u.s. forces. amy: preside biden is defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan as calls grow for the u.s. and other nations to do mark to help civilians trying to fully after the taliban take control of afghanistan. we will speak with law professor haroun rahimi, investigative turner -- journalist azmat khan, and retired u.s. army colonel ann wright. then we go to haiti were tropical storm grace has slammed parts of the country had by saturday's earthquake, which has killed more than 1400 people. >> my house is completely destroyed. i have lost everything. i have no food. i have nothing. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden is defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from at and a stamp. he spoke from the white house monday, wendy after kabul was captured by the taliban. pres. biden: the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so what happe

the u.s. around the world. it is monday, august 16th. we are beginning with our special live coverage of the fall of afghanistan, nearly two decades after 9/11. moments ago the u.s. temporarily suspended all air operations at the airport in kabul. we're seeing can haotic scenes e this. this is part of the reason for the suspension, desperate afghans chasing down u.s. planes that are leaving the tarmac, some clinging to the fuselage as the airplane taxied. the taliban is now in charge as it seized control of the capital without hardly a shot fired yesterday. insurgents overran key provincial capitals in the span of the last week. embassy officials have warned americans still in the city not to travel to the airport because it is unsafe. but as of now, it is the only way out. we heard from a white house official, there's no way to get those folks to the airport. the pentagon is rushing 1,000 more combat troops to secure the perimeter to get american personnel and others safely evacuated. >> pres

u.s.ithdrawal from afghanistan is now complete. the u.n. security council adopt a resolution calling for safe passage for afghans who still wants to leave the country. ♪ hello there, warm welcome to the program. this is "al jazeera" live from london. also coming up, more than a million homes without power in the u.s. state of louisiana as the remnants of hurricane ida move inland. plus, we'll explain why a slowing birthrate has seen china shut the door on a once philippeing tutorrorring industry. ♪ well, the u.s. secretary of state is do you to be speaking at the state department. we'll bring you all of the contents leave when that happens. what's it all about? the final u.s. plane has taken off from kabul, the war in afghanistan is officially over. the confirmation came from the pentagon, bringing to an end two decades of conflict and two weeks of chaos on the ground. the c-17 transport plane took off and cleared afghan air space as the announcement was made. >> i'm here to announce the c

there were u.s. marines on the walls and u.s. troops on the ground and u.s.te department officials trying to check paperwork of those trying to get on planes. that's when the suicide bomber went off. after that, there was a car bomb that went off about two yards away at the baron hotel. that's the place where the u.s. helicopter lifted 169 to safety a few days ago. we know that a gunfight broke out as well. we are not clear at this point who is responsible for this attack. the taliban has condemned it and vowed revenge for whoever carried out the attack. little solace for the u.s. servicemembers that are still on the ground at the kabul airport. now, the suicide bomber has been utilized at the airport, there is going to be medi-vacs out of the airport. you have flights going to katar. there is a very complicated threat environment. there are still terrorist threats for those going through the gates into the airport. those gates are closed at this time we understand. but a very, very sad day for the u.s. military. remember, the last u.s. servicemembers to die

anchor: the u.s.ey can evacuate everyone before the deadline but has made no such promises for afghans. also, outside source will look at whether the deal the trump administration struck last deal -- last year with the taliban is any way connected to what we have seen in the last couple of weeks. ♪ let's begin wit the latest developments in afghanistan. the taliban is when he of consequences if th u.s. and its allies extend their presence in afghanistan beyond the end of the month. that is a days from now. there are increasing concerns the evacuations of foreigners and afghans just cannot be completed by then. let's begin with a taliban spokesperson. >> i think they should withdraw from afghanistan, and let the people start a new chapter of peace and reconstruction. this is not a justication. they say there are a lot of afghans with troops, and there is an option open for them. we are not creating any hurdles in their way. if they have passports issued by the u.s., they can go anytime. that is their r

