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Who represent the people. so i certainly agree that it was more than right to get out of afghanistan at this time. the only thing i disagree with is boots on the ground. i personally can't stand that phrase. because there is more to the people who serve in our country and we ought to quit equating that to just a piece of a uniform and understand that when the nation sends its human beings to war, that we have a responsibility for it. >> daniel, what do you want to hear from president biden next hour? >> first, i 100% agree with general hurtling, that when we talk about our foreign policy, when...

As the president's meeting begins here in washington, the clock is sticking in kabul, and the president is sticking with the time for the forces to leave the country in six days from now, but with the contingency plans in place should they be needed. the pentagon says some 86,000 people have been evacuated, including 19,000 in the last 24 hours, and 10,000 more remaining at the airport waiting and hoping that the next flight out is going to be theirs. outside of the airport perimeter, military officials have acknowledged that u.s. forces have made a limited number of missions to pick up americ...

Are trying to help fill the gap. people crowd around as the team drops off a few hundred sandwiches now they know where to go aide workers say thousands more meals will likely follow soon. it's a great thing they were able to identify that town in need but actually getting the resources, the substantive resources needed into that area, that's another challenge entirety. i spoke to the u.n. development manager here he said aid will increase in the next few days, something that's needed across the region. >> thank you for showing us the struggle and symptom answers that are -- and help that are ...

>> harris: the "new york post" broke it and the pentagon is dealing now reporting one of the taliban masterminds behind the group's swift takeover of afghanistan, the whole country in 10 days is one of the gitmo five. the former guantanamo bay prisoners swapped for the army deserter bowe bergdahl in 2014. that was president obama's disaster. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. nouf what do we know about these five? >> pentagon officials told us they are in talks with the taliban to allow certain categories of individuals, diplomats, journalists and western ai...

Individuals diplomats, journalists and western aide workers. their point of contact is taliban leaders in qatar, one of the very top taliban leaders, five in total released from guantanamo bay in 2014 as part of the sergeant bowe bergdahl prisoner swap carried out under president obama. known as the taliban five they quickly set up an embassy in qatar and were among the leaders the trump administration began exit talks with and now under president biden who was in the white house at the time of the bergdahl deal orchestrated the overthrow. afghan government and humiliating scenes at the kabul ...