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let's turn now to natasha bertrand joining me with more on this. natasha, what are you hearing about continuing isis threats to u.s. forces and afghans around the airport? >> yeah, michael. the threat continues to be very acute, according to officials speaking to us and, of course, general mackenzie also made that clear during a press conference today, publicly. he said that the threats range from vehicle-born devices, improvised-explosive devices, to rocket attacks to continued suicide attacks against people stationed outside the airport. against u.s. troops. against afghans trying to get out. now, the u.s. intelligence community has been receiving a steady stream of intelligence about potential terrorist attacks by isis-k over the last week. but that intelligence was not enough, unfortunately, to thwart this attack at the airport. the airport right now according to officials that we have been speaking to it's just completely indefensible. and that is why president biden has made it such a top priority to get troops out -- um -- by tuesday. becaus

natasha bertrand, good to see you. thanks for that update. >>> actually just in the last few minutes, i want to tell you we've learned that british officials say the uk has now entered its final stages of evacuations. the minister of defense saying that the processing facilities inside kabul's baron hotel have closed, and efforts will be focused now on evacuating remaining british nationals and others awaiting departure at the airport. he says the decision reflects the latest understanding of the situation on the ground. the uk has evacuated more than 13,000 people over the last 14 days. >>> we're going to take a break here on the program. when we come back, we'll take a closer look at the bloody and ruthless track record of the terror group claiming responsibility for the kabul attack. we'll be right back. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a l

nat natasha bertrand, thank you so much. and those afghan civilians are in more danger than ever. operation allies refuge is the biden administration's plan to airlift some 20,000 afghan interpreters to safety. so far the u.s. has managed to rescue around 1,000 and that leaves 1,000 more people and their families stuck in the cross hairs. ruheme was one of those afghan interpreters. he knew danger came with the job and he's been trying to get his wife and five kids to safety for years. but he's had an even bigger target on his back ever since u.s. troops started to withdraw. enter retired u.s. army sergeant gerald king. they became fast friends after meeting on the same u.s. army post in 2016. this week raheme and his family finally found safe passage to canada. they goal is now is to live and work here and get closer to their parents. they're with us now. this is such a good news story. great to see you both. gerald, let's start with you. just tell us about the relationship you developed overseas with raheem and the reaction from finding out he's going to get out of harms way. >>

cnn white house reporter natasha bertrand is with us live. natasha, so good to see you. more can you tell us about this embassy evacuation plan? >> yeah, as you said, the biden administration is sending about 3,000 marines and soldiers to afghanistan as well as additional 4,000 to the region to help with that massive evacuation plan to get u.s. diplomats and employees out of kabul and leave only a core diplomatic presence there. in the meantime they are instructing all employees at that embassy in kabul to destroy any sensitive materials, including anything that could be used for propaganda purposes, like american flags, for example. remember, this is not only a diplomatic outpost, it's a very important and major intelligence-gathering center. and so anything that remains there that the taliban could get their hands on could pose a serious national security threat. so burn bins, incinerators are being made available to embassy staff in a real sign that they are concerned that kabul could be isolated within the next two or three days or more optimistically within the next

john harwood and natasha bertrand, thank you both for being with me for this special coverage. natasha, i'll start with you. um, the idea of, because of what happened, they will now do things differently. is that reflected in our reporting? are there going to be changes made to how the mission is carried out because of the threat? >> well, we don't know, yet, chris, how exactly that mission is going to change. obviously, for operational-security reasons, the pentagon has not really wanted to get into details about how they might try to prevent these terrorist attacks. but what they did say today is that president biden, the u.s. administration has been in close touch with the taliban. trying to thwart potential terrorist attacks. obviously, today that did not work. intelligence has been shared with taliban partners on the ground. but clearly, something got through here. something slipped through the cracks. the taliban perimeter on the outside was not able to get -- to prevent this suicide bomber from getting to that checkpoint closer to the airport where u.s. service members we

cnn's natasha bertrand joins us now with details. so, natasha, what more do you know about how the u.s. is dealing with the taliban? >> yeah, anderson. so the top-u.s. commander in afghanistan on the ground in kabul has been communicating with the taliban commander. his counterpart essentially in the taliban at least once a day. trying to ensure that americans are able to get to the airport safely. trying to ensure that there are no major issues with westerners, in particular, getting through and getting to the airport and getting on flights. but that, of course, has had mixed results, right? we are seeing reports of afghans not being allowed to get to the airport, even though u.s. officials say that part of what the u.s. commander there has been discussing with the taliban is to allow those afghans to get to the airport. we're seeing the taliban has essentially set up a perimeter outside the airport. and that seems to be part of the understanding right now between the u.s. and the taliban. that the u.s. stays inside the airport. secu

arlette saenz and natasha bertrand join me now. arlette, what else are we hearing from president biden? i understand he just put out a statement a few moments ago. >> reporter: he did, jim. really this is the most robust statement we've heard from president biden since he was asked about afghanistan on tuesday. in this statement, a paper statement, he announced that he has ordered an additional 5,000 american troops to afghanistan to help with the drawdown of personnel at the embassy and to also help evacuate those afghans who helped americans over the course of that 20-year war. in is in addition to the 3,000 members of the military that he has already deployed to afghanistan. and the president also issued a very strong defense of his decision to withdraw american troops from afghanistan by the end of the month. i want to read you a bit of what the president said. he said when i came to office, i inherited a deal cut by my predecessors in which he invited the taliban to discuss at camp david on the eve of 9/11, 2019, that left the