u.s. troops out by august 31st, one week from today. will he meet the deadline? and what about the afghans who helped the u.s.? and tonight, president biden on his concerns over the potential terror threat on the ground in afghanistan the longer the u.s. tonight, the pace of evacuations increasing dramatically. ian pannell reporting from kabul. martha raddatz live in washington with late reporting. can this deadline be met? >>> also tonight, news on the pandemic. the u.s. now reporting more than 140,000 new covid at a breaking point. dr. fauci tonight on what the u.s. needs to do to get control to have some sort of normalcy by next spring. and new numbers just in tonight from the cdc for fully vaccinated americans, how quickly does the vaccine begin to wear off over time? just as these boosters, these third shots, will soon be made available. >>> also tonight, breaking news from capitol hill at this hour. the major milestone in the house on the president's sweeping infrastructure plans. th

it was 22 u.s. navy seals. three u.s. air force airman, five u.s. army and national guard soldiers. seven commandoes from the afghan national art me, seven afghan commandoes and afghan translators, also u.s. military working dog that was assigned to one of the members of the seal team on board. 38 personnel on board, all 38 of them killed. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of the u.s. navy seals. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of u.s. special forces of all kind. it was the single deadliest incident in the entirety of the u.s. war in afghanistan, for u.s. forces. and at the time this happened, again, ten years ago this month, we were just about ten years into the war. at the time that helicopter was shot down the re-something on the order of 98,000 u.s. personnel in country, 98,000 u.s. troops. it was at a time where our troop presence was at its highest point, it's most sprawling point, we had more personnel there, and in more parts of afghanistan than we had in most parts of the war. that was ten years ago. today, the u.s. tr

the u.s. military marines and in some cases soldiers have actually been at that gate, letting people through. there's also been some u.s. consular affairs officers, state officials at that gate. this was a place where there was a lot of concern about a potential attack leading up to today. we've been hearing about it in the last several hours. this is a threat from isis. there was very specific intelligence that isis was look ing to target one of the gates at the airport, potentially to try to attack, kill americans, westerners, even afghan civilians. because of that, one of the real vulnerabilities that the u.s. saw was the large crowds that gathered outside the gates the last several days. they were worried some isis fighter would infiltrate those gates, someone with a suicide attack, suicide bomber or a vehicle-born improvised explosive device, someone who is able to get an explosion, a bomb inside a vehicle, drive it up, blow it up, kill civilians one of the big concerns, in addition to lo

the u.s. and nato in other capacities, such as working with an american development agency. then there are afghans that even felt particularly vulnerable, such as those from the hizara community. then you have all the afghans who really benefited from the gains that have come out over the last few decades in terms of advances in education, health care, so on and so forth. they do not want to be in a position where they lose those gains. many of them are trying to get out as well. the reality is clearly many of the people that want to leave will not be able to. especially with the august 31 deadline, that is fast approaching, and given what happened yesterday, the u.s. government will try to accelerate these -- accelerate these evacuation processes even more. beyond august 31, you will have a lot of people in afghanistan that will try to get out and will try to go to bordering countries like iran and pakistan, which have been letting people in. this two countries hosted more afghan refugees tha

the u.s. military evacuation airlift was still able to get another 12,500 people airlifted out in the past 24 hours, which is remarkable. the large-scale evacuation effort, though, is expected to end soon. a huge, long list of our western allies have stopped their own evacuation efforts now. and left entirely. that includes great britain, germany, spain and lots of our other allies. the united states military, that said, is still there. u.s. flights are still leaving. but as the days of this evacuation order grow shorter, the white house is warning that the risk for another isis attack targeting the airport is very high and growing, as more time passes. we heard those warnings all day today. it makes sense, if isis thinks it wants to hit u.s. service members again, they know the time is short to do so. so each remaining hour becomes more dangerous than the last four service members who are still there. just in the last few minutes, in the last ten minutes we have just received word that the u.

