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Sears who served in afghanistan and in iraq. hes highly decorated for his missions in more than 40 countries around the world and the author of "smarter, not harder." great to have you with us. feels as though over the past 1 1/2 weeks weve been reporting on the fact that theres been this sort of difficult relationship with the groups and the veterans trying to get people out and the white house and the state department. the state department was charged with getting the people out. now it feels ...

Not upset by this at all. brian: really the only cereal i have is krisp right now styer row foam looks like cats. ainsley: they dont make it anymore. steve: no comment. brian: i dont like military in cereal, i dont think they mix. thank you very much. 20 minutes now before the top of the hour. evacuation for americans and allies in afghanistan hitting a major road block as now we learn the state department is blocking and has blocked private rescue flights. an email obtained by fox says no chart...

Wouldnt have been necessary if we landed at that time. on the second occasion where we finally had to get those families out of kabul and into a different location they were manifested on another aircraft, that aircraft approved by the taliban, had been approved by the dod, approved by the state department, and right before the nth hour, the state department canceled that flight or disapproved that flight because they wanted to vet the manifest, which i can understand and appreciate, but these a...

This as we are learning, as you mentioned, brian, in the leaked email obtained exclusively by fox news showing the state department refusing to allow rescue flights to land at a dod base writing to retired marine eric who chartered some of the flights said this. no charters are allowed to land at dod base and most if not countries in the middle eastern region. saudi arabia will allow charters to land adding you need to find another destination country and it cant be the u.s. either. the email un...

Aircraft that we are going to take the aircraft certificate, ground the pilots and have an f-16 go ahead. that would have been 25 americans. so this land bordering crossing wouldnt have been necessary if we landed at that time. on the second occasion where we finally had to get those families out of kabul and into a different location they were manifested on another aircraft, that aircraft approved by the taliban, had been approved by the dod, approved by the state department, and right before t...

The reporting live in london. >> bill, look, for days weve been reporting on the planes sitting on the runway in the north of after trying to bring americans home but unable to leave. leaked emails from the state department they have refused to give approval for thoefs planes to land anywhere writing the state department says no charters are allowed to land at any d.o.d. base and all countries with the exception of perhaps saudi arabia will allow charters to land. you need to find another destin...

Approval to land anywhere and a retired marine who charted these planes, the state department said no chances are about to land at any dod base and most if not all countries with the exception of saudi arabia will allow them to land. it cant be the us either. commercial flights taking off from kabul airport, they did not know who was on other planes. that is disputed. >> it was manifested, already to go. the state department centcom command approved for this at the last minute as americans were ...

Of, i think the state department has been very helpful and supportive. i think the issue is that d.c. and state department and the swamp, they are really where the problem has existed. we had the ability to go in in the beginning days to land an aircraft that would have evacuated 25 americans out that we identified, coordinated with, and we had already had a crew of pr, flyover approvals, everything necessary to put the aircraft on the ground, had an hours time on the ground, could have loaded o...

>> so bottom line is, is that i think that when it comes to the amazing guys who are here in country that im operating out of, i think the state department has been very helpful and supportive. i think the issue is that d.c. and state department and the swamp, they are really where the problem has existed. we had the ability to go in in the beginning days to land an aircraft that would have evacuated 25 americans out that we identified, coordinated with, and we had already had a crew of pr, flyo...

So my family said you just go save your life. its all right the you will stay here. >> cia alone helped the state department and dod to evacuate more than 30,000 afghans who had helped the u.s. over the years or were known afghans flagged by trusted sources. mike? >> mike: jen griffin at the pentagon. many thanks. tonight, a look at the conditions in afghanistan from a doctor who was born there and went back weeks before the taliban takeover. heres my colleague bret baier. >> bret: thanks, mike....