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Still looming large of another attack. what they have basically done is to push those check points back quite a bit, trying to push the crowds further away, create some depth or space between that first line from the taliban and between u.s. servicemen. as you said, u.s. evacuations are still continuing, but the threat is still very real. a lot of concern. isis has had more than a week to plan for this. this is a soft target, as you mentioned brianna. and a lot of fears that we may see more atta...

What information is very important right now is at the ground level to ensure that as people approach check points, that those taliban checkpoint leaders have an understand who is coming, what documentation they are supposed to have. because that is really important for us to ensure that the time that people are not in areas and just staying there for long periods of time, you know, the commanders on the ground are continuing to coordinate. how do we continue to increase that through-put through...

Said well, we now understand if we want out, weve got to go over land, and theyre selling off of their possessions to get enough money to survive as refugees. >> wow. today the pentagon said that a taliban security failure may have led to yesterdays bombings. if that ends up being true, it certainly points to just the ad hoc nature of this bizarre alliance right now between u.s. forces and the taliban. two said which have been fighting each other for 20 years. its not as if the taliban has well ...

Learn the identities of the americans killed, including navy medic max soviak of ohio and marines rylee mccollum of wyoming, kareem nikoui and hunter lopez of california, and david lee espinoza of texas. 18 americans also wounded in the attack, some med evaced to germany in special surgical units inside c-17 planes. but questions remain on just how this attack took place with the pentagon scrutinizing taliban check points. >> if they were able to get up to the marines at the screening, at the en...

>> what is the special forces for allies and the international partners. >> im sorry, i -- >> from the operational side, i think that it is just like i said earlier, it is to continue that support, the work together as we continue this mission forward, it is extremely important. thank you. >> i would like to follow up about something. theres that been some attacks against taliban check points. >> can you give us any more clarification on the sharing of american citizens, information as well as s...

Afghans out. its a critical period. one is white house has acknowledged is the dmooijs period of all of this as the u.s. begins to wind down its forces and gets ready to begin to wind down its forces. security becomes even more critical in environment youve seen how dangerous it can be. >> sam, on that note, i know u.s. officials dont want to give details. operational details for security reasons. do we know whats changed over the past 24 hours since they still have this intel that says another ...

Points. the check points rove and move. those people manning the check points, these arent people who have been trained to be policemen. a lot of them have just been fighting in the hills for the past decade, and the other thing is ive been spending a lot of my time with this volunteer task force of people moving people out. we counted on the fact that the taliban check points were moving around to try to get people vulnerable people past them, and to the front gates. so i got to say, in the hou...

To see just the crush of humanity at the gates, and exactly what general mackenzie said, theres no way to do this without human contact. so what is the threat assessment for future attacks? >> they are still, the u.s. military is still very concerned about attacks. general mackenzie specifically said they expect more attacks and more attempts at attacks. thats opened up a new line of questioning here and that is who is providing security outside the airport. i think a lot of viewers would be sur...

Saying theyre keen to stress, it is not over because of this attack. it is over because that was previously scheduled. this was the moment whereby they were going to end their evacuation operation. but what we also saw, brianna, i think will help our viewers understand a little bit how this could happen was that essentially you didnt have a huge amount of space between the first line of defense, which were these taliban check points and then u.s. servicemen sort of standing guard at the entrance...

Adjust the check points that they have if you can call them check points. >> well, look, i think this is reflective of the overall error of judgment to withdraw at all. i mean, right now were in an impossible situation. so were doing things that otherwise would not even be comprehensible or justifiable. the execution of this withdrawal has been bungled and is one reason were in such jeopardy now. but it still points to the fundamental aspect of the error of withdrawing at all. the notion that we...