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News. we know taliban has taken control of most of kabul. the afghan capirk tal. we saw images -- can capital. we saw images inside the presidential palace where they were speaking with one journalist basically describing the plans as they are hours away from starting what will be a completely new chapter for afghanistan. meanwhile, more u.s. troops are headed to kabul to help with the evacuation effort. just hour fox news confirming another 1,000 troops from the 82nd airborne division are heade...

Out? can you promise that all americans will get out safely? >> that is job number one. that is our number one mission. that is what were working on with a whole of government effort led by the state department right now. and so we have our personnel at the embassy. we have some american citizens who are still mostly bi-nationals left in afghanistan. if they want to leave we have in place the means to do that. and beyond that, jake, we have men and women who have worked for us, worked for the mi...

Intensely trying to negotiate, that kabul itself will not be attacked so people can evacuate. but that will not account for evacuating all of the siv qualified people, and that does not nearly encompass all of the people who have worked for american companies, for american human rights organizations, for international organizations and educators and others who are going to have targets on their backs, and these are primarily the women. >> you know, on that note, i want to play for you what a jou...

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As they dream out, what mime colleague has been talking about -- im getting more messages -- this will be on biden. biden has to speak to the country and explain why this is the right course. just a final thought, this war was going to end. every war has to end its about keep faith with the interpreters. i think thats absolutely crucial. that the giving them a measure of dignity and concern for others to the way biden chose to

Taliban and al qaeda. they will come roaring back. they fully intend to. the intelligence is clear there. again, i havent seen a plan to deal with that. when our military goes, our intelligence eyes and ears go, our contractors go, everyones gone. thats one of the reasons we saw a collapse so quickly, because weve been blind the last several months on the ground. >> as we wrap this up, your personal experience on the ground, you worked with the afghans, you had interpreters, you worked very clos...

Ambassadors, focusing on not only the security situation in afghanistan, but also the process of evacuating those american diplomats as well as those afghan interpreters and others applying for the special immigrant visa. one thing is clear is that obviously the situation has unfolded far more rapidly than the white house expected. they did not believe that the taliban would advance so quickly on kabul. but a point that white house officials have been making to me in trying to defend what is hap...

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Joining us now the top republican on the foreign affairs committee congressman mccall of texas. thanks for joining us. i want to give you an opportunity to respond to what you just heard from secretary blinken >> i think the secretary has been devoid of reality this whole time. since the decision was made in may, i think it is an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. i think the president -- this is going to be a stain on this president and this presidency. i think he is going to have blood ...

The country. of course, we have seen the fighters on the ground, many of them i have spoken to, who have a very different view. so the difference will now be seen in weather what the spokesperson says is the policy of the taliban and whether they are able to control some of the hardline fighters who have been waging this war over the past 20 years. speaking to me from doe heart, the spokesperson of the taliban, laying out what the next days and weeks will look like. he says they want a peaceful ...