he blames the afghan national defense forces as unwilling to fight. capable but unwilling. that is supported by big military, we cannot buy the will to fight against a foe, that has to come from the people. he is in line with that. one more point, if you allow, it is really important here, and that is he says at the end it is the right decision for the american people, referring to that the majority of americans really want this to end after 20 years and trillions of dollars, losing 2400 american lives, soldiers. it is the right decision for the american people, the right decision he says from a military and strategic perspective, and for america. again, that is underlining and emphasizing there are bigger problems somewhere else, which america needs to put their attention to. anchor: in addition to putting some blame on the afghan players, he made a reference to the decisions made by the previous at the discretion, saying donald trump and his administration essentially made a deal to be out of the country by the first of may. he called it a cold reality that they should ei

that's an imp, lucid statement that he does not have faith in the afghan national defense forces. do you think that if those those groups are armed a need, as you say, they're planning to support those uprisings, what will you end up with a civil war? in fact, well, i think there could be a very, very vicious civil war. you've got to remember that, you know, masoud sun is trying to revamp the northern alliance, other warlords. and the thing that a lot of people don't recognize about afghanistan is that these militias and then urban or alliance represent deep clean f know linguistic cleavages in the country. so it's not, it wouldn't be surprising at all to see if these militias are pulled together, that it doesn't result in a very complex and probably very deadly civil war. thomas johnson, thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you. coming up there. this news, are you going to be looking back? i want to see the government hanged from that pine tree and burning. that's it. that's what the government did. anger on the scorched greek island of area as people question the gov

the afghan national defense forces. i would like to think not.ockets of resistance inside of afghanistan today. in the south, the government gave a good -- to the taliban and managed to beat them back. a lot of stories encounter hard -- but right now, those who got special forces training, those who god intends training, -- those who god intends training are able to fight back. what you are able to see down the line is a mitch match -- mismatch of militias, those who come out from turkey and other such places and are back inside of afghanistan. working with parts of the afghan government. but for the afghan sources on the ground, continuing to support surveillance reconnaissance with only the u.s. and coalition can provide. if it is going to be made available to afghanistan in the near future or not, it is looking like it is not. i hope i'm not right. david: i would imagine many people -- i know you don't take it personally. thank you for coming. thank you very much david: -- rudra chaudhuri. in korea, the equity and market story for the region.

we have been saying from the beginning, and it still is a moment for the afghan national defense forces and the political leadership, and no outcome has to be inevitable here. and so i am watching this as you are in realtime, and it is deeply concerning, and in fact, the deteriorating conditions are a factor of, and big factor in why the president has approved this mission to help support our reduction of personnel there in kabul. so i mean, we are adjusting as best we can given those conditions, and again, this is a moment for the afghans to unite, the leadership and the military, and no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> and if the taliban continue across the take kabul, what happens to the continued support that the dod had planned for contracted support or the dod had planned to decent, and at what point does the conversation need to be cutoff to go to taliban? >> we are still supporting the elected government in kabul, and that what we are focused on doing. it would be easy to speculate on the future of afghanistan looks like right now, but we want the focus on what we are doing

taliban has to make an assessment -- one, we have also said that there's no question that the afghan national defense security forces would be strengthened, as would the afghan political leadership, if they were to have more success in fighting back. there's no question about that. we're not hiding from that in any way, shape, or form. the taliban also has to make an assessment about what they want their role to be in the international community. and i know that ambassador khalilzad made comments when he was at the political negotiations yesterday making clear that the international community is going to watch closely how the taliban behaves. they have a range of tools in their arsenal, as well, to take steps should they choose. >> are you aware of any safeguards for american materiel that may fall into the taliban hands if they continue to take over more land in afghanistan? ms. psaki: well, we certainly take that risk seriously. it is a concern of ours, as it would be in any warzone where we provide assistance. we did take steps to retrograde some of the equipment over the past several months in pr

as we have said from the very beginning, and it still is, it is a moment for afghan national security and defense forces as well as our political leadership. no outcome is inevitable. i'm not going to speculate about surprise. we are obviously watching this just like you are watching this and seeing it happen in real-time and is deeply concerning. it is in fact -- the conditions are a factor -- a big factor -- in why the president has approved this mission to help support the reduction of personnel there in kabul. we are adjusting as best we can given the conditions, and again, this is a moment for the afghans to unite. the leadership and the military. no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> one last. if the taliban continue across and take kabul, what happens to the continued support that you had been planning to do for the afghan national security forces such as like the contracted air support or the fuel that dod was committing to send? are you all starting to have conversations about at what point does that support have to be cut off to keep it from going to the taliban? mr. kirby: we're sti

