The issues that were facing right now in afghanistan as the Clock Ticks. Lara logan is here as well. Two veterans working hard to do everything that they can to get people out as the Clock Ticks down. Their heroic stories and the help that theyre getting from the u. S. Military. All that is coming up. Lets begin with the latest from jennifer griffin. You were in the Briefing Today. What are we learning at this point as we get closer to the exit time . Right now its 11 30 p. M. In kabul. 30 minutes from August 31st, which of course is the deadline that President Biden has set and the taliban has set for all u. S. Forces to leave. We know the u. S. Military has until midnight August 31. So that would be about 3 30 eastern time tomorrow. Were in the final hours. Its not clear how many more evacuees theyll get out. We heard from the white House Press Secretary that 6,000 americans have been evacuated as part of 122,000,000 since august 14. She suggested theres a handful, maybe 100 or so americans left in the country. Its not clear how many of those still want to get out. We know from reporting last night there were americans that were not able to get through the gate. She said arrangements will be made with partner countries like qatar, turkey who will remain in afghanistan. The u. S. Will not have a diplomatic presence after the u. S. Military withdraws. But she said that those partner countries will be working with the united states to get any americans and any afghans that need to be rescued in the coming weeks and months. Martha a lot of questions raised by all of that. Once we dont have think about the u. S. Embassy and we have been waiting, really, for an answer on whether or not well have a diplomatic presence. Every time they were asked about that the past couple weeks, weve heard a diminishing answer to that. Now i think were down to nothing. Right . Were not going to have any u. S. Embassy In Kabul and no presence on the ground. So what is the avenue for people that want to get out . Theyll hope for other countries to pluck them from the ground or give them some sort of avenue knew . First of all, we have an embassy there. Its an 800 Million embassy. Its empty of american presence and no marines are guarding that embassy. So what happens the day after the u. S. Military leave is anybodys guess. The embassy moved to the airport. Most of the diplomats have been evacuated. My understanding from Jen Psaki, the it is State Department will work with partner countries like qatar. Theyve been very active in helping rescue americans. Turkey and qatar may keep the Airport Open so charter flights can come. In you still have another airport. Theres Land Routes open. The question is whether or not the taliban will have checkpoints and whether they will tell their fighters not to harass these people. Thats going to be the negotiation from tomorrow onwards, martha. Martha i also heard you ask a question about a man being held by the taliban. Hes been held since 2020. Were you satisfied with the answer that you got there about whether or not there would be any kind of Trade Or Negotiation to have him released . I think i asked the question here at The Pentagon. I just heard a question asked at the White House. It is clear that the special representative at the State Department has been raising the issue of this american who has been held since february of January Of 2020 in afghanistan by the haqqani network, the taliban network. What is notable, we had Chris Miller, the former Defense Secretary on Fox And Friends earlier today. Heres what he had to say about rescuing mark. Got to be a president ial priority. He says do it, it gets done. Lets not talk about mark as a hostage. Hes a prisoner of war. We dont leave prisoners of war behind. Weve had to do that in the past. Lets bring everybody home. Lets not end this war this way. What is notable, martha, Chris Miller was the Defense Secretary for two months at The End of the Trump Administration when mark was still being held as a hostage. He said this morning that it would be easy for the president and for others to rescue this american hostage. He called upon President Biden to do so. However, when he was Defense Secretary from november to january of 2021, he did not order such a raid. He did not rescue him. He was taken hostage in January Of 2020. Hes an illinoisborn contractor a navy veteran. He had been living In Kabul a decade when he was abducted. Hes now assumed to be with the haqqani network. So it does seem a bit interesting that Chris Miller thinks its so easy to get this american hostage freed when he didnt do so when he was Defense Secretary. Martha thanks, jennifer. Jennifer griffin reporting from The Pentagon. Joining me now, general jack keane, former Vice Chief of staff for the army. Good to have you with us. A lot has happened over the last several days. I want to go backwards from what we just heard from Jen Psaki with regard to a future presence of alquaida, terrorist organizations, isis in afghanistan. Listen to this. Were not going to do anything that will allow terrorists to grow or prosper in afghanistan or any terrorist organization. That continues to be the president s commitment and his order to the u. S. Military the last several days show that he will deliver on that promise. Martha general, before you answer that, id like to play this from Jake Sullivan, the national Security Adviser on this topic. Then your thoughts. Watch. We have to be attuned to the possibility that isisk or any other group in afghanistan would look to extends its reach beyond afghanistan itself. The Intelligence Community has briefed us over time that their current capability to threaten the homeland is not there, but that is a capability that they are seeking. Your thoughts, general. Yeah, well, as i said earlier, Jake Sullivan