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Who risked their lives to help u.s. and its allies make it out of -- out of afghanistan? >> as we promised them, you know, those who risk their lives. and -- and there are, you know, interpreters who are at risk of retaliation for work with the american forces. they are looking forward for the u.s. government to expedite the process. you know, they are being -- every day. we receive e-mail, calls, messages, and theres -- really, you know, at risk out there. >> give me some insight into people th...

On a theory that interacts with the way you live your life. one of the ways the cadets see you in the course, after i saw the syllabus, i wish i could be a cadet again and enter that course. president biden is vowing to pro protect immigrants. why is this effort so critical do, you think? >> this is some of the serious things that i think our congress should be discussing as opposed to the craziness that they are talking about right now. there are literally thousands of afghans who are looking...

The United States is planning to evacuate a group of vulnerable Afghan interpreters before the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan

The United States is set to evacuate thousands of vulnerable Afghan interpreters before the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan so they can wrap up their visa applications from safety, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

We have breaking news from the pentagon where as you see defense secretary lloyd austin has as guest afghanistans president president ghani at the white house. the taliban is advancing at lightning speed now controlling a third of the country as u.s. troops are withdrawing quickly. a taliban commander told nbc news that he and the fighters are surprised at how fast their forces are moving, this as the u.s. intelligence committee says the afghan government could collapse as soon as six months aft...

Speculating, but i can tell you in almost 40 years in the fire service ive never seen a collapse like this, and so all of us that are involved in this type of work are going to be interested to hear what caused this collapse and hopefully learn from it and make provisions so it doesnt happen again, but i couldnt point to any one thing that would lead to this collapse right now. >> chief downey, thank you so much. thanks for all your service and we all just pray for the rescue workers and the vic...

Interview there is just the stuff of twits. >> general, about a minute we have left. for the members of our audience who have seen this debate over getting our interpreters out of a place like afghanistan, the people, the local folks without whom our men and women could not do their jobs as a fighting force, explain why this is so vitally important. >> well, im still sick to my stomach the way we handled vietnam, by the way, and we came out of vietnam. we left behind -- im a proud member of the ...

Interpreters out of a place like afghanistan. the people the local folks without whom our men and women could not do their jobs as a fighting force. explain why this is so vitally important. >> im sick to my stomach that we huddled vietnam by the way and we came out of vietnam we left behind of a proud member of the airborne division advisory detachment im about to go in july to another union. we left them in the large they came out as well people over the next ten years. we dont want to do that...

And the chairman of the joint chiefs as an active duty army officer, it was very clear from the testimony that they understand the urgency and the moral imperative to borrow chairman milleys words of getting them out now. we made a promise to these heros that we will have their backs and we have to live up to that promise, not just for them, but for every american service man or woman and we dont want 10, 20, 30 years from now for people looking back at america and how we deal with the afghans a...

Wars. i mean, you know, we -- when we left vietnam and the way the u.s. left with the quickness that it left. there were a lot of people who had worked for the u.s. government, in difficult situations, who were left behind. in iraq, even. though, promises were made, you know, getting visas for people who had been interpreters was -- was something that was drawn out for many. >> yeah. so thats what the situation is in afghanistan. you know, i disagreed with the presidents decision to leave but it...