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Frankly, you know, awe lot of the people, they dont care. theyll go to another country as long as they can get out of afghanistan. well be leaving americans behind. just the example i gave you before about americans whose children dont have their paperwork. no mother and father are going to leave their children behind in afghanistan. that means those american citizens will by definition be needlessly left behind. as i said, it is expand the security perimeter. get more security to collect people...

Out. he extended the security perimeter around the kabul airport but admitted this operation is messy. theres a long way to go and a lot can still go wrong. im joined by the former ambassador under president obama, ryan crocker. ambassador, youve been very critical of this withdrawal process. what was your take of -- on what the president had to say just a few minutes ago? does it sound like they are trying to or starting to get on top of the situation there, do you think? >> in terms of the spe...

Runway inhibiting the take off most of that desperation is inside the innermost circle at the kabul airport has been quieted. we established a security perimeter but i think the focus right now is what we have and hand which is at kubul international. jon: retired general lute i wish we had more time to talk to have a lot more questions i appreciate you speaking with us. thank you. vital aid offered to help the evacuation on afghanistan the nations minister of foreign affairs joins us next to ex...

For lawmakers in congress, especially veterans who say you need to extend the security perimeter beyond the airport, and he basically said, if we do that, that could have unintended consequences. he talked of the threat of militant attacks from islamic state groups there and later on we understood from the pentagon that there had been an excursion beyond caliban lines, military helicopters going to a nearby hotel to bring nearly 170 americans into the airport. they were brought in by helicopter ...

The decision at hand and not revisiting the past. you give your advice. a decision is made, and you follow that decision. an order is given, you follow the order. thats what were doing. as you heard the secretary say just after the president announced his decision in mid-april, that he fully supports that decision. hes been very clear about that. >> has the secretary thought about resigning? >> no. >> one factual question. how many of those 17,000 are american citizens? and have there been any f...

Yesterday, there have been no additiomel— yesterday, there have been no additional operations- yesterday, there have been no additional operations as - yesterday, there have been no additional operations as you i yesterday, there have been no. additional operations as you put yesterday, there have been no . additional operations as you put it outside _ additional operations as you put it outside the — additional operations as you put it outside the wire, _ additional operations as you put it...

Revisiting past decisions, one way or another. you give your advice and a decision is made and you follow that decision. an order is given, you follow that order, and thats what were doing. and as you heard the secretary say just after the president announced his decision in mid--april that he fully supports that decision. hes been very clear about that. >> has the secretary thought about resigning? >> no. >> one factual question. how many of those 17,000 are american citizens, and have there be...

Wire, outside the security perimeter of the airport, but look, without getting predictive here, we have troops in a very, as i said, dynamic environment, perilous mission and they understand that and they also understand why theyre there, which is to help people and im not going to rule out the possibility that if they see a moment, if they see an opportunity to do it, that they wont do it. >> what is the sensitivity of going outside the perimeter, the brits dont seem to have any problems with a...

5,000 or 7,000 a day. u.s. troops in three ch-47 chinook helicopters left to a nearby space, took up americans to bring back to the military side of the airport to be evacuated. john said as far as he knows from the information he has, thats the only time u.s. troops have left the base in such a fashion to bring in americans. >> to my knowledge, since you and i last talked yesterday, there have been no additional operations as you put it outside the wire, the security perimeter of the airport. b...

Those that might be posed by the taliban. we have to be mindful of that. we talked yesterday about of watch flights flying over kabul. im not going to speculate about whether or when what conditions we might expand the security perimeter were working with. the president is absolutely right in expansion does incur extra risk. you have to balance risk versus gain in every particular military operation youre conducting. that will be no different from this one. >> follow up, were also seeing reports...