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Deal with them. how many intelligence and information sharing you are doing raised a lot of questions over the past couple of days. listen to this exchange. >> what information is very important right now is at the ground level to ensure that as people approach checkpoints, that those taliban checkpoints leaders understand who is coming and what documentation they are supposed to. >> the idea we are providing names to it the taliban in a way that exposes anyone to additional risk, that is simply...

Would say in that question like we are giving information. what information is very important right now is at the ground level to insure that as people approach checkpoints that those taliban checkpoint leaders have and understand who is coming, what documentation they are supposed to have. thats really important for us to insure the time that people are not in areas and just, you know, staying there for long periods of time. the commanders on the ground continue to coordinate how do we continue...

Prisoners left and believed to have bye-bye released from prison and why were they not released before the u.s. pulled out, to some place like gitmo? >> clearly in the thousands. >> sandra: reports they shared lists of americans in afghan allies with the taliban are incorrect. >> can you give us clarification on the sharing of american citizens information and sid information with the taliban. there were reports that u.s. officials were sharing that information. >> i dont think they are sharing ...

What information is very important right now is at the ground level to ensure that as people approach check points, that those taliban checkpoint leaders have an understand who is coming, what documentation they are supposed to have. because that is really important for us to ensure that the time that people are not in areas and just staying there for long periods of time, you know, the commanders on the ground are continuing to coordinate. how do we continue to increase that through-put through...

0 much but if it is significantly pushed back and what are you seeing in terms of flow to abbey gate. is it less people being allowed in or still a rush of people? which could lead to some -- what are you seeing today? >> so, what i can report as my discussion with the commanders there on the the ground is that multiple activities have taken place to increase the force protection specifically in communication with the taliban of how they are executing their check point operations and communicati...

Communicating, looking down from that blast wall with people on the ground desperate to get out. that is how people have been able to get in. in ones and twos. these very difficult choices being made by servicemen and women whose main role is securing the perimeter of the airport. these are usually paratroopers or marines. these are frontline combat troops having to make life and death decisions effectively for the afghan population that very soon in their minds, they knew america was going to e...

>> last thing before we go tonight, we mourn the death of a giant name joe galloway. he was quite simply the ernie pile of the vietnam war. he was a war correspondent who covered combat at ground level and alongside the man he grew to love. he routinely referred to himself as a non-combatant but more than once, when it was do or die, kill or be kill he was handed a weapon and he used it. joe galloway was born into a military family in texas, and as a young 24 year old journalist, for united pres...

Last thing before we go tonight, we mourn the death of a giant named joe galloway. joe was quite simfully ernie pyle of the vietnam war. he was a war correspondent who covered combat at ground level and alongside the men he grew to love. he routinely referred to himself as a noncombatant but more than once when it was do or die, he was hand ad weapon and he used it. he was born sue a military family in texas and as a young 24-year-old journalist for united press international, he arrived in viet...

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Emergency department behind me. i want to take you inside, but for now use your imagination. if you walk into the ground level of the parking garage here, where you would normally see cars parked, there are at least 20 beds. these beds are going to be used to treat low acuity covid-19 patients. and for so of the staff here it is like deja vu and it is happening again. and there is a big plea from health officials for everyone to get the vaccine. listen in. >> when youre seeing a field hospital a...