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Extract americans if needed but not in large numbers. >> and these are human beings. like this afghan child sleeping on the floor of a u.s. air force military plane, a reminder of the heartbreaking desperation by so many to get out of afghanistan. more now from or oren liebermant the pentagon. >> reporter: the president saying that troops may have to stay past the august 31st deadline if evacuation efforts are not yet completed. wednesday morning the pentagon said august 31 was still the date th...

Hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered outside there, filling, on blank pieces of paper, their names, their local passport details, local id details, and theyre just passing these pieces of paper to the taliban, hoping that that will somehow reach canadian officials and that they will become eligible for a canadian visa. now, im not even sure if theres any canadian staff left in that embassy. and it seems very unlikely that many of these people will be granted any kind of visa, but it giv...

Name zach. thats not his real name, but thats what the marines called him. he was just 20 years old when he signed up to work with the marines in the helmand province. he was an interpreter. he would help the marines talk to other afghans like he is doing there. he would not only translate from whatever the local language was into english, he would reverse those translations and also tell them the meanings, sometimes the subtle meanings of the words that were being used. he was also helpful to t...

From a military officers who said you did a great job for us as an interpreter. we relied on you. you deserve a visa. hes begging me, just like so many other veterans are hearing. he said what did i do wrong? what did i do that was not good enough? how can i get my family out? we are depending on you. we are depending on you to get us out. we are hearing from even interpreters like 20 minutes ago, im not even kidding, the messages are constant. im just one veteran. but 20 minutes ago we heard fr...

Begging for help. this is not the sign of a situation thats going well of our honor as a country, our integrity as a country is at stake, our reputation is at stake, but our moral authority is at stake here. we have made promises over 20 years to these men and women. these partners that stood by us. i may not be here talking to you today had it not been for the service of some of these afghan friends and partners, and there are thousands of americans that are in the same situation that i am in. ...

Between around 11 and 1a celsius. tomorrow, something of a change for northern ireland, here quite quickly we will see outbreaks of rain moving. some of the rain could turn out quite heavy and eventually, we will start to see some of rain working its way into western parts of great britain as well. further north and eastwards, at least for a time, youve got a better prospect of seeing sunshine. temperatures again into the high teens and low 20s. thats your weather. the headlines: desperate scene...

Kuwait and ended up having to spend the night in kaweah tel aviv waiting for a flight to kuwait, loaded up our bags, took off on a flight to kuwait, find out our bags to show up and basically walked to the flight line to an craft. that is where we are now. >> we are running out of time but how important is it that we keep our word and get everybody out of afghanistan, american citizens, interpreters, everyone who helped us who we promised to ensure their safety? >> it is crucial as americans. if...

Any way? no mistakes? >> no. i dont think it couldve been handled in a way that -- we are going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i dont know how that happens. >> for you that was always priced into the decision? >> yes. >> harris: it is unconscionable that the president would say nobody has been killed and that he thought about it for a second. well, i hope to god they havent. what is going on here? when you spit ...

Outlined to go deep into afghanistan to evacuate the american allies, not americans, but maybe allies, translators and interpreters. is that possible? do you you this that u.s. has the ability to even fit doesnt necessarily right now have the political will to o to go into various pockets of afghanistan and evacuate those stranded beyond kabul? >> no. i dont think. so not in afghanistan that is controlled by the taliban. this would be a -- an enormous military mission. so i dont think thats in t...

Of our best qualities. they say our decency and our weakness and exploit those things. lets try to save our loyal afghan interpreters we tell them, perfect, they think. we will open the borders and change the democratic balance. thats what we do right now on our southern border. naturally in our name of human rights and compassion. and they would like to do the very same thing for the disaster unfolding in afghanistan. the disaster that they created. watch this kid from msnbc yesterday. remember...