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Over. ive been talking to u.s. -- or i should say afghan interpreters who worked with the u.s. military who, you know, they were at the airport on monday thinking that they could perhaps get on one of the planes when it was possible to breach the walls and get on to the tarmac. they witnessed those chaotic scenes, they witnessed, you know, the violence that took place, the beatings. they reported that they saw this. and one of them said to me, this was the blackest day because i had a realizatio...

Out. perhaps the americans, overwhelming number had wanted u.s. troops to get out, 75%, and perhaps that will play out well, jonathan lemire, though, were still trying to sort through the chaos thats been happening there over the past two, three days. every guest we have on here is critical of the administration for their lack of planning, their lack of planning to get interpreters out, their lack of planning to end this operation cleanly. if in fact all wars have to come to an end as some have ...

The president has to protect and advance his own credibility thats very much on the line now. and answer questions that go to the competence of this whole operation, how did it get so botched? up until now the biden administration has been very effective at getting things done. theyve worked well together. you and i have talked before about how well they were doing. yet the inexplicable is now happening. he has to make that explicable. one question is when he knew that the intelligence reports w...

Now planes are taking off mostly empty, why, because the taliban is not allowing passage into the airport. one german plane capable of carrying 150 individuals coming out, they took off with seven passengers on board. and meanwhile, yeah, taliban terrorists are going door to door after numerous reports should searching for americans, allies, and american interpreters or anyone else who assisted the u.s. in any way over the last 20 years. their horrifying reports of people being tortured, dismemb...

So derelict, such a dereliction of duty. were better than this as a country and a people. were being laid out in a way thats just -- for all the world to see in a way that is embarrassing and lives are on the line. >> i think condoleezza rice piece in the "washington post" and that interview on "fox & friends" was so gripping i think we should play it again because in its entirety because it just gives you that personal sense of despair of figuring out how you are going to get to the airport. >>...

Bring in 30,000 or so or however many thousand afghans here because his policy was the muslim ban. and so, ben, i think its magical thinking thats the problem, thinking somehow donald trump would have evacuated those afghans. no, he wouldnt have. his people are already screaming dont bring them here. so where does biden in your view go from here, because he is going to bring people out, and then what? >> well, first of all, joy, i think you made a very important point and put your finger on it, ...

Both. professor, i would like to you take a minute and talk about how dire the situation with the refugees, the humanitarian situation is in your view. and more importantly, what concerns you the most, starting sunrise tomorrow. >> so to begin, we know about the taliban controls all of the land border. the only ability for refugees to get out at this point is the airport. there is no other options. this to me is becoming increasingly bleaker. the other piece of this is that the processing of the...

Not the usual image of austere islamists, but it may be but a brief pause before new rules come into force. their words have changed, many wait to see what they really mean. lyse doucet, bbc news. european leaders say theyre working quickly to try to evacuate afghans who worked with western forces as interpreters and in other support roles during the 20—year military operation. but the eu is worried the situation could lead to a large—scale migrant crisis on the continent. protests have been...

Cant do anything will, eventually the 30,000, what about the rest of them? laura: we can all agree special admission into the us for helping our troops, no doubt about it, we are being kept in the dark how any of these people will be vetted. for starters how many are there? what criteria is being used to determine who gets in and more importantly will family members be allowed to join them? your family members mentioned, cousin, second cousin, who qualifies as a vulnerable person? by looking at ...

Were killed over the year, think about what its like if you were an afghan and you lost your father and who lost her brother and you lost your sons. we promised them that we would stick it out. it turns out theres not just 10,000 interpreters, is close to 50,000 if you count their family members. we promised to take them out with us and thats not happening. there are lots of other things coming out in this administration. the other night, the president talked about over the horizon capabilities ...