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This has been a really tough news day so thank you very much. we appreciate all of your coverage and we'll try to keep it going and make some sense of what's going on. thank you. all right, we begin "the reidout" with the two deadly explosions near the kabul airport. the pentagon confirmed 12 u.s. service members were killed and 15 wounded. these are the first u.s. casualties since the evacuations from afghanistan began in july. according to the taliban, at least 60 afghans, including children, were also killed and more than 65 were injured. one of the explosions occurred outside the airport a...

How do you get as many of those people out as fast as you can while you're also beginning to evacuate the military, which creates further risk in the coming days. that's a very difficult task and dealing with a complex security environment. i think part of what you've seen in recent days too is less clearing of people at the check points and more trying to find ways to bring people into the airport in convoys so there's less exposure of people having to be cleared in a chaotic scene at the gates of the airport. >> you're right. even overnight given all that's happened, 13,400 according to offi...

The u.s. presence in afghanistan. looking at all the different complications and the threat matrix of what's happening around the airport, there's an awful lot more to worry about, first, because afghans are trying to get to the airport. they have to get through taliban checkpoints. some are having success, some are blocked, some are getting through because they're escorted through the southern entrance that the taliban control. i understand today we've seen a significant rise in the number of afghans on the airport. it was 1,000 this morning. we heard from the pentagon it's got to 10,000. a s...

On the role of women in a culture. this isn't a well disciplined, thoughtful military. this is a terrorist organization that have now found themselves in charge. all of that presents danger to u.s. troops. this isis-k are going after these afghans they know want to flee the country because they've had some relationship with the united states. >> looking at where we are just today, increasing concerns within the white house not surprising. at the pentagon briefing a short time ago there was a specific question about what else on august 31st. what do you envision happens on september 1st once th...

Trying to move people who have worked with the government and even american citizens because the taliban did stop them from getting to the airport, they've kind of sprung into action. there are some land bridges being created. this is all being done outside of the government purview to try and save these people. it's courage of afghans and people who supported american trying to do the right thing and get people out. it is a difficult prospect indeed to do exactly that. remember, when this is done, i don't care what they say and what briefings they give, we will leave. the united states will l...