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And one targeting one of the gates of entry to the kabul airport where many afghan civilians but also notably american citizens and green card holders have had to use to access those evacuation flights. and by the way, to get that access has been very difficult. the taliban has been denying many people from coming through but also concerns about an attack just like this led the u.s. embassy in kabul yesterday to warn americans away from going to entrances and gates to the airport because of the threat of a terror attack just like this one. the pentagon has not confirmed casuals yet. it is a qu...

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...

0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. >> my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but "andrea mitchell reports" does start right now. and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with break...

Seems to be coming only from the biden administration and the taliban. the taliban saying august 31st is a red line. there's tons going on this morning on covid, infrastructure, democrats going to scuttle the president's plans this morning, and afghanistan, which is where we begin. we have reporters standing by on the ground in kabul and in doha where evacuees are being taken. sam kiley, give us a sense of the situation. how many people are getting out, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, the number of people down from when i was on the ground in the flight line yesterday afternoon is 10 a...

Kabul airport? >> reporter: well, wolf, we spent the day here on the flight line effectively for the kabul airport and watching as these afghan refugees and indeed fof foreigners are being processed. they had a terrible log jam. the numbers are down to about 10,000. but the gates, the access points to this entire facility, have been closed now for more than 48 hours. the only entry point is through a british camp, which is off the facility and moving people from there on to the main airport and then processing them is going to be extremely fraught. of course, now that there has been this new e...