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The urgency about getting the airlift evacuation mission done and over with has been driven, in part, but explicitly, by what they clearly and repeatedly reiterated was the risk of exactly this kind of attack by s exactly this attacker. >> we expect we -- we -- we didnt -- we thought this would happen sooner or later. its tragic that it happened today. its tragic there was this much loss of life.uc we are prepared to continue the mission. >> i thought this would happen sooner or later. were prep...

The pace had smoothened out and quickened. what must happen next? >> well, i think that the president is right. he needs to -- he and the military of course need to continue on as quick a pace as they can to get americans out, our allies, our partners, our afghan friends and leaders. i think that is the most important thing at this point. and frankly in my view the attack today underscored why it is why we need to be out of afghanistan and also why it is that needs to be done expeditiously by au...

It would target innocent civilians at the airport. it would come from isis-k. i mean, the president was explicit that with each, passing day that we kept going with these evacuation mission at the airport, an attack like the one we saw today was more likely. would you rather they had been blindsided? no, of course not. they were sounding the alarm that this was the biggest threat to u.s. forces there, and it was getting to be a more dangerous threat every day. they have obviously been doing ever...

In special forces history, that day ten years ago this month. joining us now is congressman jason crow. as an army ranger in the 82nd airborne, tes a member of the intelligence community committee and armed services committee. hes also spear headed efforts in congress to speed up processing of visas for afghans who helped u.s. troops during our long war there. congressman, sir, thank you so much for making time to be here tonight. i know its a tough day. >> thanks, rachel. it is a tough day and ...

Over-the-horizon capability. but that -- you know, thats going to be very difficult. you are talking about launching air -- air strikes from the middle east. and you are talking about trying to do intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance from the middle east. this is gonna be very, very difficult. >> yeah. yeah. absolutely. great analysis, as always. lisa curtis, thanks so much. good to see you. >> thank you. take a quick break. when we come back here on the program, more on the terror group...

While we have over watch in place, we still have to touch the close of the person that is coming in. i think you all can appreciate the courage and the dedication that is necessary to do this job. and to do a time after time. please remember that we have screamed over 104,000 people, id like to offer my profound condolences to the families of our service men and women afghan civilians who lost their lives today. we have put more than 5000 u.s. service members at risk to save as many civilians as...

Dangerous, selfless mission to salve the lives of others. the president also said this. we have a continuing obligation, a sacred obligation to all of you, the families of those heroes. that obligation is not temporary. it lasts forever. the news continues here on cnn. we will not be deterred by terrorists. we will not let them stop our mission. we will continue the evacuation. joe biden addresses the nation after the terror attack that has now taken more than 100 lives in afghanistan. his m...

These isis terrorists will not win. we will rescue the americans who are there. we will get our afghan allies out. our mission will go on. america will not be intimidated. for those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. i will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command. >> will make you pay. and we will continue the mission to get our -- our alli...

Or -- military and white house only option given -- >> sec. of state psaki: maybe both. i will say, i wont get into semantic debate, it is worth repeating as often as i can, we dont trust the taliban. this is not about trust. there is reality on the ground. the reality is taliban control large swaths of afghanistan, including area surrounding the perimeter of the airport. that is our option to get individuals eligible for the range program the united states has out. we have evacuated more than 1...

Nation when we see what has happened, general keane, first weve been able to speak with you since all this happened and learned of the 13 service members that died in this attack. we know that the airlift operations continue. its a massive effort. the priority still to get americans off the ground there. general keane, walk us through what the next few days look like as we approach tuesday, august 31st and what the days following up to the deadline may look like? >> we have our hands full, we ar...