the clock is sticking here. these are the most dangerous days ahead, and despite substantial criticism the president has not wavered on a deadline of tuesday and it is a choice you supported. do you think we can get all of the remaining americans out, u.s. allies out, equipment, machinery, all of that out by august 31st? there are about four different things you mentioned there. with regard to equipment and machinery that was brought in to deal with this particular evacuation, yes, that will be able to be evacuated. some of it already is. with regard to additional, almost all of the american military equipment was removed from afghanistan prior to this mission of evacuating from the kabul airport. now, that s that equipment is gone. there s often the misunderstanding here about other american equipment. the u.s. has armed the previous
were with volume upon them right now i have to get you on another topic as well and representative banks i want to get to you on a portion of it you were involved on housing women was allocated but let me start with you the taliban has $85 billion in u.s. military equipment, what can and should be done about that? the obviously should ve never came into their hands and as my colleagues have highlighted an epic failure by the biden of administration isn t going to change anything going forward, we need to be focused 100% on admission which is get every single american who wants out out, we should not be focused on a date and as were doing that and establishing security not just that kabul but wherever necessary to evacuate americans anyone holding an american weapon in american military equipment should be considered an enemy they have taken that from an ally or an american and
military sails officer i acquired american military equipment to equip the afghans with. you can imagine how shameful i find at that today all of that equipment has fallen into the hands of the taliban. is this equipment a win for the taliban in your estimation, scott? i don t think there is any other way to see it other than a win for them because it positions all the rifles, pistols, and other sorts of items that we left behind. there are a lot of very sophisticated things that we left behind that clearly we left in such a hurry that we were not able to take the steps to destroy items like this that can be used against us. trace: do you worry, specifically what are you worried about? clearly we show the video of the taliban flying or cruising around the error failed black hawk helicopter, is that a big concern.
place. it is his responsibility. i yield now to jim from indiana. i think that ranking member and leader for putting this together. i served in afghanistan in 2014 and 2,015th just prior to being elected to congress. my job was a foreign military sales officer. i was on the frontlines of acquiring the equipment that the americans provided and turned over to the afghan army and the afghan police. i want to read to you what is so painful for me and so many other afghan veterans who served in that capacity, unless you serve as the assist and equip effort in helping the afghans. we now know that due to the negligence of this administration the taliban now has access over $85 billion worth of american military equipment. that includes 75,000 vehicles parked over 200 airplanes and helicopters.
i know one who has been in hiding for five years and is now looking for ways to make to take his family to kabul, hoping to flee any potential retribution by the taliban, michael. yeah, and that s one of the big problems as you and i know, is that a lot of these translators and others can t get to kabul anymore because the taliban controls the territory and are at great risk. cyril vanier, appreciate the reporting. thanks so much. now, the taliban are making full use of american military equipment they seized from afghan forces or withdrawing american troops simply left behind. and they re eager to show off their spoils of war. they granted our clarissa ward exclusive access to a former u.s. base that they now hold, and it is raising disturbing questions about what america achieved, if anything, in 20 years of conflict. reporter: this is what remains of the u.s. presence in