deadline to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. speaking from the white house yesterday jfafternoon,xd bidenñ reaffirmed his intent to get all americans out by next tuesday, but seem toñi a+owledge that the date is flexible. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st.ñr the sooner we canxd finish the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. but thee1 completion of august 31st depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate. and allow access to the airport for those who are transporting out and no disruption to our operation. in addition, i ve asked the penoqdon and the state department forñi contingency pl to adjuste1 the timetable shoul that become necessary. i m determined to make sure we complete our gi$m%=91ñ this mission. during a news conference in kabul yesterday, a taliban spokesperson said the u.s. must stick to the august 31st deadline and warns that the group won t lete1 afghans being taken out on evacuation flights
thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began. we are proving that we can move thousands of people a day out of kabul. we re bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghanis who have helped us in the war effort. we have a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong. harris: you re watching outnumbered. here today my co-host, new york post columnist miranda divine, former deputy of national security adviser kg mcfarland and in the center seat today, retired marine corps bomb technician and fox nation host. great to see everybody. i feel like every time the pentagon talks, there s so much that we have to go through. i m glad to do it with all of you. shots were fired near one of the gates at kabul airport just today. another sign of how difficult it is trying to safely evacuate americans and our allies. at least one afghan soldier was killed. u.s. central command tells us an unknown hostile actor opened fire on securit
news. a declaration of victory by the taliban, moments ago in an independence day statement the taliban announced they defeated, quote the powerful and arrogant united states. this morning, reuters reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in kabul since the afghan capital fell to the taliban on sunday. president biding is vowing to get 10,000 remaining americans out of afghanistan no matter what it takes or how long even if it means keeping the recent surge of u.s. troops on the ground at the airport in kabul beyond the original withdrawal deadline of august 31st. all troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, they re going to leave? we re going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. does that mean troops will stay beyond august 31st if necessary? it depends on where we are and whether we can get ramp these numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown and henry zeffman, chief political correspondent at the times. hello correspondent at the times. again. a quick look at print hello again. a quick look at the print pages. 0n the front page of the times, its main headline is the uk to admit 20,000 afghans. borisjohnson will offer those fleeing the taliban a safe legal route. similarly, the guardian leads with the latest announcement of how britain is set to take in 20,000 afghans fleeing the taliban. the prime minister said britain owed a debt of gratitude to all those who have worked with us to make afghanistan a better place over the last 20 years. big hearted britain to take 20,000 refugees that s what the daily express leads with: women, children and religious minorities are set to be top of the list. 0n the front of the daily mirror, it also has how afghans will be able to set
question today is how exactly do you get out? just because something is necessary doesn t mean you get to ignore the details of it. an emergency appendectomy, would it matter to you who performed the operation? yes, it would matter to you. but it didn t matter to joe biden, he barely mention the withdrawal today, bite into the necessary thing in the ugliest possible way. you ve been watching television, you ve probably seen this footage that terrified men and sandals clinging to the sides of a c17 as it attempts to leave afghanistan. this is the iconic photo of the moment. the final scene of the american occupation of afghanistan. that means after 20 years and trillions of dollars, readers couldn t manage to pull off an orderly retreat. they couldn t even secure a single runway. and that s the main lesson of the fall, we are led by buffoons. we know that now, they are imposters. everything they touch turns to chaos not just they are but here. these are people who run the amtr