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But you have to ask, did the u.s. intelligence community have any firm understanding of what could happen on the ground, just days ago their prediction was that kabul would fall in 90 days, then that was moved to 30 of days, and then just 72 hours and as we see now there are taliban fighters across the afghan capital. arthel: and now as youre reporting they released prisoners, thousands of them. do you anticipate any trouble with these evacuations? >> reporter: certainly concern for the american...

0 going in and out of the country. if that were to happen, big if. then the u.s. military, who are there, they will work to defense any u.s. americans who are there and to keep the airport open so they can get the americans out safely. also, though, its important to point out, you know, there were about 1,000, less than 1,000 u.s. troops who were already there. only about a1,000, not really full 1,000 have made their way in. that total of 5,000. they are not there yet. >> yeah. >> the current pl...

0 jaw-dropping developments. >> thank you, dan. appreciate it. we are nearing the top of the hour right here on msnbc as we continue to watch these live pictures coming from the city of kabul. a city that is right now encircled by the taliban. by some reports, the taliban have been spotted within the streets of the city. there are reports that negotiations are taking place within the presidential palace there in the capital city. its not clear if ashraf ghani who is taking part of those negotiat...

It's about to become a huge tragedy...

Thats an unfortunate image. >> aaron, should the president reverse course? >> absolutely not. i think these are tough choices and many hands contributed to this. many administrations in history. the brits in the 19th century the russians in the 20th century. and the americans in the 21st century. all met with unhappy, extremely difficult challenge of afghanistan. biden had the courage, the political courage. the execution leaves a lot to be desired. particularly with the respect to the scores of...

Shocked the world. the militant group took its first provincial capital one week ago today now their territory looks like this, closing in on kabul. the pentagon now scrambling to send 3,000 troops to the kabul airport, most arriving by the end of this weekend, a temporary mission to get embassy staff out safely >> the deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. >> reporter: as the u.s. embassy is ordering staff to destroy sensitive documen...

Translators and interpreters out as well. thats where a lot of the focus is im told. they are not, the thing that we have talked about on this show, and a lot of other shows ever since the president said that we are pulling out before you know the 20th anniversary of september 11th was that this was foreseeable. adam kinzinger said it and it was shocking how fast it went. i think that is something that the advisers have talked about behind the scenes. that what they are seeing, they are surprise...

Congressman michael waltz. i want to thank you for your great service to this country. let me ask you this question. if there was a plan as to what was going to happen the last four weeks, i know that sounds like a joke. but tell me what biden and the administration told you. >> there was no plan. there was no plan to protect our local allies, our interpreters, those who stood and fought with us the last 20 years. there was no plan to protect afghan women and girls and minorities. journalists, t...

For relocation. when joe biden a month and a half said we are not going to leave behind any of the afghan interpreters who helped save american lives i immediately thought back to one that i met ten years ago on the front lines of americas longest war. here is his story. >> reporter: my first time in afghanistan ten years ago with u.s. marines deep in taliban country. >> every time that ive been north of this position weve been engaged with small arms fire. >> reporter: helmand province, one of ...

>> in terms of those visas for thousands of afghans who worked for u.s. forces, interpreters, drivers, engineers, the biden administration is working with qatar to temporarily house thousands of afghans and their families. thats according to a source familiar with the ongoing discussions. i am wondering what your reaction is -- is to that? um, and regardless of what is, now, happening, it does seem kind of last minute and after the fact. it seems like this was not -- i mean, this has been an iss...