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>> you know, sean, i've got a message for the american people. and this not just me. this is after talking to many other veterans who served there. some of my own family members. i'm one of three in my direct family who have served in afghanistan, and there's two themes that are coming out fromt this. one is, most of us don't regret what we did there, because, at the end of the day, we were confident in the help and the assistance and the security that we provided for the afgans that we had care w over at that time. and for whatever period of time that they had some shelter and security from t...

Day. newt great to see you thank you so much. despite the fact hundreds of americans are stranded in afghanistan still, biden has his eye elsewhere. >> as for the afgans, we and our partners have airlifted 100,000 of them, and will continue to work to help more people leave the country who are at risk. we're far from done. . >> laura: and he'll have some help a little known us based group the association of wartime allies is claiming there are at least 113,000 afgans who are at risk and they want to leave their home country, too, presumably to come to the united states. but that's just the beg...

Community and to our partners to do the same. we're already seeing our allies' commitment. they're bringing their -- they're bringing to their countries the afgans who served alongside their forces as translateers or in their embassies, just as we're bringing to the united states those afgans who worked alongside our forces and diplomats. we're continuing that effort. we're conducting thorough security screening in the intermediate stops they're making for anyone who is not a u.s. citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the united states. anyone arriving in the united states will have underg...

Citizens through their check points. it's so appalling. and it didn't have to be this way. this is -- president biden took this decision to go to zero. he announced a date, september 11th, of all days, as a withdraw date. the military pullso back in 11 n expected to move a hundred thousand people out of afghanistan in a matter of a week with. it's only been a week since the taliban took over and already we reported earlier today, the military's having to pack up because, once again, the president has given an arbitrary deadline, august 31st. why august 31st? and the taliban now has, you know, ...

Biden administration is leaving behind tens of thousands of afgans like him who helped america. >> the afghan people have done-- fought terrorism, al qaeda. >> reporter: what do you think they would do to you if they found you? >> if they take us, the imminent is, you know, death. >> reporter: right now, the u.s. military controls this part of the kabul airport. it's one way out of afghanistan, and only for a few. most afghans across the country realize they won't be able to leave, and are resigned to an uncertain future. norah. >> o'donnell: roxana saberi, thank you. well, back here in washin...