a u.s.ervice member hasn't been killed since early february of 2020, shortly before the signing of the doha agreement which led to the beginning of the withdrawal which was effectively in its last five days, the last hundred hours with the horrible news these service members are killed. now, of course, there are critical decisions that have to be made not only by president joe biden but the state department and pentagon. first among them, do you send in extra security to try to beef up the security of kabul international airport, to try to secure the field itself. u.s. forces were already participating in and leading efforts to try to secure the field. is it too late to add security or is it time to wrap up the operation as quickly as possible and get out. these are the difficult decisions that have to be made under the pressure of not only still trying to evacuate as many afghans as possible. in a 24-hour span the u.s. was able to evacuate 13,000 in the last 24 hours along with its coalitio

the u.s. and others have been warning about for days. what you see there is a scene outside of a kabul hospital as families gathered hoping they would hear the names of their loved ones who were getting medical care. the u.s. president joe biden vowing to continue the airlift that has now brought more than 100,000 people out of afghanistan. and he's ordered the u.s. military to go after those behind the attack. >> for those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> the attack comes as u.s. forces race to evacuate americans and the thousands of afghans who helped them fight the taliban. despite the attack, scores of people are gathered at the airport hoping for flights out. cnn international security editor, nick paton walsh, recently spent time in afghanistan. he is with us live this hour from doha in qatar. arlette saenz has reaction for us from the white house. and nata

u.s.. s&p futures gaining marginally. nasdaq futures also positive, very modestly indeed. small caps really rallying. gains of more than 1%. trade around the small caps momentum on the back of those comments from jay powell. let's switch over to have a look at the gmm. the commodities space is also gaining. the focus remains not just on commentary from the fed, but the events that are unfolding on the u.s. coastline, particularly louisiana. we just mentioned the headline. 5% of oil capacity taken out as a result of these very strong winds. 150 miles or there about. that is something to bear in mind. in asia just holding the gains. a bit of turndown into negative territory. the csi 300 down. more commentary over the weekend from regulators, additional sectors warning when it comes to the economy. the flipside, the pboc, the central bank, and china adding additional 30 for the fourth day in a row -- additional liquidity for the fourth day in a row. the commodities space broadly positive. let

u.s. north com and u.s. army north operating predominantly from fort lee, virginia, have provided housing, food, medical treatment, medical screening, and other services to these afghans. our military embrace the opportunity to recognize their contributions to combined operations in afghanistan by welcoming them into the u.s. as we prepare for even more arrivals, u.s. north com and the u.s. army are working to create additional capacity to support refugee relocation in the u.s., including temporary sites under assessment at fort bliss, texas, and camp mccoy, wisconsin. there may be other sites identified if services are needed, additional capacity is needed. at this point, we're looking to establish 22,000 spaces. we can expand if we need to. as with the operation, we've been supporting at fort lee, persons that come to these locations will have been prescreened by the department of homeland security to enter on condition of full immigration processing once they arrive. with this operation underway, given th

the u.s. has been very concerned about a credible threat stream about potential terror attacks targeting the gates to the airport and the crowds around those gates. the u.s. believing that terror groups had both the capability and the planning to carry out such attacks. there is still no attribution for these attacks or as we said, any confirmation about casualties. we have our reporters covering the story. let's begin with nick paton walsh in doha. we see now a confirmed attack. >> -- only the families of the u.s. serve men concerned about who may have been on the airport at the time and also for the many afghans waiting outside. we don't know the reason behind this at this stage. it is an explosion. we haven't clarified precisely there are many things moving in that area. could be crowded areas so other reasons why there could have been a blast but it will play directly into fears of a possible attack. let me just tell you a little bit about where we think this might have occurred. in the ou

the critical thing is in the u.s., we are highly banked -- 95% of u.s. households have bank accounts already. the 5% that don't don't seem to want a bank account. there is a variety of reasons the unbanked don't wash cap -- want bank accounts. they like cash, they don't trust the bank. these are the kind of questions why they don't have bank accounts, and most don't want them, it is kind of the problem. to say we will give you way cbdc account and they say no thanks, you are not really solving problems about financial closure at that point. >> one of the big motivating reasons why people who support digital currency would like to see the u.s. adopt one, you alluded to it, but talk about more how the u.s. broadly might increase financial inclusion if not through a digital currency, what are some other ideas? >> the question is if you have 1% of the population that is unbanked and would like a bank account or cbdc account, is there a cheaper, more efficient way to provide it with financial services? there is the bank on project being developed and run by a

