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Do if there is no alternative. nobody is coming to the rescue, theyd fight for two or three days in the beginning, commandos might go out, then that ability was lost. and then afghans cut deals. >> right. >> very, very skillful, by the way, in pursuing these deals. and also assassination campaigns, intimidation campaigns, all the rest of that as we saw even in -- >> okay. let me ask you this. you notorietily that be you note rightly there was air support for the planes and helicopters up in the ...

Taliban or telling the taliban about getting the people through the cordons to the airport? >> you went right to the heart of the matter. i was shocked at president biden. ive had more experience. i got provoked into that answer about staying beyond 31 august, if we have to get the americans out. we do not want to be putting down red lines in public. chris donahue who is now going in as a direct negotiator to the taliban military get through these things. it could possibly be that the majority o...

To put down their shops, close up. there was a little panic for a moment. it is calmer again now, wolf, and all eyes really continue to be on the airport. the scenes there are continuously biblical in proportion. crowds of thousands of people, particularly by the east gate, desperately trying to get in. still seeing those taliban fighters around the front, beating people back. also seeing another rim of people, of afghan commandos working with air forces beyond that first barrier of taliban figh...

To help you build your nation. here we are watching them being handed over to the taliban, and those scenes outside of the airport, they are just as devastating. those are the lucky ones who actually got to make it to the airport, but not able to get in. i tried to help a female commando and we were lucky enough after 17 hours, she was told to rush to the airport, to get her into the base. she got there, and she had to wait outside for 17 hours, and the only reason she got in was because of a co...

You multiply that by a factor of three for their family merges will 0,000, another 5,000 to 10,000 american citizens and thats not even counting the priority one and priority two visa holders like the generals and commandos, civic society leaders, nonprofit leaders and others that we have to get out. theres well over 100,000 people that we need to make every effort to get out because thats our obligation. thats i think our moral authority as a nation. we have to get it done. we can get it done. ...

Were also hearing about those afghan commandos, special forces, working with the u.s., also meting out some tough justice -- not tough justice, just being brutal, pushing back, shots being fired. it continues to be a very chaotic situation at that airport. i also heard from this american, he said it was extraordinary. there was a long line of cars that had simply been abandoned. families were driving up, getting out, and leaving their cars behind as they tried their luck at the airport. the real...

Disturbing images pouring in. this photo showing a young boy left unconscious with blood-soaked hair while a woman lies unconscious on the ground nearby. fighters reportedly shot this journal is as he raced the afghan flag in defiance of taliban rule at a protest in jalalabad yesterday. insurgents killed a woman for allegedly refusing to wear a head covering in public, leaving her lying in a pool of blood. laura, your thoughts. >> laura: these are just the examples we are hearing about. the tali...

Their homeland. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward live for us on the ground there in kabul this morning. tell us what is happening there today, clarissa. >> reporter: so, i spoke to an american who was at the airport earlier this morning, and he said the crowds -- and you can see it there in those photographs. the crowds are enormous today. a huge amount of afghans. some of them, a lot of them waiting patiently for an opportunity that will likely never present itself because ...

They were doing very well. they were fighting. they were motivated. those were the commandos and the air force, which was backing up the commandos. they were leading the fight. the problem is, if you cant fight a war and defend a country if you only have the navy s.e.a.l.s or delta force. they are the tip but the shaft of the spear broke and eventually if youre just fighting with the tip of the spear, you dont fight very long. although they were fighting bravely and fought pretty much until the ...

Said too dangerous to release. they traded them for the deserter, bowe bergdahl. now, that commander, is sitting right there at the desk making commands and taking over afghanistan. jacqui heinrich, our reporter in washington, pressed jen psaki on this. does the president regret it? listen. >> the administration is left to negotiate with the taliban, including one of the commandos released from prisoner swap when president biden was vice president. how is he digesting. >> that first i would note...