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Was that we felt we had solved the terrorism problem in afghanistan. we killed bin laden, wed got rid of al-qaeda in afghanistan, so if we could get out, that got nothing almost to do with the original conception of nato, which was to act not only as a military adversary, but as an ideological adversary to the soviet union. and now we seem to be in his peculiar vacuum where there is an entirely new global dynamic, and its not ideological at all, its really crudely nationalist. the motives of chi...

Griff: theres concerns of a possible islamic state threat, lucas tomlinson has the latest pentagon briefing about what supports will be provided to get americans out of the city. hi, lucas. >> hi, griff, first officials tell me its not just the islamic state but other terrorist groups as well which is changing dynamic at the pentagon. theres new urgency that we heard earlier from pentagon press secretary john kirby the u.s. needs to get all americans and all vulnerable afghans out even quicker. ...

Correspondent owner lieberman. whats the latest? >> reporter: we just got an update. it is dynamic, fluid and acknowledges difficult not only for those on the field trying to move people through but from around the airfield. 3,800 people moved in a 24 hour period but only six c-17 flights with 1,600 passengers and thats the main way theyre moving people. thats because there was a backlog, essentially a blockage of people going through kabul international airport and where they could go to. qatar...

A crowd threat _ information environment. it was not a crowd threat that _ information environment. it was not a crowd threat that led _ information environment. it was not a crowd threat that led to _ information environment. it was not a crowd threat that led to the - a crowd threat that led to the evacuation. i guess what were trying to figure _ evacuation. i guess what were trying to figure out is this just... evacuation. i guess what were trying to figure out is thisjust... there are large ...

When a military force goes out, they are driven by intelligence about the enemy, the terrain. there are so many unknowns and most of the unknowns are never resolved. its things like a permissive versus a contested environment. so, what kind of support are you going to get from the government or the host nation security forces? whats the enemy look like around the operation? is the weather going to change to affect the aircraft? whats the priority of evacuation? whos going out first, second and t...

And get them to the airport. so the question of how president biden is going to be able to deliver on that commitment that we just heard him make is an open question at this hour, alex. >> 100%. there are no answers at this point. we dont know. thank you so much, josh leaderman, from the white house. joining me now washington congressman adam smith, chairman of the house armed services committee. awful glad to have you right now given what we are talking about, which begins with your reaction to...

Pentagon. griff. griff: for more insight on what this all means for the veterans at home and for those stuck in kabul. a bronze star medal and a purple heart medal and the defense meritorious medal for service in afghanistan just to name a few. congressman thank you for taking time. i wish we had a better reason to have you on today, but we dont. as you heard from admiral kirby from the press briefing at the pentagon, the situation is fluid and dynamic. major general hank taylor, not wanting to ...

Revert to type, oppressing women and imposing strict hardline rule. we simply don�*t know the answer yet. we can guess but we do not know. the situation in the city is fluid and dynamic and you have seen the images over the last 2a, 48 hours yourself of the situation outside the perimeter of the airport and it changes. it changes almost by the hour and it changes in locations around the airport. it is very, very fluid and dynamic. i don�*t want to speak for the state department, obviously, b...

Crowds continue to gather outside kabul airport, amid reports of chaotic scenes — as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked, because of security threats outside the gates. pentagon officials described the situation around the airport gates as fluid and dynamic. the taliban say they are making progress in forming a government in afghanistan. the groups co—founder and head of its political wing, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in kabulfor talks, which are expected ...

>> griff: im griff jenkins in washington. >> im anita vogul in los angeles. griff, we are getting reaction this hour about whats happening on the ground in afghanistan and we heard from the pentagon earlier today that they are up against the clock to evacuate people. griff: dynamic and fluid is how colonel put it. we have not heard from the president today after being fact-checked on several realities on the ground there, anita. >> thats right, we hope to hear certainly more today from all of th...