u.s. troops, outside kabul's airport. president biden vows to go after the terroris but he is sticking to his august 31 deadline to withdraw u.s. service members. plus -- >> there's no one in the world outside of joe biden who thinks we can get everybody out by august 31. >> the end of the month, will on us before we know it and i think we need to maintain our military presence long enough to get everyone out. yamiche: the president faces mounting bipartisan criticism and key questions. will there be more attacks? what's next for the people of afghanistan? and what may be the political cost of the biden doctrine. next. announcer: this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- consumer cellular. additional funding provided by the estate of arnold adams, koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. and sandra and carl delay-magnuson. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs st

we know the u.s. has used helicopters, for example, to take groups of people across the perimeter so they do not have to go through these gates and crowds amassed around their but directly onto the tarmac and runway and evacuation plan. i think the u.s. is now thinking more on the lines of getting people into the airport rather than the horrific scenes you have witnessed this thursday of running the gauntlet of the dangers the perimeter now poses. it is now interesting beyond the deadline, talking about continuing to get out america's friends and people associated u.s. missions. this is far trickier because this is after the deadline after armed forces have left. how do you go about trying to get out people who still are trying to move to the united states to have u.s. protection? c1 >> we heard from the pentagon early on and they said that the taliban is responsible for that part of security. the outer perimeter is under the jurisdiction of the taliban, is not. -- that is why i again check with kabul

u.s.vacuation operation in afghanistan is closing. in fact, it is already closed. we are witnessing now a stark contrast between the public message of the u.s. government, the evacuations are continuing, and the harsh reality for many afghans on the ground. they cannot reach the airport that is the country's only emergency exit. this morning all access points to the airport in kabul have effectively been cut off. a source tells cnn there are about 150 american citizens remaining in afghanistan. those people need military escorts to the airport, and u.s. forces are now racing against the clock to get them out safely. complicating all of this, credible reports of an imminent terror attack just outside the airport gates. in the last 24 hours, a total of 13,400 people have been evacuated from the country, some 5,100 by the u.s. this is down from the 19,000 evacuated in total yesterday. this is new video obtained by cnn. it captures the desperation outside the kabul airport. some afghans have b

announcer: the u.s.enate is not in session today who allow lawmakers to travel to the funeral of their colleagues for of their colleague. the senate is now set for a second consecutive weekend session getting at 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday to continue work on the proposed bill. as always, follow the senate live on c-span 2. send annette on q&a, helen andrews -- sunday night on q&a, helen andrews talked about her book boomers: the men and women who promised freedom and delivered disaster. >> they are the generation that sold out but would never admit that they sold out. it is a combination of on the one hand a great deal of idealism and sense of themselves as morally noble, double idealists liberating humanity, but on the other hand a great deal of selfishness and narcissism, and kind of a blindness to the ways that their liberationist agenda knocks down a lot of functioning institutions that left a lot of people worse off. announcer: helen andrews and her book "boomers," sunday night on q&a. you can also

the u.s. is no longer what's controlling it. that's been a big aspect of it. one other thing that stuck out to me from jen psaki there was saying that also there's going to be an investigation into the drone strike from the united states which was conducted on that car that was believed to be filled with explosives, potentially targeting the kabul airport. they had a drone striking to going. any time that u.s. takes a measure like that, they try to avoid casualties and there's an investigation into the loss of life that happened there. she did say president biden will be addressing the nation this week on afghanistan as the deadline is drawing near. >> we should mention secretary of state anthony blinken is scheduled to give an update at 5:00 p.m. when they say the commitment of those left behind is enduring. what does that mean? we know there's people trying to get to the airport who are being turned away at the gates and being told to go home. >> that's a very good question. it's one i put t

the u.s. 10 year yield. following up a chart, u.s. futures edge lower early in the asia session. skeptics have lost the appetite to challenge rising markets. the s&p 500 extending its rally from the pandemic bottom. europe also edging ahead of asia and em. goldman raising their index and earnings targets. chinese stocks are on edge with north asian peers amid regulatory and delta woes. tencent and samsung are not pulling their weight, signaling more pain could be ahead. haidi: let's turn to vonnie quinn with the first word headlines. >> pfizer and biontech have submitted early data to u.s. regulators on booster shot trials. they say a third dose leads to higher levels of protective antibodies when given eight to nine months after the initial doses. results from a larger final stage trial are due soon. the company want formal approval rather than emergency authorization. new york city is expanding its vaccine mandate to include museums, sports stadiums, zoos, movie theaters, and other venues. v

