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Startling turnaround, if that is the case. but they also, too, seem to be not particularly conscious or cognizant of those messy scenes outside the airport. leading to fears that maybe, once again, the reality of what s happening in afghanistan isn t matching statements from u.s. officials. don. nick, thank very much. i appreciate the reporting. now, i want to bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst, phillip mudd. thank you for joining us. listen. i got to get your take on nick s reporting but, first, let me ask you about some breaking news. cnn is learning that more than a dozen u.s. diplomats apparently signed a classified cable last month to the secretary of state antony blinken. a cable warning of potential catastrophe on the ground in afghanistan when the u.s. withdrawals. the exact situation that we re seeing right now, according to cnn s reporting, these diplomats decided to send that dissent memo because previous warnings they made were being ignored. so given this memo, why ....
That their voices weren t being heard that they had to make their voice heard to the secretary of state in the form of dissent. and we should also note that this comes as the president, president biden himself, has not taken any responsibility for how this all unfolded even when asked in that abc interview if there were problems in the process and planning leading up to the u.s. troop withdrawal, he basically said, no, this chaos was inevitable. these diplomats are saying however there was more that could be done to prevent against the situation we re seeing unfold right now. kylie atwood, cnn, the state department. the u.s. defense department says it is in direct communication with the taliban. admiral peter vassley is leading the effort to ensure securities at the airport. and meanwhile a former top trump security official spoke with cnn about the agreement governing america s withdrawal and she suggested the u.s. should have pulled out of the deal her own ....
i think quarantining deprives them of an ability to get an education. now maybe a parent would want a healthy kid to be quarantined if there is an exposure, but that should be the choice of the parent. reporter: an approach that flies in the face of public health guidance. we have a horl ob moral oblio keep children staff. reporter: and in oregon, all teachers, staff and volunteers have to be fully vaccinated. governor kate brown saying that children need to be in the classroom five days a week and in order to do that, masks need to be worn and adults around th children need to be vaccinated. athena jones, cnn, new york. here in georgia, hundreds of doctors are asking for mask mandates in schools where many children aren t eligible for the vaccine. the state s larsecond largest ....
America to run a gount launtlet the center of kabul up to the main airport where they hope to get flights to the united states, maybe elsewhere, and start a new life in safety. but for that they must go through an extraordinary challenge. what should be the easiest drive in kabul is the reason the city is on edge. head up the main airport road since monday when i drove it and you run into the taliban. then they were beating people back, perhaps to clear the civilian runway crowded with desperate people then. by wednesday, it had gotten worse when they were clearly stopping people from using their escape to america and accosting cnn. taliban controlled that road, the entrance at the end of it and the road to the left, now many are trying to get in from the authority road. but that has led to devastating scenes at the north gate. when i was there, the crush was dangerous, but the number ofs have grown further still. at night stun grenades have been thrown when huge crowds still ....
It s violent. the area s controlled by taliban fighters who periodically fire weapons into the air to push afghans back. more on the chaotic situation tonight from cnn s nick paton walsh. nick. don, at the end of america s longest war, the real final about that they have to pull off here involved getting so many thousands of people onto the last part of afghanistan america controls and to do that, they have to ask many americans, many afghans loyal to america, to run a horrifying gauntlet through kabul out to the airport. what should be the easiest drive in kabul is the reason the city is on edge. head up the main airport road since monday when i drove it and you run into the taliban. then, they were beating people back perhaps to clear the civilian runway crowded with desperate people then. by wednesday, it had gotten worse when they were clearly stopping people from using their escape to america. ....