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. >> mike, stand by once again, john brennan, former cia director still with me, as i understand it and director brennan. you have spent a lot of time inside the situation room over the years where the president right now is being briefed and monitoring the situation. what's going on inside that room? >> well, it's a very dynamic situation right now outside the airport in kabul and so i know that president biden is going to be seeking a lot of information. what's the status of what we know about the attack? do we have confirmation on casualties? what do we know about additional threats that we might be seeing that isis-k and others might try to launch? what's the status of our negotiations in talking with the taliban? what are they trying to do to mitigate other threats? how long will the evacuation flights be disrupted as a result of this attack? what are we going to be doing in terms of trying to expedite the departure of american citizens and others, and so i'm sure he's getting realtime information. they probably have a feed from afghanistan in terms of the inside of the situation r

. >>> later on today a retired admiral joins former cia director john brennan with perspective on the bombing and dangers ahead this weekend. it's at 7:00 a.m. after "today in the bay." >>> a follow-up on the gas leak in downtown san jose. nearly everyone now back in their homes. so this all started wednesday morning. not ending until about 10:30 last night. 300 homes off limits. video from our sky ranger showing you crews working on park and race street. pg&e says that independent contractors damaged two gas lines. one man forced to evacuate his home says he ended up staying at a local marriott on the city's dime and was allowed to go back home to get some of the essentials. >> we went back for the meds and i was able to grab my mouth wash, deodorant, toothpaste and necessities like that. a couple pieces of clothes. >> it's not clear if the contractor is facing any kind of penalty for causing the gas leak. >>> all 50 stateses have a high video transmission rate. according to a model from the university of washington, but health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly eve

john brennan for all his flaws, warned the fbi three days in advance there, is a big distraction aboutte peddling of manufactured information, that is own category of sleaziness. what durham is looking at, maybe the law enforcement, the intelligence communities use of this. not just using false information but knowingly using false information. that is when you start to get into the world of criminality where you talk about audit services fraud, wire fraud or obstruction of justice. we have a period of time where the doj, i'm sorry the fbi general counsel manufactured, changed the meaning of an email to help the fbi spy on the trump camp. these are headliners in any other administration. elizabeth: -- wiretap. that is a fisa wiretap. this is a secret fisa court meant for terrorists that was politicized and possible perjury charges too. they were misled, the fisa court was misled by the fbi here. fbi officials rather. we should talk about that john brennan meeting quickly with president obama warning obama that you know, that the hrc was distracting from her email scandal. right away th

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longest the great clock has been off-duty and 170 years, so it is with great satisfaction that john brennanhe pendulum to set the park going again -- clock going again. [ringing] nancy: this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the death following yesterday's devastating bomb attack at kabul airport has arisen to 117. there is heightened taliban security around the airport. spain is the latest nation t announce its operation has concluded. the u.s. says there are more than 5000 people inside the airport waiting for flights out. afghans clean the crisis are arriving in northern france. joining those who fled the taliban in the past few months. president macron says more than 2000 afghans are deemed at risk and among the people france evacuated on military flights. those flights are do to today, although the french government says they are taking a prudent approach. lucy williamson has been speaking to afghans. >> among the regulars lining up for lunch at a well-known migrant camp, a new face. he arrived here a week ago after getting on a french evacuation flight from kabul airport. >> at the a

as john brennan said, we're going to have to work with the taliban. think world war ii we worked with stalin in order to overcome the nazis. this is not dissimilar we have to find ways to keep eyes on, intelligence in afghanistan, we have to be able to go over the horizon and conclude, as president biden said, never forgive, never forget another saying is revenge is a dish best eaten cold let's focus on getting out of kia airport. job next is finding isis-k and putting them at the bottom of the indian ocean alongside bin laden. >> and that leads me exactly to where i wanted to head with the former cia director among us, john brennan the president said we won't forgive or forget. we will retaliate. in practical terms, what could that mean? >> well, we still have some intelligence assets that we can use in terms of overhead collection capabilities. i know that u.s. intelligence officers continue to run sources inside afghanistan so what we're trying to do now, i'm certain, is to understand where the isis leadership resides, where these oppositions are,

