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>> it is no secret that the trump administration carried out extremely xenophobic and immigration policies. when we look at the turmoil happening now. we have to ask as well, this -- afghanistan is a responsibility and that falls upon the shoulders of virtually ever president since george w. bush. one of the things we see, what was the trump administration doing when they were not preevacuating out under the siv program these afghan interpreters and nationals and allies. it is because of stephen...

Heartbreaking day for our country. so my sympathies to the service members families, to the 13 now i guess that we have lost and 15 wounded and of course scores of afghans and others. i condemn the terrorist attacks. we have to continue our mission. but, joy, that interview, i was staggered to learn that it was lieutenant byrd who made that announcement on the floor of the house. for the last seven months i have wondered who was it trying to help save our lives? i was up in the gallery that day ...

Biden administration to, as they set their refugee quotas, to make it no less than 200,000 in the upcoming year. >> absolutely. we heard it could be two or 300,000 people that helped us over the course of 20 years we were there. i want to show you the ceiling. we used to have an annual ceiling of 231,000 people under ronald reagan. no moderate figure there. george w. bush 70,000. under president obama it was 85,000. under trump 15,000. we have had former members of the administration come forwar...

Done? >> to speak to todays attack, what happened is just an absolute and utter travesty. and these marines that have passed away, 13 now, as well as 60 afghans that died in the explosions, we have -- i mean, this is the human cost of war. and this is what makes war immoral. and when it comes to the devastation that we have seen in afghanistan, the united states plays a role. we have a responsibility. and in order to carry out and in order to make good on the role that we have played in this vio...

Die on that airfield. >> ben, the situation that the white house faces is the taliban controls the rings outside. those checkpoints that make it so difficult for afghans and americans to get through to get to the airport, they control those. meaning that all of the access and egress that makes us more vulnerable, thats in their hands. it doesnt seem that theres a logical argument for adding more troops unless theyre going to fan out throughout the country. that in a sense means restarting the wa...

This has been a really tough news day so thank you very much. we appreciate all of your coverage and well try to keep it going and make some sense of whats going on. thank you. all right, we begin "the reidout" with the two deadly explosions near the kabul airport. the pentagon confirmed 12 u.s. service members were killed and 15 wounded. these are the first u.s. casualties since the evacuations from afghanistan began in july. according to the taliban, at least 60 afghans, including children, we...

How do you get as many of those people out as fast as you can while youre also beginning to evacuate the military, which creates further risk in the coming days. thats a very difficult task and dealing with a complex security environment. i think part of what youve seen in recent days too is less clearing of people at the check points and more trying to find ways to bring people into the airport in convoys so theres less exposure of people having to be cleared in a chaotic scene at the gates of ...

The u.s. presence in afghanistan. looking at all the different complications and the threat matrix of whats happening around the airport, theres an awful lot more to worry about, first, because afghans are trying to get to the airport. they have to get through taliban checkpoints. some are having success, some are blocked, some are getting through because theyre escorted through the southern entrance that the taliban control. i understand today weve seen a significant rise in the number of afgha...

On the role of women in a culture. this isnt a well disciplined, thoughtful military. this is a terrorist organization that have now found themselves in charge. all of that presents danger to u.s. troops. this isis-k are going after these afghans they know want to flee the country because theyve had some relationship with the united states. >> looking at where we are just today, increasing concerns within the white house not surprising. at the pentagon briefing a short time ago there was a speci...

Trying to move people who have worked with the government and even american citizens because the taliban did stop them from getting to the airport, theyve kind of sprung into action. there are some land bridges being created. this is all being done outside of the government purview to try and save these people. its courage of afghans and people who supported american trying to do the right thing and get people out. it is a difficult prospect indeed to do exactly that. remember, when this is done...