the urgency about getting the airlift evacuation mission done and over with has been driven, in part, but explicitly, by what they clearly and repeatedly reiterated was the risk of exactly this kind of attack by s exactly this attacker. >> we expect we -- we -- we didn't -- we thought this would happen sooner or later. it's tragic that it happened today. it's tragic there was this much loss of life.uc we are prepared to continue the mission. >> i thought this would happen sooner or later. we're prepared to continue the mission. general mckenzie speaking today in the wake of the attack, president biden late this afternoon, in an address to thei nation said the same.th but with sort of a presidential exclamation point and also a very explicit threat. >> over the past few weeks, i know you -- many of you are probably tired of hearing me say it. s we've been made aware by our intelligence community that the