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Military, the taliban mobilized to protect american forces at the airport by controlling the crowds. and they did it their way. the taliban were making sure foreign troops left on schedule. but while the taliban were helping, the isis fighters they'd freed from prison were determined to land one last blow. as troops were doing pat-downs of evacuees searching for bombs, an isis suicide bomber detonated an explosive. it killed 13 american service members. and nearly 200 afghans. >> we have some sense, like many of you do what the families of these brave heros are feeling today. you get this feel...

>> right. i think about that all the time. people are still taking the shoes off at airports because of one threat of a foiled plot. people won't take a shot. would they throw away the $8 bottle of water and submit to invasive pat downs. >> it is against the law to drink and drive. requires to wear a helmet on a motorcycle not just to protect yourself but those around you. we have lived with those type of requirements now for generations. yet when it comes to taking a life saving vaccine and the proof is there. over 90% of the people in hospitals because of covid are unvaccinated. people seem ...

Are closed, there's no one going in there. so people are now going to try over land? >> reporter: the airport gates are closed. >> right. >> reporter: the airport gates are closed unless there is some arrangement being worked out in the 11th hour and 59 minutes to get a few named individuals out. the gates have been closed for several days. after the devastating bombing that killed the 13 u.s. service members, it was almost impossible to get out. it took specific coordination through the good offices of qatar or other countries, coordinating with the taliban, to get specific convoys in and get...

They are corrupt -- killed at least 13 american service members, most of them marines while they were doing pat downs of evacuees. among them, navy corman maxed and soviet from ohio whose sister descriptor baby brother as beautiful, intelligence, beats to the sound of his own. drum 20 year old marine david lee espinosa born in texas, the mayor of his hometown today calling him a fallen hero. maureen riley o colin was expecting a baby in just a few weeks. wetlands curl -- that's corporal jarred schmutz, a marine from history. more than 150 afghans were killed. with a couples hospital today, a b...

Is the white house commitment is that all americans who wanted to leave afghanistan will be able to leave before that date? >> that is what we are focused on, committed and and working toward. >> continuing to follow events in kabul. >> reporter: hundreds have been evacuateded in the last 24 hours, if you are an afghan, trying to get to the airport now, the path is blocked. 9d u.s. military says it is cooperating security with the ta ban closely. more needed now more than ever, after the suicide bombing killed 13 american service member, most marine, doing pat-downs of evacees. >> among them, ...