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Of these applicants. theyve already in many cases at great risk to themselves assisted the united states over the years. >> bill: now the administration finally taking action to get the afghan interpreters out of the country before theyre harmed. major logistical questions as the taliban continues to seize territory. talk about that and more with dan crenshaw when we come back. because home values have climbed to all time highs. and so has your equity. turn it into cash now, while mortgage rates...

Created a panel of experts to investigation in systemic racism worldwide of people of african dissent and the makeup of the human rights council and back room deals and secret ballots. they added humans rights abusers like china, russia and cuba to the worlds highest human rights body. >> bill: biden administration flying afghan interpreters to safety because they could face significant retribution from the taliban. the white house on this yesterday. roll this. >> flights out of afghanistan for ...

Who made these payments happen. so again, those payments go out tomorrow. all of this stuff is in motion all at once with the senate in session if stuffs going to move its sort of got to move now. so its been very busy in washington. also a very busy day at the white house today. today we got a big announcement from the white house that we have been waiting for for some time. it answers a lot of questions. it raises a lot of questions too. president biden as you know has promised to pull all u.s...

Potential for short-term use of bonus base installations. but no final decision is made right now. >> all options are being considered, bob. so they may be headed to another country. they may be headed to military installations in the continental united states. some combination of the two. the question of u.s. territories like for example guam still out there. in addition to the question of where theyre going, theres the question of how theyll get there. the only flights out of afghanistan right...

Girls are gonna suffer unspeakable harm. >> is it a mistake? >> i think it is. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. and im sad. i spent a lot of time with afghan women, and they are scared that. and i think about all the interpreters and people that helped, not only u.s. troops, but nato troops, and theyre just that -- it seems like theyre going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. and it breaks my heart. what >> general, his sentiment aside, im ...

Has been working on this issue and watching it very closely, major matt zeller hes an army veteran hes a cofounder of no one left behind which advocates for bringing the afghan interpreters so food to the u.s.. major zeller, thank you for coming back on the show. >> thank you for having me. >> let me just ask you to update you. let me ask you if i missed anything, if i summarize what we know as of today as you understand it? >> you hit all of the points, very well. i would only add the following...

Former president george w. bush is now openly criticizing the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan. >> he says he is sad and very concerned about the consequence, especially when it comes to afghan women and girls. here is what he just told a german news outlet earlier today. >> sadly, im afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. >> this is a mistake, the withdrawal? >> you know, i think it is, yeah. because i think the consequence are going to be unbelievably bad. an...

And theyre scared. i think about all the interpreters and people that helped not only u.s. troops but nato troops. theyre just -- it seems like theyre just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people. it breaks my heart. >> cnn pentagon reporter barbara starr and cnn correspondent anna coren are with us now. youve got new reporting on where these afghans could be headed. what do you know? >> well, initially administration officials had indicated it would likely be locat...

Tell me about your interpreter. >> hi, it is great to be with you and to share this story. he was my interpreter in 2009 and 10. he worked with green beret and navy seal teams for over a decade. >> dana: you say he was not just an interpreter but part of your team? >> absolutely. thats part of the story here. these interpreters were part of our teams. they worked very closely with u.s. troops and he was a key advisor for me every single day. he sat there with me making decisions about how we wou...

Succeeded in the mission. >> bill: its what they are doing in china for sure. >> i go back to the militarys mission is to defend the country and be prepared for war. the education system is to educate children in the subjects that they will need to know to succeed. so all of this stepping outside of this and indoctrinateing students or if military might be on the agenda of some people and it might serve good purposes in some ways but you have to stick to your mission. when you succeed in that th...