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Do it the right way. and, so, well do that in the days ahead. >> do you think that -- oh, sorry. >> i was just going to say, i will just say again, helene, im enormously proud of our men and women who worked hard to accomplish what they just accomplished which i think, as i said earlier, is historic and heroic. go ahead. >> do you wish maybe you would have thrown out the book, i mean, the previous administration did leave, i understand, did put a lot of hurdles in the way of the siv program that...

The kabul airport gave their lives to save others and no higher calling. general mark milley explained why bagram air base was closed. >> our task given to us was to protect the embassy. in order for the embassy personnel to continue to function with the consular services and all that. if we were to keep both bagram and embassy going it would be a significant number of military forces that would have exceeded what we had, stayed the same or exceeded what we had. >> questions about why u.s. force...

As fast as possible. now they embarked on the diplomatic version of this. how do you get people like mohammed who we just heard from, try to get them to safety? but this is not easy. and the fact is he made a commitment and in the end u.s. forces were gone before that commitment was fulfilled. look, i think what were about to enter into is a process in which part of this is going to be political, we know that. his critics of course will be saying over and over again that he failed in this initia...

Then well move to talk about what happens now. >> we believe 100 to 200 americans remain in afghanistan with some intention to leave. the bottom line, 90% of americans in afghanistan that wanted to leave were able to leave. for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. >> martha: so your thoughts on the fact and what he says theres no deadline. its up to the state department. he tasked anthony blinken with figuring out a way to get them out. >> so the president admits that he left 10% of ...

Forces from syria? why didnt they go after this deal with the taliban? since then, the u.n. has told us about what happened with the kurds. that those who fought along with u.s. troops, to stop isis, paid dearly. the freedom caucuses own, their actions, they dispel any idea theyve seen the error of their ways. it was pretty much the same group that voted against speeding up visas for afghans fleeing the taliban. you do remember that right? you do remember that the trump administration with the t...

Extraordinary. the united states evacuated some 6,000 american citizens and a total of more than 124,000 civilians. we did it all in the midst of a pandemic and in the face of grave and growing threats. >> now, this is interesting. a senior state department official just tells cnn that the majority of afghans who worked for the u.s. during the war and applied for those visas were likely left behind. joining us now is matt zeller the co-founder of no one left behind, a group helping afghan interp...

A country and hold onto power as they want to do, they are going to have to engage as well, so we have some cards. the uk has evacuated more than 15,000 people, since mid—august. 8,000 of those, under the afghan relocations and assistance policy, set up to allow interpreters and others who have worked with the uk to come here. today, the government announced they will be allowed to live in the uk permanently, instead of five years�* temporary residency offered before. so far, 2,000 people ha...

Translation: this area is very good for us. - we believe we and our children will have a bright future here. and we are very grateful and indebted to you all. what is different from afghanistan is that here women have the same rights as men. before the chaos, our lives were good in afghanistan but here i believe our lives will be better. overall it is estimated the uk is evacuated more than 17,000 people from afghanistan since mid august. 8,000 of those under the afghan relocations and assistanc...

Secondly the people that the administration claims were a priority, interpreters and translators, people who perform well-documented service for the us government were left behind too. as we saw today in the wall street journal president biden, the interpreter who helped rescue jill biden was left behind. they had an airport that was pure chaos. thats what was so unsafe for the people working there including soldiers, the theory was if you can push your way onto a plane you get to leave. the sit...

Kurdish allies to withdrawal forces from syria? why didnt they go after this deal with the taliban? since then, the u.n. has told us about what happened with the kurds. that those who fought along with u.s. troops, to stop isis, paid dearly. the freedom caucuses own, their actions, they dispel any idea theyve seen the error of their ways. it was pretty much the same group that voted against speeding up visas for afghans fleeing the taliban. you do remember that right? you do remember that the tr...