joining us now former cia director and nbc senior national security analyst john brennan is here, plusucky for us an msnbc military analyst. director brennan, first your thoughts to what you are seeing? >> well, nicolle, it is heartbreaking to see this disaster unfolding in afghanistan. the accelerated momentum of taliban forces and the collapse of the afghan government forces, and clearly the administration was caught by surprise at just how fast this was unfolding. because they're now redeploying troops back into the country. i think what the biden administration, unfortunately, badly underestimated was the psychological impact that the decision to leave and in an accelerated rate was going to have on the afghan people. i think it emboldened the taliban. it, i think, undermined the government forces and sapped their motivation. so we see this domino effect in terms of the provincial capitals that are falling. so now, as you point out, i think the biden administration has some real tough decisions to make as far as what they're going to do to prevent the possible fall of kabul in a ve

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former cia director john brennan. former congresswoman donna edwards.bout what you see as the challenges over the next week if the president and the united states are, indeed, going to meet this deadline. >> well, i think to continue the lines open to the airport so that afghans who want to leave and are able to leave in terms of being eligible can get on those flights. it is clear that there's been a very significant increase in the number of individuals who are being evacuated, which is great news. that's why i think the president was quite reasonable but also quite practical in terms of saying he's going to stay focused on the 31 august deadline, but that contingency plans will be made in the event there may be some disruption, maybe taliban instigated, or the fact we just can't get everybody out by the august 31st deadline. >> john hudson, how big is the challenge facing the u.s. over the next week? >> it is a massive challenge. one of the things to consider is what the taliban said earlier today, which is that they're not going to allow any more af

. >> well, on the plus side, as john brennan said today, that it was not a state department official. it was not conferring the legitimacy on them. it was a cia operative in this case, a former diplomat, of course, now working for the cia. so it was intelligence official to taliban leader. more of an equal status there. one thing i thought was very striking in the president's speech today. they have been saying, at the state department, the white house, the justification is the mission was accomplished. the original mission was to make sure that afghanistan could never again become a haven for terrorists. but the rationale for getting out by august 31st is that there is a real risk from the u.s. from isis k which is a splinter group of isis because we with drew too quickly and had to go back in so it is inconsistent that anyone really believes that afghanistan will not be a haven for terrorists. there are still al qaeda remnants. all the worst of the worst prisoners were released from bagram prisons and kabul by the taliban as they made their lightning strike through to the capital to

. >>> later on "today" a retired admiral joins john brennan with a perspective on the bombing and dangers head this weekend at 7:00 a.m. after "today in the bay." >>> a follow-up on the gas leak in downtown san jose. nearly everyone now back in their homes. so this all started wednesday morning not until about 10:30 last night they were able to return to their homes. more than 300 homes were off limits as pg&e worked to fix the damaged lines. video from our sky ranger showing you those crews working at park and race streets. pg&e says an independent contractor damaged two gas lines, one man forced to evacuate his home. he was allowed to go back and get essentials. >> we went back for meds and i was able to grab mouth wash, deodorant, toothpaste a couple pieces of clothes. >> it's not clear if the contractor is facing any kind of penalty for causing the leak. >>> the alameda court issuing a vaccine mandate for employees that need to be fully vaccinated by november 4th or face regular covid testing. oakland is considering a mandate. if approved they will have until october 15th to report th

at that time according to john brennan the cia director only 700 isis terrorists left in the countrybritain and they spread their ten kills around the world and carried out 129 attacks that killed 2,000 people. remember charlie hebdo, the nightclub the blowing up of the brussels airport. they carried out attacks all across the world. joe biden says we have this over the horizon capability? first of all we don't have any intelligence on the ground anymore. we don't have any afghans who are going to tell us where the terrorists are. even if we did it's a land locked country. every other country he named has coast line. there is no coast line in afghanistan. the only way to get to afghanistan is over pakistan or over iran. we are basically back where we were on 9/11 where our only option was to fire $2 million missile into a $2 tent and hate camel in the butt. we have no capability to knock down this threat when it rises up again. >> bret: that was a good quote back then. guys, i ran out of time. have a great weekend. thanks a lot. when we come back, "notable quotables." ♪ ♪ (naj) at fi

