air force base following the dignified transfer of 13 american heroes at dover air force base in dovere a few hours ago and unmanned u.s. drone took out a vehicle packed with one suicide bomber and a large amount of explosives leading to multiple secondary explosions, once again this is live video coming in from dover air force base president biden and first lady jill biden greeting some of the military personnel on hand after the dignified transfer of 13 american heroes let's go back to our calling national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the latest on the military action taking place today. >> you referenced that strike in kabul earlier today, there was unconfirmed reports of multiple suicide bombers inside the vehicles that were struck that may not be true we are now being told. here's what we can say for certain the u.s. military carried out and unmanned drone strike with the vehicle filled of explosives that posten and minute threat to the kabul international airport in a statement from the central command they said it was a defensive strike on a

it is a welcoming home ceremony to the remains at dover. you, having trained -- they take this job as just an unbelievable duty and they do it with a sense of honor and dignity, and they know that the preparation of these remains to ship home that fair families is one of the most important jobs the military does. it's interesting that we actually have military specialists who do this work, but their duty to these young soldiers and sailors and marines and their final movement is just incredible. when you have, as we're seeing today, the remains of more than a dozen -- and i think it speaks to the service and sacrifice of those who joined the military. whenever you're in that crowd of people, as we see the camera fade away from the president and the other military members and refocus on the back of that c-17, it is an emotionally devastating day. it really brings home the requirement to ensure that we only send our military into harm's way when it's desperately needed to protect the nation, when there is an existential threat. i think that's

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yes, as ou at dover air force earlier. yes, as you mention. _ at dover air force earlier.ention, president _ at dover air force earlier. yes, as you mention, president biden - at dover air force earlier. yes, as| you mention, president biden met with the families of the 13 service who died in that suicide blast. the ceremony itself, it is called the dignified transfer, the official process by which us troops killed in action are honoured when they come home. he was that with the first lady as well, honouring those servicemembers. we are getting more details about who they were, most of them were in their early 20s, all of them were in their early 20s, all of them were in their early 20s, all of them were very young when 9/11 happened, they were infants. so i think there is something deeply tragic about the fact that their deaths as america is trying to wrap up deaths as america is trying to wrap up this evacuation mission to get out afghanistan of figured. what we are seeing... president biden did not want to oversee this sort of ceremony, in fact his reason for getting ou

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is heading to dover air force base to meet with the families. and for that dignified transfer process of the 13 u.s. service members who were killed in that blast on thursday in afghanistan. the president and the first lady will be on hand for those dignified transfers. while this will be the first time that biden is participating in a dignified transfer as commander in chief, he has gone to dover in the past as vice president in the waning days of his vice presidency, he was in dover for a dignified transfer. this will be a very solemn and somber moment for this president as he meets with those families and is on hand for those dignified transfers of the 13 service members lost in afghanistan. >> sad for any president especially after thursday's horrific attack. we'll keep monitoring. in doha, qata, nick paton walsh is also monitoring the situation. 130,000 have been evacuated, nearly all afghan nationals. put that number into perspective for us. how many afghans want to be evacuated? >> many still. airport staff working on this process, i was

this was the first time that dover had to go to dover, and -- the first time that biden had to go totly. some people, he said, were very quiet, some people just completely break down, and i imagine that they probably saw a lot of that there today at dover. we certainly hope that this is the last time we have to see this happen. as we head towards tuesday, we are freewayif praying for every -- praying for every single service member on the ground in afghanistan, that they get home safely, that all the americans that are trapped there get home safely, that any afghan citizens that want to get out can get out as well. it's going to be a harrowing 48 hours leading up to tuesday the, but our thoughts and prayers are with everybody. and it was a really, really hard thing to watch today, but our prayers are also with the families of those 13 service members. >>> we'll take you back to new orleans that is getting pounded by hurricane ida next. stay with us. ♪♪ dining including takeout from chase freedom unlimited, you're always earning! then this is officially a takeout week. that's a good c

