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Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:54:15

Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:54:15
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Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:13:00

that going to continue? the timeline here, how long will they do this? he said they re working under the assumption that they will be going until august 31st, the official date for the total draw dawn. what will the taliban allow, they re right there by the airport. we re going to bring in retired general james spider marks. general, i want to try to get to some of the questions that brianna just raised there because i think they re the key questions for this minute, what s happening right now. so there are thousands of u.s. troops now at the airport in kabul, up to 6,000 going to be there. what will they do? john, the key mission for the soldiers and the marines on the ground are the airmen flying those c17s and the images that we have seen to try to get american personnel out of the city will be to maintain a core don from pockets of where american citizens might exist in

Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:06:00

the taliban is walking outside of their house and they worry it s a matter of time until someone knocks on the door. reporter: and absolutely. especially for women who have been outspoken, for women who have had prominent jobs, women in politics, women in the judiciary, female journalists, all of these women, incredibly strong, brilliant women are right now absolutely petrified, waiting to see what will happen? where can they turn? where can they go? will they become a target? clarissa, we re looking at scenes from the airport in kabul. obviously the frenzy of people trying to get on planes there. but can people even get to the airport at this point? reporter: so we had several teams of colleagues who tried to get to the airport yesterday. and it was mayhem. essentially the entire road was

Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:15:00

down the airport, we would have to have a significant presence. we would also, which we do have, we have tremendous ability to bring some phenomenal and very precise fire power from the air that would allow us to create conditions to make it that much more difficult for the taliban. but the question about indefinitely is a very long horizon. okay. so, admirable kirby confirmed to the brianna that the goal is to get the 30,000 people, not just americans, special immigration visas, people helping americans there for decades out of the country, up to 30,000 by august 31st. how possible is that if the only exit point is that airport in kabul? right. very, very tough. if that s the only point of departure becomes extremely difficult. it s a physics problem, we have to get aircraft in, all manner of aircraft and civilian

Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20210816 10:00:00

government collapsing swiftly after insurgents overranke provincial capitals over the span of the last week and this morning, commercial flights in and out of kabul s airport have been cancelled. the panic among afghans visible at the airport. people flooding the tarmac, desperate to flee the country. embassy officials warning americans not to travel to kabul s airport because it is unsafe. the u.s. rushing an additional 1,000 combat troops to secure the perimeter for evacuation sites. france, new zealand are evacuating their embassy as the taliban claiming to control 90% of the government buildings in kabul after afghan president fled the country. president biden is at camp david and is still there and was briefed over the weekend. now, whether or not one agrees with the president s decision to

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