part of the question. in the final days, the second half of our time at hkia as we continued our evacuation, the taliban were helpful in establishing outer security perimeter, which we believe prevented some attacks from developing. there s a down side to that, too. it also allowed them to screen people that might otherwise have gotten to the air field. that is a hard harsh fact. you have to balance those too, force protection of our forces, which is supported by taliban external presence against the fact that it may prevent some people that you would like to bring out from getting to you unmolested. that is a difficult balance. i frankly came down that i wanted to protect our forces and i needed that outer boundary. to that degree we worked together. i have no particular affection for the taliban and i don t know that we re doing anything at all for us right now. those questions would probably better go to the department of state along with questions about basing and you might get clo
second half of our time there, as we continued evacuation, the taliban were helpful in establishing outer perimeter security which prevented some attacks. there s a down side. also allowed them to screen people that might otherwise have gotten to the airfield. that s a harsh fact. you have to balance those, force protection of our forces, supported by taliban external presence against the fact that it may prevent people you would like to bring out from being able to get to you unmolested, and that s a difficult balance. i frankly came down i wanted to protect our forces and needed that outer boundary. to that degree, we were able to work together. i had no particular affection for the taliban and i don t know that they re doing anything at all for us right now. those questions better go to department of state along with questions of basing, where we might get closer basing than where we are now.
0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. i m martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now as we are told that officials are about to announce that no isis-k fighters were killed in the august 29th u.s. drone strike in kabul that killed ten civilians in fact. there s no disciplinary action we re told expected as a result of that obvious misstep, mistake, whatever you want to call it. a lot of questions moments away about what happened with what was said to be a great example of our over-the-horizon ability to take out targets in afghanistan despite the fact that we pulled out. so there