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Evacuation operations in the course of the day. and my point yesterday was those are not true. we're not shutting down evacuation operation. we're going to continue going until the end. we are still in charge of the airport. we are still in charge of security at the airport. and what has -- what was true a few days ago is still true today. the taliban have checkpoints around the airport in a loose perimeter, if you will, but they are not manning gates. they are not at the airport doing security rolls or anything like that. >> they're not at the airport. >> they are not at the airport. >> okay,...

There. the pentagon would tell you now that they are fully able to, and plan to keep carrying out strikes against terrorists that for now at least they do have thousands troops on the ground. they do have apache helicopters. they have got other forces in the region. but of course, the capabilities have been diminished with these troops pulling out. with intelligence assets and officials pulling out. so this is going to be a major test while the u.s. is still, technically, in the country. of that over-the-horizon capability this targeting of those isis-k fighters in response to that suicide bom...

The course thus far? >> i think the white house has gone to great lengths and balancing the communication with the public while also balancing that with the intelligence that they are seeing on the ground. that is a delicate balance. i think the other thing mccarthy mentioned in his press conference earlier today was that it took biden too long. and i'm like, it didn't take him too long, he needed to make sure he had the facts from military leaders, domestically as well as on the ground in afghanistan. and that's critical for him to be able to lead and communicate to the general public. so i d...

The taliban trying to instill a sense of calm but with all of these al qaeda fighters, isis cells being released from the prisons, they pose not only a short-term threat to this evacuation operation but also to the taliban's ability to create a calm environment once we pull out and they no longer have even most likely a working airport there, alex. so right now the white house is saying that they stand by the original mission, the original timeline, which is tuesday. at the same time they're saying that we are not leaving and we will not end until we get everybody out. >> okay. heidi przybyla ...

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