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0 ? -perfect! because were building a better network every single day. in less than a minute from now, we expect to see top pentagon officials at that microphone on the left side of your screen for the latest on those emergency evacuations out of afghanistan, where the taliban is now firmly in control. were going to bring that to you live the second it starts. heres where things stand as weve come on the air. flights out of the kabul airport are back up and running after they were shut down fo...

American people, when he does speak with them. it was just a little over a month ago that the president was specifically asked about whether it was inevitable that the taliban would overrun the country, whether we could trust the taliban, he said very clearly not but he said it wasnt inevitable and in part because as he said, this afghan nation was given the best training, the best equipment but as jake sullivan also said in that interview this morning, you cant give them the will to fight for t...

Happening very quickly. so i want to cover everything by saying there are some reports the taliban may be talking to the afghan government. the u.s. military is not confirming that this point. they just dont know. the u.s. is continuing to flow more troops into kabul to help with the evacuation of the u.s. embassy personnel and any afghans who may be eligible for special immigrant visa process. we know that yesterday, the president announced there would be additional troops. theyre sending anoth...

Militarys continuing to flow additional forces into afghanistan as we speak. there are more than 1,000 who are there already. some of them were already there for the embassy and airport security, the mission thats been ongoing now for several weeks. additional forces, primarily marines, have been moving in over the last 24 to 48 hours and more are going in, but they have a tailored and focused mission, according to the u.s. military officials we have been speaking with. that is the evacuation of...

Been these security incidents, but the defense officials who i have spoken with about this say while civilian traffic has been largely stopped today, the intent is to get it running again in the coming hours. so again, the military side, they are bringing these civilians from the u.s. embassy and some afghan civilians who may be eligible for the special immigrant visa process, theyre processing them through the military side of the airport and the intent as more u.s. military come in over the ho...

Some of the more experienced and trained afghan, more conventional forces, they put up somewhat of a fight, they just werent able to stop the taliban. in some places the taliban was able to move into the areas, completely uncontested and take over provincial capitals and entire provinces. thats been the real determining factor here. what we know that is good on right now, morgan, the u.s. military is moving troops into kabul as we speak. they are still plans to build up to at least 5,000 troops ...

When you add onto that part of the u.s. military mission was not just the americans but help some of these afghan civilian who is may be eligible for the special immigrant visa process. that could be potentially thousands of people. considering they were at the early stages of getting any of those vijs out, we dont have confirmation any got out. we are still most likely talking about thousands of people who would be in kabul trying to leave the country under the auspices of this new effort to ge...

>> i dont know. [ indiscernible ] >> thank you so much for being here. the pentagon is calling as we heard for the deployment of those 3,000 troops temporatempo but will it really be temporarily? can they actually stay on the ground a short time considering whats happening? >> yes. i mean, thats -- its not just theyre calling it temporary, but theyre making sure to call it tailored and for a very specific mission and that is the evacuation of u.s. citizens from the embassy in kabul and then to s...

Population of afghans, of course, that are being processed through the special immigrant visa program, including their families. okay. thats about it for today. thank you. thank you very much. were all set. were all set. >> all right, admiral john kirby there at the pentagon. well get to the news made there in just a moment, but i want to go first to kylie atwood, she has breaking news. whats the new reporting? >> reporter: the new reporting is that the u.s. embassy in kabul is instructing their...

Kabul and help close the u.s. embassy in kabul if the state department requests it? >> our mission right now is to help the state department reduce their civilian personnel in kabul and to assist with their acceleration of the siv immigrant visa process, the special immigrant visa process. that is what our focus is on right now. >> how close is the u.s. government to closing its embassy in kabul? >> youd have to talk to my colleagues at the state department. they get to decide that. they have ma...