something every u.s. servicemen will be thinking about for at least the next five days if not the rest of their lives. we'll also have more this evening on the airlift that continues even with the threat of more of these attacks. but as to the cost of ending this mission in just five days, president biden indicated he believes this was the correct course. >> you said you -- a few days ago, you said you squarely stand by your decision to pull out. >> yes, i do. >> we standard tonight with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. the biggest fears of the president, the military, and all americans were realized today with these attacks. dwee do we have a sense of how it may change the u.s. security procedures around the evacuation other than to give the operation more urgency? >> i think it will give the operation more urgency, anderson. pentagon officials have indicated over the last several days they tightened security, forced protection, if you will, for the troops as the threat became better understood

the u.s.ays the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for civilians struggling to get flown out of kabul. evacuations have resumed a day after chaotic scenes on the runway. leaders have also agreed to hold a virtual g7 meeting to discuss a common strategy for afghanistan. >> it was very significant. this was almost like a keynote. setting out the tone and the tenor for the forthcoming taliban government. i think what we were getting with what the taliban wanted us to get was the softer, more acceptable face of taliban rule. it actually started in a triumphant way talking about the ends met -- the emancipation of the country after 20 years expelling the foreigners as it was put. >> survivors of saturday's earthquake in haiti now have to cope with a tropical storm. heavy rain lashed makeshift shelters in southern city, one of the worst hit areas. a number of americans admitted into intensive care has seen numbers last seen during the winter wave. 20% of hospitals have nearly all of their icu

and of course the u.s. being the largest economy in the world i think is going to be a hot bed of innovation because we cannot address this issue without significant investment in r&d and without significant innovation. so i'm much more optimistic about the role that the u.s. can play, but we need all the big players on board. the u.s., china, india, everyone needs to do their share. >> prime minister, pleasure to have you on. >> fareed, thank you very much. >> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this just in. a bulletin from kabul. taliban fighters have entered the afghan capital. this represents the collapse of the afghan government. the end of american nation-building dreams and the beginning of a frightening new era for many afghan civilians. i'm brian stelter. this is "reliable sources." it's 7:30 p.m. in kabul. darkness is falling on the afghan capital. there is a rush now taking place and evacuation at the u.s. embas

u.s. security assistance in the middle east. this senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing that security cooperation with israel, the united arab emirates, egypt, and other countries in the region. sen. murphy: we will continue this hearing through the beginning of votes. other colleagues will join us. over the last 75 years, the majority of u.s. arms sales worldwide have gone to the middle east. they total more than $379 billion in sales. that is a lot of weapons into a very combustible part of the world. our sales in other forms of security systems are an important foreign policy tool for the united states to use to exercise its influence abroad. as with any foreign policy tool, it is important to continually reevaluate whether it is achieving its desired policy goals. when the cold war began as a means to counteract soviet expansion, we got into the business of supporting authoritarian regimes all over the world, in the middle east. we relied on arms sales to cement these relations

u.s. remains in talks with the taliban as evacuations continue. >>> and as covid cases rise, the pressure to introduce more vaccine and mask mandates is mounting. >>> after an earthquake and storm, haiti desperately needs help. hello, i'm kim brunhuber. welcome to our viers viewers in united states, canada and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> it is now 12:30, friday afternoon in kabul where chaotic rush to evacuate thousands of afghans, americans and others is growing more desperate by the hour. at times the crush of afghans outside the kabul airport grew so big and unpredictable that soldiers fired weapons in to the air to push the crowds back. u.s. president biden is expected to address the deepening crisis in the coming hours. this is a sign of just how bad things got on thursday, a soldier lifting a child over the airport wall. the pentagon says it is in daily communication with the taliban about letting people with proper documentation through the gates, but for now, many

is the u.s. also going to send additional planes or get additional contracted air to be able to, i guess, increase the throughput of people that can increase kabul? >> as i said earlier, we do anticipate an increased lead for u.s. air lift, and the secretary has already had conversations with the chairman and transportation command about these potential needs, so we do fully expect there will be additional united states military air lift required. i just don't have to details today, what that's going to look like, how many tails and what it's going to look like, but we anticipate being more involved in the air lift element of this mission. lucas. >> are you going to increase the number of drone os fighter jets overhead to protect these troops? >> yesterday we had and today we have the authority and capabilities in the region to conduct air strikes if needed. that's not going to change as a result of these new mission sets. >> does this mean the u.s. military withdrawal is not going to be complete

