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That is the narrow focus. it is about safeguarding the people there at the airport and also our operations at the airport. >> and in your briefing today you described the speed with which the taliban is taking over and weve got a map at how much territory theyve actually taken over. it is concerning. because the intelligence didnt predict it or why is that concerning? >> it is concerning because for two reasons. one, there is an element of time here. and i mention that earlier. the speed with wh...

President is standing by the decision because he didnt want to send anyone elses son or daughter in to die in afghanistan. we dont go to war to protect women and children. i thought it was an interesting and brutal reality perhaps, but i also wonder if you think it cuts against this presidents essential strength, which is empathy and the perception that he cares about everyone? i mean were now about to witness really likely horrific things happening to some of our closest allies, people who went...

The testimony of former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and former u.s. attorney in atlanta, mr. pack, reveal an even stronger portrait of a leader willing to use any means necessary including his own justice department to keep himself in power. in an interview with greg sergeant of "the washington post", congressman raskin declined to say whether the select committee will seek to hear from rosen and clark, the doj official who tried to overturn the results, presumably to avoid tipping the...

Kabul as you have mentioned. >> we spoke with john kirby in the last hour, pentagon spokesman. at his briefing today he described the speed with which the taliban is taking over provinces as concerning. president biden gave a speech to the nation in july where he promised it would never resemble saigon. are you so sure? >> so my father is a vietnam veteran, and so, you know, those words mean something to me and to my family, and i am worried. i think the american people should be worried, but i ...

You know, unlike what was happening with russia, the question was always, you know, not so much whether, you know, trump cared or even obviously we knew that trump wanted russia to help him. he said that publicly. the question was whether, you know, he had worked with russia, right. that was the whole collusion discussion. this is a different element with january 6th, right. like this is trump himself at the top of the funnel of the improper and illegal activity. i think that what has leaked out...

Forces as well as their political leadership. no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> that was john kirby a couple of hours ago sticking to the presidents message there on afghanistan as the president articulated this week. so this is now in the hands of the afghan leaders. kirby is speaking today as the u.s. has announced that 3,000 troops will head to kabul to begin evacuations of the u.s. embassy in the capitol. s it beginning as the taliban continue to take capitals across the country. and ...

Or not. it is a period of great risk. we have no military options left, period. were not going to be able to continue sending money to the ghani government, and, therefore, what were watching is the end game. the taliban got a farcical treaty from the trump administration, essentially dont shoot at us and well get out of here. now it is playing out. so it is going to be brutal. it is going to be unpleasant to watch. i think president biden said, look, i have no political option from my party or ...

Officers as well as intelligence officials knew that there was going to be potentially this nightmare scenario which, unfortunately, is becoming all too real in front of our eyes now. >> so we are at the nightmare scenario. there are now questions about what we knew and when we knew it. our allies are at risk of execution. women and children and girls especially will certainly go back to probably worse conditions than 20 years ago. what else could this white house and this president have done, g...

Afghanistan, a prospect from which americans have historically recoiled. yet president biden is standing firm in his decision to end americas forever war. thats despite concerns over the safety and security of those left behind. the u.n. report from just a few weeks ago found this. quote, more women and children were killed and wounded in afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since the united nations began systematically keeping count. determining america...

The pentagon is moving 3,000 marines to afghanistan and another 4,000 troops to evacuate the embassy and u.s. citizens in kabul. here is the urgency to leave afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options. if you cannot afford to purchase an airline ticket, contact the u.s. embassy for information regarding a loan. given the security conditions and reduced staffing, the embassies ability to assist u.s. citizens in afghanistan is extremely limited. even within kabul. there are ...