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Need our help right now? >> well, i am worried, ayman, we're behind the power curve on this. there's no doubt about this. this evacuation should have started months ago in my view. it's happening now. which is good news in the administration aggressively pursuing it with an all of government approach which is what exactly needs to happen but this is very personal for me. i did two combat tours to afghanistan as an army ranger. i may not be here sitting under this dome talking to you today if it had not been for the service and the sacrifice of the afghans that served shoulder to shoulder with ...

Going to be running a special live hour with them next hour right after this show. so you'll want to make sure to be here for that.ays thquliess. again, that starts at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight right after me. we've got a lot on our plate, though, here tonight. there's a lot going on. we've got a bit of a breakthrough on this story that we've been covering a lot lately igout the translators who worke, for u.s. troops in afghanistan during america's 20-year-long war in afghanistan. these translators are now being hunted by the taliban specifically because they helped american forces. particula...

Interpreters. one interpreter is asking why migrants at the border are greeted with open arms and those who risked their lives are given the cold shoulder. >> i have survived many attacks, and it is disappointing that somebody that is walking from the border has been honored more than somebody who has served his country and risked his life and getting a death sentence by the decision. >> dana: are not just served multiple combat tours. just in case people didn't see the show yesterday, when he was nine years old, he had an interaction with the taliban where he was told to get them a piece of b...

Our democracy deserves better and the american people deserve better, and we're going to get the answers to those. >> i want to switch gears and ask you about legislation that you have sponsored to speed visas for afghans who helped our now decades-long efforts in afghanistan. you said this. this is a moral imperative for our nation. we have to honor our promises to our partners. we're going to debate afghanistan for decades to come and what lessons we learned, but we do know we can do things with honor for the next few weeks. talk about the legislation and its importance. >> yeah. thanks for ...

Ceremony in arlington national cemetery. austin sat down with our barbara starr to talk about the decades-long war in afghanistan and the heroes he sees in our servicemen and women. barbara starr is with us now. 1u67 an important time to be speakering to our defense secretary on memorial day and this important drawdown going on in afghanistan. what did he tell you? >> lloyd austin does not do many interviews but he said he's focused with defending the nation, not worried about the critics he sees on the conservative side of the agentdy, saying the military may be getting soft. he talked to us ...