what we had were 2500 troops on the ground, advising and assisting the afghan national defense securityces. and they were capable of holding off the taliban with that very small contingent of american forces. we were able to have eyes and ears on the ground, picking up intelligence, knowing the taliban and al qaeda's moves. when we started this withdrawal, we lost that type of contact. we lost support for the afghan security forces. we are not able to have the same level of air strikes that we did before we moved out of the country. so a study withdrawal is always a smart thing. but to have a solid plan in place, and certainly working with our partner nations, is always very, very important. we certainly should have been removing those that had helped us through this past 20 years from afghanistan to our program. and yet the state department and this biden administration was slow-walking that entire process. i am not the only one critical. >> martha: i'm sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt you, but i remember jen psaki being questioned over and over over the course of the summer, what is

to keep it from going into the hands of the taliban. >> we're still supporting the afghan national security and defenseorces. we're still sparting the afghan government, the elected government in kabul and that's what we're going to be focused on doing. it would be easy to speculate about what the future of afghanistan looks like right now, but i think we want to focus on what we are doing. we are supporting the afghans in the field where and when we can. we're still working on contract support for over the horizon. we're still making sure we have robust over the horizon counterterrorism capabilities in the region so that we can't suffer a threat from afghanistan again. and so, we're -- we are focused on the security situation as we see it now, and what we've got to do, the missions we've been assigned by the commander in chief, and i'll let the political situation play out. that's really not something that we're overly focused on right now. >> you were speaking about the over the horizon. obviously, the u.s. has been conducting air strikes regularly every day for the last few days, and you didn't stop

, advise and assist to build up and buy warplanes and buy artillery, you name it, for the afghan national defense, national security forces and they were able to fight a little bit. they were on the ground battling the taliban but the second the americans left after president bidenft announced his withdrawa in april sort of that backbone went away and melted awaiand one of the reasons why is that there is just simply very poor leadership in the afghan military. you have a very, you have politicians, defense officials and people who work with the afghan military say politicians who have not instilled this will to fight for the flag in afghan commander of troops on the ground. you haveon soldiers who have no been whpaid. you have soldiers who are sent out to the front without food and without equipment. proper equipment and without bullets and without proper guns and so you end up in a situation where you have an advancing taliban, soldiers out in the front sent to meet them at remote places out in the country who don't have the proper backing and they're falling and sort of one pentagon official s

happening in afghanistan right now as much as the afghan, the corrupt afghan government and the afghan national defensely turned tail and left kabul in tatters. >> dana: after all their air support was taken. mark hannah, thank you. appreciate you coming on. we'll talk to you later. fox news confirming a state department classified memo last month warning afghanistan was in danger of collapsing. why were we caught off guard. travis mills is here to react. plus this. two and quarter percent, just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because a quality night's sleep is scientifically proven to help increase energy. the new sleep number 360 smart bed helps keep you asleep by sensing your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. (struggling vehicle sounds) think premium can't be capable? think again. ♪ (energetic music) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing the first ever at4 lineup. premium and capable. that's professional grade from gmc. riders, the lone wolves of the great highway. all t

and the fact that, you know, after fighting bravely and hard for many, many years the afghan national security defense forces largely collapsed without a fight in many provincial capitals and that the afghan government collapsed and their leaders fled. that was quite a surprise to me. i will say this going back to my first visit to afghan, it is clear that our mission which was striking back at al-qaeda after 9/11 and knocking down any terrorist group had largely been accomplished in the first few years. and the expanded mission undertaken over four administrations of trying to build a nation in afghanistan was very difficult, very tenuous and that frankly even after pouring tens of billions of dollars over many years i saw a decade ago in my first visit that the afghan national security forces and the government that led them were not likely in the long run to succeed in holding off the taliban and in developing a deep and legitimate government. >> i think it is more like hundreds of billions of dollars, u.s. taxpayer dollars that were wasted for all practical purposes in afghanistan and on the 20th

