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U.s. capabilities trying to go beyond the airport to actually get folks who might be trying to get to the airport in kabul but have not been able to get there because of taliban checkpoints or other challenges there. the other thing that was so interesting to hear from the president was this slight distance between what the president is describing as the situation and what we are all seeing and hearing from our colleagues on the ground there. he suggested no military citizens are having trouble getting to the airport. that is certainly not consistent with some of the reports that we're all hea...

To make sure that we can take care of that. >> okay. >> a follow up on expanding the mission and the risk to americans. apparently the germans are sending helicopters out throughout kabul to pick up their citizens and bring them to the airport. the reports of the french doing something similar, getting their people out. commandos going in. so, you know, why can't the americans do that? is it too risky for that kind of operation? >> i think the president is clear we'll do whatever we have to do to rescue as many -- to rescue as many americans as want to leave afghanistan. and the secretary is n...

You overwatch flights. any -- i'm not going to get into potential future operations. i'm not going to speculate about when or under what conditions we might expand the security per umter to that we're working with. but the president is absolutely right. an expansion does incur extra risk. you have to balance risk versus gain in every particular military operation you're conducting. and that will be no for this one. >> can i fall up on we're also seeing reports that there might be food, water, sanitation shortages for the evacuee that's are there. so i wonder, general taylor, are you making pla...

>> why did you wait so many days to have that capacity? >> we've been flying in forces consistently over the course of the last week. and we have been nothing but transparent to you about what we've been flowing in. so again, we will obviously do whatever we can and if there is a need to do this and it's an operation that we can talk about, we'll talk about it. >> okay. >> yeah? >> defense secretary austin just now in a briefing call with house lawmakers said the reports americans have been beaten by the taliban in kabul. is the u.s. military under orders to stay at the airport and not go prot...

Moment. it sounds like the military is trying the best that they can but they themselves don't have the answers right now. unfortunately. >> we also heard the press secretary mention that there were afghans that were credentialed and getting to check pounts near the airport and being harassed and in some cases beaten upon trying to get into the airport. does that square with some of the reports that you've been hearing and what do you know about sort of how those situations end up once all is said and done? >> the general mentioned constant communication with the taliban in order to get people...