violent crime president biden barely broaches as the commander-in-chief. democratic mayors and a president missing on this issue. in afghanistan did u.s. troops withdrawal themselves? who decided to keep bagram air base not open? that would have prevented 13 service from being killed. the border is like 7-11. it s open 24/7. i could go on but we only have so much time. joe, you re absolutely right. the reason independents voted for president biden was to get rid of trump s messaging. but they forgot policies are more important. a lot of progressive policies
minutes following this attack, flights were still taking off and they ve continued. how are they managing that and with what sort of pace? reporter: yeah, i mean, it is quite clear it seems that the security is playing on how fast the evacuation could go. but it also peers it is still sticking to the same timetable. if that makes any sense. i a source i spoke to directly familiar with the situation at the airport said it looks like the noncombat evacuation was winding down today. the department of defense and white house have been clear they will continue to evacuate people to the end of the operation. but practically as the troops withdrawal, you ll have less processing power and aircraft power to evacuate people. 4500 at one point this morning on airport. this is not a reflection of the day s ambition because that number has been roughly similar, as people come on and they also
we understand though from boris johnson s office that president biden has agreed with downing street that they will keep working to get everyone out who is eligible to be out, even if it means it is beyond the current evacuation phase. how difficult would that be if the troops have withdrawn? they have not talked yet about extending that withdrawal date. it talked yet about extending that withdrawal date. withdrawal date. it will be impossible. withdrawal date. it will be impossible. with - withdrawal date. it will be impossible. with the - withdrawal date. it will be i impossible. with the troops withdrawal, let s be 100% clear about that was not there is no serious prospect of evacuation once armed troops have left, but there are two stages. first, persuading president biden that he has gained a push and push hard for an extension to the 31st august deadline and secondly, persuading the taliban to agree to that extension, because without the taliban s agreement, there is no realis
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that abandoning Afghanistan and its people is "tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours."
President Joe Biden said he does not regret his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan despite the Taliban making rapid territorial gains in the country.