can engage with others in providing as much stability as possible in afghanistan, providing the humanitarian support that afghan is desperately going to need and also how we and others can deal with international terrorism that could recur in afghanistan. those are the interests i have, as to who is responsible for what, when, and how, i have no interest in that, except that it could provide information about what we need going forward. john gar mend ee, veteran of both coasts here in government and politics. congressman, thanks for your time and input. thank you. let me bring in an admiral that was in charge of the nato command. jim, walk us through what the
protect those there, and what happens with the remaining evacuation operations. chuck? kelly o donnell, andrea mitchell, raf sanchez, clint was thes, colonel jacobs, appreciate having you all onto help us navigate what s a terrible day here. that s for sure. as we learn more about the attacks, i want to bring in someone in contact with senior military officials in kabul, senior member of the house armed services committee, john gar mend ee. what details can you fill in. you covered almost every detail i have available to me. we know american service members lost their lives. tragic, heartbreaking. not unexpected. this is extremely dangerous operation from the moment it began. the collapse of the afghan
0 karen greenburg, thanks so much. that does it for this edition. chuck todd is up next with mtp daily only on msnbc. well, don t worry, andrea, you re not going very far. we re coming back to you in a moment. welcome back to mtp daily. a pair of explosions rocked kabul, have tloefr the u.s. evacuation efforts into turmoil, just five days before president biden s agreed to deadline to get americans out. u.s. officials tell nbc news at least three marines were wounded in the attack outside the airport. hospital officials are treating about 60 people injured and at least six killed. pentagon press secretary john kirby tweeted there were two blasts in what he calls a complex attack. one of those explosions at the abbey gate and the other at a hotel. the briefing he was supposed to have was postponed by events on the ground as was the covid task force briefing. the administration says the president has been briefed on the situation. it is our understanding he is in the oval office
world. wo wolf blitzer is off. i am brianna keilar. the president s most high profile lawyer appears to have exposed his client to more legal peril as well as exposing some of mr. trump s most blatantly false claims yet. rudy giuliani revuealed he reimbursed mr. cohen for hush money he paid to stormy daniels. mr. trump insisted weeks ago he knew nothing about the deal. the white house press secretary admits to being caught off guard as she desperately tries to steer clear of multiple bomb shells released by the former new york mayor. i am getting reaction from congressman john ger mend ee, and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. i want to go to cnn chief correspondent jim acosta. this is a legal mess and perhaps a political mess as well. reporter: a mess in more ways