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The desperation of the situation enough. the threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. we would not be saying that if we were not genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that isjust unimaginable. the reason the timing of this is so significant is because that window of evacuated beeping is really closing. us troops are due to be leaving on tuesday, but the reality is that evacuations are going to to wrap up much sooner. really we are in at the last couple of hours of th...

And of course u.s. troops are in a very exposed position in kabul airport in the middle of a major city, very hard to defend that area. it would have been much easier if they had still held on to bagram air base, which is far outside of kabul, easier to defend, with more air strips to operate. but of course that was given up pretty early on in the evacuation process. so its a pretty dicey situation. i think overall the fact that u.s. forces have managed to get out more than 80,000 people, mostly...

>> right. these guys are all friends, they know each other. the only explanation for the ability of isis -- >> all on, the vice president is taking another question about afghanistan. i will talk to you on the back end. >> the protection of women and children and there is no question that any of us are paying attention, are concerned about the issue in afghanistan. we have said before and i will say again that we are going to do what we are able to do in terms of the evacuation process. in addit...

Vietnam, donated a million doses of covid vaccine, was asked about womens rights in afghanistan very vegas answer, e answer, very broad answer here is what she said moments ago. >> what will the organization do to support women who have not permitted to leaf afghanistan. >> we have said before and i will say again that we are going to do what we are able to do in terms of the evacuation process, but, in addition to that we are able to do politically and diplomatically to secure and to continue t...

Out to 500 americans to whom they have contacts. one reason its hard to pin down a number, we heard from the state department yesterday, the u.s. doesnt track american citizens when theyre overseas. its entirely up to americans to register with the state department when they arrive -- when they arrive and leave, if that doesnt happen, you can imagine how its hard to get a good idea of what the specific number is. that said, you have the white house pointing to the largest evacuation effort in hi...

Elderly dog trapped 400 feet deep in a storm drain. the 15-year-old dog named zoey was missing for two days. rescue crewed buzz saw, jack hammers and skate goord get the dog out of the pipe it took crews 10 hours to free her. after a trip to the vet she was reunited with her family. oh my goodness. that is a look at your headlines. ainsley, i will send it back to you. ainsley: oh, so sweet. thanks, jillian. as the taliban takes over -- the takeover is fueling fear among the afghan women especial...

Of this evacuation process as we know it. ., «a of this evacuation process as we know it. ., , of this evacuation process as we know it. . , . pen farthing, the founder of the afghanistan charity nowzad dogs, has given an update on his attempts to leave the country with his staff and animals. in the last hour, the former royal marine has pleaded directly with the taliban on twitter, asking them to allow his team safe passage into kabul airport, adding that they have been stuck outside the airpo...

Not leaving your family behind. that is exactly it. theres just no leadership on this issue right now, chuck. there is no special envoy who is overseeing the evacuation process or the secretary-general to look at this stuff, and i dont understand why, but there has to be some leadership on this issue, and somebody with authority. >> well, walk us through the scope of what you expect in the next year when it comes to afghan refugees, and 250,000 afghans who have a direct connection to united stat...

Contingency, but knowing the evacuation process, and what would you say? >> i have been utterly astonished of the language on tv by people who are smart and experienced like h.r. mcmaster and others like congressman kinzinger, and we would be nuts to decide to unilaterally stay on a kabul airport 7,000 miles from home, and 600 miles from the sea with one brigade surrounded by mountains and build-up area, unless the taliban extended it. en -- even then it is not good. it is nuts. you could not fi...

Yes, garrett, you can almost imagine the voices that will say that this process, this evacuation process should have started earlier to sort of avoid the situation that unfolding this morning. president biden, white house officials have been consistent in saying well beyond -- to be clear well beyond, before this attack happened, that any sort of exit from afghanistan would have been chaotic, would have been painful. the process weve seen play out only proves they were right to draw down this wa...