just provided the justification for why we wanted to stay there. Because we know these organizations have aspirations to attack the united states and american interests. This is alquaida and also isisk. Let me say something about isisk. They conducted 77 attacks this year alone. Most notable prior to the horrific attack at the Kabul Airport was a High School For Girls where over 90 people were killed there, mostly girls, On May 8 of this year. So this is an organization that will absolutely grow now. Its got another 1,000 fighters as a result of the release of them from taliban jail. Alquaida was also released. It is indisputable what is happening before our eyes, martha. No amount of denials by this administration will change it. We committed to a terrorist organization to take over afghanistan. Its called. Taliban enabled 911 by allowing alquaida to prepare and execute that operation. Were they complicit there . They were. We know full well the Safe Haven In Afghanistan is going to reemerge and grow and prosper because the afghans are going to support it. Thats just the facts of the case. Yes, the threat to america is going to grow. When we talk about this over the horizon thing, theres a lot of Wishful Thinking here. Will the military do its best, the Cia Or Intelligence services do their best . Of course they will. But its not anything like what we had. Heres the example of it. The places where organizations have aspirations to kill america are four. Iraq, syria and East Africa and yemen. Three of those were on the ground. The one place were not on the ground is yemen. But were close by. Were not over the horizon. We got kicked out and we had to shut down our Special Operations base. Were not coming over the horizon. This is the singular place where theres a growing threat against america and we have to come at a great distance just to track the enemy much less deliver a more tall blow to the enemy. Actually delivering a mortal blow to the enemy is easier. Seeing how they grow day by Day And Tracking arms is very difficult to do. We lost the eyes and ears of the people in afghanistan. Their Singular Focus was on thinks organizations that was going to attack america. All of that is gone. This is going to be very challenging for us. We just Cant Whiff it away by saying that these two attacks weve conducted are evidence of how were going to do this in the future. Theyre not that related in terms of what the real challenge is. Martha thats what i was going to ask you, general. Thank you. General jack keane. Now to the other big story of today. Hurricane ida now down graded to a tropical storm. Oneperson is confirmed dead. The States Governor says he expected that Death Toll to go up considerably throughout the day because theres so many areas where they have no eyes and ears right now because of all of these Power Outages and areas that they just cant get to. Mike tobin is on the ground in New Orleans where theres no power in the entire city. Mike . Well, martha, the Wind Damage you see around the French Quarter here is typical. What you see behind me is roofing material. Behind the city, downed trees and light posts, things of that nature. The big impact is to the power grid. Nobody in New Orleans has power. A few people across the state have power. President biden tried to assure the people of Louisiana Today noting that 5,000 guardsmen plus have been activated. Generators are being moved in and drones are being utilized to assess the damage to the power grid. The people of louisiana and mississippi are resilient, but its in moments like these, we can certainly see the power of Government Respond to the needs of the people if the government is prepared and if they respond. Thats our job, if we work together. Folks get knocked down, were there to help you get back on your feet. The Flood Damage is much more significant outside of the protection of the new Orleans Levee System fortified after hurricane katrina. In lafitte louisiana, a levee was overtopped. You know, unfortunately this is a situation where the water is living on us. They have a great quality of life down here these fishing communities. You know, we want to make sure we can protect their livelihood and a great place to live here in southeast louisiana. Now back here in New Orleans, the Flood Water pumps which are essential to keep this city dry as it sits below sea level, they work off of individual turbines. The Sewage Pumps work off the grid. One Thing City officials noted that that Power System is not worked out, the Sewage Pumps will be a problem soon. Martha thanks, mike. Very much. Well check back in with him as that story continues to grow today. Marine lance corporal Riley Mccollum just one of the 13 united States Service members that lost his life In Kabul. He was killed there. 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For an illmanaged debacle of a freaking withdrawal from a country that we had total control of. Thats what gets me. Martha that is the mother of fallen marine Riley Mccollum. Emotions shared by many. Her pain is obviously very raw and it is a very difficult interview to listen to with this mom. Your heart absolutely breaks for her. Rylee was one of 13 that were lost in that attack at the gate at the airport thursday In Kabul. President biden observed the dignified transfer of soldiers in a very moving moment yesterday. I hope you watched it. If you didnt, you should watch it. We owe it to these Service Members that gave their lives trying to help people out of that airport In Kabul. So joining me now, Gold Star Wife jane horton, she lost her husband, chris horton, in Afghanistan In September of 2011 and Karen Vaughn who lost her son, Navy Seal Aaron Vaughn in afghanistan in august of 2011. First of all, ladies, thanks so much for your sacrifice and for your service and