>> it's terribly alarming and it's brought home today by this somber ceremony at dover, this powerful who served, in this case those who served trying to save the lives and allow people to escape to freedom from afghanistan. but what we've seen in afghanistan to date and what we expect to occur in the future is nothing but tremendous challenges, difficulties and potential of more deaths and more destruction that highlights with these efforts by isis to do the suicide bombing, how little capabilities the taliban has in securing the airport, in helping provide some calm and peace. the suggestion by our government that we can deal with the taliban to our advantage, they are an adversary and an enemy and they are the ones who allow the terrorists to be in afghanistan in the first place, that resulted in 9/11. so we're reminded today about how important it is for the right kind of preparation to occur, how what we do in our departure from afghanistan is a matter of life and death and we see it today at dover and we express our care, our concern for those family members who have lost loved

this is all part of that process in dover, delaware, at dover air force base, watching this final journey home, just part of it with the dignified transfers here. it's never easy to see this. certainly, it's even harder to see that many of them, one after another. i suspect even with the secretary of defense there, there are many service members, officials, enlisted officers watching this happen around the country realizing what it means to have lost a brother, sister, colleague, service member, somebody who was part of the family here in the pentagon. >> they're so young. some of them were just babies 20 years ago when 9/11 occurred. now they're being brought back to the united states in these transfer cases. it must be so difficult. kaitlan, you're covering this as well, for the president and first lady to have met with the families already. they're going through a very, very painful experience. >> reporter: probably the most painful experience, wolf. you see the president and the first lady there. the president has bowed his head several times, places his hand over his heart as they br

i want to also let you know that the president and first lady jill biden are heading right now to dover air force base. they are going there because they will attend the dignified transfer of the remains of our fallen u.s. soldiers as they come home from afghanistan. of course, in the wake of that horrific bombing, that suicide bombing that took those lives of those 13 brave service members on thursday. there we see the presidential motorcade. we'll, of course, follow that for you and take you live to dover air force base when that ceremony begins and gets under way. >>> as we get back to what is happening in the southern part of this country, we go now to those on the ground in louisiana. they're tracking hurricane ida. that state bracing big time for impact. hello to both of you. thank you for joining me. tom llamas in new orleans there and sam brock in baton rouge. welcome to you both. tom, let's get to new orleans. they know well what a horrific hurricane means with katrina and the 16th anniversary. >> hurricane ida is getting stronger by the second. they're boarding up up to the la

so they will leave dover air base.his happens for those of you wondering what happens and, again, the dignified transfer. it is not a ceremony, it is a very solemn movement of the transfer case by that carry team composed of the military personnel. after that happens, as we see the president, first lady and other dignitaries standing in what i presume is silence, by we would offer you as well. we have no audio to accompany that. what happens is after returning america's fallen to their loved ones, they do so as quickly as possible. members of the military there and our leadership standing in salute to those as we will watch them come off in a dignified transfer, a very solemn moment for our country. >>> as we await a second fallen member of the united states military for this dignified transfer, we should note that i believe it was 12 members of the marines and also 1 sailor who lost their lives in that attack on thursday in kabul. and the brunt of that was felt by members of camp pendleton military base in southern ca

there remains now en route to dover air force base in delaware. lance corporal espinoza of texas enlisting in the marines straight from high school. >> as a mother, you know, it is hard. but he did serve. he did do what he wanted. but it's hard. julia: a 20-year-old marine just three weeks away from becoming a new father. >> he loved his fathe family. he loved his wife. he was a wrestler. he knew he was going to be a marine his whole life. julia: the lance corporal, his heart broken writing "this is my hero. i will never get to hug him again." and a marine sergeant of california posting this picture from kabul just days ago comforting at afghan baby writing "i love my job." if the conflict and the threat of covid was not enough, millions of afghans are now facing dire food insecurity. the united nations world food program warning that vital food stock supporting half the population could start running out in september. julia mcfarland, abc news, london. kate: happening now, president biden and first lady jill biden are in delaware dover air force

let's give him credit, he is going to dover.rible decision. those people are coming home with flag-draped coffins, but at least he's giving them the respect they deserve by going, and i genuinely appreciate that he's going to be there when they arrive. rachel: i commend him for that as well, governor. i think the parents of those behave heroes are also looking for accountability -- brave heroes. and i think that's what this subject was with the lieutenant colonel. again, thanks so much, governor. always look to you for some sage advice and words. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: all right. straight ahead, we are live along the gulf coast as category 4 hurricane ida gains speed. the dangerous storm set to make landfall in just hours. ♪ ♪ over the years, mercedes-benz has patented thousands of safety innovations. crash-tested so many cars we've stopped counting. and built our most punishing test facility yet, in our effort to build the world's safest cars. we've created crumple zones and autonomous braking. active lane keeping assist

