bill: alex here is what the commander-in-chief said yesterday from the white house. he said this. president biden: to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down to make you pay. bill: i don t know how that happens if you are leaving the kun tree. as dana would say you need eyes and ears on the ground to go after those who want to do you harm. we re doing exactly the opposite. well yes, with retrograde operations we ve lost our remote bases in all the areas of the country operating out of the kabul airport and military presence will end. we have had military intelligence on the ground for 20 years. not a state secret. they ll be gone now. there are countries all over the world where we have
bill: that s a democrat there at the end. here is where we stand at this hour. the president s national security team set to brief him on the situation next hour and we re expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken later today on the number of americans still stranded. dana: fox news confirming the military drawdown is already underway. u.s. official saying there are fewer troops on hand insisting they can still defend the kabul airport. bill: new fox news questioning a taliban spokesperson on what that group expects to happen. we ll have that for you coming up at the bottom of the hour here. dana: we begin with a team fox coverage. griff jenkins at the state department with the latest on the evacuation. we begin with the pentagon. lucas tomlinson is standing by. several hundred troops have already departed as president biden says he will not extend his august 31 deadline despite thousands of afghans and some
are americans going to feel they re more safe from terror than they were one year ago or 20 years ago? bill: earlier today before a lot of you got up this morning the germans are warning about the islamic state moving closer to the airport. you wonder how much control the taliban has over isis group or not? . dana: follow the enemies. isis and the taliban are not friendly. at least at this point. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell standing by. we have team fox coverage. trey yingst has information on the evacuation and jackie heinrich at the white house. the president is under pressure from allies to push back the august 31 deadline, a week from today. taliban has called that date a red line saying that if, quote, the occupation is extended, it will provoke a reaction. but the chairman of the house intel committee said after that classified briefing yesterday
dana: taliban calls it a non-starter. who is calling the shots? bill: dana, the president saying the u.s. has expanded the perimeter around the airport. more on that in a moment as the u.s. confirms that isis is taking full advantage of the chaos and plotting to kill americans who are trapped there. dana: team fox coverage. general jack keane, trey yingst the latest from the capital of doha and mark meredith is live at the white house for the update this morning. the white house insists it is making significant progress on the evacuation effort underway. evacuating another 10,000 people or so. but there is also mixed messages coming from the white house with the president insisting this is not going to be easy and he says it is possible that u.s. troops will have to stay on the ground in
ensure safe passage. sandra: we are seeing disturbing new images of taliban brutality against the afghan people. the taliban whipping and beating people in the streets including women and children. the pictures seen here contradicting the group s claim of a peaceful transition to power. trace: we have team fox coverage. rich is live at the state department. it is chaos getting to the airport. there are taliban check points. they are letting people pass or beating them. that s according to several contacts who are in kabul right now. there was a recorded video earlier today. we talked to someone trying to get video of what is going on in the city right now.