folded, mika. courtney, as i talk to former military, to a man and woman, they wonder why the united states abandoned a week before that cable the bagram air base. if the plan was to air lift american and afghan allies out of the country bagram would be the place do it, it s been there 20 years and the united states literally left in the middle of the night. why as you talk to your sources at the pentagon did they abandon that if the plan was to get all these people out and do they regret it now? so bagram makes sense as a place to stage a lot of people and take them out. there s more runways than kabul airport, it s not in the middle of kabul. it s easier to secure from that perspective. it s not right in the middle of several million people. but it s also not ideal logistically for a major airline in that you have to get the
checkpoints and people on the road getting out to bagram. i understand the criticism. the turnover of bagram, though, what that did, that was a game changer for the morale of the afghan military. it was clear when bagram turned over, that was the symbolic end of the united states military presence in afghanistan because the vast majority of troops left when bagram closed or were leaving in those days that was a blow to the afghan military morale. they had the support in the way of medevacs, air support, intelligence, logistics and it became clear with that turnover that the military was not going to be supporting them the same way anymore going forward. and now all those weapons in the hands of the taliban. courtney kube covering the pentagon for us. thank you so much. back at home, a north carolina man is facing charges this morning after an hours long stand off with police that he
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