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After the taliban took over, basic decisions, had been made as late as august 14th. you'll recall the taliban took over afghanistan on the 15th of august and u.s. troops withdrew by the end of that month. senior officials were talking about basic evacuation actions until the very last moment and they hadn't even determined which countries would be best transit stops for all of the evacuees. hundred americans and thousands of afghan cooperators have been left behind those efforts continue to get some of them away from that country. >> shannon: i heard from a veteran tonight was been working on ...

Chaos within the biden administration during the final hours before the seized control of afghanistan's capitol. the defense chief and top diplomat were questioned about the u.s. exit by two senate committees today. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken were grilled during closed door capitol hill briefings on the afghanistan withdrawal. the humanitarian disaster that followed, and a resurgent isis and al-qaeda. leaked notes from a national security deputy's meeting on august 1...

We have serious commitments to who have expressed concerns what they are seeing on the continent, we share those concerns, we will do what we can to bolster their defenses. >> john: another leaked document, my bailiwick today, august 14th, the day before kabul fell reported suggesting that the biden administration was wholly unprepared to evacuate people from afghanistan. i recall a briefing that you had where you were asked if this was going to be a neo, a noncombatant evacuation operation, you said no, it turned out to be that and more in the end. in the early going here, was the biden admin...

The major sanctions, they need to happen in and if putin takes aggressive action so that they're a deterrent. i should add the president should add a national security waver that would allow him to exercise discretion, ultimately, on what sanctions to impose and when. >> despite the evacuation of 120,000 people after kabul fell, which is remarkable, extensive reporting by george packer and the atlantic and axios release of a deputy committee memo from august 14th national security council, just hours before kabul fell, reveals how early they were in the planning to get the afghan translators o...

Many years, supported us and we'll never forget. >> it will take long time to deal with that. and the humanitarian crisis, which is only getting worse. and joining us is former defense secretary william cohn. there's showing the embassy could have been drawn down. and a documents august 14th, saying start the plans, reach out to translators and others