as we have said before, jeff, with these air strikes, we would provide support to the afghan national security defense forces where and when feasible with the expectation and knowledge that it's not always feasible. as your first question about the airport, there is no planning and no discussion of using karzai international airport as a base for conducting air strikes in an around afghanistan. there's a small aviation element at the airport that is rotary based. it's for the facilitation and logistics and movement and that kind of thing. mike? >> i have been at the airport, the brigade in can you wayne. who is in charge of this? what is the chain of command? do they report -- is there somebody in charge of the collective military effort? do they report to the embassy security officer or the rso? >> we have the admiral in kabul and placed in charge by general mackenzie to be the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan forward. >> okay. ashley? >> just to follow up on one of the other questions. in addition to any additional aircraft, are there additional equipment that they will need? can you walk us

as we've said before, jeff, with these air strikes, we would provide support to the afghan national security defense forces where and when feasible with the expectation and knowledge that it's not always going to be feasible. your first question about the airport, there is no planning and no discussion of using the airport as a base for conducting air strikes in and around afghanistan. there is a small aviation element at the airport that is rotary based and it's for the facilitation and logistics in movement and that kind of thing. >> three battalions at the airport, brigade there in kuwait. who's in charge of this? what's the chain of command? is there somebody in charge of the collective military effort, or do they report to the embassy security officer, the rso? >> as you said we have the admiral in kabul and has been placed in charge by general mckenzie to be the commander of u.s. forces afghanistan forward. ashley? >> just to follow up on some of the other questions, in addition to any additional aircraft, is there additional equipment that these three battalions are going to need? could you w

as we said from the very beginning, and it still is a moment for afghan national security and defense no outcome has to be inev vetible. we are watching this like you are watching this and seeing it happen in real time. it's deeply concerning. it's in fact, the deteriorating conditions are a factor in why the president has approved this mission to help support the reduction of personnel there in kabul. we are adjusting as best we can given those conditions. this is a moment for the afghans to unite. the leadership and the military. no outcome is inevitable here. >> in the taliban continue across and take kabul, what happens to the continued support you were planing to do for afghan national security forces or the fuel that was the dod was commiting to send. at what point does that be cut off? >> we are still supporting the afghan security forces and the afghan government. that's what we will be focussed on doing. it would be easy to speculate about what the future of afghanistan looks like right now. we want to focus on what we are doing. we are working on support so we can't suffer a

as we've said from the very beginning, this -- it still is a moment for afghan national security and defenses as well as their political leadership. no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> my next guest says americans should be alarmed and ashamed about how hast hastty hastily t u.s. is leaving afghanistan. brett, welcome back. the conversation about speed is one element that is valid here. is there any surprise after president trump and president biden announced the date certain of withdrawal that what we're seeing was going to happen whether it's in august or a august? >> you're right. it's a question of how and when. my concern, my grave concern at this hour is that president biden rushed towards a political talking point. he wanted to be able to say by 20th anniversary of the attacks on our pentagon as well as the world trade center and the plane that crashed in pennsylvania, that we had our troops out. that was reckless. it was wrong. my former colleagues who are now holed up at the embassy in kabul are seeing first hand the consequences of that decision. >> if you knew this and many o

as we've said before, jeff, with these air strikes, we would provide support to the afghan national security and defense forces where and when people with the expectation and knowledge it's not always going to be feasible. as to your first question about the airport, there is no planning and no discussion of using karzai international airport as a base for conducting air strikes in and around afghanistan. there is a small aviation element at the airport that is rotary based and it's for the facilitation and logistics and movement, that kind of thing. yeah, mike. >> john. >> bring divide there. troops in kuwait. who's in charge of this? what's the chain of command? is there somebody in charge of the collective military effort? do they support to the embassy security officer? >> as we said, we have -- in kabul and has been replaced by general mckenzie to be the commander of u.s. forces afghanistan forward. ashley from jane's. >> yeah, hi, john. just to follow up on some of the other questions, in addition to any additional aircraft is there additional equipment these three battalions are going need? and t

and afghan forces are slowing the militants' advance. >> government and national defense forces have training, equipment, numbers to prevail. >> many aren't so sure. hundreds of thousands have fled hoping they'll have homes to return to. >>> the dixie fire now the second largest wildfire in california history, late breaking word about residents who were reported missing. >>> a new report on climate change shows the speed and impact of human-caused global warming. what experts say has to be done to avert a climate catastrophe. >>> a beautiful sight with blue skies looking at the santa clara valley. we'll talk about ai [ sfx: ding ding ding ] [ phone buzzing ] [ sfx: bing bing bing ] [ sfx: bing bloop ding ding bloop bing ] the day can wait... enter the golden state, with real california dairy. >>> taking a live look at the big board, looks like dow is down about 83 points. >>> to fire watch, dixie fire is the second largest wildfire in california history. we learned four people unaccounted for have been located. cal fire is reporting more than 489,000 acres have burned. that's still l

