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These people deserve it. i need to do this for them. as a human. >> bill: that mans name is haroon who lives in colorado. he went back to afghanistan to visit his father. he is trapped. he joined "fox & friends" earlier today. thousands of peoples lives are at risk now. james leads an organization that helps afghan interpreters relocate to the u.s. james, good morning to you. wow, a time of tension im certain. i dont know if you are sleeping or not. what can you tell us what you are hearing from...

Them and they are looking for a way out. you know, im getting messages constantly, how can i get out of this country, can you get me on a list. a state department list. and you heard then from the state department saying, well, at the moment were just getting american citizens out. what happens to all those afghan interpreters, all those activists, all those journalists who are now fearing for their lives. they have two weeks to get them out. >> it is just a terrifying situation for all of those...

If we can continue to get americans, american allies, interpreters out of there in an orderly way in the coming weeks, i think youre going to see that number go back up, and the shock of what we saw a few days ago may not have a lasting political impact because at the end of the day, he did what donald trump supporters wanted donald trump to do, and what joe bidedeutsch alcindor, thank you for being on this morning. and still ahead on "morning joe," house speaker nancy pelosi is trying to keep h...

Weeks to get them all out. oren liebermann has more. >> reporter: kabuls international airport is in a more secure stable situation than it was 24 or 48 hours ago, but the u.s. is still unable to move 5,000 to 9,000 people a day out of the airport. that is what the mipentagon is trying to hit with cargo aircraft moving people out of the country, but that number still very far away from it. according to an update from the state department, the u.s. moved about 1,000 out tuesday including 300 or s...

Go get these former interpreters, aides and others through. and the white house has made the case, not illegitimately, that its a big bureaucratic problem governed, in part, by a law that they actually had to go get congress to go amend some. but the fact of the matter is that the rushed effort right now to get people through the gates, which clarissa has shown, could have been done in a much more paced way in those months between april and the collapse of the government. everybody thought they ...

Kylie, good morning. what can you tell us about -- its not just a question of how many people america can evacuate. its about how many will they and will they extend this deadline past this 31st of august which they imposed on themselves. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, that is fundamental to this overall question of how many they can get out. its determined by what their operations look like and how long they keep those operations going. but as it stands now, were finding that the administration has...

I fill out the application for the u.s. embassy and this is the email that i got from the u.s. embassy. >> and so did you try to get into the airport. >> yeah, i did. >> what did the taliban say? >> the taliban say we dont know, just go. we dont want to try to let you in. >> cnns cally atwood covers the state department and oren lieberman. do we know what the plan is to get the tens of thousands of afghan helpers out of there? >> the challenge now is the administration is having some trouble ans...

>> a knife stabbing you in the chest. its like-- its like your heart being torn out. >> odonnell: sergeant nick stefanovic spent two years in afghanistan, and was devastated to see the government fall so quickly. >> i think its going to be a rough few months for veterans of that war, and i think this has got the potential to not only retraumatize, but to bring veterans into a dark, hopeless place. >> odonnell: dustin, what was your fear when you saw the taliban take over? >> my largest fear, rea...

Conception of the biden administration on relations in afghanistan has been one debacle after another. jillian: you heard from the administration they are speaking to the taliban and working to get american citizens out of there to get safety for the afghan interpreters who worked with us for a number of years. is that the right move to be working with the taliban and what does that say to the international community? >> they should do everything to protect american citizens, embassy personnel a...

Years in afghanistan to my brothers and sisters that served in afghanistan and gold star families we honor them and thank them for keeping our shores safe for two decades. we cant lose sight of that you dont hear that enough from the administration thanking the men and women that sacrificed so much to keep our country safe. but to the immigration situation, we have to defend our allies. ainsley: congressman, i know that you enlisted in the navy when you were 18 years old. you served for two year...