command in the air lust provided you about the u.s. air force. no other military in the world is anything like it. i also like to thank the host nation thats provided access to their facilities for t...

>> reporter: this isnt the first time the airport has come under attack. the a sniper on monday fired on troops guarding the airports northern perimeter. we saw some of the afghan soldiers wounded in that attack during a visit to the coalitions military hospital earlier this week. it comes at a vulnerable moment for america as it begins to fly out its own military personnel, and for the taliban, too. sworn enemies of isis-k who controlled security outside the airport and want to show that they c...

To are speaking to their contacts on the ground who they have known for decades and say burn everything, burn your passport, hide all traces that you ever worked for the u.s. the go dark and well try to get you out in a few months. >> oh, my god. >> all right. thanks one and all for being here. really appreciate it. moments ago the u.s. commander of central command said despite todays attacks at the kabul airport he is not asking additional forces in afghanistan. >> we assess we have the forces ...