yes, as ou at dover air force earlier. yes, as you mention. _ at dover air force earlier. ntion, 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 out

alert looking live at president biden and first lady jill biden greeting service members at the dover air forcellowing the dignified transfer of 13 american heroes at dover air force base in dover delaware 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 internatio

you saw him earlier climbing the stairs of air force one as they headed to dover air force base in delawarea dignified transfer that's expected to last about two hours given there are 13 families that are there. 11 of them have agreed to have media coverage of that. that is something that has only been in practice since about 2009 when the pentagon started allowing that. each family has the right to say whether or not they would like that to be covered. 11 of the 13 families have. all 13 families are there as the president is meeting with them behind closed doors. we should note during this dignified transfer, it is a very somer time, the president's first time doing it since taking office. he attended some of these dignified transfers as vice president, i think was at one during his final months as vice president. this is the first one for him since taking office. he's spending several hours there. this is something where the president is going to be meeting with these families and talking to them for the first time since they actually got this news. he will later return to the white house

. >> president biden is on his way to dover air force base it sounds like. >> reporter: president biden 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

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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

there we see on the tarmac air force one and, of course, the president and first lady will be getting out of the presidential motorcade there to board the plane and take off for dover air force base. nbc correspondent heidi. it is a difficult day for and thursday was perhaps the worst day of his presidency so far with the attack that claimed the lives of the 13 u.s. service men. talk about what he faces today. >> yeah, alex, he is really in the eye of several storms here. and on such a solemn day. we are just now getting the names for instance of the service members and the president is indeed headed to dover air force base with a flank of top aides and the first lady, dr. jill biden. he is getting a briefing this morning before he left from top senior military and national security experts about the situation in afghanistan. he has told officials on the ground there that they should not go to the airport. they're telling the embassy there that the situation there is just too dangerous, alex. we're in this short time frame where yesterday we were told that there is an imminent threat to that base and to the airport there over the next 24 to 36 hours. that has not d

life-threatening during a visit to fina headquarters hours earlier the president traveled to dover air forcein a suicide attack we are live at the white house with more. reporter: the president is pledging the full weight of the federal government with tens of millions along the gold coast better for indoor nervous or don't know what is next with this category four hurricane. hurricane ida will be a long road maybe days or weeks or months to rebuild. the president did spend some time with fema officials to get a full briefing on hurricane ida pummeling the gulf coast the white house focusing obviously on the louisiana don't forget mississippi and alabama right now according to the president the government has shipped three.5 million meals and two.5 million liters of water down to the coast. >> this will be a devastating hurricane. a life-threatening storm. so all love you in mississippi in the wheezing and a god knows maybe further east, take precautions. take it seriously. take it very seriously. reporter: earlier the commander-in-chief turned into the comforter in chief spending several ho

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'

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 hammering him a

i know he will be getting updates be it onboard air force one or actually at dover air force base before he returns to washington. heidi, thank you so much for that. >>> such a busy news day, everyone. we will keep watching the approach of hurricane ida and bring you more reports from the region where the storm surge could be the biggest problem there. we'll take you back with bill karins for more on the forecast in just a second. just a second paul loves food. but his diabetes made food a mystery. everything felt like a “no.” but then paul went from no to know. with freestyle libre 14 day, now he knows how food affects his glucose. and he knows when to make different choices. take the mystery out of your glucose levels - and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free. visit freestylelibre.us ♪♪ the snapshot app from progressive rewards you for driving safe and driving less. okay, what message did you hear this time? safe drivers can save using snapshot? -what's snapshot? -what the commercial was about. -i tune commercials out. -me too. they're always like blah, blah blah. tell me abo

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

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

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

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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

