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Of this unfortunate picture of chaos. of course its chaos because there are helicopters flying, marines, american soldiers coming into the country not with a single mission to take the care field, but to evacuate the embassy staff. we have done that before. to make sure that remaining american citizens can get out. those that have been tee claire davis, those that we know are there. and the third thing is this moral obligation that we have to the afghan interpreters, special immigration visas. w...

To try— flights. there is a desperate need to try and — flights. there is a desperate need to try and get people out of the country— to try and get people out of the country now, and the uk, the us, other— country now, and the uk, the us, other countries, france, germany, are all— other countries, france, germany, are all operating their own system to try— are all operating their own system to try to— are all operating their own system to try to get their nationals out of the count...

Partners and allies, the interpreters and so forth. but i know the president and vice president are meeting with the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs, the whole national security council, looking at worst case scenarios. worst case would be for the taliban to attack u.s. troops. i dont think they will. there is no reason for them to do so at this point. its in the talibans somewhere -- its in the talibans interest for us the leave. but i think they are doing the prudent thi...

Because people watching this unfold there in afghanistan, of course we are very concerned about americans there on the ground. of course, were also concerned about allies who worked closely with the u.s. military over these years and naturally we are concerned about the afghan people there as well and how they will now be subjected to an oppressive government, once again. and right now eric, i do understand we have dr. grant. dr. grant, i want to bring you in and ask you, just off the bat, your ...

Request for a second briefing. what questions and answers will you be demanding? >> my biggest concern is getting all of those who helped us whether they were interpreters or drivers or journalists out of the country safely. that should be our number one priority. my expectation is that the embassy has been evacuated. i will say there were questions that were answered that they werent limited this morning so i dont know what minority leader mccarthy is saying. he did ask one of the first questio...

Was al-qaidas presence that took us there 20 years ago. when we brought al-qaida to justice, when we killed bin laden, the stage was set 10 years ago for the events that we see today. eric: the former president is blaming the current president, president trump issued a statement saying of mr. biden, quote, he ran out of afghanistan instead of following the plan our administration left for him, a plan that protected our people and our property, the taliban no longer has fear or he respect for ame...

It is not fundamentally a military. >> and afghans, interpreters, allies who are waiting to get out of afghanistan. did the u.s. fail them by not having that plan for evacuation? we just found out that theyre curtailing flights for those afghan allies to get americans out instead. is there any other way to look at this than a failure of execution? >> in the national security briefing this morning for members of congress, the administration made clear they are working ngos to continue evacuations...

The direct military situation on the ground and the risk to americans in kabul right now. eric: dr. grant, reports say they expect the embassy to be completely evacuated and americans out within the next 72 hours. with these reports of gunfire and the like. do you think theyll be able to stick to that timeline or is the situation too fluid. >> i think the timeline depends very much on if they can hold the airport in kabul there, if they can keep that going. its a matter of the logistics, how do ...

Created in afghanistan. to the two former lieutenants who started a gofundme to try to rescue two interpreters and their families. right now i want to take a moment if youll indulge me to talk to them, talk to those who sacrificed over there, whether losing a friend or a loved one or a limb or the ability to sleep soundly at night or whatever. i have worn this bracelet for years now. it has the name of the eight men killed in combat october 2nd, 2009, kevin thompson, josh kirk, michael scuza, ch...

Prepared to face the taliban. they were not predicting this would happen. they moved the timetable. they moved it continuously. so theyve been reactionary, ill-prepared. and that has a cost, by the way. thats all of the interpreters, the translators, the afghans that helped the americans, theyll be the ones that pay the price in the coming weeks. howie: it is a mess. leslie, president biden owns this because hes the commander in chief. at the same time, you dont have the usual left, right split ...