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From kabul land back on uk soil. we are working with international partners to try to facilitate that repatriation and evacuation. we have received commitments from the taliban. we are quite sceptical about that. president biden declares a major disaster in louisiana as powerful hurricane ida makes landfall — wiping out all power in new orleans. the danger is not weakening at all. we�*re hearing reports of flood waters rising in many communities. trees coming down, bringing down power lines....

Of people there to manage it. and the challenge there is to get the various crisis, and you set up a process for the refugees, and that will be with us for months or years and you have to manage the situation where the rest of the government is able to take the ball and run with it. it is a big season for the biden domestic resolution in the fall. >> they are expected in the afternoon 3:00 meeting that is confirming that the taliban will keep its commitments. >> i think the thing that were going...

That information, have all of that information before this deadline happens? because its kind of -- if it gives you the information after this fact, thats -- it doesnt set you up well. >> this is an ongoing goal that we will have, so it is not after the fact. whats going to be happening after august 31st. i do understand that this remains a very critical time, and so as you mentioned, the pentagon is very opaque about whats happening on the ground, and particularly in the last hours of our evacu...

Afghanistan can never again become a safe haven for terrorists. we have condemned unequivocally the attack on kabul airport last week and we reiterate our condolences and sympathy to the bereaved and to the injured. a coordinated approach will be vital to counter any extremist threat emanating from afghanistan and we call on the taliban to uphold their commitments contained in the doha agreement. third, the humanitarian situation requires urgent attention. we are coordinating closely with partne...

Isis-k. >> ambassador mcfaul, let me get your reaction to some of what the national security adviser jake sullivan had to say. he was making the rounds this morning. heres part of what he said about what happens after tuesdays deadline. watch. >> august 31st is not a cliff. after august 31st, we believe that we have substantial leverage to hold the taliban to its commitments to allow safe passage for american citizens, legal permanent residents, and the afghan ally whose have travel documentatio...

Words. thank you, mr president. inaudible that was the ambassador to the un speaking, barbara woodward. we also heard from the us ambassador and also the french, basically saying or outlining three main points of what has been adopted. and just to remind you that the resolution was adopted by 13 votes. there were two abstentions, one of which was china, but no votes against the resolution, so it has been adopted and there are three key points, three key features to this resolution, the first of ...

Pentagon apparently as a flying begin would you have. centcom there may have been collateral damage after one of these drone strikes, quote significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicate the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. we are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties that we have no indications at this time they think they will have leverage over the taliban after leave deadline. theyre admitting americans will be left behind. >> 114 countries hav...

This point. >> ambassador, one more clip i would like you to react to, the secretary of state, antony blinken, who was on "meet the press" this morning, talking about what the talibans future relationship with the world might be after this deadline. watch. >> nothing has been promised to the taliban. to the contrary, we have made very clear, and not just us, country upon country around the world, have made clear that there are very significant expectations of the taliban going forward. if theyre...

Going past august 31st. we have very significant leverage to incentivize the taliban to make good on its commitments. >> and if they do not, we can bring to barren nor muse pressure on the -- bear enormous pressure on the taliban with a swift and forceful response. >> reporter: the u.n. security council is considering a proposal for a safe zone the city for those left behind. jillian: ashley, thank you. todd: the taliban takeover in afghanistan sparking new fears that terror threats could soon b...