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>> weve also learned the cia alone helped the state department and dod to evacuate more than 30,000 afghans that had helped the u.s. over the years or known that were flagged by trusted services. now with no u.s. officials on the ground, its much more difficult. >> to put it mildly. thanks, jennifer griffin. thanks to general richard newton. always good to have you here. you think were going to get these people out? >> well, good afternoon, neil. as jennifer reported, a lott of heart wrenching a...

Fighters. ainsley: you have a democrat, senator richard blumenthal who is furious because he says were not trying hard enough to get these americans out of afghanistan. you heard griff talk about this lady meriam and her three kids ages 2 to 15. they are american citizens. she went over there to visit her family, her parents. and congressman ronny jackson was saying after two weeks and multiple life threatening attempts we finally are getting her home, thanks to corey mills. corey mills, is a fo...

Sister were students. one has a for a ride to the university of kentucky. she left her entire family to escape. >> i had to leave my family behind. i had no choice. my family was not there. all of my family. they couldnt make it. suddenly everything was so messed up. they told me you just go, save your life. its all right. we will stay here. >> we also have signed on the cia alone helps the state department and dod to free more than 30 afghans who were known by trusted sources. >> sandra: thank ...

Question. >> people are upset because their senior leaders let them down and knob of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying we messed this up. did any of you throw your rank on the table and say hey, its a bad idea to evacuate bagram airfield the strategic air base before we evacuate anyone? did anyone do that? when you didnt think to do that, does anyone raise their hand and say we completely messed this up? >> rachel: how did tony blinken and lloyd austin still hav...

Jones, all of whom ive worked with personally. theyve been very humble, very helpful, and we are very grateful for that. >> in a military position here, talk to me about covid as an enemy. what kind of an enemy is covid? >> covid is an enemy that is ever-changing, and i think thats one of the things that the dod is able to bring to the table. were used to leveraging our previous lessons learned for an ever-changing enemy and thats what this has been. weve got the delta variant out now. theres a ...

Around the airport itself. the interpreters couldnt get through that perimeter. most americans did. some got blocked by our own u.s. government at the airport. the state department wholly failed in this evacuation, and we had to rely on groups like operation task forces like pineapple and dunkirk who i implore the state department to work with to help get these americans and interpreters left behind out. but the retaliation has been severe, chris. stories of interpreters being taken home to thei...

That theres a downward trend in terms of the number of people needing icu care. we want to be cautious projecting the improvement, just because schools are supposed to reopen and that can come with its own set of challenges. but were cautiously optimistic. >> look, you dont want anyone to let their guard down. you want people to go out and get those vaccine doses. doctor, how stretched were you at its worst before you got this extra help from the military? >> yeah, you know, we simply just didnt...

Before 9/11, i could have the big ceremony on 9/11 how we got out of afghanistan. now look here we are on the eve of 9/11 what a weird 20 year anniversary well have. joey jones says were less safe than we were 20 years ago. >> i understand the threat that we bat away every single day in this country. having been a tech, read in, top secret clearance, seeing threats wee thwarted over the last 20 years i understand exactly the threat is, how hard we work for security and intelligence gathered for ...

But are you fearful terrorism will come to the homeland again based on whats happening in afghanistan? >> i have never not been fearful. i understand the threat we have and the threat we bat away every day in this country. having been a d.o.d. tech and seeing some of the threats the last 20 years. i understand what the threat is and how hard we work for tour security and how much gathering intelligence is important to that. to see our d.o.d. say hopefully we can work with the taliban and thats w...

But are you fearful terrorism will come to the homeland again based on whats happening in afghanistan? >> i have never not been fearful. i understand the threat we have and the threat we bat away every day in this country. having been a d.o.d. tech and seeing some of the threats the last 20 years. i understand what the threat is and how hard we work for tour security and how much gathering intelligence is important to that. to see our d.o.d. say hopefully we can work with the taliban and thats w...