changes they re making to the evacuation plan. first of all, they re extending the perimeter outside of the kabul airport. so the military has been very clear in saying our only thing that we re doing is focusing on the airport. now he s saying that s extended. he s also saying they re executing a plan to get americans to safety to the airport in kabul. he wasn t very specific about exactly how they re doing that, presumably for safety reasons. we know that isis-k, one of the terror groups in the region, is posing threats. the threat is real. it is acute, it is persistent and it is something we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal. our commanders on the ground have a wide variety of capabilities that they are using to defend the airfield against a potential terrorist attack.
i m kinda killing it. turning now to the crisis in afghanistan, as the situation continues to deteriorate, president biden says the u.s. has extended the save zone around the kabul airport to make it easier to evacuate the thousands still waiting to leave. that process could mean american troops stay longer. biden says there are, quote, discussions for staying past the august 31st deadline. in his third public comment since the fall, he vowed to get every american home. any american who wants to get home will get home. we ve also been evacuating the citizens of our nato allies and our partners, including diplomats, embassy staff, who
the last ied he tried to disarm went off and he lost both legs. now a purple heart recipient and republican congressman from florida joins me now. recently you told the wall street journal people are coming to us in desperation. to let people fall through the cracks is a death sentence for the crime of helping american. we just heard from president biden. i d like you to listen to something he said. let me be clear. the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss of heartbreaking images you see on television. it s just a fact. my heart aches for those people you see. congressman mats, as someone
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