when that last u.s. military aircraft rolls down the runway, it will be the taliban who are in control of the airport. and just yesterday, the top u.s. commander talked a bit about how they're trying to get the taliban to tighten up security. have a listen. >> we reached out to the taliban. we told them, you need to continue to push out the security perimeter. we've identified some roads we would like for them to close. they have identified they will be willing to close those roads because we assessed the threat of a suicide-borne vehicle threat is high right now. we're going to reduce the possibility of one of those vehicles getting close. so we're actually moving aggressively to do that. >> reporter: so here we are as we come down to the final days of 20 years of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. security in the coming hours and days will, in fact, depend on the taliban guarantee, prom its, if you will, of safe passage and maintaining security at the airport. jim? >> terrorist organization in

the u.s. withdrawal, telling americans, quote, i stand firmly behind my decision. the searing images from kabul, with the taliban now in control of the country. afghan citizens racing to an american military plane, a c-17, heading down the runway for takeoff. reports people were killed falling from the plane. and that others died in the chaos. disturbing video showing people desperate to board planes. video showing a child being pulled aboard, clinging to a rope. the u.s. tonight now says it is preparing to airlift tens of thousands of american embassy staff and afghan interpreters and their families. those who bravely worked with the americans over 20 years, now fearing for their lives. tonight, there are now chilling new reports about abuses against women and girls. concerns about freedoms gained in the last 20 years will now be lost. president biden and what he said today amid so many questions -- how u.s. intelligence, how his national security team, how the pentagon did not predict that t

u.s. president joe biden is set to speak on the situation in afghanistan shortly. thank you very much for being with us. we are discussing the situation in afghanistan and awaiting a speech by joe biden any moment. the scenes we have seen coming out of kabul, especially at the airport in the past day have painted a grim picture of the situation. people struggling to get onto aircraft, clinging in some cases to the actual fuselage of the aircraft and matures for -- images from amateur photographers showing we believe people falling from those aircraft as they take off and leave the airport in kabul. a situation where several people have been killed. two people shot by american soldiers trying to secure the area. the u.s. has sent another 1000 troops to assist. the french embassy has been moved to the airport. other western embassies setting up as well for safety but also to facilitate the repatriation of their people. not to citizens of their counies but afghan citizens helping to support a

the u.s. were made actually not be over. joe biden leave in a combination o drone surveillance, drone attacks, special operations commandos. and i don't thk we can count united states to stop using oseethods in order to try to continue to control what habits and afghanistan. amy: new orleans remains in the dark after hurricane ida devastates the region. we will the latest. >> ride this would not but i could not. things falling apart, blowing over. ain't got a dry spot and it has. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. military has completed its withdrawal from afghanistan, bringing an official end to the longest war in u.s. history. marine general frank mckenzie said the last troops flew out of kabul just before midnight local time on monday. >> nine withdrawal signifies both the end of the miliry component of the evacuation, but also the end of a nearly 20 year mission that began in afghanistan shortl

the u.s.'s top infectious disease expert says a third dose of the vaccine could lead to lasting levels of protection. anthony fauci told msnbc it is entirely conceivable that a third shot may allow for a prolonged period of intent -- protection. singapore's government says migrant workers who tested positive for the coronavirus at a dormitory in singapore were all fully vaccinated. paul 62 individuals were either a symptomatically had mild symptoms. they have been moved to a health care's facility for further treatment. rolling stones drummer charlie watts has died, aged 80. his drumming style as subtle with swing have been a member since 1963. earlier this month it was announced watts would miss the forthcoming tour. a statement from his publicist said he died surrounded by family. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haidi: the u.s. house has adopted a

