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terrorist attacks that killed more than 100 people yesterday, including 13 u.s. service members in kabul. quoting now. michelle and i were heartbroken to hear about the terrorist attack outside the kabul airport that killed and wounded so many u.s. service members as well as afghan men, women and children. as president, nothing was more painful than grieving with the loved ones of americans who gave their lives serving our country. as president biden said, the service members are heroes who have been engaged in a dangerous selfless mission to save the lives of others. well, this morning with just four days left until the august 31st deadline set by president biden for the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, and the window is quickly closing to airlift remaining americans as well as the many afghans who worked with the u.s. in the last two decades, and now face grave danger from the taliban. president biden is vowing to keep evacuation efforts going. we have seen planes continue to
we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> reporter: and so that is one of the focuses of the u.s. military at the moment, is nailing down that intelligence and also beginning to make those plans for potential strike or some kind of way to get retribution for the attack that happened yesterday. the other focus is, of course, these ongoing evacuations, more than 12,000 people evacuated out of kabul by the u.s. and its coalition partners over the last 24 hours. the president vowing that those evacuations will continue even as that threat still remains. but he is sticking to that august 31st deadline. again, all of this motivated by the ongoing threat on the ground. the last thing that i can tell you, jim, is that the president is going to be contacting the families of those 13 u.s. service members who were killed yesterday in that complex attack. that will happen after those next of kin notifications, which
>> reporter: jim, we don't have those details yet. it is clear the u.s. believes isis-k, isis in the khorasan are responsible for the attacks. we have yet to get the full information from the u.s. intelligence community, but that is where the white house's head is now. we know the president is still actively monitoring the threat in kabul. even as this attack took place yesterday, this morning, officials telling me the threat is out there. it is still heightened. that is why the president right now is in the situation room with his national security team getting updated on that threat and he will continue to be updated on it throughout the day. but the message from the president in terms of how the u.s. will respond to the terrorists who carried out the attack yesterday was unmistakably clear. listen. >> for those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive.
are conducted in-person by military officials. once those are complete, i'm told by senior official that the president will then begin contacting those families. jim? >> those will be difficult conversations. jeremy diamond at the white house, thank you. we are learning more about the 13 u.s. service members killed in those attacks on kabul. cnn's barbara starr has been covering this from the pentagon. and, barbara, i know you've dealt with soldiers for many years, as have i. i couldn't shake the feeling these last 24 hours that these were soldiers, marines, i should say, as well as a navy service member with families who thought they were going to get home in days. what more can you tell us about them? >> reporter: well, right now, of course, what the pentagon is doing is contacting next of kin, notifying them, and we as always will learn the identities of the fallen once all of the next of kin notification is complete. as you say, jim, the one development this morning, the navy has put out a statement
6th. just take a listen to what madeline dean said to us. you don't get an insurrection on january 6 and all threats of violence go away and future planning will produce other violent acts and i'm concerned about my staff and capitol police. everybody is hoping for the best and preparing for all possibilities an taking no chances. jim. >> melanie zanona, good reporting. still all of the months later none of the recommendations following january 6, few of them have been implemented which is remarkable. >> yep. >> in minutes we'll hear from the pentagon in the wake of yesterday's deadly terrorist attack in kabul. this morning a senior white house official said the threat is not over. summer themed music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
people until the end, but they did also reflect there will come a point when these large scale evacuations are less possible because there will be less military facilities there to enable them. another issue that's deeply in the hearts i think of u.s. diplomats that served in the embassy in kabul, those local afghan staff that worked at the embassy, i understand from the source that most of them are on their way to the airport or were expected to be brought to the airport today. essentially, wrapping up that part of the u.s. commitment to those who they need to find inside of kabul. on top of that as well, the question, of course, is how many american citizens are still out there. the source i spoke to said, look, if you're an american citizen and you're not already at the airport, then you do seriously have to wonder whether they're interested in leaving at all. i should point out the state department yesterday gave the number of a thousand who they were still looking at as potential departees. they isaiah thomas the vast majority were making plans to leave. it was really unclear quite what the status of the thousand were