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Passage for americans and some afghans to get through some check points and thats part of the agreement. so as one of the factors, does it include giving them assurances. it seems they want this to be considered as an evolving and flows conversation. think about it, grks arrett. there is about 5800 troops there now. there was 600 and 1,000 there when the taliban first when the into kabul. it took several days to get those roughly 5,000 troops in. is it going to take defrl days to get them back o...

Consider them, and as the general briefs, very much part of moving people out. >> have they communicated to the united states that they need more time. >> can you member we. >> it is tactical movements on any given day, but that has a caveat. we look at the airport etc. and the immediate environment of the airport. that is where you have taliban check points and crowds

You can imagine thus far and going forward it does require constant coordination and deconfliction with the taliban. >> i was going to ask you -- >> it absolutely is going -- it is absolutely requiring of us to keep these lines of communication with the taliban open, who do have check points out beyond the airport. and what we have seen is that this coordination has worked -- this deconfliction has worked well in terms of allowing access and flow to continue as well as reducing the overall size ...

When they get to the airport? that sort of thing? >> yes. i think the lack of coordination between dod and the department of defense and department of state, were seeing a lot of confusion from all the folks that were talking to on the ground. these are both american citizens stranded outside the airport, and these are afghan allies who have served for 20 years to help us and fight the taliban, and pa because of that confusion, you have thousands like me who are stepping up to guide these folks,...

Kabul. you have these gates. youve seen the video of the chaos outside of this airport. the taliban just feet away from american troops pushing people back, setting up check points across the city, and now there are very, very serious intelligence reports indicating that isis could target u.s. citizens who are trying to make their way to the airport so you have this very difficult situation and the taliban took over the entire country and got weaponry, machinery and more man power by freeing the...

Literally thousands of people trying to get through dangerous check points on to planes, how do you think that the president is handling this crisis? >> well, i must say, laura that i think you got better this week on the last day. a statement i thought was more confident and more confident i seem to have a lot better grasp or command. he also acknowledged more than he has in the past, the chaos that has unfolded on his watch and very importantly, laura, he gave a firmer commitment to the afghan...

Treated at a hospital and returned to the father but we dont know if they were able to leave. the pentagon releasing photos tonight of troops sharing water with an afghan boy. fist bumping another boy. and holding a baby. i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst david gurgin. glad to have you both. under these circumstances there is a lot to talk about. david, when you see all the chaos and all the desperation, literally thousands of people trying to get through dangerous check points on ...

Communication with taliban leaders there in kabul, particularly those that are manning or in charge of the check points around the airport. that communication and deconfliction occurs. it has not changed. >> is there concern while theres ongoing situation with taliban near the airport theres a lot less visibility the farther you go out in the city and possibly where there might be threats of kidnapping and is that really what were trying to avoid here? >> theres a whole panoply of security conce...

You the new reporting and analysis of the days developments. we will go first to nbcs courtney kube at the pentagon. i know you have few details on the kurt threat surrounding kaub el airport. what do you know now at the top of 2:00 eastern? >> reporter: we know according to defense officials they are tracking specific threats by isis, the affiliate or the islamic state affiliate in afghanistan. they are tracking some specific threats against the kabul airport and against americans and others wh...

So far the u.s. has air lifted about 7,000 people out of afghanistan. not all of them american, which by the way, has been a herculean effort by the u.s. air force, the 82nd airborne, the marines there and others. national security adviser jake sullivan just referred to one of the biggest obstacles to evacuations. taliban fighters and their armed check points surrounding the airport. today the pentagon acknowledged the tense conditions on the ground confirming that jet fighters indeed flew over ...