for the service of your husband and your son. Just as a mom when i listen to this mother, it just absolutely breaks my heart, karen. What goes through your mind when you hear that interview . I remember those exact feelings of outrage. Shes just trying to reconcile something in her brain that she can fathom that has happened. The righteous indignation of having your child die for nothing is overwhelming. I understand her feelings. I felt is same way after aaron died. With her situation, yes, we were done. The wore had been going on 20 years. It was over. Time to have a strategy a plan. There was none. As a result of that her son and 12 others are dead. I can only i can truly empathize with her Anger And Rage right now. Martha Reading A Story In Politco about what they understood about the eminence of that threat and how according to this report in politco, which basically drew on classified materials and John Kirby did not comment on this today because those materials were leaked. Anyway, the gist of it is that they were very concerned about the gates. They were trying to get the gates closed and get people away from them. I think when you read a story like that, it adds to the outrage and the frustration so many people feel when they look at what this mom has gone through and all of the other families. Yeah, its incredibly difficult. Sad to hear stuff like that especially with the intelligence on the ground and hoping there was a way this could have been prevented with this large precious loss of life. The truth of the matter, the war doesnt end tomorrow for the 1 fighting it. Its only ending for the 99 of americans that never fight it. This will always be with us. Martha you went to afghanistan in june. So besides feeling the pain of these families who you can understand unlike most of us, youve been trying to get people out. How is that going right now and what is your assessment of how its been handled . You know, i dont know anyone that can say its been handled well. Ive been getting calls from Democrat Members of congress, republicans. Nobody knows how to get anybody out. So there this vast network of Service Members and operators that have been doing everything that they can to create operations to get people out. People are up 23 hours a day, 24 hours a day trying to get our friends and allies and our precious afghan fellow humans out of this horrific situation. Its been horrible for everyone. Ive gotten thousands of calls asking to get people out. I wish we could have done better for these precious people. Martha thanks, Jane And Karen for speaking from your heart about the experience that these people are going through and for the work youre doing to get people out. Martha, can i say one thing . Martha please. One thing on my heart, talking to the War Fighters that fought this 20 years. It was not for nothing. Your service mattered. You raised a generation of afghans that knew freedom. You raised a generation of americans that didnt know what an attack on our soil was. Youre noble and your service will be honored the rest of our lives. Martha wellsaid. I keep thinking about the fact that the average age of these young people is 22. Most of them have no memory of September 11th and they went and served and they gave their lives to help these people in afghanistan and to help create whatever peace they could and whatever form that was possible in that part of the world to help keep people safe. Were so grateful to them and everyone that served there for everything that they did, including your husband and your son. Thank you both. Thank you. Martha so heres another infuriating piece of information. The deal that mike have reportedly kept the Taliban Out Of Kabul until the united states was fully ready to leave and why perhaps according to this reporting which well explain to you the administration and the White House decided not to take that deal or The Pentagon decided to take that deal. Lara logan joins us with her reaction to this next. As someone who resembles Someone Else. I appreciate that Liberty Mutual knows everyones unique. Thats why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical Horn Blows ] i mean just because you look like Someone Else doesnt mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. Oh, yeah. Thats the spot. Only pay for what you need. 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According to the Washington Post reporting, they were turned down by u. S. Officials including general mckenzie who you heard last week that said that they would only need control of the airport. So that decision some would say led to the Security Debacle that we witnessed and the terrible outcomes that weve seen the last several days and members of congress are seeking answers from leadership in The Pentagon and the White House on all of this. Aishah hasnie who was in that post for the Briefing Today on capitol hill. Great to have you there. A lot of frustrations among republicans. Thats why Kevin Mccarthy is calling on democratic leaders to come back to washington and address the afghanistan issue, this is after a growing number of republicans from the house, 40 of them and 4 senators are calling for the resignation or impeachment of President Biden. The Washington Post also out with this damning report over the weekend that claims that when kabul fell, the taliban offered to let the u. S. Secure the capitol. They said this was one of the options that they were giving to u. S. Officials. They could secure the capitol. U. S. Officials chose to withdraw. This is also the same time that August 31 deadline to evacuate was created. The post timeline of event also indicates two days before kabul fell, Secretary State Anthony Blinken was vacationing in the hamptons. Two republican house members have already introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary Of State blinken. We have a Job And Responsibility as members of congress of oversight of the executive branch. Why are we not back in . Getting the Fact Nancy Pelosi called us back in a special session only to pass about 5 trillion. Denying us the ability to have any oversight over afghanistan. Speaker Pelosis Office has pushed back on this. They did so late last week underscoring that the focus right now in the moment should be on the evacuations. Leader mccarthy will have a roundtable on afghanistan later this afternoon. He has on his schedule an event in california for wednesday. Well be asking him if he will cancel that and stay here in d. C. Martha . Martha thanks. Lara logan joins me now. Shes reported extensively on afghanistan for two decades. Shes the host of Lara Logan has no agenda. Lara, good to have you here. I want to get to this Washington Post story and your reaction to this. What it says is that after president ghanni fled the palace and there was a Power Vacuum In Kabul, there was a discussion between general mckenzie and others and the head of the taliban who apparently according to this report told them that the u. S. Mission was only to evacuate american citizens and allies and others at risk. The united states told him that they would need the airport to do that. But they said we have a problem. We have two options to deal with this. You, the united states military take responsibility for securing kabul or allow us to do it. Apparently the answer is all we need is the airport. You control the rest of the city, to which Ron Clain just retweeted that they did the right thing. He said no, we were right not to take over security In Kabul when the taliban asked if we wanted to, which confirms that story from the chief of staff. Lara, what do you think about this . I mean, this is just hilarious. Were actually having a serious conversation about what the chief of the taliban told the u. S. That they could or couldnt do. Does anyone else feeling like were in Lala Land . Its ridiculous what were not talking about, what has the united states agreed to with the taliban . Has this country has this government agreed to recognize the islamic terrorists that are responsible for 911 as the legitimate islamic emirate rulers of afghanistan . Are they going to empower alquaida with unprecedented legitimacy and power on the 20th anniversary of 911 . Thats the only thing that really matters here. Everything that youre seeing in afghanistan now will be here in the united states if you empower not just one islamic emirate. Remember, alquaida has its affiliates. Youve been lied to for years and told that these organizations in libya and mali, you dont have to worry about them. Theyre not con necked. Its not true. They share the same ideology and control. The haqqani network, they are the taliban. They are also the afghan alquaida. They are the oldest alquaida members in afghanistan along with bin ladens high guard. These alquaida leaders are returning to afghanistan right now. Some of them were always there. Do you know what we did you know what were not talking ant, martha . The united states military and this administration knew for months foreign fighters were flooding into pakistan and over the border. Why are we not talking act sanctions on pakistan . They control the haqqani network. The leadership is based there. They dont do anything without pakistan. Why arent we asking pakistan for answers if we really didnt know this was happening . Which nobody believes for a second. Why arent we asking pakistan to stop it . If you didnt want the marines to die, you had to take charge. Why did we cede control to the taliban in the first place . You didnt make a deal to withdraw. You could have withdrawn. What congress needs to pay attention to is not recognize the islamic emirate of the taliban, which will lead to the islamic emirates of Libya And Yemen and everywhere else. This is the caliphate. The political Heart Hoff the caliphate. May not be the violent Isis Caliphate but the greatest victory in their history since they began. Martha i mean, they seem dumbfounded themselves that kabul fell into their hands as quickly as it did. They said this is the most joyful day of our existence. 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I want to start by playing this Sound Bite from the weekend from the Secretary Of State, Anthony Blinken when asked about whether or not the united states had turned over the names of individuals who are trying to get out to the taliban. The idea that we shared lists of americans or others with the taliban is simply wrong. What was shared . So in specific instances when you try to get a Bus Or Group of people through and you need to show a manifest to do that because particularly in cases where people dont have the necessary credentials on them or documents, then youll share names of the list on people, but the idea that we put anyone in any further jeopardy is simply wrong. Martha scott, lets start with you. What is your reaction to the Secretary Of State and what are you learning that is actually happening . Hi, martha. We were working the operation in the united states using communications with our interpreters and former special ops partners. We were in communication with them nonstop at the Grass Roots level. Yesterday there was a bus with american citizens in view of the gate. The taliban were shooting over the bus, around the bus and enduring this for hours. I can tell you calls went in to the White House. The Joint Chiefs Of Staff from our team and others. That gate never opened and the taliban never came off there. So if manifests were handed over, guess what . The buses didnt get through . The taliban have those names now. Martha so what happened to the people on the bus . A lot of The Americans that did