in the u.s. -- afghan-american elected to office in the u.s. when she joined the board. i know today that your heart is heavy. describe what you are thinking as you watch the images we have all seen these past few days. >> i think it is disappointing to see the execution of the withdrawal, the way it has unfolded. it was inevitable to withdraw. i do believe that the larger afghan american the diaspora in particular, feel very hopeless and very abandoned as to what will happen in the future for afghan women, religious minorities, and ethnic minorities as kristen: you heard president biden say that our commitment there was to prevent a terrorist attack here in the u.s., to keep us safer. do you think leaving afghanistan, with the taliban now back in power, actually makes us safer here? >> no. i can state that by the fact that afghanistan has always been a geopolitical stronghold for every great nation in history. afghanistan being surrounded by russia, china, pakistan, india and iran, we are not ma

in total, u.s. and coalition aircraft combined to value -- evacuate within 120 3000 civilians which were all enabled by those securing the airport. on average we've evacuated more than 7500 civilians per day over the 18 days of the mission, which include 16 full days of evacuations. more than 19,000 on a single day. these numbers do not include the roughly 5000 service members and their equipment that were sent to afghanistan sue -- to secure the airfield and were withdrawn at the conclusion of our mission. the numbers represent a monumental accomplishment that they do not do justice to the determination, grit, inflexibility and professionalism from the men and women of the u.s. military and our coalition partners who were able to rapidly combine efforts and evacuate so many under such difficult conditions. as such, i think it is important that i provide you with what i hope will be some valuable contacts. when the president directed the complete withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan in april,

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in total, u.s. and coalition aircraft combined to evacuate more than 123,000 million, which were all -- to an operator the airfield. on average, we evacuated more than 7000 i've hundred civilians per day over the 18 days of the mission, which included 16 full days of evacuations, more than 19,000 on a single day. these numbers do not include the roughly 5000 service members and equipment sent to afghanistan to secure the airfield. the numbers i provided represent a mighty mental accomplishment, but they do not do justice to the determination, writ, flexibility and professionalism of the men and women of the u.s. military and coalition partners, who were able to evacuate so not as such, i think it is important i provide you with what i hope to be valuable context. when the president directed the complete withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan in april, it seemed u.s. central command began to update our existing plan for potential noncombatant actuation operation in afghanistan. we have a framewor

the u.s. agency for international development, there bureau of international assistance u.s. southern command , is working to assess damage, develop, and operational pictures and provide life-saving support for the people of haiti. they stood up a joint task force, which will be led by a rear admiral keith david's who is special operations commander at south comp. he is going to be operating or is operating from homestead air force base. the gtf is the forward elements of it, the headquarters elements of the joint task force will be moving to haiti today. we are also flying eight helicopters to haiti and are -- later this morning to help with providing a picture overhead. the uss arlington, a navy amphibious ship will begin -- beginning underway today and will have embarked on it two mh 60 helicopters. it will have on board a surgical team and a landing craft mechanized to be able to move things ashore. the u.s. naval ship burlington is going to be used to provide aerial footage and assist wit

just five days before u.s. forces are scheduled to depart for good a suicide bomber detonating at what's known as the abbey gate to the airport where crowds gathered. a second bomb struck outside a hotel adjacent to the airfield in addition to the dead, at least 15 american service members were hurt. there were heavy civilian casualties as well president biden speaking from the white house shortly before we came on air tonight saying to the terrorists behind the attack, we will make you pay, and telling american commanders they will finish the mission. richard engel begins our reporting. >> reporter: it was every soldier and marine in kabul's worst fear, an attack where they're most exposed. as troops were padding down an evacuee at a kabul airport gate searching for a bomb, he or she -- that's still unclear -- detonated one, killing at least 13 u.s. service members, injuring more than a dozen. >> this is close up war. the breath of the person you're searching is upon you. while we have overwatch in place, we s

the u.s. deployed the fire department urban search-and-rescue to join the dark. they conducted an aerial assessment. they will also identify priority needs and coordinate with the government of haiti. u.s. coast guard and crews are exporting supplies. at the request, south, is sending helicopters from joint task force bravo. we are also dropping -- tracking tropical storm grace which is expected to it today. the united states remains a close and enduring friend to the people of haiti and we will continue to provide assistance in the aftermath. with that, i am happy to take your questions. >> one, other than the threat to respond militarily if the taliban were to give away any evacuation efforts, as there been any kind of agreement reached with them about the presence of the u.s. military at the airport or are they just basically there at the pleasure of the taliban as it were until they decide they have had enough ? i don't know if they will or not. >> let me take the opportunity to offer a bi