that would command the loyalty to have the afghan people, and we tried to create effective military forms that could provide for the defense of the afghan nation. all the evidence shows that we failed on both counts, and i think the beginning of wisdom is to understand the reality of that failure and then, yes, to do as lisa suggestedo take seriously our responsibility to contain the fallout, and the fallout, in particular, relates to the suffering of those who supported us andhe suffering of innocents who now are a victim of our failure. but simply to prolong the war, the american war, at this point, it might salve our consciences to some degree, but it won't do any good. >> brangham:: all right, andrew bacevich, lisa curtis, thank you both very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> brangham: in the day's other news, the c.d.c.'s advisory panel is recommending a third dose of the pfizer or moderna covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, such as those with organ transplants or certain types of cancer. but, there's not enough data yet to recommend additional doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. the decision came hours

national police, so many over the years. we should not discount that. it is shameful that we do not remember the sacrifices that have been made by some and afghans in defense of their own country. host: the washington post up with a total number on what you're talking. 66,000 is estimated number of afghan military and national police killed in the conflict. this is a report to collating the cost of the war by brown university. 47,245, the number of afghan civilians killed. jerry in overton, nebraska. caller: thank you. president biden said that there was no comparison between vietnam and evacuations in afghanistan. i see exactly the same. i remember the people running to the embassy to try to get out. they same thing happened in afghanistan. i had a brother a loss in vietnam. it tears me -- i had a brother are lost in vietnam. it tears me up to see it again. guest: there are many who are with you and are seeing a strong similarities. hopefully, we can use that as lessons learned. that is too often the case that as a country, we are too shortsighted in our foreign policy. yet to remember the lessons we have learned. i was hearing about it this morning, it w

and as we said from the very beginning, that this is -- and it still is a moment for afghan national security and defense forces as well as their political leadership. no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> that was john kirby a couple of hours ago sticking to the president's message there on afghanistan as the president articulated this week. so this is now in the hands of the afghan leaders. kirby is speaking today as the u.s. has announced that 3,000 troops will head to kabul to begin evacuations of the u.s. embassy in the capitol. s it beginning as the taliban continue to take capitals across the country. and the department of defense secretary john kirby. thank you for spending some time with us. >> thank you. >> tell us what is happening on ground right now. what do you know that we don't? >> well, i mean, clearly and i've been watching, nicolle, you have been covering the advances that the taliban continue to make here. the situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate from a security perspective which is one of the reasons why mindful of that and in prudent planning we're going to hear the

afghan nationals and another afghan colleague from kabul. starting today the commercial airlines will help the department of defense relocate afghan refugees in the united states evan-- and u.s. americans. back here at home, hurricane storm henri weakening to a tropical depression. after making landfall in rhode island yesterday, tens of thousands of homes and businesses a lost power in rhode island, connecticut and massachusetts. officials in seven skates are accorded a new responses. in tennessee, at least 22 people are dead after record-breaking rain caused catastrophic flash flooding and 20 others are still missing with up to 17 inches of rain falling in one county in less than 24 hours. several looters were arrested, by the way, despite the hpm curfew put in effect last night. to the fight against covid, hospitals treating more children for covid 19 than ever and they are bracing for asthma school reopens. children under the age of 12 are still not eligible to get the vaccine and this news comes as the fda is expected to get full approval of pfizer's covid 19 vaccination, and that should later today. back over to you. dagen: thank you. m

defense secretary said that it could be up to 1100 afghan national was being left behind who were on those lists as well as up to 150 u. k. citizens. we've had it in the last year. i was confirmed by the ministry of defense that no more purely civilian evacuation flight happening. there was a landing turn around air force base north of london earlier on a few hours ago that was carrying military personnel and it's clean out. but any further flights on saturday will be mainly for military personnel and diplomatic stuff, as well as a few, according to defense sources. a few i've gotten nationals who did actually make it into the put of course so many didn't. there are arguments about how many, but there are also arguments about whether it could have been handled better. will nick carter, general nick carter was saying it's gone as well as it could have in the circumstances. the circumstance is clearly what chaotic and distressing particularly with the attack at cobble airport. but before that, there were many people saying that it that it could have been handled better. and given more t

