we will get americans should understand americans might have to be there beyond august 31st? americans try to understand we are going to try to get it done before august 31st. if we don t if we don t, we will determine at the time who is left. and. and if there are american citizens left, we are going to stay until we get them all out. sean: we are going to stay until we get them all out. joe biden once again lying to the american people. the scene around the airport, it was horrific. thousands of people rushing to get in. many trampled to death. many were beaten and cast at taliban checkpoints. there were scenes of babies being passed to u.s. soldiers, mothers and fathers literally even throwing them over walls with barbed wire and razor wire. it took hours, sometimes days for anyone to even get to the airport gates, and american citizens, those with american visas, they were all left to fend for themselves. while other countries like
the troops may have to be there beyond august 31? cement they understand we will try to get it done before the 31st. but what if they don t? that will determine who is left. and what? and if they re american citizens amah we will get them all out. cement rearward disdainfully get them all out. joe biden seen lying to the american people. it was terrific, thousands of people rushing to get in. many trampled, many eaten and cast at theea checkpoints, there were scenes of babies being passed tots u.s. soldiers, moths and fathers even throwing themnd over walls of our wire and razor wire, taking hours and sometimes days for anybody to get to the airport gates, american citizens, those with american visas weree all left to fend for themselves. countries like france, uk,
today a senior state department official admitted an ugly truth. quote, the majority, unquote, of afghans who work for the united states during its two decade military campaign were likely left behind. we re fortunate enough to have with us a member of the minority who the help of cnn and others on the ground was able to escape. 34-year-old abdul rasheed shazad he tried several times to get himself and his family through the airport gates but the crowds were too massive. he says his 8-year-old son was nearly trampled in the chaos, his 2-year-old got sick. in a call you can hear the father of three pleading to be saved, not to be left behind. why have the american soldiers forgetting about us after everything we did, the
now democratic senator ben cardin says, quoting it is disheartening that so many professional journalists employed by american-funded news organizations have not been left behind. and journalist from radio free europe and radio liberty did not make it through the airport gates. finally, an update on those 27 students from sacramento we told you about last night who were stranded in afghanistan. now their school district says it believes some of the students and their families are in transit out of afghanistan, but it s hard to get a number because they have not been able to reach many of them. the school district and a number of congressional representatives are now working to coordinate information. shannon grade shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. in the wake of the u.s. withdrawal of afghanistan, there is still an unknown number of americans to get out along with thousands of afghans who assisted u.s. forces and thought they were going to be released as well. now the
kabul embassy staff, posting this photo taken just before the departure. there is no longer an embassy in afghanistan. those diplomats will now be based in qatar. meanwhile nbc news has learned more about just how closely the taliban worked with the military of the united states to get evacuees to the airport. in some cases they drove americans are checkpoints, clear streets of americans could pass safely and even carry luggage to the airport gates. they may have also prevented some attacks. today in kabul, the taliban solidified its grip on power and pledged to unify, quote, stable and safe afghanistan. they also called for new relations with the west and international investment. that may be a long time coming. earlier this evening, biden s chief of staff spoke to medicine, our msnbc colleague, about the taliban. will the u.s. be recognizing