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Behind, though rendered inoperable by exiting american forces. the pentagon released these images of the final moments-- 500 soldiers boarding five c- 17s. the last one wheels up at one minute before midnight, the official end of the war. the last man out? major general chris donahue, serving his fourth tour in afghanistan. he was in the pentagon when it was hit on 9/11. the president said 90% of those americans who wanted to leave, over 5,500, got out, and vowed to help the 100 to 200 remaining...

Evacuation of our civilians. we should be thankful today, and there should be -- we should be giving great tribute to the military and our state department and intelligence community for getting out as many americans as we did. frankly, 90% given the situation they were in, defending themselves at the airport? they were on the x. they couldnt get off the x. they were under great, great pressure, and great threat. and there was that attack that killed 13 of our brave servicemen and women. theyre ...

So, you know in alaska we have more veterans per capita than any state in the country. my constituents are furious. they want answers and accountability and so do i as a senator. >> bill: talking about the mike gallagher request shot down by democrats yesterday. here he was talking about it last hour. >> the taliban wants to humiliate us. they have beaten us on the battlefield because we surrendered preemotion actively. we have no leverage. for the president to go on tv and call this an extraord...

>> but the last chapter of the story of this first phase, congressman, is going to be about what happens right now. >> thats right. >> do you have any confidence the state department really whether because you guys are going to hold back money that the taliban may want do you really believe you can get those guys to do anything the right way? for the people who are still there when we keep hearing reports im sure youre hearing them that they are hunting these people? >> they are hunting these pe...

Holders, the legal permanent residents all of which have been left behind, yeah, i do think were up in the thousands and the administrations manipulating these numbers and then shrugging their shoulders its only a few hundred. its outrages. >> sean: morgan, you work with secretary of state pompeo. this was not what the deal he worked out and president trump worked out. they were told repeatedly they would be obliterated if they didnt follow every dotted i and crossed t. >> yeah, the taliban unde...

Is the recourse for the white house at a federal level to help prevent this? >> the step can be taken is the codification of row. it would require congress to act on. i will note, this is not the first threat of row that weve seen across the country. its an extreme threat. i would note, this is offering up to $10,000 to individuals who report someone who is going to get an abortion. that is what were talking about here. so and beyond that as ive outlined. so yes, its of great concern. of course,...

Still in it, and just brutally terrorized anyone who doesnt comport to their version of sharee a law. but we were about to see the biden administration hand them a mountain of leverage on a silver platter in the form of american citizens that are now hostages, and then pay them ransom in the form of humanitarian aid as they lurch towards recognizing this islamic em rates. and i just got a message today from a middle east ambassador that said the message across the middle east is jihad has won an...

Their families, the green card holders, the legal permanent residents all of which have been left behind, yeah, i do think were up in the thousands and the administrations manipulating these numbers and then shrugging their shoulders, its only a few hundred. its outrages. >> sean: morgan, you work with secretary of state pompeo. this was not what the deal he worked out and president trump worked out. they were told repeatedly they would be obliterated if they didnt follow every dotted i and cros...

Sarah, we have no diplomatic presence in afghanistan. do we really have leverage with the taliban? we got money. is that enough? theres not even a functioning airport or a plan to get the one in kabul up and running again. we must keep asking those in power how, how, now what? now what? how are they going to help those still trying to escape in afghanistan? and then at some point in the future well get to and how are you going to keep this country as safe without a real presence there? now, on t...

Going forward, but thats the goal and the aspiration, and i think when you see the kind of people who are serving us, the ones who conducted that evacuation, and i think the biden administration, president biden himself was right to praise him and we need to keep praising them and when you see people like that who have had influence on people in afghanistan, i think theres hope and one final point, but when you talk about leverage, look at the countries who now have a stake in afghanistan. you h...