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Our afghan allies. theyre not reassured. those interpreters not getting out they are not reassured by a statement like that. brian: how ridiculous is that? he is reporting from taliban news, the secretary of state. my next guest is not relying on the taliban to bring americans home. he knows the reality. he led a dangerous rescue admission course of weeks to usher as many as 500 allies and family nobodys safety. scott mann is retired green beret served in afghanistan and running operation pineap...

In a neighboring countries have been sympathetic to them like the pakistan government has always been sympathetic so they have a friendly neighbor as well three have little or no leverage to get her people out or our allies. >> one thing that has been encouraging is to see the americans come back working with their former interpreters communicating with them to get back to the airport may have heard from many in my state they have been working overnight to get to their friends and allies out of ...

Is catastrophic for united states in long-term. pete: do you have a sense how many american citizens are still there? >> how many? are you working citizens? >> i dont think that anyone knows. i can tell you each one of our groups is connected on the back-end, when we get cases sent to us we work them, you think sounds like im getting the vibe that all of the am ciits are out, and or green card holders, i dont know that anyone knows, 10,000 plus, i dont know. >> you talk thousands of american cit...

Things, giving achilles to the -- a kill list to the taliban, where a group of interpreters, just last night was murdered by the taliban. it was captured on video. it was horrific. these are things the president needs to be held accountable for. without the accountability i feel people start losing faith in their government at a time when we need to come together and focus on getting every american out and our allies that helped us, that accountability should be front and center when talking abo...

Get out to the taliban. >> the idea that we shared lists of americans or others with the taliban is simply wrong. >> what was shared? >> so in specific instances when you try to get a bus or group of people through and you need to show a manifest to do that because particularly in cases where people dont have the necessary credentials on them or documents, then youll share names of the list on people, but the idea that we put anyone in any further jeopardy is simply wrong. >> martha: scott, lets...

The city of kabul. obviously that decision needs to be analyzed. its clearly a mistake and we are seeing the ramifications over and over again. now that we are in this situation the military is execute the best they can with the card they are dealt. ashley: you are not there, you are not on the ground. but you are a former green beret. you have seen what its like. explain to us whats going on in these u.s. servicemens heads. they have 48 hours to get people out and that time is closing. >> i hav...

From the president to these veterans? >> weve been closely engaged with a range of veterans groups because were grateful for their service and also for their advocacy for so many of these brave translators, interpreters, and others. tens of thousands of whom weve evacuated. youre right. there could be some that are still there who may not have applied or have not been able to depart the country yet. our message is we remain committed. these are our partners. these are allies who stood by our sid...

And it worried me just watching it. jennifer, should it concern anyone left in afghanistan whether american or allies and interpreters, anything like that, kinds of relying on the taliban, a terror group, taking their word they will try to help them get out? >> that is coming to an end. the arrangement made with the taliban the last two weeks was a marriage of necessity. it was not something anyone would have chosen under any circumstances. but the taliban controls the city. and if the u.s. want...

President to these veterans? >> we have been closely engaged with range of veterans groups because we are grateful for their service and advocacy for so many of these brave translaters, interpreters and others. our message to them is we remain committed. these are our partners and allies that have stood by our side for the last 20 years. >> on the hurricane. louisiana will see highs of 80s. whats the plan to get to people who may not have cell phone service and access to the internet who are stu...

Truthfully, interpreters had the best food, so i hung out with them a lot. i got to know him and i did get to observe him working with marines and our afghan army partners. he was always very motivated, very happy to serve in whatever capacity. he was constantly going on patrol, sitting in, assisting marines to the fullest abilities, working day and night. going on operations when we would insert into enemy strongholds and try to disrupt enemy networks or narcotics. overall he was a phenomenal a...