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We were going in there to secure the airport in order to get all of our people out. now, we did that in coordination with the taliban. that was the decision that was made of what would work best to get people out by the deadline. the nation has to deal with this shock and we pray those who are wounded can survive this attack. obviously, afghans have lost their lives in this horrific attack too that took place in two locations at the abbey gate and the baron hotel. so, he has to address that first, but he must lay down for the american people, the biggest question they have right now, what is n...

Four marines were killed in that explosion outside of abbey gate. three marines were wounded in that attack. so, seven service members killed and injured outside that gate. we have seen the images of the afghan women and children killed in that attack. no official information from us officials. there is another explosion that we reported on at the baron hotel about 200 yards away and as john reported, there were 169 americans air lifted just a few days ago into safety from the airport.

A lot of concern about a potential attack leading up to today. we've been hearing about it in the last several hours. this is a threat from isis. there was very specific intelligence that isis was look ing to target one of the gates at the airport, potentially to try to attack, kill americans, westerners, even afghan civilians. because of that, one of the real vulnerabilities that the u.s. saw was the large crowds that gathered outside the gates the last several days. they were worried some isis fighter would infiltrate those gates, someone with a suicide attack, suicide bomber or a vehicle-bo...

Advisor sargent mcmaster said this morning. >> i would not be surprised if this isis-k attack is just a strawman to organize the attack against us after we have surrendered to a terrorist organization. >> john: if it is another group maybe operating independently or a approximate scioscia for the taliban, then you can't pin it directly on the taliban. but how, given the warnings that were out there from the uk and others to get away from the airport, how can the taliban not be responsible for this attack? >> this is not an attack by the taliban is not helpful. i want to know how many of us wer...

When pressed about the threats, he said it is hard to overstate the complexity and danger of this effort. we're operating in a hostile environment, in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with a very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution, but this is very high risk. so, that's sullivan on saturday started talking about it. zeroing in on the isis threat. in the last couple days this has continuously been the explanation for the president's decision to go with the august 31st deadline despite a lot of bipartisan pressure in congress to extend that. again...