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the flag-draped remains of those 13 service members arriving at dover air force base in delaware. president biden and the first lady witnessing the dignified transfer, meeting with the families before the sacred military ritual. tonight, we honor them. their stories. their young lives cut short. many of them, the children of 9/11. now lost in a war that began 20 years ago. martha raddatz with late reporting. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a sunday night. and we are in on a sunday evening because of these two pm. the u.s. strike in afghanistan, and the solemn scene here at home. the dignified transfer. the 13 fallen servicemen and women returning from afghanistan. but we begin with the category 4 hurricane slamming into the u.s., making landfall just before 1:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon. as an extremely dangerous cat 4 storm, winds reaching 150 miles an hour. unleashing damaging winds, torrential rains, and a life-threatening storm surge. as we noted, this is 16 years to the day since katrina hit there. t

yesterday, the 13 american heros killed in kabul came home, the president receiving the remains at dover air force base. jillian: lauren blanchard is live in washington, d.c. as the president faces new backlash. >> reporter: president biden met privately with the families of all 13 service members at dover air force base, the president, first lady, defense secretary, secretary of state, plus family members and press gathered on the tarmac to witness as 11 of the 13 transfer cases were taken off the c-17 they were brought home on. all but two families gave permission for the transfer to be filmed. the national security advisor told fox news the president will ensure those responsible for the deaths will pay. >> the president will stop at nothing to make isis-k pay for the deaths of those american service members at the kabul airport. >> reporter: president biden stopped by the fema headquarters yesterday for an update as hurricane ida was bearing down on louisiana, while there he refused to take questions ahead of tomorrow's deadline to withdraw troops as republicans in congress are hamme

to see those flag draped coffins come in to dover. i've been there before. i know what that means. i'm grateful. i'm grateful for the men and women who serve us. they have shown what heroism, patriotism really is. they are wiglling to put their lives on the line to free people who have not known freedom. and i am angry when i see people in our country who are engaging in fist fights over mask requirements for their kids. there are people in the world who would climb over mountains and crawl through deserts to get here and if they were asked just to wear a mask to protect them and their families and us they would do it without hesitation. so relief, grief, gratitude, we all owe a debt we can never repay for those who have lost their lives, parents who have sent their sons and daughters, husbands and wives and wives their husbands into battle. and i want us to recognize this day, how much we owe them and to feel proud. the military has not lost that battle. has not lost the battles individually. the war was lost almost from the day it began and we'll go through that as congressmen an

soil at dover air force base in delaware. 11 men, two women ranging in age from 20 to 231. they were marines, a soldier and a navy corpsmen. staff sergeant darren hoover's father said his son died doing for others what they couldn't do for themselves. >> best kid in the world. you couldn't ask for any better. lovely family. his sisters absolutely adore him. >> back in washington this afternoon president biden said he had spent some time with the families of the fallen. hey lo their lives in service for our country. and while we're praying for the best in louisiana, let's keep them in our prayers as well. >> they lost their lives in a mission that is set to wrap up in just 48 hours. national security advisor jake sullivan insisted that despite the hazards, any u.s. citizen left in kabul can be evacuated if they wish. >> we have the capacity to have 300 americans which is roughly the number we think are remaining, come to the airport and get on planes in the time that is remaining. >> but getting to kabul's airport is still fraught. just this morning a u.s. drone took out a v

