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be a catalyst for some potential future violence. this bulletin goes, it says right here, until november 11, 2021 is, at 2 p.m. eastern time, but i m told it could always be extended should there be more threats in the future. arthel: david spunt, thank you very much, david. reporter: sure. these soldiers and marines that are fully kitted out putting on night vision goggles, landing in kabul, taking positions at airport, they re going to a combat zone, are they not? they re certainly going into harm s way, lucas [inaudible conversations] lucas, they will have the right of self-dependence. they will be armed. eric: that is fox news pentagon correspondent lucas tomlinson asking john kirby about the u.s. sending thousands of troops back to afghanistan to help evacuate staff members from the american embassy in kabul. the taliban, of course, began seizing control of large parts of the country recently taking over the country s fourth
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the president, arthel, will be at camp david until wednesday and, of course, he is expected to get briefings every day on what s happening in afghanistan until he makes his way back here. back to you for now. arthel: all right. kevin corke, thank you very much. eric? eric: with security in afghanistan seemingly getting worse by hour, that second contingent of u.s. marines, we re told, has arrived in kabul to help evacuate the embassy. more troops are expected to arrive tomorrow, a total of about 3,000 marines, 3,500 additional troops standing by in kuwait if needed. the deployment raising questions about whether the biden administration will meet the deadline to withdraw all u.s. forces by the end of the month. president trump wanted them out last may. lucas tomlinson live in our washington bureau with more on that. reporter: hi, eric. just moments ago afghanistan s fourth largest city has fallen to the taliban according to the alliance. it was the first defeat of the
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the taliban have kabul surrounded. like we said, the largest city up north just fell moments ago. the u.s. spent over $85 billion on the afghan army in the past 20 years. officials say it has crumbled. 3,000 troops will be in place, a month ago the has 2,500 troops on ground in afghanistan, now roughly the same number rushing back because of the deteriorating security situation. the pentagon insists afghan forces still hold upper hand. you said the afghan forces have the advantage. what proof do you offer? the resistance that they have faced has been insufficient the stop those, to check those advances. it does not mean, cat, that the advantages lucas, that the advantages aren t still this. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell wants the u.s. to ramp up airstrikes, some veterans want to pull americans out and level the embassy. it s looking most likely the embassy will close when the u.s.
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military mission is complete on august 31st. eric? eric: lucas, thanks so much is. so will the after afghan force hold out, or will the taliban take kabul and the whole country, and could this have been prevented? coming up i ll ask a member of the house foreign affairs committee about that. arthel: also in progress, the migrant surge at the southern border breaking records in the month of july. even president biden s homeland security chief calling the situation, quote, unsustainable. but saying that only behind closed doors. we re live on the border with the latest coming up next. ugh, there s that cute guy from 12c. -go talk to him. -yeah, no. plus it s not even like he d be into me or whatever. this could be hi. you just moved in, right? i would love to tell you about all the great savings you can get
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