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Partners holding the bag until the taliban was the only people on the ground that we could deal with. and also, i think its pretty clear that the u.s. military doesnt have good intelligence, okay, because if theyre claiming good intelligence, what does bad intelligence look like at this point, how is it they could not know who theyre attacking, and there was an imminent threat when they killed a guy in his own parking lot in his own driveway around a bunch of children. we dont have good intellig...

With their families in america. after careful screening by our security partners, and we are sheltering these evacuees at some of the military facilities here at home, and i am proud of the way our military communities have welcomed them. some of these courageous afghans fought alongside us. and they and their families have more than earned their places in the land of the free and the home of the brave. in welcoming these afghans, its not just about what theyve done, its about who we are. now as...

Signed an agreement as the united states with you, why didnt we have that in writing? why did we not know what the future of afghanistan has to hold for the afghanistan people. were seeing them do exactly what they say theyre not going to do, targeting our afghan security partners, targeting women judges, targeting the minorities of afghanistan. we see them destroying communication towers just like theyve done for the last 15 years. theyve done that during elections. theyve done that to suppress...

Security is minimal. they are not going to — security is minimal. they are not going to do — security is minimal. they are not going to do that on their own and a lot of— going to do that on their own and a lot of people are saying whatever the taliban are saying in terms of its pr_ the taliban are saying in terms of its pr that — the taliban are saying in terms of its pr that we have changed and we are much— its pr that we have changed and we are much more progressive now and women _ ...

Possibility that there could be some kind of terror attack here. and we know that the security situation on the ground has been a case of strange bedfellows with the united states and taliban trying to work to secure the various gates to this airport while the u.s. was completing this air lift. rob sanchez, youre in london. lets talk a little bit about the players on the ground here. because the threat here, unusually for americans who follow this war in afghanistan the last 20 years, wasnt from...

Different approach, but at some stage there is that first contact where you have to pat them down and figure out is this person legitimate, are they going to be evacuated, are they going to be put on an aircraft. and as general mccaffrey was saying, as the u.s. shrinks its footprint it becomes more and more dependent on the taliban. just a few weeks ago the u.s. was bombing the taliban. now they have become security partners. that is not unprecedented in war where an old enemy becomes a foe. thi...

Were back with more on todays breaking news out of afghanistan. the pentagon confirming that 12 u.s. service members were killed and 15 more were injured in todays attack at the kabul airport. we are waiting for president biden scheduled to address the attack shortly. lets turn to "washington post" national security reporter john hudson. john, how will this impact the dynamic between the taliban and u.s. forces currently on the ground? >> ill tell you one way its impacting that dynamic right now...

0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. lets toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? >> chris jansing, thank you. im garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. youre looking at live pictures of the airport. its 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are hudd...

Being left behind. im feeling so much more hopeful at this point, but no, i dont believe that its enough. i believe that when -- were looking at the numbers that still remain. our sivs, our at-risk are most at-risk. women, children that are going to be left behind. i do believe we are going to need to figure out a way to extend beyond the 31 august deadline in order to get the rest of the most vulnerable people out of afghanistan. >> thats a week out, but today is really decision time. this is g...

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