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We have to keep communication with them to ensure a safe withdraw and get people out when we go. so the president is right, we need to kill the people who organized the attack who killed these u.s. service men and women. but we also have to work with this other group, this other terrorist organization to get home. so weve got to take care of all these people that we got out. the airmen on the ground in qatar, where thousands upon thousands of these refugees are coming every day are also about to...

Dhs counterparts, all 52 have been cleared in the green. >> president biden is at the u.s. hopes to effectuate between 50 and 65,000 afghan allies before they august 31st deadline. refugees arriving in the u.s. in the coming days and weeks will be dispersed to military base is located in virginia, texas, wisconsin command new jersey. once there they will receive health screenings and apply for work permits. they will also be connected with u.s. refugee resettlement groups, which can help with th...

Afghanistan are -- have been the sworn enemy of the taliban. . >> there is complexity and there is turbulence on the ground in -- in kabul. and its very risky and dangerous because theres a er genuine threat from isis-k. that is the reality of what we are up against, and im not gonna sugarcoat that reality. >> how real is this isis threat? >> the threat is real. it is acute. it is persistent. e. >> isis-k is a sworn enemy of the taliban. and they have a history of fighting one another. but every...

Life, which included 13 u.s. service members. the president and other military officials have, also, warned that another isis-k attack could be possible as they are evaluating further threats around the kabul airport. especially, as that august 31st drawdown deadline is approaching. so right now, you have the administration operating on dual tracks. trying to identify and hold those responsible for this attack. and then, also trying to safely evacuate americans and as many afghan allies as possi...

From those veterans, they are frustrated with what is happening. karl, you have heard from many of them, this is leroy petry, served in afghanistan, saying we abandoned our people, this was this morning. >> we abandoned them and it makes me angry. how long have we stood by our ally necessary germany, japan, korea, we made a commitment. weve been there 20 years, we should have honored that commitment and stayed for a lifetime if needed. >> sandra: the 13 service members who died in that attack ye...

Committees. he has served on efforts to get a special visas for afghans who served with us. thank you for being with us, i know it is a tough day. >> it is a tough day and i join you in extending our sympathy to those we lost. >> i have to ask you just as a veteran, ive heard from so many friends today who are veterans, just about how this is something for which there isnt really words. the veteran community and military families are talking to one another about this. but its a different kind of...

Warning not just that there could be an attack on u.s. forces and civilians at the airport but that it would specifically come from this group. well, who is this group? why did the u.s. have such clarity that this was the group that was going to attack and attack exactly like this? what does that mean for the next few days? for what president biden now says will be retaliation against that group. um, and for the continuing evacuation effort which continues. another 7,500 people airlifted out eve...

Conversation that were having right now as a country, matter s of fact. why we have done this. why we are 20 years in the making here. this is not a one-week problem. this is not a one-month problem. this is a 20-year problem for our country. >> im struck tonight by the explicitness of the recent warnings weve had from u.s. s. officials about an attack of exactly this kind. um, i am struck by the president saying the threat of exactly this kind of attack which they knew was a real possibility ha...

Three marines. and i believe it was three or four wounded in that attack. so bagram is no more a better defense at stopping two side attacks than hamid karzai is. >> yeah, thank you for that. point taken. no, youre right. point taken. yamiche, any reason to think there is any room for mission creep here? or was the lesson of the day watch the presidents words, look at his attitude. this if anything hardened his resolve. >> based on my conversations with white house officials all day, this deadly...

Keep our eyes focused on those as being root reason why he brought our men and women home. go ahead. >> [indiscernible] -- >> 11 marines, one navy one corps man killed yesterday. you would not think we are a nation grieving. it struck me, questions about the presidents dog, evictium moratorium and smiles and laughter about a reporters last day in the room, all fine on other days, that struck me as very difficult and unusual, especially for those families who are grieving. we learn the names of t...