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Around. but now i think because they didnt plan, they didnt have a strategy, there is so much chaos at the airport. jake, were clearing house the foreign affairs committee getting thousands of these people out of there. but sadly a lot of the interpreters that have their siv documents get to the airport, the taliban apprehends them, sends them back to their home, executes their children and family, and then they execute them. and ive heard countless stories of this happening. the airport is an a...

Get all of these people out. to get those that were the interpreters and the drivers and their families out. and to get every u.s. citizen out, who wants to leave. and i think we have a herculean task ahead of us. we have now -- um -- been able to evacuate 28,000. we have eight more days left, in which we will have to evacuate the rest of the people. and, you know, the pictures that we see at the airport in kabul are pretty daunting. so, its important that we stay focused on what we can do and m...

Abandoning the air force base leaving thousands of armed fellow citizens helpless to the whims of the radical terrorist group and the taliban. the only way any american can even make it to the airport is if and only if the taliban allows them and theyre not allowing everybody. you know what else is irresponsible? abandoning interpreters and translators and drivers, each one that put their necks on the line to help u.s. troops over the 20 year period of time. now the french president emmanuel mac...

That was not your wifes experience this week and do you think others should trust them when they say this? >> no, they should not. i know a number of families that those interpreters, i know they have been targeted. last week i feel them -- by the same taliban. i know there are reporters that when they go to work also they claim they can go to the office but when they go to work they separate men reporters from female reporters and send the female reporters to go home. so what they are saying is...

Interpreters and other afghans. they have been using in one case of a veterans group intelligence and satellite maps to find taliban check points and guide interpreters to the airport to escape. joining me, one of the people behind this, former cia analyst matt zeller. good to see you again. let me start with the breaking news that the cia director sat down with the taliban. does that give you any hope, whats your take on that? >> yeah. i mean, weird time to be in, guy was in a prison of ours, n...

But you can also understand when youre the president, commander in chief, you dont want to just send your forces out willy-nilly in the streets of kabul with a hostile force in charge of the government. >> jen, to that point, a good one about the veterans, and i talked to a guy, special forces, formally special forces there, hes been working around the clock doing fundraising trying to get the interpreters here. he said the pleading he is getting from them is almost breaking me. i want to play t...

Least how thats how it would appear. actually i would hope the cia director as is he over there speaking now say you harm one america and you interrupt this process pay a price like have you never paid before. thats the only way to talk to these people. you go in and put them in control, they are going to manage that their way and thats not the way america is supposed to work in this situation. >> lets hope the cia director is moving the deadline so we can get people out. >> absolutely. steve: c...

Talking about? and why it is so central to understand the story. >> its critical, because what it is, its a special programs that aside for people who really assist us when were on the ground, translators, interpreters, people that work for the u.s. government directly, whether its the embassy, or other operations. the military intelligence, community. its a special set of visas, set aside for people who work with us in these programs. theres also other programs that is cyst with people who are ...

Other and at this point, really, chris, the important thing is to get these people out. to get those that were interpreters and drivers and families out and get every u.s. z citizen out that wants to leave. i think we have a huge task ahead of us. we have now been able to evacuate 28,000. we have eight more days left in which we will have to evacuate the rest of the people. and, you know, the pick tures tt we see at the airport in kabul are pretty daunting. its important we stay focussed on what...

How many of the special visa holders, afghans who acted as interpreters and aides to americans who are at risk of being slaughtered by the taliban, we dont know how many of those are out there who havent been able to make their way to the airport. it is hard to believe we will be able to get even a substantial number of them out. this is a debacle. lets not kid ourselves. it is a debacle of our own making. you mentioned earlier bagram. think about it. the one thing keeping the taliban from movin...