citizens at the abbey gate, eastgate, northgate now should leave immediately.so being told, daniel, not to go to the airport at all unless they have a specific connection that is going to assure they can get there. i want to play something too that peter doocy, and interaction he had during the white house briefing today about exactly who we are dealing with in trying to get those people to the airport. >> why haven't we heard the president say the united states will not negotiate with terrorists? is that still u.s. policy? >> well, of course it is, peter, but i would also say, there is a reality that the taliban is currently controlling large swaths of afghanistan. that is a reality on the ground. >> shannon: so daniel, you have been in the field, you have been on the front lines of these situations. what do you make of where we are tonight? >> it's just extraordinarily frustrating. we've got a threat to our people there, americans in afghanistan, not just in kabul, they are in an isa school zone right now, and what we should be able to dt and also have a plan

i was incarcerated in heart mountain, wyoming about 60 miles from the eastgate of yellowstone national park. i was 11 came came out at 14 years old. so basically three years and three months. i'll show you some illustration. this is by estelle peck. she was married to a japanese person so she came into the camp. she wrote the book lone heart mountain and this is some illustration of it. here is a hot pot belly stove we had cold fed into it and her california. they fed oil into it and arkansas. they used wood as a few. so those are some of the of the camps. by the way, we use all military terminology. so we lived in barracks and then we ate at the mess hall. so we're fed three meals a day. this is what really broke broke up our family unity. as a family we sometimes eat breakfast together, but by lunch time and dinner time, forget it we're regulated by the dinner gong anytime. we heard the dinner gone. we ran to the missile lined up eight then went out to play or went to school so we didn't have chance to discuss family matters over the dinner table because we didn't eat together. and t

those at the abbey gate, eastgate, northgate should leave immediately. as you mentioned with two explosions and gunfire breaking out that is nothing short of coordinated it send as very clear message to not only americans but the thousands of afghan allies they will not get to the airport lest they should lose their lives. this complicated the situation with the state department trying to get americans and allies out. remember yesterday we got a warning about this threat, neil, from secretary of state antony blinken. here is a little bit of what he said yesterday. listen. >> we're operating in a hostile environment, in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution but this is very high-risk. reporter: high-risk indeed. now yesterday the secretary also telling us, neil, there are about 1500 americans they were looking at, 500 of whom they were in direct contact with. a thousand or less they were aggressively pursuing contact with. we do not know the latest status on the 5

to threats outside kabul airport us citizens should avoid traveling to the airport, those at the eastgate or northgate, these frenetic evacuations continue but get into the airport has remained a huge challenge for afghans hoping to secure a ticket out of the country and we don't know how many americans remain in afghanistan. state department settled on this estimate of 1500 people yesterday and among them may be a group of families from california. >> march of this year we spent 19 separate messages, encouraging and urging them to leave the country. there could be others who never unrolled and have not identified themselves to us. >> evacuation operations at the couple airport have to end relatively soon to the forces enough time to get themselves out ahead of next week's deadline. what happens then? >> the deadline -- >> reporter: as for this new terror threat at the airport reuters says that came from the british armed forces minister who will only say it is in his words severe. jillian: we will stay on that news and if we get more information we will pass it along and we are continuin

citizens at the airport who are at the eastgate, northgate, or ministry of interior gate should leavemmediately. two key allies, britain and france, and it evacuations at the airport which crowds continue to reach as they seek to flee the taliban. french officials blame the rapid disengagement of the american forces for the lack of security. well, we bring in the senior pentagon correspondent for defense to explain to us what is going on this morning in afghanistan. tara, good morning. guest: good morning. host: we know the u.s. imposed deadline to leave afghanistan comes up on tuesday. is the u.s. on track to actually finish operations by tuesday? guest: i have talked about this with multiple a fenced officials -- defense officials and they have options. they could, like france and great britain, decide to get out early or they could use up until the very last minute kabul time and wrap up as we are waking up to get everyone they possibly can out. what we have been told is that even as they get those final troops and equipment out any available space for civilians, they will put some

tweeted due to threats outside the kabul airport, they avoid traveling to the airport, those at eastgately. they rescue 500 to 1500 americans estimated to be in the country right now, the last evacuation flights according to reports, 13,400 evacuated the last 24 hours, the vice president spoke overnight in vietnam on this. the president is speaking to the august 30 first withdrawal deadline asking for contingency plans to the mission not be complete by then and the president will meet with the israeli prime minister. there is continued friction between the leaders punishes like the plan to revive the iran nuclear deal, to expand west bank settlements the president exposes and this agreement over president biden's ambitions to open a consulate in jerusalem but regional to billy concerns are in full view with the fall of the afghan government, they are speaking optimistically about the meeting, bennett planning to offer a new vision on iran by strengthening ties with arab countries. stuart: got it all. tomorrow reportedly the last day for european airlift out of afghanistan. greg has the l

those at the abbey gate, eastgate, or northgate should leave immediately.ewspapers reports there are about 1500 u.s. citizens remaining in afghanistan as the u.s. intensifies the rushed exit. let's go back to our conversation on -- the rush to exit. let's go back to our conversation on mandates. caller: i support. with all due respect to health risks, we need to make that clear. there should be enough of us who do not have significant health risks that take the vaccine to pad them. this vaccine resistance is senseless. the first time you get covid, you are going to run to the hospital for regeneron and a covid cocktail and the same medicine and science you rejected in the first place. that makes no sense. the reward for that should not be overwhelming our hospital system. if a person is unvaccinated, i do not believe they should be prioritized over a person having a heart attack or who has broken a leg and cannot get medical attention. it is senseless and irresponsible. host: joe, georgia. you oppose. caller: thank you for taking my call. i oppose. we have

citizens at the airport who are at the eastgate, northgate, or ministry of interior gate should leavemmediately. two key allies, britain and france, and it evacuations at the airport which crowds continue to reach as they seek to flee the taliban. french officials blame the rapid disengagement of the american forces for the lack of security. well, we bring in the senior pentagon correspondent for defense to explain to us what is going on this morning in afghanistan. tara, good morning. guest: good morning. host: we know the u.s. imposed deadline to leave afghanistan comes up on tuesday. is the u.s. on track to actually finish operations by tuesday? guest: i have talked about this with multiple a fenced officials -- defense officials and they have options. they could, like france and great britain, decide to get out early or they could use up until the very last minute kabul time and wrap up as we are waking up to get everyone they possibly can out. what we have been told is that even as they get those final troops and equipment out any available space for civilians, they will put some