the outcome will be positive for you. thank you for joining us, we will check back in with you very soon to get an update on your story. all our congressman, congresswoman, whoever is trying to help the situation, god bless america. carley: god bless you. thank you so much. such a real and raw and emotional situation. jillian: the reality for thousands of people, thousands of americans and afghan citizens some of the stock not just in kabul but remote areas and there is no plan on the ground how to get them to kabul airport into safety. you don t want people to give up and not be able to make it to the airport wherever they need to go. you want them to have faith and to know the government is doing what they can.
americans and our allies are stranded and that is my fault. any resistance we meet from the taliban or otherwise when we seize these airports will be destroyed completely and without mercy. jillian: he goes on to say how the us should respond and how to stop the taliban s rain of terror. he will join us later this morning on fox and friends . carley: coming up, and angry constituent blasts and iowa lawmaker over so-called white nationalist push to require the pledge of allegiance in school bless tomi lahren and georgia congressman jody hikes live in the next hour of fox and friends first .
countless number of americans remain stranded behind enemy lines. you are watching fox and friends first . we go straight to jeff griff jenkins as we expect a decision on that deadline today. reporter: there is enormous pressure on the president to decide whether to extend past the august 30 first deadline which the taliban calls are redlined. the chairman of the house intelligence committee is expressing doubt about completing the mission. very unlikely. hard for me to imagine how that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. the threat to the airport is very real. this would make an attractive target for isis or elements of al qaeda. this as neither the pentagon or state department will give specifics on the number of americans evacuated but political reporting the number is 4293 but more troubling, they don t know how many americans
are currently stranded in afghanistan and they are sensitive to that word at the white house. it is irresponsible to say americans are stranded. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home home. the white house s official position on what is happening in afghanistan. i m calling you out for saying we are stranding americans in afghanistan. overseas vice president harris breaking his silence on the evacuation chaos in singapore alongside the prime minister. there s going to be plenty of time to analyze what has happened. we are singularly focused on evacuating american citizens. afghans who worked with us. what will influence perceptions of he was resolve and commitment to the region will be what the us is going forward. a swing en route to vietnam today making for awkward time
jillian: we had a powerful emotional interview with an american who is stranded in afghanistan after we heard the white house, jen psaki saying people aren t stranded in afghanistan. i want to pull up a tweet from the ground in afghanistan, americans are stranded in afghanistan, denying this fact is ignoring reality. that is a powerful message. carley: one of the reasons americans feel they are stranded is you have to pass through town and checkpoints to get to the airport and it is a crap shoot. you the taliban will let you go