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Not deter us, and that's exactly what isis-k wants to do, deter us from our mission, use this as an opportunity to do recruitment and fund-raising or, number three, to keep us in afghanistan so they can continue to do the recruitment and fund-raising. but our goal is very clear we need to get out the americans that want to get out. we need to continue to evacuate as many of those afghans that helped us that we possibly can and then end this combat operation altogether in afghanistan and bring our troops home. >> congressman, does what happened today change the strategy, change the equation at ...

Much a combat operation. >> certainly is. all right. everybody standby. we're getting more information coming in to "the situation room." up ahead, new reaction to the president's remarks out of afghanistan. is he making a mistake by declining to extend the withdrawal deadline? i'll ask chris murphy, who is standing by live. hey rita, you can earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey kim, you earn 5% on travel purchased through chase! way ahead of you. hey neal, you can earn 3% at drug stores!!! buddy, i'm right here. why are you yelling? because that's what i do! you're always ea...

Factors that have to come in plan here. the two factors are what is the taliban going to do and what the is weather like on the ground. you have little ability to affect the taliban and no ability to affect the weather. everything else is within the power of cent com and the department of defense to make happen. that includes aircraft availablity and fuel access, vetting of the personnel, et cetera. so of those things that you could effect and control, you get after those and that is exactly what i heard. >> they're not yet up to the level that the president has said and that they have said th...

>> it is based on what we were just talking about, victor, we're on day two of this remember. this is day two of a neo operation. so it will begin to ramp up. state department will put more people there to process at the gates as general milley talked about, there will be more people flowing in, less confusion. there and we will see the flow start. i firmly leave, and i have no facts behind this but i firmly believe that this evacuation will continue past the deadline of 31 august to get people out of there. i'd also say a couple of other things and i saw your interview with matt zeller and it...

Europe, and i think there is a potential as many us military leaders, it could become a haven for terrorists, you know, for... troops... relative stability. afghan was not perfect, but it was a pretty good investment for very, relatively little cost, the us had not been engaged in combat operation since 2015 and it really hadn't been front—page news for year, so, biden has wanted to fulfil his campaign promise to pull out, it is not like this has been big news in a big rallying cry, it is not like this is necessarily going to cost him, you know, the democrats the 22, you know, the democrats ...