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So many military people, soldiers and commanders over the years, when there is something like a suicide bombing at the airport, when you hear about the casualties, is it hard for you to put your emotions aside when have you to be on the air live reporting, sometimes tragic details. >> reporter: theres no doubt that is the hardest part of the job, the emotions keeping them in check and staying focused to ask the tough questions of the pentagon when you know that there are individuals who have los...

People out. >> hi lindsay. well, fresh warnings again today from the state department. urging all a man moroccans in the vicinity of kabul airport to leave the area immediately because other specific, credible threat. the warnings to u.s. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport. avoid all airport gates at this time. and theyve been very specific. the event noted about the southgate and the get to the northwest side of the airport. theyre not usually that specific, that theyve been very specif...

Jesse: how i save the world still on the bestseller list thank you for supporting it. thats all for tonight follow me on facebogram and twitter remember i am waters and this is my world. >> breaking tonight at this hour in kubul us military scramble to evacuate those still trapped in afghanistan all is president biden says commanders tell him another attack is likely in the next 24 through 36 hours. hello and welcome to justice. thank you so much for being with us tonight. national security offi...

Drone strike. the president also says another attack in kabul is, quote, highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. now, the latest terror threat comes as the u.s. is racing in the final moments to evacuate americans from afghanistan ahead of tuesdays august 31st deadline. >> nash tasha bertrand with us now. we know the president was explicit about the terror threat at the kabul airport. what is the white house doing at this hour in response to that threat? >> reporter: well, the white house is w...

This is the most dangerous period in afghanistan. as troops start to withdraw and were seeing basically a military withdraw now. most of the civilians that they could get out have got now so this would be the closing windows for isis-k or other jihadists to strike at american troops which is a fairly soft target for them. theyre all con find with the perimeters of the airport. theyre warning americans to avoid the south gate and the northwest gate of the airport. president biden said the command...

Those journalists whose lives are in danger. thank you, benedicte. front page of the telegraph. there seems to be a proposal on the front of this paper. seems to be a proposal on the front of this paper-— of this paper. unusual choice. but it understands _ of this paper. unusual choice. but it understands that _ of this paper. unusual choice. but it understands that afghans - of this paper. unusual choice. but it understands that afghans and i it understands that afghans and special forces... ...

Not a minute. but do we believe that we hit valid targets? bad guys would can do bad things and plan bad missions? absolutely. >> reporter: so the u.s. has not released the names of those isis fighters killed in that drone strike. and thats because u.s. officials tell us that that is because they want to reserve the right essentially to, you know, plan future attacks against future isis commanders and dont want to give away the game here. so while the u.s. now is entering the most dangerous phas...

This official added we are confident we hit the target we were aiming for. the timing of the drone strike is notable. it follows a specific warning from the u.s. embassy for american citizens and others to leave the gate of the kabul airport due to an imminent threat to the airport. u.s. officials indicated the threat has not been eliminated as a result of todays strike. >> there were more threat streams that we are working actively to try to disrupt and prevent and as the president has said, an...

Two isis-k targets was done with over-the-horizon capabilities. and it was an unmanned strike. thats a jet. it was done, originated from outside of afghanistan. that is something that pentagon officials yesterday said is that they would continue to maintain that over-the-horizon capability even as american military troops withdraw from this country. but this all comes at a very precarious and delicate stage in the situation in afghanistan. the president was warned by his military advisers that t...

1,800 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in and around new orleans. time is running out for evacuations as louisiana prepares for the storm. some highways have been packed w for much of the day with thousands of people fleeing the coast. and then theres that dangerous evacuation overseas in kabul. three days remain before president bidens deadline for withdrawing american personnel from afghanistan. hundreds of thousands of afghans may still be trying to leave the country. no do...