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Overwhelmed, as they tried to clear the airport, firing warning shots. the pentagon says american troops killed two armed afghans, some afghans were able to get out. on one flight so full, it may have set a record for the number of people can fit on an american c-17. afghans are running from the taliban now in full control, setting up check points with the weapons american taxpayers bought for the afghan army which clamsed instead of fighting after the u.s. pulled out of bases and left them with...

Americans or afghans through the check points or expanding the perimeter to more people could get there safely. that is one of the things that were hearing, people cant get to the airport to leave. >> without going into the details of communications of which im not a part, as i said, there is -- there is -- there are interactions down at the local level. and as the general said, we are processing american citizens to get out. so, again, court, with speaking to the sausage making of communication...

Controlling the outer perimeter of the airport itself. weve obviously sceen the scene from inside the airport, hundreds of thousands of people frantic to get out of the country. that only could be a small fraction of people who want to leave. if you wanted to get to the airport right now, if you were an american trapped in kabul, if you were an afghan ally, could you get to the airport if you wanted to right now? >> reporter: thats a really good question, and its really tough to answer. i would ...

Check points and people are being beaten and whipped when they try to cross and some of the evacuation flights are leaving nearly empty as a result. what assurances do you have specifically about the check points and when do you expect them to stop? >> two things about that. first, the earliest evacuation flights in any evacuation tend not to have every seat filled because the process of getting any evacuation underway has an issue. so we believe that is being resolved with each successful fligh...

Others on the way to the airport. americans in afghan say if they can navigate the traffic and taliban check points, theyre meeting massive crowds there. the white house says theyre addressing this with the taliban and taliban leaders have said theyre prepared to provide safe passage to the airport. >> theres been instances where we have received reports of people being turned away or pushed back or even beaten. were taking that up in a channel with the taliban to try to resolve those issues. we...

Now? whether were less safe because of the way the mission has turned out. before we pause, where does this leave us in terms of fighting terrorism? >> i can tell you immediately, the president of the united states, and i hope hes watching, somebody who works, you need to have the u.s. military seize the entire airport of kabul. you need to create some time of safe corridor that we can evacuate the people we currently have you can? kabul to the airport. meaning you have to get them or you have t...

Rumoured or confirmed there? well. rumoured or confirmed there? well, not sure about _ rumoured or confirmed there? well, not sure about the _ rumoured or confirmed there? -ii not sure about the presidential palace take over. there was a green zonein palace take over. there was a green zone in the city, that was the most secure place in kabul city and all of the bases were there and there was a us base and nato force and it was a us base and nato force and it was a us base and nato force and it ...

I mean, this is really, you know, such a surprising, well calculated takeover by the taliban. but it is absolutely heartbreaking, and, you know, many of us, im just one of so many veterans who are still connected to folks in afghanistan, interpreters who were still trying to get out. other allies who were still trying to get out who are just absolutely trapped by bureaucracy. by closed borders, by the taliban controlling check points. what were hearing from our friends and colleagues in afghanis...

Treacherous journey they took through taliban check points where they had to use their wits in order to move in to kabul. you are a u.s. citizen. you are a u.s. veteran. what does that say if you are having problems getting your family out, what does that say about all the other afghan interpreters and support staff and their families? >> very difficult situation for them as well, too. as i have mentioned before when my parents, my siblings were coming from southeast, making their way all the wa...

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