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Friends, like thousands -- tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of our interpreters and allies and folks who stood up to build a better afghanistan. what are we doing for them now? and, you know, humanitarian relief operations weve seen the military bring in cargo planes, and evacuate people. my training is as a military lo -- what size airframes can we get in now and air lift people out. there are interpreters now who im in touch with, getting cryptic messages from the embassy sayi...

That threat now extending all the way to kabul. a calamitous outcome, say critics, especially after trillions of dollars and white thousands of lives lost. >> it is all on president bidens shoulders. this rapid and haphazard withdrawal of american troops, of course, before we knew that our embassy would be safe is, before we had our afghan interpreters and other friends out of afghanistan. to allow it to fall like this without any sort of plan or recourse, it is shameful. >> reporter: iowa senat...

Green beret army veteran in florida congressman michael waltz, what thank you for your service to this great country. let me ask you this question. if there was a plan as to what was going to happen over the last four weeks, i know that sounds like a joke but tell me what bidens administration told you. >> there was no plan. there was no plan to protect our local allies, our interpreters and those who stood and fought with us the last 20 years, there was no plan to protect afghan women and girls...

Largest city, kandahar, and consolidating territory in the south, north, and west. the taliban took its first provincial capital one week ago. now their territory looks like this. closing in on kabul. panicked afghans are rushing to the capital as aid agencies warn of a humanitarian crisis. >> at least 241,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes and humanitarian needs are growing by the hour. >> reporter: these men all worked for nato as construction workers, cooks, interpreters. >>...

Back with breaking news from afghanistan. the taliban with its eyes on kabul. the president authorized a total of 5,000 u.s. troops to the region. the pentagon tells nbc news that 1,000 of those troops are already in afghanistan. their mission, to help evacuate the u.s. embassy in kabul as well as thousands of interpreters who helped u.s. military operations for the past 20 years, help that could cost them their lives if theyre left behind. kelly coby i cant is in kabul. >> reporter: the preside...

I mean, this is really, you know, such a surprising, well calculated takeover by the taliban. but it is absolutely heartbreaking, and, you know, many of us, im just one of so many veterans who are still connected to folks in afghanistan, interpreters who were still trying to get out. other allies who were still trying to get out who are just absolutely trapped by bureaucracy. by closed borders, by the taliban controlling check points. what were hearing from our friends and colleagues in afghanis...

Im joe fryer in for yasmin vossoughian. we continue to follow major breaking news right now. just moments ago the death toll rising into the hundreds in haiti after a huge magnitude 7.2 earthquake. the latest on the search for survivors and the widespread damage we are seeing in an already devastated country just ahead. in afghanistan the taliban on the move and kabul in the crosshairs. u.s. troops on the ground in the capital to get americans to safety. this as the situation deteriorates at l...

>> when i was a platoon commander in helmand in 2012, the taliban had a maximum. they would say, you have the watches, but we have the time. we could win battles for the next century in afghanistan against the taliban, and still lose the war. because counter insurgency does not admitting a military solution, it requires political leadership, and only the afghans can do that. with the americans must do right now is defend personnel from the united states who are in afghanistan. we must evacuate o...

Were just watching as he addresses the nation in these troubled times in afghanistan. now, the u.s. and canada are among countries working to help afghans flee the taliban. the u.s. is focusing on translators who worked with american troops. a source tells cnn that a deal is being worked with qatar while visas are processed. meanwhile, canada will take in 20,000 afghans. the country is heing a special program for most vulnerable groups including women, leaders, journalists, lgbtq and family me...

The drawdown will begin to the core diplomatic staff that is the u.s. embassy in kabul as well as the interpreters and their families who helpeded uni the united states. diplomatic staff in kabul very instructed to destroy sensitive materials or anything construed or used as propaganda logos or flags. oren liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. new intelligence reports indicate russia is stepping up its efforts to interfere in the 2022 elections. alex marquardt has more. theres new intelligence for ...