cnn's natasha bertrand is live in washington with more. earned. >> reporter: yeah, dana, so we're learning that the u.s. intelligence community has been providing the biden administration with new reports with evidence that russia is continuing to interfere in our democracy. and continuing to try to sow chaos ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. this never stopped. this kind of activity ramping up to 2022 as they try to influence our elections one way or another. but one major part is the disinformation campaign surrounding covid and the vaccines. this is something that the russians have seized upon in the last year, particularly in the last several months as the vaccine has become available to try to sow more divisiveness surrounding the vaccine and that is counter to what the booiden administration has been trying to do, getting americans to get the covid shot. so what the russians are doing is a very familiar strategy. they're trying to divide america and sow tensions in society and their tactics are evolving and that is what intelligenc

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. >> natasha bertrand is live in washington with more.l, the president dismissed the idea that he could trust the taliban and now the u.s. is sharing information with them for this airport perimeter security at least. what is the up side to partnering with the taliban and can the u.s. keep it up? essentially it is the least terrible of all of the terrible options the americans have for security at that airport. >> that's right. it is basically the lesser of all evils. what we're seeing right now is really a relationship of convenience between the u.s. and the taliban, this is why the cia director went to afghanistan earlier this week, to talk about the security situation at the airport. obviously the highest ranking administration official to go to afghanistan and sit down with his taliban counterpart to talk specifically about the security situation and about the withdrawal. so clearly this is very important to the biden administration, just having this relationship with the taliban to make sure that they maintain that perimeter around t

natasha bertrand has this story. she joins us now.o vladimir putin. >> reporter: and after more than two dozen russian entities were sanctioned in the spring over their election interference in 2020. so, clearly the russians have not really gotten the message here. and president biden made deliberate mention of the russian efforts to sew chaos and disinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms. a few weeks ago in his remarks to the intelligence community, kind of sending a signal to the russians that, hey, we know what's going on here. our intelligence community is closely tracking all of these efforts to again interfere in our democratic process. now, what we're told is that these intelligence reports that have gone to the biden administration basically say the russian strategy is largely the same, right? they want to sew chaos and sew misinformation and create divisions in american society, but we're also told is their tactics are evolving. they can't do the same thing in 2020 or 2016. they need to up their game. and in doing so, as the

. >> natasha bertrand, appreciate the update so much. thank you. >>> well, clock is ticking.n by that tuesday deadline. the threat of another terrorist attack, well, it's clearly adding to the already complicated drawdown efforts as american troops preparing to leave the country. >> afghan citizens are arriving in the u.s. dulles airport one of the locations they are processing afghanistan refugees now. nick paton walsh is in doha. so, nick, when we hear this news as well that the u.s. is warning americans there in afghanistan to evacuate the kabul airport because of a terror threat, there are 48 hours left for people at this point to get out of afghanistan. how does that alone complicate this effort? >> reporter: well, i think it reflects the reality really here that it is exceptionally difficult and has been for a number much days for people to get on the airport, particularly if left to their own devices. we have heard of people being escorted through, appeared to have reduced yesterday. 1,400 people were on the airport hearing from the pentagon and they said 1,400 have be

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natasha bertrand is here to explain what that means. this is about concerns about a potential attack on americans? >> yeah. so u.s. officials don't exactly know what the anomalous health incidents are. whether they're attacks or kind of the incidental symptoms that people are experiencing because of some kind of, you know, spying by foreign adversaries. >> this is the havana syndrome. >> right. so this is something affecting hundreds of diplomats globally for a number of years now. and their symptoms range from the worst which is things like traumatic brain injury to vertigo to nausea so sometimes it forced career government officials to retire. and the u.s. government doesn't know what is causing the incidents. the best guess that they have right now is it is some kind of directed energy device that a foreign adversary is directing at cia officials, at diplomats globally. but again, as i mentioned, it could also be that these foreign adversaries are trying to collect intelligence that then have the weird side effects. so at this point,

i want to bring in natasha b ber bertrand.ousands of afghan allies and translators. what's the latest on evacuations? >> thousands and thousands who are just desperate to get out at this point. we're hearing the priority of the evacuations is first and foremost american citizens. secondly, after they get out citizens, they are going to be focusing on afghans with visas. those are going to be taken out of the country as soon as all the u.s. citizens are out safely. right now there are about 10 to 15,000 u.s. citizens still in afghanistan. the question remains of whether or not they're going to be able to get them all out, especially since they're scattered across the country. 60 afghans who could be qualifiedfor leaving the country, people like human rights defenders, women's activists, people who could be targeted by the taliban. we're getting a picture from the pentagon as to how many people have been flown out so far. as of yesterday about 1100 were evacuated. about 330 of those were u.s. citizens. the rest were their famili