national security team. earlier this morning as visors taking to the us airways speaking with press and defense of the president's actions . of the white house says $25000.00 us national and afghan allies, habit evacuated from cobble since august 14th. that was aboard u. s. military flight, as well as coalition flights. and the white house says that within the last 24 hours there have been 8000 people evacuated. now the national security advisor jake sullivan was speaking with m. b. c. news this morning saying that the u. s. is in constant contact with the taliban on the ground, assuring that they are complying with an agreement to offer us citizens safe passage to the airport through the taliban checkpoints. he said, though it was the us military's job then to get those evacuees the final step into the airport itself. and yesterday we saw the u. s. military operation using helicopters to take american citizens. those final meters that with a mid warnings of the chair rating security situation with the u. s. embassy and cobble warning of a possible isis threat and reports of 7 afghan civilians including a toddler dying amongst the crowd, gathered outside of the airport. the pres

citizens, afghans, and third country nationals safely to their flights, according to two defense officials. the british military says that at least seven afghans were killed in the crush outside the airport. as the defense department confirms reports of some americans being beaten by taliban fighters at checkpoints on the way >> yes, some physical violence has occurred what appears to be happening is that not every taliban fighter either got the word or decided to obey the word >> reporter: the pentagon prioritizing security at the airport, but leaving the door open to expanding that perimeter. >> i'm not going to rule out the possibility. >> reporter: nearly 6,000 american troops are guarding the base over the last week, 17,000 evacuees have boarded flights to transit centers in qatar and now europe, including ramstein air base in germany. >> they look very exhausted and tired, but seeing the children and the families coming off with huge smiles warms your heart. >> reporter: multiple u.s. commercial airliners notified overnight they may be needed to help with flights from these kinds of

defense ministry. while as the us lead alliance withdrawals and hastily at last, what about the afghan nationals who helped foreign troops? well, they no fear reprisals from the taliban. one group of afghans who assisted british forces rented on the streets of cobble on friday, demanding protection from the british government. now it may just be that that cause have been heard. 600 british troops have been deployed, that to safeguard u. k. national since they evacuate from the capitol, as well as apparently supporting the relocation of former african staff. we spoke to one interpreter in the week who worked for british and american forces. he did asked to remain anonymous, out of fear for his life. my family has listed to it's in the post sometime i am be home was attacked twice. my father has been given warnings and threats many, many times my. my dad's name was called that his life will be severely at risk because she offered no one, but 2 of her sons guessed the italian. recently, one of the interpreter, his father was caught in a province. he was beaten very badly. and he was asked to ask his son, who,

national police. so many over the years. we really should not discount -- in fact, it is shameful if we don't remember the sacrifices that have been made by so many afghans in defense of their own country. host: the washington post puts a total number on what you're talking about. 66,000 is the estimated number of afghan national and military police killed in the conflict. this is in the report calculating -- 47,245, the number of afghan civilians killed, according to that same report. jerry in overton, nebraska, we will go to you, jerry. caller: thank you for taking my call. president biden said that there was no comparison between vietnam and the evacuation of vietnam and afghanistan. i see it exactly the same. i remember the people running to the embassy to try to get out. the same thing is happening in afghanistan with people chasing planes down the runway. i had a brother that i lost in vietnam, and it tears me apart to see the same thing happening again. thank you. guest: i think there are many that are with you and are seeing very, very strong similarities there, and i hope we can use that as lessons learned. it is one thing that is too often the case, that

are said after -- prime minister said his priority is evacuating british and afghan nationals who helped u.k. forces. the defenseops have arrived to help in the rescue. the death toll continues to soar after a 7.2 mentored earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of haiti. 1300 were killed. a state of emergency has been declared. the u.s. deployed such and rescue teams to help find survivors among the destruction. a tropical storm is also forecasted to hit haiti in the coming hours. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haidi: the u.s. will be absolutely prepared to strip at a third covid shut quickly. the cdc approved a third jab for people with compromised immune system. let's bring in our senior medical reporter. this, coming of course after a country -- many countries can give a first desperate does anybody -- everybody need a third dose? is more better here? reporter: it's not that more is better in this context. what we know from what happened last week is the