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

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

ally have youal lee reports on the transfer of remains at dover air force base in delaware. >> reporterervice members killed in kabul this week arriving home to the united states in flag-draped cases. among them, 23-year-old marine sergeant 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'd post. the president himself no stranger to grief and loss at times bowed his head and closed his eyes. he and the first lady along with the secretary of defense, state, and joint chiefs fwat erred with families at dover air force base for hours. sunday's transfer, biden's first as commander in chief. a weight born by presidents before him. >>> joining us white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. good morning. good to see you. that's a solemn duty a president can perform being at discover yesterday to greet the cases as they came from afghanistan. we have 24 hours or less until the full american withdrawal from afghanistan, what are some of the fears and c

remains were returned to dover air force base, and there are warnings of more attacks as the administrationmove the military and afghanistanis from that region. >> reporter: a service was held at dover air force base 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 rem

there, first lady walking up the stairs of air force one which likely means the dignified transfer has already occurred, the bodies have already arrived at doverhe bodies have arrived and that joe biden is now preparing to fly back to washington d.c. just wanted to explain what's going on. okay, excuse me, joint base andrews, enroute to dover. so they have not. he's enroute to dover, short flight which means bodies arriving imminent as well. my mistake. but, joey, to the question that will raised, when there is such a high level and there is so much at stake, there were other eras where generals and others would own that mistake or stand up to to politics and others who were manging poor positions -- making poor positions, put their careers on the line -- rachel: but, joey, can i just add and maybe you can speak to this as well, under the trump presidency there were lots of people who quit because they were so principled that they had to leave the administration. here we have one of the greatest, as pete said, debacles, this is the most humiliating retreat that will have, that has already had deadly consequences, and now it's putting more amer

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

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

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. >>> president biden and the first lady are heading to dover air force base to view the dignified transfer of the remains of the 13s u.s. service members killed in thursday's attack after this touching scene out of the nation's capital last night. the 13 were honored for the candlelight vigil. hundreds gathered in alexandria, virginia. photos of all the troops killed in the blast at the kabul airport. four of these service members were from california. among those lives lost a marine corps sergeant from sacramento, nicole gee was just 23 years old. she posted a photo to her instagram of herself in uniform holding a baby in kabul captioning it, quote, i love my job. she posted that days before her death. in a gofundme post nicolle's sister said, quote, i always said she was the absolute light of my life and i would do anything for her. she was my best friend, my partner in this crazy life and absolute hero. there are no words that will express how much she will be missed. >>> and as the around-the-clock effort to get people out of afghanistan continues one bay area family is relieved this m

president biden and the first lady arriving at dover air force bed as the bodies of the service people killed in kabul arrive home. julia macfarlane is covering the story for us from london. good morning, julia. >> reporter: good morning, eva. that's right, we are entering the last two days before that withdrawal deadline, but the risk is not letting up. as you say, the president warning there could be another attack on the airport even as the final evacuations take place. overnight, a new alert issued to americans around kabul airport citing a specific credible threat to security. the embassy warning u.s. citizens should avoid traveling to the airport and avoid all airport gates at this time. president biden issuing an urgent warning that another terrorist attack remains highly likely, and the pentagon echoing that danger as the final withdrawal of u.s. troops is under way. the circumstances on the ground as dire as ever. >> the threats are still very real. they're very dynamic and we are monitoring them literally in realtime. >> reporter: this comes after the u.s. carried out a drone

the transfer of the fallen troops was hold at dover air force base. before the transfer, the president privately met with the families of the fallen. president biden is facing mounting pressure to extend the august 31st deadline to get u.s. citizens and afghan allies out of the country. experts also say security is deteriorating and another attack could come any time. >> we will do everything possible to keep people safe, but the risk is very high. >> the pentagon says the us air strike took out an isis vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers in kabul this morning. evacuations at the kabul airport continue under tight security. >>> a dublin family is relieved and grateful after ten relatives got out of afghanistan alive. >> reporter: this is video shot by the family as they slowly made their way to waiting planes on the tarmac at the kabul airport. very soon they will all be here in the bay area with her. >> my whole family on the way, my mom, my dad, my two brothers, my sister-in-law, my nephew and my younger sister. >> reporter: all ten were able

president biden watched as they arrived at dover air force base.kingo leave th country remain in afghanistan. every leaf mission is taking shape in the east bay to help afghan refugee families who are trying to come to the bay area. cornell barnard has details on the community effort including an update on a local nonprofit's fight to get employees out of afghanistan. >> the purpose is to show them we care. >> a strategy session at the islamic and cultural community center. how to help refugees escaping afghanistan. he says his phone is ringing 40 -- is ringing 24/7 with desperate calls from friends and family. >> please get us out of this country. our hands are tied. >> these volunteers cannot help afghan's escape but they can assist families who are able to make it to the area. >> we don't how many people are coming. we want to be prepared. >> with all the necessities to help traumatized families who may be starting from zero. >> we would like to offer them compassion but also language services, our homes, showing them around. not just the neighb