do you expect troops to come into dover as soon as today? >> what i can tell you is the remains of the 13 individuals who were killed are on their way back to the united states, but i am not at liberty to give you a precise arrival. >> okay. final clarification. struck in the target for last night was a planner and a facilitator, or they were both considered kind of both? i didn't quite understand. >> the capabilities of those struck and killed last night were a facilitators and planners. >> so -- >> we're not getting into this one was this, and this one was this. >> they're both kind of planners -- >> facilitators and planners. >> were you aware of them before -- >> like i said, we're not discussing the intelligence that led up to it. the intelligence we had allowed us to conduct the strike. >> were they individuals who were already on the u.s. radar at high-profile people? >> we had intelligence on the targets that led us, as we continued to work up that, to conduct that strike? >> one more on the over the horizon efforts. if i'm not mista

before the president headed to dover, i sat down with his national security advisor, jake sullivan to the final hours of america's engagement on the ground in afghanistan. >> chris: jake, let's start with a drone strike in eastern afghanistan against that isis-k planner and facilitator. first of all, can you tell us their importance to isis, and secondly, president biden says this will not be the last strike against th for the attack that killed 13 american troops at kabul airport, so how far is he prepared to go to make isis pay? >> jake: the president will stop at nothing to make isis-k pay for the deaths of those american service members at the kabul airport. he will ensure that we get the people responsible for this, that we continue to put pressure on the group responsible for this and that we continue to take targets off the battlefield. with respect to these particular targets, these were facilitators and planners who were involved in the movement and production of explosive devices. our over the horizon counterterrorism capability was proven out. they identified the target, th

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and it is very saturday at dover -- sad day at dover, very emotional for the leaders and family membersy hard ceremony to watch and cover but important to honor to bestow. >> back to that photo of the young marine holding the baby, i think that anyone who has been on internet has seen that. it has gone viral. we thank them for what they did in their service, to the u.s. jennifer griffin thank you for joining us late at night on this topic, we appreciate it. >> thank you, ashley. >> joining us now john jordan, a former naval intelligence officer. john, if you heard jennifer now she said the 5 rockets they were fired at kabul international. moments ago that was around 11:45 you know local time. what is your response to that, what do you take away from what happened this last 30 minutes. >> hardly surprising, we had warnings that would happen, that were public. the c-ram system is an area defense system, in a strange way related to israel iron dome, what is happening now, 31 is deadline, but how this unfolds afterwards is with the next chapter. and there is a great untruth propagated. >> t

the president grieved alongside their loved ones during the dignified transfer in dover air force bases nbc's ali vitali with the latest >> reporter: president joe biden honoring the fallen. the remains of u.s. service members killed in kabul arriving home to the united states in flag-draped cases. 11 marines, a navy medic, and an army soldier, 13 in all. among them nicole gee, one of two women killed on the front lines. days ago she shared this picture from the airport cradling a baby, captioned "i love my job." one of the last photos she'do it times bowed his head and closed his eyes he and the first lady, along with the secretaries of defense, state, and the chairmen of the joint chiefs, gathered with mourning families at dover air force base for hours sunday's somber dignified transfer a weight also borne by airtime presidents before him. it is grim news out of afghanistan, where the evacuation mission enters its final hours. the white house on alert for the likelihood of more attacks that could come >> in terms of having an on-the-ground diplomatic presence on september 1st, that'

the president out at dover today for 13 dead. i mean, you look at it.hen we went into afghanistan, the primary threat was a terrorist attack. and now we're leaving 20 years later, and the primary threat is a terrorist attack. the difference is that in 2001 we were worried about another attack on our homeland. today we are worried about an attack on our troops in kabul. thousands of miles away from the u.s. so maybe that's what we got out of 20 years of war. hahard to think. >> david martin, thank you for continuing to cover this. and we'll be right back with senator lindsey graham. stay with us. tap your way to your savings goals. without missing a beat. so, you can feed his passion. ear plugs not included. ♪ u.s. bank. we'll get there together. (man) my ex is dating a pisces. so i'm like, 'screw it. let's talk manifesting. let's talk chakras. let's talk self healing my way through the 12th house. (woman in van) (man sitting) crystals up. (woman) full moon bath ritual. cleanse and find your magic. ♪let it go (huh, huh)♪ ♪let it go (word, word, 88)♪ ♪let