ken delanian has been digging into this story, and also john brennan, and clint watts who worked as consultantthe fbi counterterrorism vision. good to see you all. ken, i want to start there. the taliban security chief is a u.s. designated terrorist, and yet we are relying on them for security. >> it is an awful situation, chris. the united states doesn't have a lot of good options now. it is not that we are relying on the taliban, more that the u.s. will take good intelligence about terrorists anywhere spies can get it. it may be in the taliban's interest to provide information about isis-k. now, the irony is you mentioned and we have been reporting, the taliban head of security in kabul is himself a terrorist. kalil hakani, he has a $5 million reward on his head from the state department. he is the brother of the founder of the hakani network, extremist brand of the taliban that runls an organized crime family. unlike the taliban, the hakani network is designated a terrorist organization. they kidnapped and held americans, have ties with al qaeda and pakistani intelligence. chris, this under

we have got to be quick.av does that mean that you agree withag former cia director john brennan who we spoke with in the last half hour that that agreement that the trump administration penned with taliban was fundamentally flawed? >> yes, absolutely i agree with director brennan. it was fundamentally flawed because the first part of it they cut the government of afghanistan that we have been propping up for over 19 years out of the negotiations. they were angry, furious that they f weren't part of the negotiations. and saying we will talk to them later is absolutely ludicrous. i think to a certain extent the previous administrationt wante to giant grand deal to show they could bring peace to afghanistan and get u.s. forces out of there. the taliban are a tribal religious force. i know. i meet with one of the last people to see osama bin laden alive before he went to pakistan. a local imam. and the only reason he spoke to me becausest was i could speak arabic and read the koran and pray with him. this is them. blind cultural ignorance that led to us doing all thee shooting and not w

. >> john brennan, formerering director of the cia, and peter baker, just so experienced "new york times" colleague, thank you. >>> up next, the search for survivors. nearly 1,300 people dead in haiti. thousands more missing after that powerful earthquake. you're watching "andrew mitchell reports" on msnbc. t, it's mo it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪♪ ♪ ♪ i had the nightmare again maxine. the world was out of wonka bars... relax. you just need digital workflows. they help keep everyone supplied and happy, proactively. let's workflow it. then you can stop having those nightmares. no, i would miss them too much. whatever you business is facing... let's workflow it. servicenow. we've got you taken care of, sgt. houston. thank you. that was fast! one call to usaa got her a tow, her claim paid... ...and even her grandpa's dog tags back. get a quote. find your rhythm. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. [♪♪] if

. >> my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but "andrea mitchell reports" does start right now. >>> and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with breaking reports out of afghanistan. two separate bombings one near the southeastern abbey gate where thousands of people have been waiting to gain entry and escape taliban rule and the second at the nearby baron hotel. taliban news saying 13 people were killed some of them children by the suicide attack. two u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news while they have no attribution for today's suspected attack, the assumption is that it was caused by isis-k and considered an adversary of the taliban. president biden has been briefed on the kabul explosion and has been monitoring all of the developments on the security team in

john brennan who at that time was the homeland security adviser was updating him throughout the morning president. imagining the horror of kissing your child in the morning. sending them off to school on the school bus. and then only a few hours later having to identify your child's body, who has been shot multiple times at close range. he felt it was his duty as president to speak to the nation. in these times of tragedy, i had never seen him do this before. blow his cheeks fast he was unsure whether he could keep it together. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings. kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. so our hearts are broken today. this evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do. which is hug our children a little tighter and will tell them that we love them and we will remind each other how deeply

. >> brian, i believe we get to bring into our conversation former cia director john brennan. director brennan, are you with us? >> yes, i am, nicolle. >> i wanted to ask you, we started this conversation on friday. obviously, the horrific images -- not images, the horrific reality of the way the lives of our afghan friends and allies turned this weekend was impossible to not feel horrible about. and i wonder if there was something that bordered i don't care about the consequences. did you hear enough specifics about how and that we're going to make sure we take care of the people that stood with america over the last two decades? >> well, i think the president was emphasizing the rationale for withdrawal of u.s. military forces and he remains resolute as far as the rightness of that decision. and i think that does resonate with the majority of the american people. he spoke a little bit about trying to ensure that those afghans who worked with us are going to get out safely from the country and that military forces will be used to be able to safeguard that evacuation. but ther

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