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For you, harris. yesterday i have been tracking in realtime an afghan ally who is trying to get his wife and five children out. he is an siv applicant, approved and he was trying to make his way from that barron hotel trey was talking about 200 yards into the abbey gate. he did not make it. he tried to get as far as he could. he could not. he claims the taliban beat his wife. he was not able to access it. now with these two attacks and this situation clearly there is a message being sent to thos...

Antony blinken says the u.s. will stay for as long as it takes to finish the evacuations. >> let me be crystal clear about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave who decide do so along with the many afghans who stood by us for many years and want to leave and have been unable to do so. that effort will continue every day past august 31st. the taliban have made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for americans...

This. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who decide they want to leave to do so, along with the many afghans who have stood by us over these many years and want to leave and have been unable to do so. that effort will continue every day past august 31st. the taliban have made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for americans, for third country nationals and afghans at risk going forward past august 31st. >> the acting u.s. ambas...

>> thousands of afghans are crowded around the airport hoping for a flight out of the country before the u.s. militarys mission ends next week. and the state department says about 1500 americans still may be in afghanistan. it has made contact with about 500 of them with specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. >> there is no deadline on our work to henlp any remaining citizens who decide to leave do so along with the many afghans who have stood byis and want to leave and have ...

Cooperate and allow access to the airport. thus far the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. >> theres a reality that the taliban is currently controlling large swaths of afghanistan. >> the taliban has made public and private commitments to provide an permit safe passage to americans and work with them. >> greg: reports from the ground show little desire for cooperation. antony blinken doing more damage control the day. >> there could be other americans i...

A judgment that the president has made. i trust his judgment. >> republicans, including some who served, dont. >> we are on the cusp of having the biggest mass hostage situation in american history. its going to make 1979 in tehran look like a sleepover. >> after the presidents deadline to leave, the taliban may remain u.s. partners. >> if it makes good on its commitments to allow people who want to leave afghanistan to leave. thats a government we can work with. >> but that could conflict with ...

Along with the many afghans who have stood by us for many years who want to leave and have been unable to do so. that effort will continue every day passed august 31. the taliban had made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for americans for third country nationals, and afghans at risk going forward past august 31. the united states, our allies and partners in more than half of the worlds countries, 114 in all, issued a statement making clear to the taliban that the...

No other nation other than the united states that could do that. we have to recognize that. there are problems, and thats one of them. that means to the people that jim knows, the people that i know in kabul that desperately want to get out and have good reason to get out, my gosh, imagine youre in their shoes tonight, wolf. youre sitting there because you dont know who is going to knock on your door and know there was a plane on the runway and you couldnt get there and it had seats on it. >> th...

Environment in a city and country controlled by the taliban with the very legal possibility of an isis-k attack. were taking every precaution, but this is very high risk. as the president said yesterday, were on track to complete our mission by august 31st provided the taliban continue to cooperate and there are no disruptions to this effort. the president has also asked for contingency plans in case he determines we must remain in the country past that date, but let me be crystal clear about th...

Enduring interests well have in counterterrorism, the enduring interests well have in trying to help the afghan people who need humanitarian assistance and the enduring interest we have in seeing that the rights of all afghans, especially women and girls are upheld, then well do it. but fundamentally the nature of the relationships depends on the action of the taliban. if a future government upholds the basic rights of the afghan people, if it makes good on its commitments to ensure that afghani...