the president flying to dover air force base today on air force 1, along with dr.some of his other top national security officials including the secretary of defense lloyd austin, mark milley, secretary of state tony blinken. welcoming those 13 service members who lost their lives in that suicide bombing thursday at the airport. this is, we should note, not a ceremony. this is what the military refers to as a solemn movement. you can see there one of the 13 service members coming off the plane in a flag draped transfer case. and, wolf, we now have all the names of all 13 of these service members. most of them were marines. 11 were. one was a navy sailor. one was an army special forces soldier. i want to highlight a couple of them. the thing i am struck by is how young they were. the first name that we got was that of lance corporal riley mccollum. he was just 20 years old. he was a baby when 9/11 happened. he is now -- was expecting a baby of his own in just a few weeks. his sister said that he was a son, a brother, a husband, and a father with a baby due in three

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you know, jill and i are just getting back from dover air force base, up in my home state, where we met with the families of 13 fallen heroes in afghanistan who lost their lives in the service of our country. and while we're praying for the best in louisiana, let's keep them in our prayers as well. you know, i've just been briefed by the fema leadership -- and we have real leadership -- on hurricane ida and the preparations for rescue and response. and the storm has made -- as you know better than anyone, but i'm speaking to the public at-large here -- the storm made landfall a few hours ago and it continues to rage and ravage everything it comes in contact with. this storm is a life-threatening storm. governor edwards, an old friend, has characterized it as one of the strongest hurricanes -- the strongest in louisiana history since 1850. and its devastation is likely to be immense. we shouldn't kid ourselves. and so the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone -- everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials just how dangerous this is and ta

> president biden and first lady biden honored the fallen during a dignified transfer yesterday at doverce base in delaware. the remains of the 13 service members killed on thursday in that attack at kabul airport were returned to gold star families, 11 marines, a navy medic and an army soldier. let's bring in nbc correspondent mike memoli. this is the most solemn duty a president can perform as commander in chief, something he performed as vice president about five years ago. >> this is a difficult set of days for the white house. it's hard to think of, in recent memory in a four-year presidential term, convergence of crisis what the biden administration is facing now. you started the show with the hurricane bearing down on one of the most vulnerable stretches of coastline in the country. you have the ongoing pandemic and millions of americans set to return to school and work with the highly transmissible delta variant still raging. but the high wire act by the white house in the next 24 hours, ahead of the deadline, really came to life with this incredible scene at dover air force base

the military plane carrying the service members' remains didn't even land at dover until sunday morning. the false tweets were eventually deleted but only after they spread like wildfire. like i said, the truth matters. america's longest war is over. but what about the americans left behind? what's going to happen to them? >> we have gotten many out. but many are still there. we will keep working to help them. our commitment to them has no deadline. yy, ayy, ayy ♪ ♪ yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ ♪ got that bourbon street steak with the oreo shake ♪ ♪ get some whipped cream ♪ ♪ on the top too ♪ ♪ two straws, one check, ♪ ♪ girl, i got you ♪ ♪ bougie like natty in the styrofoam ♪ ♪ squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home ♪ ♪ some alabama-jamma, she my dixieland delight ♪ ♪ ayy, that's how we do, how we do, ♪ ♪ fancy like, oh ♪ this is the greatest idea you'll ever hear. okay, it's an app that compares hundreds of travel sites for hotels and cars and vacation rentals like kayak does for flights. so it's kayak. yeah, like kayak. why don't you just call it kayak

and when you think about the 13 heroes whose bodies came home this weekend to dover, you think you knowhat? those people died good cause. they helped with this evacuation to get people out safely. and it's, you know, more than 100,000 people, all of our military personnel now gone. they're the last people who have died in this, you know, america's longest war, as you said, bret. i think the key thing in response to those quotes that you just played is to understand that the terrorist threat is very different today than it was 20 years ago. the element of surprise is gone. we have hardened our targets. we had networks of intelligence. we have the capacity which we have shown over the last few days to strike back at terrorists in a way that we did have not 20 years ago. pretty wreath some of the family members have already expressed publicly that those marines that navy core corpsman and u.s. soldier didn't have to die it was unnecessary because of the way this was handled. that's their words. that's the criticism that those 13 did not have to die. there was not a single casualty since fe

