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0 works. if the hope is for them to be a reasonable partner for afghan allies, other members of former of the afghan government or the u.s., that one indication there. i'm jim sciutto. thank you for being with us. that is flick robertson with me there. "at this hour" will start now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i'm kate bolduan. we're continuing this follow the major breaking news in afghanistan. there has been an explosion outside of kabul airport. officials also say this appears to be a suicide attack. let's be clear. this is still unfolding and there are many questions and things...

Happened to all of them. but here are the taliban with an a29 — this was posted on twitter. also posted on twitter was this video of taliban fighters next to a black hawk — to which the biden administration says this. those blackhawks were not given to the taliban, they were given to the afghan national security forces to be able to defend themselves at the specific request of president connie who came to the oval office and asked for additional air capability, among other things. they weren't for the taliban. but if the afghan military was defeated — that outcome was always possible. wh...

Gutsy call by the ceo to show that we could still pull off an extraction in the dense population, the urban confines inside kabul. do you expect many more of these? probably we can't expect the kind of thunder runs that became so familiar in the iraq war. but was this a healthy reminder, perhaps, to the taliban that we still have this kind of air capability? >> well, look, brian, the good news is we have control of the airport. there are 6000 u.s. troops on the ground, elite infantry, army and marines. they are backed up by naval aircraft, a prepared battle group. u.s. air force has a worldwid...

Night, jonathan la mere, white house reporter for the associated press, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, former battlefield commander in the gulf, former cabinet member, former member of the national skounz. and former senior policy aid during the obama administration, she is one of our public health experts and a nonresident fellow at brookings. good evening, and welcome to you all. general, given the urgency of the topic, i would like to begin with you again tonight. gutsy call by the ceo to show that we could still pull off an extraction in the dense population, the urba...

Start a real interest and dialogue in earnest designed to bring some reconciliation and a new government in afghanistan. neither of those things happened. i think the president was just focused on removing our troops no matter the consequences. he mischaracterized this is an endless war. we have troops in south korea deployed there is a tripwire. if they weren't there i have no doubt kim jong-il in north korea and likely attack south korea. in this case we had a stabilization for some just under 3000 troops, 6000 are nato partners as well as 18,000 contractors keeping that air capability that ...