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The country is in a terrible position where people are fearing for their lives and their futures and the safety of their families. and i think how do these families feel tonight who have lost loved ones and soldiers have gone there in suffered life—changing injuries. because they were out in afghanistan and seeing these pictures of the taliban running into kabul and hutchison people trying to flee the country via airport, —— all of these people trying to flee the country. this is not what ...

Ramped-up u.s. presence to make sure these evacuations run smoothly. early in the night there was this concern that the airport in kabul could be targeted as the u.s. military looks to continue facilitation of evacuations. weve seen images from the airport both civilian and government personnel trying to get out. you have everyone from journalists to interpreters, to translators, to international government officials trying to make their way out of kabul all at the same time, and this is an airp...

Those 5000 american troops isnt going to be there to help them this in way. what about all the people that helped us, trey? what about all the interpreters, thousands of people that aided american troops the last two decades. what happens to them? reporter: there was a hope by this administration, the biden administration, they would be able to help the terp terms and translators who will be targets for the taliban to get out on time. everyone caught on their heels though. we saw a few days ago ...

There are ongoing flights into and out of the country as this process of trying to get americans out as quickly as possible continues. weve learned the that some officials the effort to bring in the visa applicants, the afghan interi interpreters to get them out as quickly as possible. and you get a sense from everything were seeing here, how critical and how quickly this situation is deer tear i dont rememberating. you see the chaos, the panic as afghan civilians make a rush for pretty much the...

Theres going to be plenty of time to review what went wrong. what i would like to know right now, as far as i know the american people would like to know as well, we have american citizens on the ground there. how confident are you that we are going to -- our military is on the way there, will be able to evacuate safely all of the americans who are currently in afghanistan? >> well, i think ultimately im pretty confident that we will be able to get these folks out. its just what will it take to ...

In the past 20 years there hasnt been another major 9/11-style attack. i have been able to have my children, watch them grow up. my father has seen his grandson. and that is a level of peace that you and all the other veterans have provided both this nation and the world. and i hope you all can see it that way. and not focus on the bad or the things that, you know, about worrying about our interpreters and all of these other things. so i cant say that its not worth it if thats -- if thats ultima...

In this propaganda video, they claim they ambushed an afghan military convoy and captured government soldiers. tonight theyve seized the last big city in the north, mazare sharif, and the nearby army base camp shaheen. after those who pledged to defend the city fled to uzbekistan. the military in control of kandahar in the south and herrat in the west. this taliban fighter claiming businesses are open and people are happy, but 13,000 families have fled taliban-controlled areas and aid agencies a...

72 hours have really brought these images home and the network that we have a know, i am texting with at least two widows are very close friends of mine lost in afghanistan. im texting with war college classmates of mine who was an afghan officer in hiding right now. we are talking live. all of us talking about our interpreters and friends, trying to track them down. it is faster than any of us can process all of our emotions. fin faster than any of us can process all of our emotions.— faster...

The united states homeland as well as to protect american personnel who are currently there, and to evacuate allies, whether they were interpreters, truck drivers at high risk for retaliation. that includes, i would add, people who are outspoken on rights for women and girls, journalists, others who may be in the sites of the taliban. >> are you disappointed the the administration didnt do more earlier to get them out safely before it got to this point? >> earn aest hemming way ones said a man g...

The entire afghan government under heels and we see afghan security forces simply vanished from the face of kabul. we saw reports about the security forces actually changing clothes so they werent identified by the taliban as the fighters worked their way through the city but as things stand right now, it is the american military overseeing all of the security to get these personnel members out of afghanistan, out of kabul. extremely concerned to the biden administration to ensure americans can ...