our forces at that airfield. the pentagon is not releasing the names of the people they killed. i m told that the drone went from the united arab emirates to the province. for years a hot bed in afghanistan, nangarhar, and they dropped the moab, the mother of all bombs, in the strikes against bin laden. and that came two days after the deadly attack that killed 13 service members and hundreds of others. and after there was another warning in kabul urging all americans at the gates at the airport to quote, leave immediately. there are reports that many of the gates are welded shut. there are gates closed absolutely right now, as we ve said earlier, we do have gates that continue to be open as we coordinate and still work with the department of state to get people in for evacuation.
and evacuation flights continue from that airport in kabul. over 7,000 yesterday. that s over 110,000 since this massive evacuation began, griff. griff: a clear race against time and the clock is ticking, lucasment quickly, was there any indication, we know the deadline is august 31st. any indication when the last flight will lift? we re told at the pentagon, 4,000 troops will be evacuating kabul airport very soon and everybody gone by the end of business on august 31st. lucas tomlinson, great work, jacqui. jacqui: we ve learned more names. 13 service members who died in the attack at the kabul airport. our doug luzader joins us now with some of the stories about those killed in afghanistan this week. hey, doug. the human cost of this bomb attack is coming into sharper focus. we may get the full list from the pentagon later today, but here is what we know so far
he s also the vice ranking member of the house armed services committee, rob whitman. congressman, thank you for taking time. let s get right to it. you are on the armed services committee. what is the latest intelligence you can share with us with what you re hearing about what s happening on the ground in kabul? griff, there are several things, one, there are americans that need to be evacuated. second, is that there is still risk to military members on the ground and we are still facing a deadline that the president refuses to move. i believe the deadline needs to be extended. i don t think that we should be at the mercy of the taliban telling us when to get out. this needs to be about a single purpose and a single purpose only, that is getting every american out of afghanistan. and we should not have a timeline dictate to us by the taliban. the taliban needs to know if this he get in our way of evacuating americans that there will be a swift and deadly response if they do that.
marines that are here. they re doing well and good news is that they were stabilized, and there was a good chunk of them that get to go home. and as far as our operations today, it s remained steady. reporter: some 100 planes full of afghan refugees have arrived here so far; some direct from kabul, others via other bases. all the people here vetted, checked out, fed, house, some we re told here as long as a week and then transferred to commercial u.s. planes and heading to the states. take a listen to what some of the folks told us today. the country is going in the wrong way, like it will not be the same as it was. my brother, my family, all people who work in armies stay over there, everybody, their life is in danger. reporter: they re still trapped, they re still stranded. they re stranded, sir. because the taliban, they
about some of these gates that are closed around the airport. i want to show you a map that shows some of those gates. state department officials are warning americans at abbey gate, the site of the suicide bomb, the north gate or the ministry of interior gate to leave immediately. the president will continue to get the latest intelligence on the ground in afghanistan over the weekend. the threat is ongoing and it is active. it is, our troops are still in danger. that continues to be the case every data they are there. this is the most dangerous part of the mission. reporter: the evacuations are continuing as we speak. the clock continues to tick loudly, and the window will close here over the next 48-72 hours. and, griff, there s an increasing chorus of calls for the united states military to retake bagram air base north of kabul. we left in the middle of the night early last month, in july. critics of president biden say we need bagram to open up