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Just days before kabul fell. >> reporter: with u.s. forces out of the country and the taliban potentially in control, do you think that will make it easier for you to expand? >> translator: yes, this exists in our plan. instead of currently operating, we have turned to recruiting only to utilize the opportunity and to do our recruitment. but when the foreigners and people of the world leave afghanistan, we can restart our operations. >> think the next time you see that cat, he'll be in shadow? remember, that group attacked last week and killed 13 american heroes. president biden will address t...
It. look, i have flown into bagram. it is a long way to kabul. there is a lot of territory when you are driving along that road. what that territory means is every time you get in a car, you might get hit by an rpg. you might get hit by something else that the taliban or somebody else, some rogue taliban element or isis-k has thrown at you. every scenario people come up with. well, the taliban took the country over. where are you going to put that thing? so every scenario people come up with including bagram, i am going to tell them let's have a conversation because there is a different scenar...
The women, they have to kiss my feet. it's heartbreaking and i can't leave them behind. i have 19 kids in my house and two of them are disabled. i feed them. i take care of them. i can't leave this country. chris, i can't leave. i can't leave these families. they were there with us. they worked just like i did. and i can't leave them behind. >> now, sarah is joining us from the phone in kabul. sarah, do i still have you? >> yes, sir. hello, chris. >> hi. now, we were talking before we came back out of the commercial, but let's pretend we weren't so everybody can hear the same details you alrea...
Mudd. and retired army hlieutenant colonel daniel daicvis who serv two combat toured in afghanistan and is now a senior fellow with defense priorities. welcome to both of you. good to have you. >> thanks. >> a momentous occasion, to be sure. what it means is what we will discuss. so, phil, let me start with you. what does the day mean? and can president biden say to america tomorrow, we can keep you just as safe here at home without being in afghanistan? >> no, he can't say that. but i have also heard people talk about this in terms -- in intelligence terms as a disaster. i would disagree with...