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Taking off. it appear be one of the c-17s that has been the work horses of the evacuation operation. that potentially hopeful sign that they're able to continue the flights despite this attack. remember, in these situations, they start with securing the situation, taking care of the injured, getting word out and then moving on to the mission at hand. joining me now is someone to discuss this with a great amount ever experience, lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, and long history of commanding forces deployed as well. h.r., good to have you on this morning. thanks very much. >> hey, jim. good to...

Out. ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. the first call i'm going to call on is kelly o'donnell of nbc >> you said leaving afghanistan is in the national interest of the united states. after today's attack do you believe you'll authorize additional forces to respond to that attack inside afghanistan, and are you prepared to add additional forces to protect those americans who remain on the ground carrying out the evacuation operation? >> i've instructed the military with whatever they need if they need additional force, i will grant it. but the military from the chairman of the joi...

0 your fine men and women, 18 died and was a preview of coming attractions. now in afghanistan, where this year not a single u.s. soldier had died or even been wounded, that's broken today with the death of 12 and 15 inches. >> -- pentagon calling it a complex terror attack. saying two isis suicide bombers were responsible. a team of reporters will give us updates throughout the hour. first chilling news saying he expects the did he doily isis attacks to continue. >> let isis break through the check point to launch this attack. we don't think they would do something like that? come on. they do...

0 works. if the hope is for them to be a reasonable partner for afghan allies, other members of former of the afghan government or the u.s., that one indication there. i'm jim sciutto. thank you for being with us. that is flick robertson with me there. "at this hour" will start now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i'm kate bolduan. we're continuing this follow the major breaking news in afghanistan. there has been an explosion outside of kabul airport. officials also say this appears to be a suicide attack. let's be clear. this is still unfolding and there are many questions and things...

0 casualties are unclear at this time. we will provide additional details when we can. we also learned moments ago that president biden has been briefed on that explosion outside of kabul airport. a white house official tells cnn. and we are waiting on a pentagon press briefing which will happen in about 30 minutes from now. the back ground on this, as you look at a live picture from the kabul airport, that in recent days and yesterday we reported the u.s. has been very concerned about a credible threat stream about potential terror attacks targeting the gates to the airport and the crowds aro...