i was at dover air force base with a dignified transfer. we owe them and their families a debt of gratitude we can never repay, but we should never ever forget. in april, i made a decision to end this war. part of that decision, we set the date of august that he first for american troops to withdraw. the assumption was that more than 300,000 afghan national security forces that we had trained over the past two decades and equipped would be a strong adversary in the civil wars with the taliban. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold on for a period of time beyond military drawdown, turned out not to be accurate. but i still instructed our national security team to prepare for every eventuality, and that is what we did. so we were ready when the afghan security forces, after two decades of fighting for their country, and losing thousands of their own, did not hold on as long as anyone expected. we were ready when they come up the people of afghanistan, watched their own government collapse in their president flee ami

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

delight ♪ ♪ ayy, that's how we do, ♪ ♪ how we do, fancy like, oh ♪ jacqui: moving images from dover air force-draped transfer cases being greeted by the president, members of his cabinet, as we all remember the immense sacrifice that those individuals made on behalf of our country. wisconsin republican congressman and marine corps veteran joins us now, congressman mike gallagher, you're on the armed services committee in the house and you have had the ability to get briefed on where things stand in terms of this operation as we're winding down. i understand this retrograde period to be one of the most dangerous portions of this process. can you tell us what you've received so far at the briefings from state department, pentagon, administration officials and where things stand over the next couple of days? >> well, i think there's been a recognition that the next 48 hours leading up to the august 31st surrender date are incredibly dangerous. we have multiple threat streams, active plotting against our forces there and so we need to monitor the situation extremely closely. we have been unsucces

first lady jill biden joined the president at dover air force base to grieve with the loved ones as theignified transfer of remains unfolded. 11 marines, one army soldier, one navy corpsman paid the ultimate sacrifice there the oldest was just 31 years old. five were just 20. as old as the war itself. all of the fallen heroes have now been identified. they are marine corps lance corporal david lee espinoza of rio bravo, texas. marine corps sergeant nicole gee of sacramento, california. marine corps staff sergeant darin hoover of salt lake city, utah. marine corps lance corporal kareem nikoui of norco, california. army staff sergeant ryan knauss of corrington, tennessee. maureen corps corporal hunter lopez of i understandio, california. marine corps lance corporal rylee mccollum of jackson, wyoming. marine corps lance corporal dylan more roll la of. california. dagen page omaha, nebraska. marine corps sergeant johnny row zaraio prix charred dough of lawrence, massachusetts. humberto sanchez of logans port. gerald schmitz of saint charles, missouri. and navy hospitalman corpsman maxton so

acknowledge the families of the fallen soldiers who were just brought back home to dover air force basen casket draped coffins so he wanted us to remember that while he has a handle on that horrible disaster and he's now thanking fema efforts there in d.c. for all their hard work. he said he has signed emergency declarations for the states of louisiana and mississippi and that equipment and personnel, resources are being supplied by the government, 2.5 million meals, 3 million gallons of water, generators are in place and he is also working with governor edwards as well in terms of post storm preparations as you heard governor john bel edwards earlier say that residents in louisiana, stay in place, don't go out and also not just while the storm is overhead or on the way or overhead but even after because that's where a lot of problems will remain with power lines down, don't walk in or drive into flooded streets because you don't know what lies beneath. so a lot going on here. it seems that all leaders seem to have a handle on it and they're also calling on residents to look out for the

i was just at dover air force base for the dignified transfer we owe them and their families a debt of gratitude we can never repay but we should never, ever, ever forget. in april, i made a decision to end this war. as part of that decision, we set the date of august 31st for american troops to withdraw. the assumption was that more than 300,000 afghan national security forces that we had trained over the past two decades and equipped would be a strong adversary in their civil wars with the taliban. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold often for a period of time beyond military draw-down turned out not to be accurate. but i still

