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General don hue and the 82nd airborne were immediate in terms of trying to respond. they're trying to do this while that's a sea of humanity that's out there. the security is really a problem. the marines and the 82nd have a job to do at the gate. but the taliban are really providing the perimeter -- outside the perimeter security. in order for people to get to abby gate they have to pass through at least two taliban checkpoints where this is where they are holding up the afghans, won't let them through. also problematic is they are holding up blue passport carrying americans. i was just on th...

0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. let's toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? >> chris jansing, thank you. i'm garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. you're looking at live pictures of the airport. it's 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 huddling as we speak. we hope to learn more from them soon. the airport has been under a terror thre...

Line on this. well, if you knew that they were going to take all of that equipment over and there wasn't going to be any success, then why didn't you take that equipment out of their hands? brian: exactly. >> why didn't you get rid of it? they are trying to play it both ways and nobody is buying it. brian: congressman, get this there is a situation now where there are americans outside of kabul and there are allies to americans outside of kabul. people that helped you outside of kabul. we are now -- according to reports, there is a ring outside of the airport that won't let anyone inside and t...

Number one, this is what the 82nd airborne does really well and as a global response force their job is to be ready to assist in an expeditious manner. the task of securing and operating an airfield is a unique task the 82nd can do and general donahue has experience in that. so that's one reason. number two the admiral commanding on the ground has other duties he has to attend to, to include liaison with the state department, allies and partners that are also on the ground in kabul. the turkish support element. there is a lot of things to do so we felt like this division of labor made the most...

Donahue and his staff? >> could you walk us through a little bit of that? >> a couple of things, barb. this is what the 28nd airborne does really well and global response job their job is to be ready to assist in an expeditious manner and the task of securing and operating an air field is actually a unique task that the 82nd can do and general donahue has experience in that. that's one reason. number two, the admiral on the ground has a spate of other duties he has to attend to, to include liaison with the state department, our allies and partners that are also on the ground there in kabul, th...