we saw the images of the president and first lady at 24 air force base. -- at dover air force base.is a sober washington. annmarie, it is something that needs to be clarified worldwide. what happens after august 31? tomorrow, is there a date, a time, a moment or not? annmarie: we do not know the exact moment. we did have a final raf flight out of kabul to the u.k. what happens next, we do not know. this is where the discussions will be focused today. the u.s. hosting a meeting virtually with nato members. also, qatar and turkey will be there. there is about 250 americans in kabul, but what about the remaining afghans? tom: ambassador bolton scheduled to be with us later this week. he is focused on pakistan. and if i talk to you, nobody discusses the nation to the east . is pakistan part of the biden discussion? annmarie: that is a good question. this is something i hear a lot from former senior intelligence officials about what happens in terms of making sure the u.s. can keep an eye on pakistan's large nuclear arsenal. also, the u.s. relationship with pakistan. the president of the

d0 coast of dover, that needs to be put to bed.— be put to bed. do you think our be put to bed. put to bed. do you think your government has - be put to bed. do you think your government has been | be put to bed. do you think- your government has been asleep over the wheel over the last few days and weeks? the foreign secretary was on holiday until yesterday, borisjohnson has had very little, the only person who has been frank about their situation is the defence secretary who has talked about a failure of the international community and was almost in tearsjust hours ago community and was almost in tears just hours ago saying that he feared that all the people britain owed an obligation to would not be able to make it out of afghanistan to make it out of afghanistan to britain, as he believed they should be allowed to do. the british government overall looks like a terrible mess, doesn't it?— looks like a terrible mess, doesn't it? �* . ., doesn't it? ben wallace, the defence secretary _ doesn't it? ben wallace, the defence secretary is - doesn't it? ben wallace, the defence sec

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. >> as we are speaking right now the president of course is on his way to dover what has to be the mostof his presidency so far which is to try to provide comfort if they are willing to the family members whose remains are being kept right now. texting with some of my white house sources this morning they recognize this moment for biden is charged of course is then to dover in the past but not this type of circumstance that have their band factions not only the white house but the administration whether this was the best course forward of course there have been in we have been reporting on this fox has been reporting on this since july when there were many people pointing out to the president that kabul could fall quite quickly and for some reason this administration did not see that as that consensus view or as a credible view now they have lived to regret that choice and what we have seen in the last few weeks has been truly awful. chris: carl, i am curious then we heard two different versions of this from jake sullivan and senator mcconnell talking about all the leverage we have over

. >> reporter: president biden and first lady jill biden attended their dignified transfer in dover,s. marines, a navy sailor and a soldier. in one of sergeant nicole gee's last instagram posts, the 23-year-old shared a photo of herself holding an afghan baby with the caption "i love my job," something she just told her sister. >> some of the last things she said is i love being here. this is amazing work. she couldn't wait to tell me more about it. after deployment. >> reporter: 31-year-old staff sergeant darrin hoover's father said his son was devoted to family and to leading fellow marines. >> and they would have followed him through the gates of hell if that's what it took. and ultimately that's pretty much what he did. >> reporter: 20-year-old lance corporal kareem nikoui's mother wrote on social media "i felt my soul leave my body as i was screaming that it can't be true. no mother, no parent should ever have to hear that their child is gone." 20-year-old lance corporal rylee mccollum will never get to experience fatherhood. his wife is expecting their first child. the servicem

president biden arrived at dover air force base. including an up date on the local nonprofits fight to get its employees out of afghanistan. >> the purpose is to show them we care. >> a sunday strategy session how to help refugees escaping afghanistan. his phone is ringing 24/7 with esper calls from friends and family. >> they are asking to please help us out. get us out of this country. >> these volunteers cannot help afghans escape but they can assist families who are able to make it to the conquered area. >> we don't know how many people are coming. we want to be prepared. >> with all the necessities to help traumatized families who may be starting from zero. >> would like to offer them compassion but then also language services, our homes, showing them around. not just the neighborhood but how to grocery shop. >> the committee center is collecting donations for refugees on its website. >> it has been really challenging to watch all of the trauma on tv but we can do our part to help those people who are coming here and that gives