we had a secretary defense testified to congress in may that the afghan national security force that would we stand the advance. they're supposed to advise on military policy. we have a marine commander, all of these people -- i'm not saying we have to be in afghanistan forever, but i'm saying that if any of you throw your rank on the table and say hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate bagram air field a strategic air base before we evacuate everyone? i've been fighting 17 years. i'm willing to throw it away to say to my senior leaders, i demand accountability. >> tucker: that's an entirely fair position. don't give us a lecture on how people should be political. the joint chief of staff talked about white rage. here's a man that was an officer for 17 yearsch nobody answered his questions. the second he posted that on facebook, he was fired. the marine corp tolds the show that he was relieved of command do you to the loss of trust and confidence. the marines shouldn't discuss questions of leadership in public. thanks for coming on. so here's a man that is not saying anything reckless, lov

afghan refugee relocation. reggie: all eyes are on afghanistan and here are some of the headlines from our national newspapers. "the new york times" reads biden defensexit. "the wall street journal" says chaos engulfs afghan withdrawal. "the washington post" writes desperate afghans tried to flee. kumasi: people in the bay area are sharing ask -- anxiety and fear that they have her friends and family experiencing the chaos firsthand. eiorld hwi one nonprofit director says this crisis is a catastrophe. heidi is trying to manage the situation from her office. she says it is very frustrating. she has americans and afghans working together to grow food and she is trying to get her people out of there. so far she has six of seven americans out of afghanistan, but she is worried about 350 afghans who have worked with them. >> little did we know the political landmines that have been laid this past spring with what has occurred in terms of the military pullout. that has made the farmers at risk for their lives because they have now been uncovered for working for an american ngo run by a woman. alex: she has -- amy: she has been trying to get them to safety

afghan people. well, it's now bring and david, ezra, she is a professor at the national defense university here in katha. and there's also a form of pentagon, direct eval, radian peninsula fez. he joins us now from the professor. thank you for your time. again, this out, as we've been saying, you served and ask alliston and i really would like you to give us a sense on the ground of how this might have looked like as it was carried out in this area near the airport. well i, i can only give you my supposition. i've only seen photographs and videos, probably the same that you've seen, but normally with a complex attack like this, what you do is you set off an explosion that's designed to breach defences and induce a sense of panic. yet of all these people crammed in trying to get through the gate . so the explosion sets off a sense of panic, kill some of the guards, and then when the people are panicking, you fire at them as you move. so 6 dreamily, a moral and murderous act, it's calculated with a level of viciousness that you know, it's almost hard to comprehend. but this was what we saw the batter. cli

nation troops provide defensive techniques for the u.s. forces going in? again, there are no host nation troops anymore. the afghan national army has disbanded. where we control the time line for deployment, again, the american planning factors thought that kabul was going to be a much longer time so they could get this on time. will the state department who support the operation execute at the right time? there seems to have been a delay on this, whether that's because of the sid program or trying to get the most amount of afghans on these flights, i don't know. but it seems like there was hesitation. so we have turned what might be a most likely situation in planning into the most dangerous one. and that's why we saw a whole lot of chaos today. the enemy got a vote, and we were on the wrong side of that vote. >> yeah. >> how do you think it goes over in afghanistan for president biden to blame afghans, the afghan military for simply refusing to fight the afghan leadership, for escaping the country after two decades of american involvement. how is this plane on the ground in kabul and elsewhere in afghanistan? >>

defense , afghan diplomats donors, defense contractors, nonprofit , workers, and off-duty u.s. officials conducted a global military-style rescue operation. you can read that online at the wall street journal. the former nationalecurity advisor in the trump administration was on "meet the press" yesterday. he said that we all share responsibility in the fate and future of afghanistan. [video clip] >> well, i think we all share response building. it is not a 20-year war, it is a one-year war fought 20 times over. the basis for the problems we have encountered in afghanistan is certainly the enemies we have been fighting there, as you can see today, enemies have a say in the future course of events, and there are consequences when you surrender to a terrorist organization. but it has not been a 20-year war, it has been a one-year war fought 20 times over with ineffective strategies based on flawed assumptions. what assumptions about the nature of the enemy, about what was necessary to achieve a sustainable outcome there. what is sad about it is this or ended in self defeat. we had a sustainable effort in place several years ago. if we had to state it, we could have prevented what is happening now. instead, what

