in afghanistan. caroline shibley in live in washington, d.c. carley: , first, ryan chilcote is live overseas with the latest developments from overnight. good morning. reporter: good morning. chaotic scenes at the airport, in are thousands of people, not just american citizens, not just american diplomats but thousands of afghans that are trying to get out of that country and at this point the airport in kabul is their best bet. there have been reports of gunfire at the airport and there has been video of some fatalities, some bodies at the airport. of course, we re working to confirm all of that right now to figure out exactly what is going on. what is clear is that it has been absolute mayhem and this hasty exit for the door caught the united states and allied countries offguard. all of this is happening while the taliban are in control of kabul and much of the country. suffice it to say, the united states would have wanted this to happen before this evacuation before the
these videos shot from cnn. it is believed they are carrying u.s. personnel. embassy staff are being flown to the airport, there are plans to leave skeleton crew of embassy staff behind. l let s bring in our clarissa ward live in kabul. there are conflicting situations of how close the taliban are in the city. reporter: we know they are in the city. they want to enter peacefully. the group s spokesperson delineating the rules of conduct inside kabul saying they ll not come and search your homes or ex tort money. they ll not fire on you unless you fire on them, guaranteeing the protection, he said of businessman and also afghan soldiers and those working security services provided they do not try to stop the taliban from entering the city peacefully. of course this has been graded on the ground here with chaos. people desperately trying to get out of the city. we had a team at the passport office this morning, huge lines of hundreds and hundreds of people trying to organize
able to fully withdraw from the country until the end of the month. there are a contingent right now at the airport after 20 years of american blood and treasure and sacrifice, critics today are slamming the biden administration s handling of this chaotic pull-out. here is secretary of state antony blinken this morning on the taliban takeover. we ve known all along that the taliban was at its strongest position in terms of its strength since 2001 when we came to office, that was the fact. and we said all along including back then that there was a real chance the taliban would make significant gains throughout afghanistan. but on the other hand, i have to tell you that the inability of afghan security forces to defend their country has played a very powerful role in what we ve seen over the last few weeks. eric: we have live fox coverage for you on the dramatic unfolding developments. trey yingst with the very latest on what s happening on the ground in afghanistan. first le
you re watching fox & friends first on this friday morning. i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. todd an jillian are off this morning. now to the border crisis, homeland security secretary new mayorkas announcing border crossings hit a 21 year high. carley: griff jenkins is live with brand-new audio recordings that are telling. reporter: we haven t seen these kind of numbers since the spring of the year 2000, never during a raging pandemic. secretary mayorkas announcing this number here, more than 212,000 encounters in july, a five-fold increase over last july. the situation at the border is one of the toughest challenges we face. it is complicated, changing, and involves vulnerable people at a time of a global pandemic. reporter: but behind closed doors, in this leaked audio, talking to border patrol agents, mayorkas admits the situation is much more dire. these numbers cannot continue. we cannot get to the point we were a couple weeks ago and we re go
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