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Take responsibility. it was my fault. >> let me break down -- let me bring douglas in on that point. i want to hold your thought. i want to hear about the context lizing of the history of this because that comparison you draw and responsibility we've heard president biden talk about the buck stopping there, douglas, four presidents have presided over america's longest war. as i mentioned, president biden was the first now to actually end it. it's all significant as i mentioned. he's the only commander in chief out of the four who has had a child serve here and as douglas stated to your point, ...

Commander in chief. but i wonder why hadn't we seen president biden's trademark empathy until today? what do you think of this shift? >> i approve of the shift and agree with david. i thought president biden did a better job today communicating emotion and concern. i think he's doubling down as we -- everybody in america is in agreement we must bring the americans back but talking about bringing on the afghan visa applicants, people that have helped us in the 20-year war back in i think ramped up way. but early in the week, this was a disaster. this is the biden boondoggle. it was america with...

Treated at a hospital and returned to the father but we don't know if they were able to leave. the pentagon releasing photos tonight of troops sharing water with an afghan boy. fist bumping another boy. and holding a baby. i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst david gurgin. glad to have you both. under these circumstances there is a lot to talk about. david, when you see all the chaos and all the desperation, literally thousands of people trying to get through dangerous check points on to planes, how do you think that the president is handling this crisis? >> well, i must say, laura ...

Cnn's team and root from kabul to qatar with a crowd of some 400 afghan nationals desperate to flee afghanistan. but, the journey began at the airport in kabul where as david was mentioning, clarissa ward filed this report. >> reporter: after three weeks in afghanistan, we joined the crowds at kabul airport, now the only way out of the country. there is a huge block here. lots of cars. hundreds of people wait in the blistering heat hoping for a flight out. so we just managed to get into the airport compound and i have to say, it was pretty intense. just like this crush of desperate people and ...

Highest standards under difficult dynamic circumstances. our nato allies are strongly standing with us. their troops keeping entered alongside ours in kabul as is the case whenever i deploy our troops into arm's way, i take that responsibility seriously. i carry that burden every day. just as i did when i was vice president and my son was deployed to iraq for a year. >> i mean, the president is talking about his late son beau. how important is it right now that he is reminding people that when he makes these sorts of decisions, they're not made with the lack of awareness of what it means for o...