officer in the afghan national army when the soviets invaded and was a military planner in the resistance against the soviets. he's now a distinguished professor at the national defenseniversity in washington, d.c. and torek farhadi was an advisor to the governor of the central bank of afghanistan, and a senior economic advisor to former afghan president hamid karzai. he is now an independent analyst. i want to start off with something jane ferguson reported. the taliban is clearly fighting on the field of public relations, using buzzwords, thgs like inclusive. torek, what do you think this means, and is it having an effect? torek:, the messaging is right -- look, the messaging is right. the afghan people are tired of war. and we arrived in some ways at the best of all solutions available. if we had put all the options next to each other, we arrived at the best one. for the couple of past years the u.s. has tried to create an environment for negotiations. here, what happened is the former regime collapsed. the taliban have come in, they have occupied kabul, they have established peace. not a bullet has been fired in kabul. and now, theya r -- they are even ready to t

you heard the president of the united states say the problem is the afghan national army, the afghan defense not interested, did not have the will to fight. does that comport with your knowledge and your experience? >> no. no. i believe the soldiers could have been motivated. they had the morale; however, unfortunately, with the announcement of the full withdraw. it completely damaged the morale and motivation that they had. they have been fighting against the enemies for almost a decade now since 2013-2014, it was the andsf that did the actual fighting. they were able to to prevent the catastrophe that we have seen this week. before the withdraw, it wasn't that the american forces were on the battlefield and the frontlines fighting the taliban or other terrorist groups. it was the adsf that was doing it however the announcement of the full withdrawal and the implementation of the full withdraw completely damaged and hurt the morale and motivation that the adsf has. pete: ali but it's been 20 years and a trillion-dollar and hundreds of thousands of weapons and tens of thousands of vehicles a

afghan government is currently in talks with the taliban over the country's future and sources tell cnn that taliban representatives are right now at the presidential palace in the city's center. the acting minister of national defense a speech that the security of the city is ensured and afghan defense forces are committed to defending kabul. >> the effort to get americans out of afghanistan is gain

afghan national security forces to be able to defend themselves. we don't have a complete picture, obviously of where every article of defense materials has gone by. certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the taliban. and obviously we don't have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us at the airport. well, i recent comments by us officials show washington was shocked by the speed in which the taliban stays a total ralph of the country and it remains unclear what to do next. even well drawn plans don't survive 1st contact with reality. this is happen more rapidly than we anticipated here i, there is chaotic situation in cobble where we don't even have the establishment of a governing authority. when you're at a point where things are happening more quickly than anyone would have anticipated, then you're going to have some chaotic scene slash you listen to us officials discussing at ghana. stan, they don't seem to be providing real information and seem to be emphasizing that they don't have a clear picture of the answers. the questions they're being asked. we are seeing us officials try out an old tried and true

afghan national flag and replacing it with the taliban flag. we've seen that a lot here in the capital cobble. it's left a lot of people, very upset. the us defense secretary is concluded evacuations. some combo haven't met their targets. lloyd austin says american troops don't have the capacity to extend beyond the comp will therefore perimeter to help get more people of a canister on the international monetary funds. withholding $460000000.00 fullness . galveston. so i think a lack of clarity over government recognition. the u. s. has also for $9500000000.00 of africa and government assets, the entire reserve of its central bank. rescuers and hazy you're calling virgin supplies. as the humanitarian situation grows, more desperate survivors of saturday's earthquake of resorted to waiting at the airport to demand foods and aids. president joe biden says he disagrees with the world health organizations warning against giving true vice. this to show hasn't been plans to offer them from september. they stay with us. witness this next. oh, we understand the differences of conscious across the world that i'm taking out here. we're bringing the news an

afghan government is currently in talks with the taliban over the country's future and sources tell cnn that taliban representatives are right now at the presidential palace in the city's center. the acting minister of national defense is attempting to reassure kabul citizens saying in a speech that the security of the city is ensured and afghan defense forces are committed to defending kabul. >> the effort to get americans out of afghanistan is gaining momentum. sources tell cnn the u.s. is completely now pulling out of the embassy in kabul over the next 72 hours. what you're looking at is video, cnn shot of some of the helicopters that are shuttling employees from the embassy to the airport to be evacuated. remember it was just on thursday president biden had said some would be evacuated. it has escalated to all. the president also sending another 1,000 troops to carry out the operation, which brings the total to 5,000. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is with us from kabul. when we talked to nick paton walsh earlier, and i know he is near where you are, he describes the situation this morning as that he is stunned. what is your assessment? >> reporter: i think stunning is a pretty good assessme

