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The consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. so it was my decision. reporter: and it s hard to underestimate p, lindsey and kendis, how much of a chaotic scene has been here even at the white house with officials, many of whom were on vacation, scrambling to come back to deal with this crisis. the president had been set to go to wilmington to his home yesterday yesterday. he did not end up doing that. he s now expected possibly to go at some point in time today after meeting with his national security advisers at the white house. it remains a very fluid situation as the administration is trying to get their hands around the biggest foreign policy crisis since taking office in january. josh lederman and raf sanchez, thank you so much for getting us started. we re talking about a former ....
Taliban would come faster through afghanistan. can you say why after that cabl was issued, the u.s. didn t do more to get america out? there are all kinds of cables , all kinds of advice. if you notice, they range from this group saying that they didn t say it fall when it did fall, but, saying that it would fall, to others saying it wouldn t happen for a long time they would be able to sustain themselves through the end of the year. and made a decision for the buc stops with me. i took the consensus opinion, the consensus opinion was that in fact it would not occur if i occurred until later in the year . it was my decision. and my next is stephanie ramose abc. thank you, mister president. the military has secure the airport as you mentioned, but will use sign off on sending ....
Every resource necessary. reporter: biden also facing fresh questions about why he didn t act sooner to bring americans and afghans home after diplomats sent a classified cable in mid-july warning a u.s. withdrawal would lead to the collapse of the u.s.-backed government. america has all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. reporter: the white house says the u.s. has now evacuated about 13,000 people since saturday, including 5,700 people just yesterday. our commander in kabul has already given the order for outbound flights to resume. reporter: evacuation flights now resuming after a bottleneck brought the mission to a halt for at least ten hours today. as for americans still trying to get to the airport we have no indication that they haven t been able to get in ....
Taliban would take over so quickly when the americans pulled out. got all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. i made a decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that in fact it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. you heard president biden committing to helping abdul and his family, committing to help, before the world today, all those afghan interpreter who is helped the u.s. out. reporter: exactly, david, and abdul said he had a message for america, saying that afghans worked shoulder to shoulder with americans and had done their job with honesty and pride, saying the americans left us behind and left us to those people who are not human and cut our heads off in front of our families. i am a soldier, he said, i am ready to die, but i care about my family. if the taliban captures me, with ....
Cable was issued, the u.s. didn t do more to get americans out? we got all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. have you noticed they range from this group saying that they didn t it would fall when it did fall, but saying that it would fall to others saying i wouldn t happen for a long time and they would be able to sustain themselves through the end of the year. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. so, it was my decision. now, my i got my next is stephanie ramos, abc. thank you, mr. president. two questions for you. the military has secured the airport as you mentioned, but will you sign off on sending u.s. troops into kabul to evacuate americans who haven t been able to get to the airport safely? ....