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u.s. forces to leave afghanistan. the last plane will leave in the next few hours. wore waiting for that word here at the pentagon. could be more than that. all eyes are on the light flight. this comes as u.s. forces have come under attack in recent days. five rockets fired at u.s. forces. we heard from jennifer griffin's questioning earlier to john kirby that one of the rockets came through, the counter rocket artillery and mortar system did not shoot down all the rockets. didn't cause any damage to personnel or aircraft. sunday a second u.s. reaper drone from the base in the uae launched another mission to destroy a suicide bomber, two in a vehicle a van headed for the gate. it was destroyed two miles from the front gate of the kabul airport where u.s. forces remain. friday night the first drone strike, the first time the biden administration had ordered a strike following that deadly suicide attack that killed 13 service members that drone killing two isis planners. it was notable today

>> the u.s. will maintain what's called over the horizon military capability, in other words, capability not in afghanistan. but is it premature to say this war is over? >> the u.s. will maintain being able to strike afghanistan without being in afghanistan, the ability to fly in drones or fighter jets or bombers from other bases, perhaps in the gulf to carry out counter terrorism strikes against isis-k or al-qaeda or even perhaps one day the taliban. the u.s. said that capability and that mission will continue. is this war over? i think you can say now that this war is over. the question about whether there emerges a terror threat in afghanistan that is able to emerge and threaten the u.s. hom homeland, right now nobody is ruling that out. >> we would assess that probably there are at least 2,000 hard core isis fighters in afghanistan now. and of course many of those come from prisons that were opened a few days ago. so that number is up and probably as high as it's ever been in quite a bill. th

>> u.s.llies have said publically, especially the secretary general of nato, germany's president angela merkel, they had said that this was a u.s. decision and that they really had no option here but to follow the u.s. decision. we also reported that, you know, in terms of using credibility, well, they have known for quite some time that president biden felt a deep conviction about this, that he wanted to get out of afghanistan. it was discussed during these meetings he had in europe with these officials earlier this summer. and they agreed they came to a consensus about the withdrawal. i think what the foreign allies are now all questions here is not the overall strategy of withdrawing from afghanistan. more so how it was carried out, right? so we also reported that merkel has been kind of grumbling privately to aids that pulling out in this manner and putting this kind of arbitrary deadline on it of august 31st was a domestic political consideration for joe biden. that is how germany feels

it's in the thousands. >> u.s. officials say reports they shared lists of americans and afghan allies with the taliban are incorrect. in some cases to get the afghans through a check-point they provide the information and the taliban lets them pass. >> the notion we are providing them with names of individual whose may stay behind or expose anyone to additional risk is false. >> the pentagon denied reports that the taliban already entered the kabul airport. >> have the taliban taken control of any part of the hamid karzai airport? >> no, i saw that report too. it's false. >> as to why the u.s. didn't send isis-k to gitmo, the answer from the pentagon they thought the afghan army would watch them. some of the c-17 planes were medal of freedom -- medical vacs. >> bret: president biden offered condolences to those who lost loved ones yesterday. the president remains committed to the mission and that deadline. peter doocy joins us now from the north lawn. >> the president mourns the 13 fallen service members in a white

u.s. troops are on pace to leave afghanistan by the august 31 deadline despite pressure from allies in the g7 to stay longer to help more people flee the country. the united states has helped evacuate over 82,000 people from the kabul airport where there have been 19,000 evacuations in the past 24 hours. president biden spoke on tuesday. pres. biden: we are currently on a piece to finish by august 31. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operation springs added risk to our troops, but completion bob august 31 continues for the taliban to cooperate and allow access to the airport. amy: amnesty international criticized biden's decision t halt evacuations in the coming days. the head of amnesty's u.s. office paul o'brien said -- "the u.s. government should continue to negotiate to proceed with evacuations for as long as necessary to evacuate all of the country's most vulnerable." meanwhile, it has become far harder for afghans to reach the kabul airport over the past 24 hours. th