. >>>> if he would go to dover to greet the caskets. >> i am sure that president will do everything he to honor the sacrifice and service of the lives lost today. some others have asked, he did not have an opportunity to, let me answer to provide you an update on -- some have asked about whether he called family members. for those who covered this you know process, or those who have not or watching at home, process would first go through the pentagon, a next of kin notification process. i know general mackenzie spoke to this, this still underway at-this-point. until that is concluded, the president would not make a call, that is the first step in the process. terms of additional steps,st dover, of course, he would consider and want to be a part of any means of honors of the lives lost today. >> general mckenzie describeder that one of the explosions at the abby gate happening at a point after someone had been searched by taliban. how is the united states still working with the taliban the way that president describing or remarks. to get americans citizens and afghan allies out if that

i think even president maybe once went to dover. but this is a very solemn occasion.n enormous amount of detail care into what they're doing and dressing the bodies of these marines and the navy corps. men and the army soldier, the all 13 killed, they go through -- they have a ritual they go through and then president biden meets with each family. this is something that president obama did. president bush before him did. and it's sort of one of the steps that i think as a commander in chief you have to learn how to be able to empathize how to be able to give sympathy and that's something that president biden certainly knows how because you saw him on thursday when he first spoke of this suicide bombing attack and he referenced his son beau who served in iraq. so he is particularly able to talk to these families but i think you're also going to see there's a certain amount of anger that he may end up getting. we're not privvy to these conversations. it's probably one of the hardest things to do as kmanldser in chief but probably one of the most important things to do.

soldiers at dover, the first such solemn movement of his presidency.d an explosive free missile that relied on blades firing while on target known inside the pentagon parent as a flying ginzu. and they report back there may have been collateral damage after one of the drone strikes " significant secondary explosion s from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. we are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties but we have no indications at this time. we remain vigilant for potential future threats." 26 c-17s carried 1,200 people out of kabul in the last 24 hours. the u.s. is about to leave for good, but the state department thinks they will be able to get more americans out after the withdrawal. >> 14 countries have made very clear that it is their expectation that the taliban will permit freedom of travel going past august 31. we have very significant leverage, to incentivize the taliban to make good on its commitments. reporter: and there are hundreds of current students and alumni from the american u

in fact, the dignified transfer to dover air force because we're expecting that tomorrow and expecting president biden to attend that ceremony when the 13 americans return with honor to dover air force base. i'm told that president biden approved this strike. he claimed that he would be carrying out revenge, he would kill those responsible. the big question was, peter, that with 5,000 u.s. troops on the ground there kabul, would the strike happen with the 5,000 u.s. troops still at the kabul airport or wait until after they had departed president biden's deadline of august 31. less than two days after the deadly suicide attack that killed the 13 american service members outside the abbey gate, we know the u.s. has struck back launching this drone strike, a u.s. reaper drone killing an isis planner with an associate driving in a vehicle in eastern afghanistan. it's not far from the border with pakistan, pete. >> good news indeed. i know the pentagon and rightfully so is tight lipped about stuff like this. you have a sense of they feel confident that they have additional targets that the

it seems like the meeting at dover, the meetings did not go very well. perhaps that should be expected. we saw there were some, these are grieving parents, these are angry parents, especially when it is supposed to be a war we're not fighting any more. from what you hear, how is the president handling that criticism? >> well, i think clearly this was an uncomfortable conversation that happened behind closed doors at dover air force base as would be expected. so many of the families losing loved ones there. some of their words were heated to the president, saying to him he needs to remember these names, remember these faces, expressing frustration when he brought up the loss of his own son. they said this isn't about your family, this is about ours here. white house officials we speak to even publicly said there is nothing that a president, that this president, any commander in chief can say to the families to help assuage the heartbreak they're experiencing right now, but they say they remain committed to help comfort them, do whatever they can for those

