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Second half of our time there, as we continued evacuation, the taliban were helpful in establishing outer perimeter security which prevented some attacks. theres a down side. also allowed them to screen people that might otherwise have gotten to the airfield. thats a harsh fact. you have to balance those, force protection of our forces, supported by taliban external presence against the fact that it may prevent people you would like to bring out from being able to get to you unmolested, and that...

American deaths in over a decade in afghanistan today, all because of bidens horrible plan, and of course, he stayed on vacation. he just pulled the troops out during the fighting season, abandoned bagram airfield, ignore the talibans rapid advance in april, in may, in june, july, and just apparently hope for the best. now an unknown number of americans are still trapped in afghanistan, behind enemy lines, they are screwed. they still have no idea how many americans are trapped. s are their fami...

Fairly consistent story, that there was a complex attack in the area between the baron hotel which is right up against the air base where the evacuation is taking place and built practically against the outer perimeter, and in the area exiting that hotel leading to the abby gate and there is a corridor 2 hun yards long and in that corridor flanked on either side by very tall, concrete blast barriers, afghans have been gathering and theyve been gathering there since the fall of kabul, since the e...

0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. >> my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but "andrea mitchell reports" does start right now. ...

Overnight. what happened? >> reporter: well, amidst the intelligence reports, brianna, of this real and persistent threat coming both from national security adviser but also the president and here on the ground, extreme nervousness and worry about the threat of isis, which is an organization pledged to ruin this process both for the taliban and international community and the afghans. in the shawl hours of the morning, there was an exchange of fire beginning with a sniper attack that killed one ...

Around the campus, search and clear, search and clear, almost like a military operation that we know on a battlefield. >> absolutely right. one of the things that we look at it as we have referred to as an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. with the inner perimeter, you have the officers that have the heavy vests and the long guns. and those are the individuals that conduct what we refer to as a grid search, room by room to find not just the assailant, but effectively get the possible victi...

Were getting, images were seeing? >> looks like theyve established an outer perimeter here because you see law enforcement kind of in a stand by mode on the outer perimeter where theyve held press back. i think the briefing, should hear a briefing coming up soon. maybe hopefully they established an inner perimeter and have this individual cornered somewhere. we could be talking about a hostage barricade situation. hopefully theyll enlighten us when the public affairs officer comes back. you stil...

You have to have a tight perimeter. then the perimeter gets made smaller, smaller, smaller. you have an inner perimeter, concentric circle inside the outer perimeter. you also have areas set up for potential victims, people fleeing the scene or coming out, law enforcement can do a hasty did discernment. lets his listen to kdka with t latest information. >> good morning. we are here. the people that work at kdka have friends and family members inside the synagogue whenever this happened. one woma...

Whoever the perpetrator is, and b, how theyre going to extricate people from second, third, however many floors of the building there are and make sure they get those folks out safely. so theres a lot going on right now for law enforcement. theres got to be an inner perimeter established and then a larger, more encompassing outer perimeter, so when they bring these folks out, they can move them outside the outer perimeter to debrief them and try to get more intelligence, and then focus in on bas...

They will immediately go in, immediately law enforcement will go in and try to stop the threat and then coming behind them will be the people taking care of those that are injured. again, we dont know if this is outside or inside the school. we see a lot of activity from law enforcement here. youre going to have local and federal officers coming up. there will be an inner perimeter, outer perimeter. they have to deal with clearing classrooms, making sure people are sheltering in place. it doesnt...