stavrides about the enormous sack sfiss and president biden's encounter with family members at dover air forcee how emotional it was, what a powerful moment on sunday to see those servicemembers, the remains come off the plane, president biden was there. i wonder, peter, how the white house behind the scenes is responding to frankly some of the criticism that the president has gotten from a couple families who spoke with for example "the washington post," other outlets about their feelings on this. >> in the simplest of terms, they believe there is nothing any commander in chief can say to the families of the fallen other than to pay his respects and express his sympathies and that's what president biden did on sunday when he went to dover air force base to welcome back those fallen heroes there, but there were some tense moments we're learning about from new reporting from "the washington post" about the conversations that happened behind the scenes, including one between the father of jared schmitz, lance corporal with the marines, just a young man who died among those 13 americans killed se

president biden paying his respects to the fallen at dover air force base over the weekend as 13 families grieve a devastating loss. >> it's going to be hard to go on without him. but we know he died doing exactly what he wanted to do. he went out husband way. the biden administration says more than 122,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan. u.s. officials vowing to help keep getting people out by land even after all troops have gone. alice barr, nbc news. >> there are new developments in the coronavirus. europe might be a no-fly zone for american tourists. today the european union recommended that americans coming into europe might be blocked because of the surge in covid infections. keep in mind this is a recommendation. countries in the eu can still set their own restrictions. the actual rules will be different depending on where you want to go. last week the united states averaged 152,000 new cases daily. cases haven't been that high since early february. >> because the pandemic we've responded to a lot of tricky travel complaints each week. >> it's a $300 problem, and we're

. >> reporter: a solemn, heartbreaking day at dover air force base in delaware. pausing to mourn, to honor their sacrifice. marine lance corporal david espinoza, just 20 years old. marine sergeant nicole gee, 23 years old. days before her death she was featured in this photo, cradling an afghan baby at the kabul airport, writing on instagram, "i love my job." marine staff sergeant darin taylor hoover from salt lake city. at 31 the oldest. his father calling him one heck of a leader. army staff sergeant ryan knauss, 23. marine corporal hunter lopez, 22. marine lance corporal rylee mccollum, 20, of jackson, wyoming was just weeks away from becoming a father. marine lance corporal dylan merola, 20. marine lance corporal kareem nikoui, 20, from norco, california. his father saying he did not hesitate to be called to duty. marine corporal daegan william tyler page, 23. marine sergeant johanny rosario pichardo, 25. marine corporal humberto sanchez, 22. marine lance corporal jared schmitz, 20. navy corpsman maxton soviak, 22, his father told a reporter that in the last

dignified transfer of 13 service members killed in thursday's suicide bombing in kabul took place at dover air force base. the president and first lady jill biden watched the arrival of the flag-draped remains. last week's attack was the deadliest for the u.s. military in afghanistan in more than a decade. >>> in afghanistan a u.s. official confirms as many as five rockets were fired toward the main airport in kabul. the military's anti-projectile system was fired to intercept those rockets. it's not clear if any of them were hit. the news came just hours after officials say a u.s. drone targeted a dangerous vehicle near the airport, an indication america's final scheduled 24 hours in afghanistan will not be easy or safe. here's abc's ian pannell. >> reporter: with less than 48 hours to go, smoke rising outside kabul airport as the u.s. strikes isis-k militants for the second time. the military revealing an unmanned drone struck a vehicle near kabul airport, eliminating an imminent isis-k threat. the vehicle believed to be carrying a substantial amount of explosive material. an afghan official telli

earlier this morning on msnbc, we showed the president's motorcade getting on andrews air force base and going to doverlace. can you give -- and i'm putting you on the spot here, so, you know, yell at me. can you give viewers an insight into what is happening right now between the president and the families. >> it's, you know, it's a tradition that is, unfortunately, you know, a very long and studied one. it's one that all american presidents particularly over the past 20 years have gone through. i think even president maybe once went to dover. but this is a very solemn occasion. you've had the air force -- and you have troops and service-members there who have put such an 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

i remember hearing from my father-in-law that this was toughest part of his job, to go to dover air force joey, i want to go to you because for our viewers, i want to get a sense, do the families harp there, do they -- that were there, do they get to interact with the president and first lady? what happens for them, what does a day like today, what is it possibly like for them? >> i'm not really sure as far as the protocol there at dover. i know, you know, the ceremonies at arlington are are quite amazing to experience. but at that point, you're still mourning, but usually those are several weeks later. i've not been to dover to see it firsthand, but from the gold star families that i know, it's such a whirlwind when this first happens. from the time you're notified to the time they bring the body home, and then you schedule the funeral wherever it's going to be, sometimes the transportation, you know, they show up in the town that you live in, the vfw or the biker, can't remember what they're called now, the a patriot are guard will bring the casket through, the body through. what i'm ge