not get through have pulled back. The Air Base, i wont get into details, but the Air Base is like fort apache. But were scrambling right now to try to use our relationships to try to grab as many american citizens as we can and move them to safety because that is the immediate thing. When the last plane goes out of here and the lights go down In Kabul, those lifts are target lifts. Thats what were scrambling to do right now. Martha thats the question, jason. How many people can you get out before 3 29 Tomorrow Afternoon and what do you think about what were being told that oh, well, well still find a pathway out for these people . Martha, yeah, scott nailed it. Weve tried time and time again. I spoke with the State Department, afghanistan american citizen hotline. They said were doing our best to get these people in. As of midnight, the number was no longer working. Yet we still have these time to get the american citizens out. Were doing everything in our power to get these people out. Not only american citizens but the honor the promise that the american government made to all of these individuals that fought and served alongside scott and i and so many military members. Martha youve been using Social Media to get people through sewer tunnels, to get them around the taliban checkpoints, to show people where the checkpoints are, to give them safe passage to the airport. We hope the Phone Number gets back up and running. They said today theres still opportunity for people to get out and No Doubt its closing quickly. Gentlemen, thank you for all that youve been doing for so many. Thanks for being here today. Good luck to you On The Last Day that we have here. Thanks, martha. Martha the report is watering down of regulations for Risk Gain of Function Research. And dr. Collins and dr. Fauci that oversaw the funding that went to these programs and the definitions of them, which is also quite interesting coming up next. They were untreatable, this virus and resistant to vaccines. Why was the work being done and in conjunction with Nih Funded Scientists . The safe pilots. For mac. Who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. Lucia. 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This other Reporting Today is very interesting with regard to what happened with gain of Function Research. Weve had up and down denials from both doctors about anything that was done be u. S. Taxpayer money at hhs or faucis institute, had anything to do with gain of Function Research. Heres Senator Rand Paul And Dr. Fauci. Dr. Fauci, do you wish to retract your state where you claim that the nih conducted gin of Function Research in wuhan . Senator paul, i never lied before the congress and i do not retract that statement. This paper that youre referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. Martha what is your take on that, jamie and whether or not theres any of this gain of Function Research which cranks up the trans miss ability of viruses in order to figure out how to stop them but can be dangerous if leaked from a lab . The reason why ive been saying repeatedly that the issue isnt gain of function yes or no, but what was the work that was being carried out in the Wuhan Labs and what was the u. S. Role in supporting it. Its a semitic issue whether or not its gain of function. Were worried about gain of function making more deadly viruses. So in that exchange, Rand Paul and dr. Fauci are right in a way. Dr. Fauci is right by the technical definition from a 2016 nih document. The Work Wasnt Gain of function. Rand paul is right that its gaining function. What we knee is a comprehensive investigation into the origins of the pandemic. 99. 9 needs to focus on the work do being done in these chinese labs and they would have done it with or without our financial support. We need to take a tough look at the work we did. Its not appropriate that we were Funding Research in laboratories where we didnt have sufficient oversight. We shouldnt be able to demand the records, samples of the Wuhan Institute of virology, especially any work carried out with any u. S. Government support. So its probably wrong to demonize Doctors Collins and fauci. They have to be tough and tougher on china and demanding a comprehensive investigation with full access to everything. Martha you hit the nail on the head. Its semantics. The definition of gain of function has change toed allow this research to continue, right . Its a tough one. The Term Gain of function is not welldefined. Its a new in a sense, a new capability. Theres different definitions in different documents. Thats why we need to get away from this binary conversation about was it or wasnt It Gain of function. Theres lots of things that we do that could in Common Sensuous Single be called gain of function that we like. Some of the work that helped make the vaccines were done by giving viruses functions that they didnt have. Gain of function in Common Sensuous Single. 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Ida is expected to pick up Speed Tonight before dumping rain in Tennessee And Ohio river valleys tomorrow. Theres Flash Flooding and mudslides along the way. We wish those people well and a quick recovery in a very difficult situation. Thanks nor being with us today for The Story, august 30, 2021. The The Story continues tomorrow. See you back here. Neil thank you, martha, very much. Were on top of two storms gripping the world right now. Certainly our part with the Flooding And Damage and winds and still more Flooding And Damage and winds to come from Hurricane Ida, now tropical storm ida. Also following whats going on in afghanistan with less than 24 hours to go before we go and are gone. Where does that stand right now . Welcome. Im neil cavuto. This is your world on a day of dramatic developments on the mother nature