that president trump got us out of. bagram air base would allow us to have military buildings and vetting afghans to ensure we didn t get unvetted afghans that came into the united states and had an air field to run 24 hours per day would have enabled two things to occur. enabled them to run bagram air base air field and commercial that they shut down in hkia. it is not about strategy and having successful withdrawal and a transition of power. carley: i can t imagine being a family member of one of the 13 servicemembers who died and reading this ipspecter general s report, it essentially says if u.s. pulls troops at once, a taliban takeover is inevitable and that is what happened. presidency trump s plan was conditions based. it seems clear the taliban did not plan to meet those conditions.
space. how close were we to leaving, how desperate these people were getting. you can see the massive crowds, the fear, the anxiety. one of the things that comes out is how incredible these marines and these soldiers were in terms of dealing with these individuals. these people trying to leave, making sure they had the right paperwork and putting themselves in harms way. back to your question about security perimeters. it would put our troops at far greater risk if they went beyond the air field. the mission was to secure the air field and control access. not to be out in town. martha: you don t have this characterized as a chaotic exit. but looking at this, it backs up the notion that this was a very chaotic scene. obviously desperation outside the air field. on the air field, once we got people on, there was a very
miles from the ukranian border. this is video you re seeing posted by russia just moments ago showing the jets taking off from an undisclosed air field in russia, and we should note that president allashenko is applauding this. what is the latest on the ground? reporter: that s right, in fact we re seeing the continued buildup of forces, russian forces along with belarus forces, to belarus for those exercises that have been planned for weeks but are building up forces to make them happen. the big concern here in ukraine is that the southern border of belarus is the northern border of ukraine, so it is concerned if there is any sort of multi-pronged invasion by russian forces and its allies
moment but ijust wonder, how do you know that what s being posted hasn t been put up you deliberately to fool the likes of you? deliberately to fool the likes of ou? . v . deliberately to fool the likes of ou? ., , ., ., ., , of you? that s a dangerous came. of you? that s a dangerous game- i of you? that s a dangerous game. i think say is that as allison may have mentioned before, none of us are really mentioned before, none of us are really qualified in this field are really qualified in this field. we entered this field with field. we entered this field with air field. we entered this field with air less specific degree or registration. but that s the best or registration. but that s the best thing about it is when i put something out under my name. put something out under my name, most people won t believe it. name, most people won t believe it but name, most people won t believe it. but because i m transparent and most it. but because i m transparent and most of us
here in lviv, in the western part of the city it is quiet but the concern will be quickly a refugee crisis. most of the people in this country will try to flee the fighting. we talk a lot about people that will stay and fight on one side of the other, but majority of the folks will try to flee the fighting. the plan has always been this city, the one i m in now, lviv, is a fall-back point. it is a fall-back point for the diplomatic missions, it is a fall-back point for the humanitarian missions. we have heard from the international committee of the red cross and irc they re here to help with whatever crisis unfold. the population of kyiv is between 2.5 million and 3 million people. as the airstrikes started and we are startling to receive reports an air field 18 miles from the capital has been taken by russian forces. as the news spread the roads filled up. there was a run on the atm machines. it is all going to raise questions about why the government was for so long was down playing