kabul at 3:29 eastern 1 minute before midnight on the august 31 deadline. the top general overseeing the operation admitted some americans were left behind. there is a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we didn t get everybody out we wanted to. if we stayed another 10 days we wouldn t have gotten everybody out and still people disappointed with that. major general chris donahue of the 82nd airborne, the last american soldier to leave afghanistan after nearly 20 years. the photo now iconic as the last. donahue was at the pentagon on 9/11 and dealt a force in afghanistan a decade ago and head of special operations forces last year. tony blinken explained why some american citizens were left behind. they are long-time residents of afghanistan who have american passports and who were trying to determine whether or not they wanted to leave.
bill: another alert and reminder. america is out of kabul. taliban are in control and new video from the airport. outraged republican lawmakers demanding president biden resign. congressman jim banks left the indiana state senate to deploy in afghanistan seven years ago in 2014. congressman is with us now. hello to you and i don t know if you heard the interview with admiral kirby a moment ago. president biden speaks this afternoon. what is he going to say? your guess is as good as mine. i heard the interview with admiral kirby. just like the interviews i heard yesterday from the secretary of state, from general mckenzie, this administration still has no idea how many americans they ve left behind. you heard admiral kirby say around 100. earlier in the day on another program he said a few hundred. americans are still left behind. yesterday the secretary of state in his speech last night
faces widespread criticism about how he handled the pull-out and his refusal to extend the evacuation efforts leaving hundreds of americans behind in afghanistan. the taliban firing guns in the air and shooting fireworks over the city in celebration. pentagon press secretary admiral john kirby with us last hour saying the war is over but big challenges still remain ahead. we will stay laser focused on the threat isis-k poses in afghanistan and isis at large throughout the region and we have robust counter terrorism capabilities available to us and we ll use them. the focus is making sure afghanistan can t become a safe haven for an attack against the homeland again. bill: more from that interview in a moment. jackie heinrich from the white house and let s start at the pentagon with lucas tomlinson. the last plane departed