necessary. i can t speak on behalf of these military generals and the pentagon. harris, they have so poorly handled this over the last month that they put us in this situation. they are to blame for what s going on. right now it s not blame it s how to get over 6,000 americans out of the country safely and immediately? and to do that it will take a lot more force there on the ground than what we have. we can t afford to pull up stakes and leave. we have to do everything we can to get every american out of the country safely and that s going to mean more american military power in the region to get that done. it is joe biden s fault and his pentagon, his team s fault for causing this situation. but that is a conversation for tomorrow. today it s about doing everything we can to get every american out safely. harris: on the committees that you serve and lead, what can you tell us about what we know could be next on the ground with our people in peril
afghan national who may have u.s. green cards and passports or the like. in theory under the agreement we have with them they are supposed to let those people through and proceed to the airport. that s the agreement we made with them and in theory that s what s supposed to be happening. in reality on the ground. the organization that we re coordinating with like allied airlift. a group of west point graduates and other members of the afghan he vac group and human rights organizations working to coordinate to get people through the checkpoints to the airport and into the airport on flights out of the country really are doing the job the government is also trying to work on. helping make this happen. we are learning about information to help make it happen. what we re seeing to be candid with you is americans, green card holders and citizens being harassed at the checkpoints and gates and afghan allies who don t have the blue passports
coordination with the taliban. they don t like the word trust. they are specific about the language. they don t like to say they trust the taliban but they were relying on the taliban. they were counting on the taliban to insure safe passage to the airport for americans and also for the afghans who might be eligible for these special immigrant visas. afghans who helped us. it seems like despite the president s promises over the last couple months that if somebody helped us, we were going to get them out. it seems like that is very, very unlikely to happen by the deadline. we hope to get some more information about the status of that or what possibly changed from when the president is telling us we ll get these people out to now. harris: we knew there were dire warnings yesterday for americans not to congregation outside the airport, when you look at a map of afghanistan, if they are coming from the
a nearby hotel. earlier today the u.s. embassy in afghanistan had told americans to leave the area. now remember, they ve been told to get to the airport. many of them are standing outside of the airport. that gate. last night there were some 5,000 afghans crowded outside that same gate. it is the abbey gate. the pentagon says it is still unclear on how many people were hurt or worse. there are reports of multiple fatalities, though. listen to one witness describe the horror as it unfolded. i m an afghan worked for the united states marine corp. i was over here to go and get close to the airport and get on a plane and get out of here. there was an explosion that happened inside the crowd. a lot of people got hurt and i got a baby girl she was 5 years old and she died right in my hands.
for congressmen and people on the hill saying could have, should have. it is time to look at the reality. they got 100,000 evacuees out since august 14th and still trying to rescue americans who are trapped outside of the airport. there are active measures in place and what i have seen behind the scenes here at the pentagon and with military sources in afghanistan is nothing short of heroic. harris: absolutely. quickly before i let you go we ve been hearing so much and even congressman banks who served there and could tell us more detail how isis k is not new, but what kind of danger awaits people on the ground. i have a question, jennifer that, i hope maybe you or someone can ask the pentagon. what kinds of relationships do we know that the taliban has the a group like that?