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And stopman is the founder of the pineapple and came up with this idea to bring out one guy and they successfully did it. and then everybody else said, you know what, we have individuals, and we said this isnt right. we need to honor this promise. honor the promise that this administration made to these people. and thats what were doing. were now committed to this. we have gotten out over 650 americans, afghan veterans, allies, interpreters, numerous vips, and were continuing to do it. we had to...

Enough, whether that would satisfy the americans remains to be seen. the taliban have already communicated these intentions to the americans in the past and the americans in the past and the americans were not entirely convinced that it was a good idea, so i think there is still quite a bit of back and forth. t so i think there is still quite a bit of back and forth. i suppose in a sense it — bit of back and forth. i suppose in a sense it is _ bit of back and forth. i suppose in a sense it is ...

Furious and frustrated with the way that the biden administration has handled this. again, there were many opinions on the withdrawal. i was supportive of a withdrawal, but when it comes to judging the execution, there are very few folks who say that the biden administration handle this well and the fact that we have to continue to go back and continue to focus on getting all of our american citizens and all of our loyal afghan allies out, this is something that is our mission today. again, this...

In afghanistan. its been a painful choice to leave. thats why they didnt heed the warnings back in april. does that square with your understanding? >> i have a relative who is forced to choose between coming home to see her children or staying behind to be with her parents. she chose to be with her kids. these are impossible positions. they should never have had to have been made. the tragedy is there was that difference between the iraq siv program and the afghan siv program. many of the iraqis...

The pineapple and came up with this idea to bring out one guy and they successfully did it. and then everybody else said, you know what, we have individuals, and we said this isnt right. we need to honor this promise. honor the promise that this administration made to these people. and thats what were doing. were now committed to this. we have gotten out over 650 americans, afghan veterans, allies, interpreters, numerous vips, and were continuing to do it. we had to make a shift with the u.s. go...

They are saying because of the interpreters, what they are putting on it, very hard, difficult for me i dont think gaining their trust but we hope so. jillian: we are so grateful that you were able to make it out with your family. thanks for coming on and bringing both of your stories to us and thank you both for your service and what you have done, thank you. 23 minutes after the hour. rescue missions underway after ida tears to the southeast leaving 1 million people without power and desperate...

Foreign policy chops, the helicopter in the mountains, the interpreters tells a story about how you went in to save them when they were stranded, and he is now telling the president, dont forget about me and my family here, that is remarkable, general. >> yeah, well, tragically actually tens of thousands of stories like that to that are still out there, one of the things that i find really disturbing is how the administration is attempting to minimize the number of american citizens that we left...

Tried and failed to do. >> it is true that the most vocal critics of the president are veterans who are very concerned about the people who were left behind who were side by side with them and who served them, the afghans who are interpreters and served in other roles. here is what we heard from secretary of state blinken today about the taliban. >> while we have expectations of the taliban, that doesnt mean we will rely on the taliban. we will remain vigilant in monitoring threats ourselves, an...

Shoulder by shoulder, coalition forces especially the army, they lifted them behind. >> i hear what you are saying, it is hard to hear you say they lost their hopes yesterday. first argentine. i want to ask you how important the interpreters are and have been to this 20 year war. would you have been able to do your job if it werent for them and how devastating is it for you to hear him say they have lost hope now? >> none of us would have been able to do our mission without these interpreters an...

Yes. >> lucas, the people we are taking out of there literally are our translators, and helped us. what do you make of kevin mccarthys answer? >> i would say when i look back at iraq, so i went to iraq as well and afghanistan with the interpreters who helped us there, and you know, i got special operations command, and i still leaned on these guys to get us through every day. i know -- i can remember a specific instance where my interpreter in iraq probably saved my life, and i know that happene...