president biden and the first lady joined the families of those service members at dover air force basehe somber, dignified transfer service those 13 brave men and women include -- >>> we are now entering the final stretch of evacuations in afghanistan. yesterday u.s. military forces carried out another drone strike, this time targeting a car with an isis-k fighter inside pentagon officials believe the car may have been filled with explosives and headed toward the kabul airport. the situation is growing increasingly dire. we also know the white house is confirming another rocket attack at the kabul airports where operations went uninterrupted. what can you tell us >> reporter: that's right. good morning well, this morning there were early reports of five rockets being intercepted by a missile defense system, rockets that were aimed at kabul's airport once again well, now the white house this morning issued a statement saying that president biden was briefed about the alleged attack, but the operations there went on. and this is only part of an escalation of violence, as you were mention

i was just a dover air force base. for the dignified transfer. we owe them in their families, a debt of gratitude. we can never repay, but we should never, ever, ever forget. in april, i made a decision to end this war. as part of that decision, we set the date of august 31st for american troops to withdraw. this sumption was that more than 300000 african national security forces that we had trained over the past 2 decades and equipped would be a strong adversary in their civil wars with a tale bond. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold on for a period of time beyond military draw down, turned out not to be accurate. but i still instructed our nasa security team to prepare for every eventuality, even that one. and that's what we did. so we were ready when the ap can security forces after 2 decades of fighting for their country and losing thousands of their own did not hold on as long as anyone expected. we are ready when they the people of afghanistan, watch their own government collapse, and the president flea made th

i was just a dover air force base. for the dignified transfer. we owe them in their families, a debt of gratitude. we can never repay, but we should never, ever, ever forget. in april, i made a decision. the end of the war is part of that decision. we set the date of august 31st for american troops to withdraw. this sumption was that more than 300000 african national security forces that we had trained over the past 2 decades and equipped would be a strong adversary in their civil wars with a tale bond. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold on for a period of time beyond military drop down turned out not to be accurate. but i still instructed our national security team to prepare for every eventuality, even that one. and that's what we did. so we were ready when the ap can security forces after 2 decades of fighting for their country and losing thousands of their own and not whole lot as long as anyone expected. we are ready when they, the people of afghanistan, watch their own government collapse. and the president, fl

the president first lady are traveling to dover air force base in delaware as the fallen troops remains returned to us soil, the president will be there for a dignified transfer movement, a military ritual of receiving the remains of fallen troops killed in foreign combat. meanwhile, on sunday, pope francis expressed great worry about the situation and afghanistan after the traditional sunday blessing earlier today, the pope spoke from saint peter's square, thanking those who are helping and asking the faithful to intensify their prayers for those who are suffering especially the women and children. now this morning the u.s. embassy in afghanistan is asking all americans to avoid the kabul airport due to a specific credible threat to the warning comes as top officials caution another terror attack is likely in the next 24 to 36 hours, which would be the second attack targeting the airport in less than a week. the pentagon carried out a drone strike against isis fighters in afghanistan's nangarhar province on friday. retaliating against islamic state militants who claimed responsibility

us troops in a decade and the bodies of those soldiers were transferred back home on sunday to dover air force base among those paying their respects with the u. s. president job widen . however, when later quizzed by the press about the crisis, he refused to answer ultimately sparking outrage online. so any questions or go ahead and ask janice and i'm not going to give you this man runs at the mention of being held accountable. and so the issues that he beg responsibility for joe, no questions, biden biden has no clue what's going on. he won't answer any questions on gadson because he can't answer any questions and get instant he's not all there mentally. time for him to resign. i'm not supposed to answer questions, isn't he the boss who is running this show? 10 of the dead from the canvas. pendleton military base in california. dozens of people have been laying wreaths of flowers. the dead comprise of 9 marines under salem, most of them in the early twenties and those paying that respects well, some of them are demanding answers. government let him down. the leaders feel this through through