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Been blindsided? no, of course not. they were sounding the alarm that this was the biggest threat to the states and it was getting to be a more dangerous threat as the day went on. they knew it was a possibility. the urgency about getting the airlift evacuation done and over with has been driven in part, but explicitly, by what today clearly and repeatedly reiterated, was the risk of exactly this kind of attack by exactly this attacker. >> we expect, we thought this will happen sooner or later, it's tragic that it happened today, it's tragic that there was this much loss of life. we're prepare...

Have heard a lot from my friends in the last couple of weeks. and you actually indicated this in your lead-in is, you know, this has been happening for 20 years. we have been fighting this war for 20 years, day in, day out. hundreds of thousands of americans. over 2,400 have given their lives and this was a tragic day. there is no doubt about that. at the same time, we need to make sure we're having the conversation -- the tough conversation that we're having right now as a country, matter of fact. why we have done this. why we are 20 years in the making here. this is not a one-week problem. t...

Information to suggest that it was intentional or anything along those lines, a question that was asked yesterday. clearly, there was a break in the security process here, no question about that. >>-- about the security threats -- in the world. this has always been something the president -- [indiscernible] -- what you have seen over the course of the last several days that makes this moment different than what the president was citing? >> sec. of state psaki: i can't get into specific details from here, the reason we put this out publicly the way we did. yesterday there was an attack by terro...

We've got more coming up. by the way, we are watching that hurricane and awaiting press conference at the white house. white house press secretary expected to step up, planned for one and pushed back to 1:45 eastern time. a lot of questions growing over safety of our soldiers and jen psaki saying that biden has been advised another attack is likely. we will bring that press briefing when it begins live. >> john: this tragedy hitting hard for veterans who served in afghanistan, watching 20 years of war end in disaster. we will hear from texas republican congressman, jake elzy, he served in afgh...

Searching is upon you. we touch the clothes of the person that is coming in. cent-com commander, general frank mackenzie today. the attack today came at the kabul airport after a warning from the u.s. embassy in kabul that was eerily, eerily accurate. i mean, uncannily accurate. this -- this was the warning from the kabul embassy last night, word for word. quote, because of security threats outside the gates of kabul airport, we are advising u.s. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport. to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a u.s. government rep...