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For months weve been warning -- ambassador crocker and i wrote an op-ed in the "new york times" about what we need to do now to save the interpreters, what we need to do to have our isr intelligence, surveillance, recognizance capabilities in the region. now we are going dark. they totally blew this one and completely underestimated the strength of the taliban. you know, jake, they didnt listen to the intelligence community, because every time i got an i.c. briefing assessment it was probably th...

That the population will be safe while the transition to the islamic republic occurs. i find this hard to imagine, given their history and what happened while they were in control before 9/11, before 2001 when they were toppled i think diately the good that has been done to transform the rights of girls going to school, theyll probably stop, close down all girls schools they will kill or certainly imprison anyone who had anything to do with any western country so that means the interpreters, my ...

Afghanistan airport in kabul. were working to verify the other information that is making the rounds but certainly a concerning piece of information and development for those american embassy personnel trying to evacuate at this moment. eric: trey, you mentioned germany and the brits are at the airport, so then what does it mean if they do come under fire and the taliban has said that they have called for a peaceful transition. perhaps with a third party, there have been reports perhaps of turke...

It killed more than 720 people, thousands more hurt. world leaders, global companies and other groups are promising to rush in with aid. alex hogan is live with more now. alex. >> reporter: hi, arthel. at as each hour passes by weve seen the release of more tragic footage of the earthquakes aftermath as the death told climbs to 720 people, 2800 people are wounded. initial reports by the u.s. suggest that at least 700 buildings including hospitals and schools and so far 3,778 homes are demolished...

But clearly, the focus is on safeus passage for those folks o are in the country and need it. and so to the extent that we can help with that is something we should be focused on here in the short-term. >> would you be supportive of -- the president announced more troops going into afghanistan to help with the exodus of people who are leaving that country.th at some point the embassy staff and all americans who want to get out of afghanistan will be out of there probably within the next 72 hours...

Nationals, of course, we have to, but it�*s the interpreters who are promised safety. the daily mail has campaigned on this for years now, interpreters who work for the uk are two of the could come to the united kingdom and they are not here yet. and if there was ever attempt the government to step up and ensure that�*s happening, it�*s now. and thats happening, its now. and there is uncertainty surrounding that. �* .,. there is uncertainty surrounding that. . .. ., , there is uncertaint...

Well-taken. our soldiers, our diplomats, our foreign assistants, workers, our intelligence community professionals have all sacrificed a great deal over these 20 years and today i think that as we begin to absorb the new reality, the reality of an afghanistan that we dont know the shape of yet, its too soon to tell, my thoughts go back to them and their families especially those who gave everything in afghanistan. eric: michael murphy, on and on, we think of those and honor those, they are not f...

International community. the two big players that the americans should be concerned about are the russians and the chinese. the chinese have very quickly come out and indicated they will ultimately recognize the taliban as the legitimate government of afghanistan. the russians originally, there were reports about people in moscow and top kremlin officials saying they would recognize the taliban but theyve since walked those statements back, tried to see how things play out with these evacuations...

A statement you gave, quote, these were afghans who were going out on patrol, some of who returned fire and saved the lives of american service members. some of them were shot and. injured in the course of serving as translators, as interpreters, many now who have targets on their backs because they were helping us in intelligence ways or as translators during interrogations. what do you want to hear from president biden at this point, and how soon should he address the country? >> i think it is...

At best angry, enraged that the forces that they helped train, the forces they worked with just dissolved so quickly? >> to all of them i would say that in warfare, political will, battle field leadership matter deeply. this, in that sense, was not their failure. it was the failure of the afghan government. secondly and finally, i would have to say we have to do all we can to try and get those interpreters out, those who supported us on the battle field and do everything we can diplomatically to...