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Question of how it is going to be viewed on the world stage, but going door-to-door searching for the translators, and dont they already know who they are? >> well, first, the president has been very clear about his views of the taliban. you have asked him repeatedly, do you trust these guys, and he has told you repeatedly, no, i do not. of course he does not, and none of us do, because we have seen the horrific images of the last time that they were in power, and the last time they have conduct...

There on capitol hill. thank you for joining us. sandra, i was away as all of this was unfolding, but i have been asking administration officials during the trump administration when they were first talking about this, are you under any illusions of the country is not going to devolve into chaos and that the taliban will eventually take back over afghanistan? even then, they were saying no, this is a different taliban. clearly, it is not. >> sandra: it is unbelievable, the messaging coming out o...

>> bill: general, we were watching and listening to every word yesterday from president biden at the white house and im certain you were as well. play this guys sound bite from yesterday. >> president biden: monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including the likely source being isis. but were under no illusions about the threat. even though were moving back the perimeter significantly. we are working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. thats our mission. >> bill: i dont know wh...

To say is that they are facing an existential question about the world stage? they are going door-to-door, going after the families of these translators. dont they already know who they are? >> jake: the president has been very clear about his views of the taliban. youve asked him repeatedly, do you trust these guys? he has told you know, i do not. of course, none of us do because we have seen the horrific images from the last time they were in power, because we have seen the fact that they have...

2-year-old trampled. those are things that you cant unsee in your life and i think that what we have been noticing, at least what ive been noticing is that shift to focusing on how are we going to get these people out and that august 31st deadline? because we are not negotiating with a normal government, we are negotiating with terrorists who run the country. an august 31st if they even hold to that is only eight days away. so it will be interesting to see what comes out of the g7 meeting tomorr...

Constant vigilance -- we are maintaining the constant vigilance to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including the likely source being isis, ice ksis k, the afg affiliate known as isis k, and we are under no illusions about the threat. >> on the other hand he lies that out and says a lot could go wrong. what is your reaction to that? >> well, pamela, i guess hes trying to prepare us for whatever might happen next, and i, mean, in many ways the president was more direct in his approach...

Fleet referred to as isis k. but were under no illusions about the threat. i said on friday isis k is a sworn enemy of the taliban, and they have a history of fighting one another. but every day we have troops on the ground, these troops and innocent civilians at the airport face the risk of attack from isis k from a distance even though were moving back the perimeter significantly. were working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. thats our mission. thats our goal. and our determinatio...

Under no illusions about the threat. i want on friday, isis-k is a sworn enemy of the taliban. even though were moving back the perimeter we still fay a threat. were working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. thats our miss. thats our goal. sour determination to get every american citizen home and evacuate our afghan allies is unwavering. we continue to see not only the enormous scope and scale of the effort, we will see the individual lives that are affected. the families that are de...

Bravely by u.s. troops in afghanistan, and now, the united states, including veterans groups, refugee settlement agencies, religious organizations and so many others are standing with our afghan allies. exemplifies the best of america. and i want to say again just how difficult this mission is and how dangerous -- the dangers it poses to our troops on the ground. the security environment is changing rapidly. there are civilians crowded at the airport, although weve cleared thousands of them. we ...

One, it shows the absolute dysfunction of the evacuation. here is a mom, when did you las see those images of moms handin babies to the force, i hate to bring up the illusions, but it unbelievably heart-wrenching to watch. but it also says another thing about america. yes, we screwed up the plan, there was no evacuation plan, i was total dysfunction, but once that child was in his hands, yo knew, we knew, that that child was safe. that is america. are going to get through this, we will get these...