saying he wouldn t trust them just a few weeks ago. watch. we re in contact with the taliban to insure the safe passage of people to the airport. we are monitoring for any potential terrorist threats. we intend to continue these operations over the coming days before completing our drawdown. do you trust the taliban, sir? president biden: is that a serious question? absolutely. do you trust the taliban? president biden: no, i do not. harris: however, reports on the ground are pointing to increased extreme violence in and around that airport where so many of our americans are trying to get to. this as we get horrific new images of militants reportedly beating people along the way to the airport. what we are about to show you taken by los angeles times photographers. it is disturbing, an early part of the day. i want to give you a chance to pull away. despite assurances of a kinder and gentler taliban, or one that could even be a little different, it looks the sam
americans driven outside of kabul. department of state officials are saying that they do not know how to get them through taliban check plagues. this is outnumbered. in the hot seat, we have vivek ramaswamy. thousands of americans are stranded in afghanistan at this hour. fox news have been told that taliban fighters have established checkpoints throughout kabul and the airport. we are told that some taliban people have been eating and whipping people as they arrive. meanwhile, this was outside of the airport this morning. green smoke being released on crowds desperate to free out of the country and yesterday, a man outside of the airport kicked in the face as we get reports of 17 people injured this morning and his stampede to the airport. we re also getting this to bring video of the television violently breaking up the protest. gunshots rang out. one person has reportedly been killed and six others wounded. amid the chaos, please for president biden to help those who sto
preventing anybody from coming inside. so even if we re trying to get americans outside that perimeter the taliban has set up we can t get them in. the pentagon just told us the airport is secure so they have that. but nothing beyond it. the taliban has everything. the rest of the country. all u.s. citizens remaining in afghanistan have been told to shelter in place until notified. the latest. moments ago from the pentagon. a number of evacuations occurred overnight. as we speak we re continuing air operations and air operations continued throughout the night. yesterday the u.s. military footprint in afghanistan started at about roughly 2500 and by the end of today there will be more than approximately 4,000 troops on the ground in kabul. we have had no hostile interactions. no attack and no threat by the taliban. harris: that s remarkable. makes you wonder if some sort of a deal has been struck and could you trust it if you were. trey yengst is in jerusalem. is it possib
the situation. and in haiti a race to rescue survivors of saturday s devastating earthquake as tropical storm grace bears down on the island. thank you for being with us. we start with more breaking news out of afghanistan. commercial flights from the capital, kabul, have been canceled leaving people fewer options as they try to flee the taliban. the capital surrendered to the militants on sunday triggering an exodus of civilians, diplomats and the afghan president. ousted leader ashraf ghani has fled the country. the video from al jazeera shows heavily armed taliban leaders in that hasn t stopped chaotic scenes like this. cnn cannot independently verify it, but video shows crowds storming the tarmac earlier scrambling to board any plane that will get them out of afghanistan. and cnn s ana coren has reported extensively from afghanistan including on a recent trip there. she joins me now from hong kong with the latest on the taliban takeover. good to see you, ana. so wha
we have brand new video just in that shows gunfire at the kabul airport. we re monitoring the situation and keep you updated throughout the morning. these dramatic videos appearing to show afghans desperate to flee the country jamming the tarmac, hoping to fill any seats on remaining planes out of the country. cnn cannot independently verify these images, but the u.s. embassy is warning americans this morning do not travel to kabul s airport due to the security situation. this as stunning video shows heavily armed taliban fighters in the abandoned presidential palace hours after former afghanistan s president fled the country, panic setting in. u.s. military helicopters scrambling to evacuate diplomats an personnel from the american embassy in kabul, embassy staff racing to destroy sensitive documents. the american flag no longer flying overhead. french embassy officials as well leaving their posts, forced to relocate. at home here, president biden was briefed at camp david