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He was asked about that, said it is not an issue of trust, it is mutual self interest, that they share goals, the adversary of the taliban and u.s. is isis now, but that has raised a lot of questions and a lot of criticism from lawmakers, including some democrats, senator menendez, chair of the senate foreign relations committee saying among other things the u.s. cannot trust the taliban with american security, chris. >> peter, clearly this is a pivotal moment in bidens young presidency at a tim...

Many americans remained were too high in terms of what we were saying in the media and that almost everybody had gone or everybody who wanted to go. there are some people who would like to stay. again, i think what well see is this will accelerate the completion and then termination of the mission because the president could say that weve gotten out pretty much every american who wants to get out, and this will, of course, also prioritize the getting out of americans and the getting out of our t...

Not happen. it also makes it even more chaotic of course, this threat warning really raising a lot of concern and for the people there, it is in such a state of confusion, i really don�*t think that information is trickling down and they have already endured so much that i don�*t think it is really going to be a majorfactor in whether think it is really going to be a major factor in whether or not they decide to stay at the airport, they are so desperate to leave the country and they have go...

Yes, garrett, you can almost imagine the voices that will say that this process, this evacuation process should have started earlier to sort of avoid the situation that unfolding this morning. president biden, white house officials have been consistent in saying well beyond -- to be clear well beyond, before this attack happened, that any sort of exit from afghanistan would have been chaotic, would have been painful. the process weve seen play out only proves they were right to draw down this wa...

Afghanistan and put it squarely on the domestic agenda here at home. and i dont think its much more complicated than that damn the consequences along the way. do you see it otherwise? >> no, bill, i dont think it is. reasonable people can disagree about the decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan after 20 years there. no one can agree joe biden executed that decision well. chaotic, disorganized and slap dash from the beginning. his white house seems to be treating it like its just a bad new...

At the airport was reaching those people attempting to leave the city. well, i was at the airport yesterday afternoon and there were still huge crowds gathering there, really desperate scenes — old women being pushed along, rubbish strewn, dirt tracks and wheelbarrows, young children being carried by their parents, whole families camped out for days at a time and many of those who were gathered there dont have the right travel documents to be able to board an evacuation flight. they are simply...

On hold. >> you dont want to see your co-workers suffer as much as you dont want to see a patient suffer. >> reporter: while it helps, one nurse choosing to stay isnt enough. mississippi has at least 2,000 fewer nurses than it did at the beginning of the year. >> it looks heroic and it looks -- but that is not what it is. it is sweaty and hard and chaotic. and bloody. >> i didnt even know really what burnout meant as a nurse until i hit covid. >> reporter: melissa davis has worked in the icu for...

0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. lets toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? >> chris jansing, thank you. im garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. youre looking at live pictures of the airport. its 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are hudd...

Finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops, but the completion by august 31 depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transported out and no disruptions to our operations. the world bank says its suspending aid to afghanistan because of the talibans seizure of power. the bank says its deeply concerned at the impact ths will have on development projects, especially those benefiting women, and that it would clo...

Permanent residents, special immigrant visa holders and others who may be eligible. and i have seen them jump and make sure they do everything they can to rescue american citizens in harms way. now, the gates to the airport are unlike anything i have ever seen. it is a throng of individuals, oftentimes thousands deep, desperate for a new life, desperate for opportunity, mixed in with, you know, random individuals who may be desperate but dont have document or status. you know, oftentimes america...