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Interpreters, some of them wanted to stay in afghanistan. they couldnt afford the $10,000 in the commercial air fare and they hadnt heard about the evacuation. we stepped in, we were able to get five families out, we had another 50 scheduled this week, but those flights are now on hold. , , ., ., ., hold. give us an idea of overall— hold. give us an idea of overall numbers, - hold. give us an idea of overall numbers, you . hold. give us an idea of i overall numbers, you are hold. give us an id...

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Rather than arbitrary mandates and lockdowns, more motivated by political science than the science. todd: mentioning 2022, a full segment on 2022 it is upon us. we appreciate you being here, looking forward to it, do the math in our head, 14 months, almost 15, horrible decision and try to do it twice in that segment. jillian: thousands of people trying to get out of afghanistan as the taliban seizes control. many of them are the interpreters who helped american troops for the last 20 years. todd...

2006. one of the things in particular that i look back on now is mullah, an individual that we actively targeted. unfortunately we werent able to kill or capture him and now you are seeing him lead the taliban. i think back and i go if we were able to accomplish that mission how would that change history? as far as the interpreters, yes, it is very frustrating, we have got several open case where you have got afghans that have fought alongside us for decades that are just fighting to survive and...

Border, but it is handled even worse. nobody handled the southern border worse than him. we have the most secure border we ever had, and now the worst border we have ever had. afghanistan is the exact same thing. think of this, we have a military that is holding. you get it reduced down to 2,500 soldiers and they were doing a good job. it was fine. there was a smaller force. taking it down from close to 20 over 22,500 and we were fine, but we have the military they are and we take the military o...

To seek help and assistance, the top priorities keeping people safe, and make content twitter rules and policies against glorification of violence. the taliban has not broken any rules yet but allowing the taliban to tweet and get their message out violence. sue there will be be headings. ask some of the victims, do the interpreters want to the taliban to be on twitter? todd: up to wednesday we havent talked about squad hypocrisy. >> reporter: members of the squad including rashida tlaib and aya...

Democrat who opposed the withdrawal this catastrophe is why." congressman, you sit on the armed services committee. your reaction to president biden saying u.s. forces will stay in afghanistan until all americans are out even if beyond the august 31st deadline. >> i think that was a very important statement for president biden to make, yes. u.s. forces should stay there until every last american is out of afghanistan safely and we should extend that also to those afghans who work with our forces...

Be honest arbiters of the truth. leaving afghanistan as well, and that is true. but i have trouble believing that president trump would have priced these types of conditions into his decision. >> no i completely agree with you. feel pail to remember when they always try to pin it on former president trump that they called off discussions with the taliban npr actually had reported on this. npr taken credit that killed 11 people including u.s. soldier that was long before this had opinion set into...

The world is watching right now. america promised men and women their families, if you help us, i know its like a death sentence. dont worry, well protect you. the concern and fear that we see expressed by u.s. service members and veterans extends far beyond themselves and their american brothers and sisters in arms. they are worried about the thousands of afghan interpreters and other staff who worked beside them. what will happen to them? retribution is a light word for what the taliban has do...

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