because he said it, joe biden rescued every american from afghanistan, isn t that interesting. an extra ordinary success they continue to insist but is it true? no, it s not true, at leastuc according to biden s own state department. just today antony blinken muttered his way through a press conference saying that the taliban is not allowing charter flights to department hamid karzai airport in kabul. as of now the taliban are not committing the charter flights to depart. they claim that some of the passengers do not have the required documentation. while there are limits to what we can do without personnel on the ground, without an airport with normal security procedures in place, we are working to do everything within our power to support those flights and to get them off the ground. brian: at another time, why we don t have anyone on the ground and any control of anyone s airport but that is for another show, what antony blinken didn t say is those flights include american cit
these rockets being fired at the airport. but of course all eyes are going to be on the terrorist group isis-k. they re the ones who carried out that horrific attack on thursday at the abbey gate of the airport that left scores of afghans dead as well as 13 american service plebz. a members. and since then we have seen two retaliatory attacks, air strikes by american drones against isis-k both in nangahar province just to the southeast of kabul as well as in kabul itself today. that strike today hit a vehicle that cent com, central command, says belongs to isis-k and was carrying explosives. now, cnn has also reported via a journalist on the ground that at least nine civilians were also killed in that strike by the american drone. now, centcom says it is looking into those reports of civilian
reporter: good to be back with you, michael. what appears to be happening is things getting more dangerous in kabul in these final hours of the u.s. drawdown. that deadline of course is on tuesday august 31st. what we know is that as many as five rockets have been fired in the last few hours at hamid karzai international airport. that would be monday local time in kabul. and just before midnight here on the east coast of the united states. that s according to a u.s. official. now, the u.s. official also says that what s known as the c-ram defense system which has been installed at the airport engaged with those rockets. now, what that system is designed to do is essentially to shoot down incoming rocket artillery or mortar fire. that s what the ram in fact stands for. so that engaged with those rockets, presumably taking them out, because this same source is telling us there are no reports of casualties at this time. the source, michael, did not say who they believe to be behind
really appreciate your expertise on this. my pleasure. and back to the breaking news out of kabul where a u.s. official is telling cnn those explosions were actually as many as five rockets fired at the airport. you have the reporting, alex. what have you heard? good evening, michael. that s right. a u.s. official is telling cnn that just recently as many as five rockets were fired at hamid karzai international airport. we seem to have lost alex there. details are scarce but reporting is as many as five of these rockets were fired at the hamid karzai airport in kabul, kabul international airport. and were engaged by u.s. defense systems there at the airport.
were killed out in the attack outside kabul s airport. more than 170 afghans killed as well. the u.s. president joe biden traveling to dover airforce base in delaware where the bodies of those service members were returned to the u.s. we re following developments from hong kong and white house reporter jasmine wright joining us now from washington. we begin with you though anna. another u.s. strike in kabul. what more do we know about it, the casualties, and at this late point how many more americans and afghans will be able to get out as part of the evacuation before it is over? michael, we have breaking news. explosions were heard in kabul in the last hour. we don t know if this was a rocket attack from a vehicle aimed at the airport, repelled by the airport s defense system, or if this was another drone strike by the u.s. military. we are still waiting for those