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Troops. these allies fear retribution from the taliban. they are looking to flee their fallen country. the dod is looking to move some 30,000 refugees through special immigrant visas. but with resettlement comes risks,ing especially when vetting thousands of people. thats being real. 2,000 afghans have already been brought into the u.s. over the last two weeks settling in fort lee virginia and two other military bases fort mccoy in wisconsin and fort bliss in texas. prepare to welcome thousand m...

Three not operating at peak performance. they are avoiding some of these hard questions that need to be answered before they make a decision and -- >> dana: i want you to listen to two former advisors for obama, this is david axelrod and leon panetta. watch this. >> this has been a disaster. he needs to own that failure. people respect presidents who say this is on me. >> he is president of the united states. he is going to have to take responsibility. he is going to have to admit the mistakes t...

In terms of his desire to pull u.s. forces out even more rapidly? >> look, ill just speak for myself and dod. i will tell you we were very clear eyed about what we could do and about the credibility of the agreement, about our trust in it and what would happen or not happen as we look ahead. i think we had a very soeb r as -- sober assessment of the situation. a conditioned based process was the way forward and also believe the same time the political solution was the only way ahead which is why...

Will be more than approximately 4,000 troops on the ground in kabul. forces will continue to flow in and reinforce the state department and d.o.d. effort there. the operation is ongoing and id like to give you a few more details on that operation. h kai remained secure. it is currently open for military flight operations as well as limited commercial flight operations. throughout the night, nine c-17s arrived delivering equipment and approximately 1,000 troops. additionally, seven c-17s departed...

And by the end of today there will be more than 4,000 troops on the ground in kabul. forces will continue to flow in and reinforce the state department and d.o.d. effort there. the operation is ongoing and i would like to give you a few more details on that operation. it remains secure and currently open for military flight operations as well as limited commercial flight operations in kabul. throughout the night, nine c-17s arrived delivering equipment and approximately 1,000 troops. additionall...

0 ? -perfect! because were building a better network every single day. in less than a minute from now, we expect to see top pentagon officials at that microphone on the left side of your screen for the latest on those emergency evacuations out of afghanistan, where the taliban is now firmly in control. were going to bring that to you live the second it starts. heres where things stand as weve come on the air. flights out of the kabul airport are back up and running after they were shut down fo...

A neo operation. although the state department and the d.o.d. have not called it that, ive seen these before. i planned them before. the noncombatant evacuation operation that this is is one of the tougher missions that the military executes. it is geared toward getting embassy staff and ex-pats and american citizens and then local nationals out. what youve seen is it a planning assumption that has failed. the u.s. government planned on having more time. they said the intelligence community -- s...

On saturday, usaid deployed a dart to lead the u.s. governments response efforts. deployed members of fairfax county fire departments urban search and rescue, a team to join the dart. they conducted an aerial assessment and is continuing to assess the damage. they will also identify priority needs and coordinate with the government of haiti and humanitarian partners. >> lets go to the pentagon right there where former admirable john kirby is addressing the crisis. >> the afghanistan crisis actio...

Intelligence, remember for months what has been happening. dod dod, about three months ago leaked to the media that they had offered to the white house the capability to do a big airlift in the white house said no thank you. in the intelligence committee kept leaking to the media or telling them, this is going to happen. and thats why they think that why they knew because the intelligence was telling them. not only that, they were tellin us. if the american people shouldn have to go manage the p...

0 that they are the ones that have protected our nation for the past two decades by taking the fight to the terrorists in iraq and afghanistan, and not allowing them to attack our homeland. and, unfortunately, we see the resurgence of the taliban and the reconstitution of al qaeda in afghanistan. so i worry about the homeland. but that is the very first thing that our president needs to communicate is to these brave men and women, a heartfelt thank you. the second thing is how are we going to ev...