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Anything about or identify. whats going on here? glenn, no one in the media seem to concerned about what looks like to be another intelligent failure. why is that? >> it is pretty bizarre. right from the beginning, there was a huge question working at least for me which is a month ago, joe biden and shirt everybody there was very little chance that the taliban would overrun the afghan national security forces and would take over the country. of course thats what happened five weeks after he gave...

>> good to be with you, stephanie. that last u.s. soldier was not a private, wasnt a lieutenant bringing up the rear. that was the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division. did a final police of the compound, ensured all soldiers and equipment was accounted for and then was last boots on the ground for the united states. similarly on a briefing with the white house yesterday, we heard the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan was the last foreign or civil service officer on the airplane, carryi...

Afghan government. did authorize the release of 5,000 prisoners last year, including some of the talibans top war commanders among those that just took vol of afghan tan. >> geraldo? >> hes trying to obviously spread the blame. he wants trump to share some of the responsibility. to use the titanic analogy, what he did was they hit the iceberg right away. the titanic was mortally injured. it was a catastrophic success. had all of the bad intelligence, the most horrific failure of intelligence, ma...

0 you dont have to take care of all of kabul to get a bigger perimeter. that should have been another option. thanks, general. we know youll be part of the continuing coverage as we move forward. the president said it was time to end this war. that is the story. stay tuned for continuing coverage here on fox of the end of the war in afghanistan. >> neil: all right. martha just said it. i was not going to extend this forever war. the president of the united states explaining why after 20 years we...

Mission have all of the assets they need in the air and on theed ground where theyre at to complete the mission safely. >> mass evacuation operations are dangerous, period. and the end of them, particularly one in that environment that we cant consider clearly, cannot consider permissive, are particularly dangerous. and the commanders on the ground have the resources they need to enact appropriate force protection. >> what is more dangerous now about sending the f-18s and the reapers flying over...

Transfer of 13 service members killed in thursdays kabul terrorist bombing. overnight the u.s. missile defense system intercepted five rockets fired at the kabul airport. in casualties reported there. fox team coverage with peter doocy at the white house. lets go to lucas tomlinson at the pentagon and hear from pentagon leadership in about 90 minutes. >> thats right. u.s. forces continue to be attacked at the kabul air fort. five rockets intercepted one day before the august 31 deadline. the bla...

Good english at commander didnt need an interpreter, when they would do stuff, he came to u.s. to learn languages and work logistics as a officer. >> was there no plan, because they were supposed to be special forces to defend afghan government. >> i think that is right. pete. while it is what happens probably no surprise to a lot of us people like me, it is clear that no one expected this to happen so quickly. you know, right now you know, our group has connections to probably about 250 to 300 ...

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What is necessary on the ground. were a defensive strike like we saw last night, is that something that he signs off on or is that commanders on the ground who make that decision? >> i can tell you that the president has made it clear to the commanders, they should stop at nothing to make isis pay for the deaths of those service members at the kabul airport. they have the authority necessary. it is self-defense, and obviously, these are isis terrorists who killed u.s. service members around and ...

Pads that are done immediately to get the american citizens there first and then, you know, other green card holders, but the majority of the flights of those 17 are afghans. >> i understand congressional people are being briefed that you are starting to destroy a munitions as well as equipment. can you give us a sense of that effort? >> at kabul? >> you know, what i go back to commanders on the ground retain that authority and the capability to remove or destroy equipment and weapons to insure ...