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Look at it if youre outside the businesses we get a piece of spectacular intelligence that says isis-k is over there, hit them with a drone strike. thats not how the game works. its not necessarily americans, we have relationships with commanders that go back to the soviet times when i was working this problem in the early 90s. those relationships will endure after the taliban is there because here is a secret, those commanders are the same people who opposed the taliban now. you go in. you dont...

Some continued evacuation flights of afghans and foreign nationals there. there are at least 500 americans believed to remain in afghanistan who may want to leave. but potentially it could have the impact of further decreasing the capacity of the military and its risk tolerance to go out and have these very close interactions that president biden and general mckenzie were talking about today referencing the vulnerability of the marines, the soldiers and the sailors who were killed. this is somet...

Biden, is, is this on you? and the answer is yes. based on some of the reporting in the "washington post", the white house was making the calls on this despite what the pentagon wanted and despite what commanders on the ground wanted. is that not right? >> thats correct. it is hard for me to believe his military advisors told him to close bagram before he got out all the allies and americans. i just dont see it. thats what he said yesterday. i think we are going to see a number of anonymous sour...

Reasons why that mission needs to continue on that time line. and youve heard the president and top military officials warn that another attack from isis-k may be possible especially as this mission to evacuate and drawdown from afghanistan quickly approaches. but president biden has also vowed to retaliate against those who perpetrated this attack. and insisted that these actions by those terrorists will not change the american plans. take a listen. >> we will not be deterred by terrorists. we ...

I just -- i think on that one i would defer to the services. >> general, you didnt answer the question about whether the taliban have met general mckenzies request to push the perimeter further out away from the airport. and he also said he was going to ask them to close some specific roads. >> bill: sorry, i know those -- just exactly what general mckenzie said are passed to those commanders with conversations to the taliban and other activities that will increase the security and the facilitat...

Theres no reason to believe that the same agents of this kind of evil cant do more of this. >> you know, one of the most amazing things about these marines is they want to go out there again because they know how important this mission is because they see in the eyes of these afghans the lives that they are saving from certain death. so they want to keep doing it, but what we have to come to terms with as a country is that were not going to get everybody out with the time line we have, we are no...

Evacuated more than 12,000 additional people out of the airport in the last 24 hours. i met with my commanders this morning, first thing in the morning, got a detailed briefing about yesterdays attacks and the measure theyre taking to protect our forces and complete the mission, and we will complete the mission. >> hi, everyone. it is 5:00 in the east. im jason johnson in for nicolle wallace. joe biden today having to confront new challenges of his presidency as he recognizes yesterdays horrible...

Lifeless bodies seen strewn across the ground. president biden promising retribution. >> we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> reporter: isis-k claiming responsibility without providing any evidence. the pentagon calling additional attacks, quote, imminent and saying they could range from rockets to vehicle-born or walk-in suicide bombings. >> we believe its their desire to continue those attacks and expect those attacks to continue. >> reporter: president biden already ...

Evaktuations safely? >> they ark just and make adjustments on the ground. commanders on the ground do in order to keep troops safe, in order to successfully evacuate more people from the country. we will not get into details from here. it is important to note and reiterate, you will see reduction in numbers over the next couple days, they are beginning retrograde process. they will be mindful of keepingly men and women in the military safe to the degree they can. >> we have seen images of servic...

Afghanistan, and are you prepared to add additional forces to protect those americans who remain on the ground carrying out the evacuation operation? >> ive instructed the military whatever they need, if they need additional force, i will grant it. but the military from chairman of joint chiefs, the joint chiefs, the commanders in the field have all contacted me one way or another, usually by letter, saying they subscribe to the mission as designed to get as many people out as we can within the ...