tries to remove the military and afghanistanis from that region. >> reporter: a service was held at doverase as kabul warned of more vicious attacks in and around the airport. >> this is a dangerous time and already a dangerous mission these last couple, but the risk is very high. >> reporter: the president is still ignoring calls to extend the august 31st deadline to get americans and afghans who aided the u.s. during the 20-year war out of the country. >> it's going to be very difficult. we have very little leverage to extract additional americans or afghan allies from this landlocked country. >> reporter: republicans have blasted the president since the attack cost the soldiers their lives, blaming the administration for the lack of security outside the airport. >> people have died and people are going to die because president biden decided to rely on happy talk instead of reality. >> reporter: a u.s. airstrike targeted a vehicle with suicide bombers in kabul. but the situation remains extremely dangerous as the administration tries to figure out a way to get everybody out of the count

you mentioned the former president and getting the bodies of service members coming back to dover.ou try and gather as much information as you can. apparently he was in the situation room getting briefed when the first bombing happened, and then it's a matter of gathering information as quickly as possible. you know, how many people were injured? what were the circumstances? and so that's job number one. you know, are there going to be additional attacks? there was an additional attack. you know, was this part of some larger scheme that was going to play out over hours? so all of those things are primary when you first get the news. i think the other thing that you're interested in is who did this? where are they? how do we find them? how do we hold them accountable? and you heard that in the president's presentation. that's really important. it's important that he follow through on that. so i'm sure he was getting some intelligence on that as the day went on today. but, look, i'm sure their information wasn't perfect, and it was coming in, you know, in stages, and he was the most

in dover delaware the president and first lady attended the first arrival of the remains of 13 troopsled in last week's airport attack. the president met with military families and stood with them for the dignified transfer of remains. back to you. >> the state department said the taliban has prommed to allow afghans and american citizens to leave afghanistan after tomorrow's deadline. >>> wall street finished higher last week. the dow jumped 242 points. the nasdaq rallied 183. the s&p gained 39 also notching a record close. er -- coming up in the week ahead they will release the report at the end of this week. they are predicting 750,000 jobs were added to the work force this month. keep this mind the economy grew by 943,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4%. >>> ida slammed louisiana's gulf coast as a powerful category 4 hurricane yesterday. a gas buddy dot com analyst said there is no reason to rush to the point. gas prices aren't expected to dramatically rise over the next few days. >>> history at the a'nd mthbe sirst t black won sd that spot for an opening weeke

they are bound for the medical examiner's office there on dover air force base. gary has revealed they will be there for a period of a few days as the medical examiner does what it needs to do before releasing the bodies to the loved ones where they may be interred at the wishes of their family members. another thing we should tell you about and this happened some 20 plus minutes ago. we chose not to reveal it that indeed the hurricane ida has made landfall. we felt we should stay with the dignity and solemnity of this particular dignified transfer. it has made landfall just a few moments ago. 20 minutes or so ago. bill came and whispered it to me at the moment that it made landfall. let's go to bill, if we can now. he's joining me again in studio. port fourchon is the point. >> no one is there. it's an oil port. this is the satellite view and this clear spot shows you the eye of the storm. you can see it went right over the top there. now it'sgoing over. it's going to hit inland. this is when the destruction is going to begin. i just looked at the power outage r

. >> do you have any timing when you believe the aircraft with the remains will arrive at dover? >> i don't. and, as you might imagine, we're -- the services are in contact with the families, and they'll notify the families through the casualty assistance case officers, and i think i want to respect that process. as you know, sadly, from covering this for so long, lita, usually the process doesn't take that long. >> will the president and secretary go to dover to meet the families of the fallen? >> i don't have any schedule announcements to make, but we're all mindful of the importance of any return of fallen members and certainly these included but i don't have any things to announce. tony? >> any on the 17 that landed in landstuhl? >> i don't have an update on the wounded. the last count i had was 20 of them had gone to landstuhl. the remaining, there were some additional wounded but they were treated on site and returned to duty. as you know, we don't usually get into the details of wounded even anonymously. we don't talk about that. >> whether most are stable -- >> we just do