national security team. including defense secretary loyd austin and chairman of the joint chiefs milley this morning on what is happening at the airport. we have seen the images of some of the afghan nationals clinging to the tires of u.s. planes, trying to get out of there. several of them have fallen to their death. a tragic situation unfolding. the white house says president biden is aware of what's been happening on the ground there. they say he was wreefed on the ongoing efforts to safely evacuate citizens and embassy personnel and local staff including, of course, the afghan nationals who served alongside u.s. forces and they say other vulnerable afghans as well. that's been a big question about maybe those who would not qualify for a visa but are equally targeted by the taliban. what happens to them once all the u.s. forces and the u.s. diplomatic personnel are out of there once they have secured the airport, given, of course, what's happened this morning. and so those are big questions that are going to be facing president biden when he does address reporters. because the situation has changed dramatically since the last time we heard from him. and last tuesday we should r

national security agencies over this moment we've found ourselves in. one defense official telling you that he grew nauseated at what he considered to be all these afghan allies who would be left behind. what more are you hearing on this frustration across the national security spectrum here? >> reporter: one place that we're really hearing a lot of this, at least i am, is from veterans. these are people who served with some of these men and women who were their interpreters. and they look at these afghan civilians as their brothers in arms. the same way that they look at the other men and women they served with in the u.s. military. and now many of them are reaching out to these americans and begging for help, not just for themselves, but for their families and even their extended families. and there is a lot of -- there is a feeling of helplessness because they cannot get a lot of these people out especially the ones outside of kabul. there has been this massive undertaking by the veteran networks who are trying to bring people out safely, including getting flights into various places around the country to try to get afghan citizens out. but you know,

defense secretary in the president trump. general, you are there, nobody has his finger on the pole like the afghan national army was capable ofe than your. i had people telling me in 2011 the place would collapse if we left. did you think the asked afghan national army was capable of withstanding an assault from the savages? >> absolutely not since 2005 as the time and commander in afghanistan through my time as an ordained commander and command and general fair in the country. we have reports of the inability of the afghan national security forces to be able to defend their country against the taliban. they routinely lost without substantial help from us. dan: that is troubling to hear. sources on the ground telling us over and over, this is joint chiefs chairman mark milley on the decision to abandon, what he says here is really bizarre. >> if we were to keep the embassy going, that would be a significant number of forces stay the same so had to collapse one or the other. dan: when you are working with president trump, charge for four years, he never did this. he had a withdrawal plan, this was not a plan. we abandoned any

afghans as well. guest: that's right. the administration has been working around the clock. the national security council, defenseepartment, to find other places for people to go. there are other countries that have stepped up but in the persian gulf -- that depends on getting people out of the country. so far the biden administration says the taliban has been cooperating but then we have seen disparity because reports on the ground suggest a lot of people have had a difficult time getting to the airport. my colleague wrote an article in the washington post about the difficulty she and afghan staff had in getting to the airport. she has an american passport. i just think there is a lot of questions about what is going to happen over the next few days as the taliban consolidates control and makes it more difficult for people to get to the airport. host: any discussion as far as expanding the military footprint? guest: i think it this point the military footprint is larger than the president expected. he approved in recent days more troops to get in there and i think that is another question we are waiting to see.

afghan national flag and replacing it with the taliban flag. we've seen that a lot here in the capital kabul. it's left a lot of people. i very upset the us defense secretary has considered evacuation some combo haven't met their targets. lloyd austin says american troops don't have the capacity to extend beyond a couple airport perimeter to get more people out of the country. the international monetary funds withholding $460000000.00 form a scan is done. so using a lack of clarity over government recognition, the u. s. is also frozen $9500000000.00 of african government assets, nearly the entire reserve of its central bank. and the british prime minister says the you cables, you all can to reverse a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. but boris johnson says he doesn't believe that military action against the taliban is an option. as trillion officials or warning cases of coven 19 have not yet peaks in the city of sydney. it's been unlocked since june. vaccinations against the boulder runs away in ivory coast. health officials fear a 2nd person has contract that they highly contagious disease that states now it's back 120 worlds. the news news ne