in other words, in july, biden knew things were going bad, going south. the intel community, and we have been reporting this, has been correct from day one. that s why the cia left six, seven weeks earlier. but instead of stopping the taliban and stopping a withdraw, and protecting our interests, joe biden was only worried about optics, projecting a different picture. this is a disgrace, because what that means is, joe biden knew that it wasn t working and was getting dangerous and he didn t expedite the withdraw, at a point in time when he could have done it safely. and not leave americans behind enemy lines, and our afgan allies to be murdered, and they will be. every american tonight should be furious, to be blunt, we don t have a president in the white house. we don t have a real commander in chief. we don t have a leader. instead, we have a dishonest self involved incoherent mumbling and bum bling commander in chief who firmly believes he deserves all the credit for gett
project a different picture. in other words, in july, biden knew things were going bad going south. the intel community, and we have been reporting this, has been correct from day one. that s why the cia left six seven weeks earlier. but instead of stopping the taliban and stopping a withdraw and protecting our interests joe biden was only worried about optics, projecting a different picture. this is a disgrace, because what that means is, joe biden knew that it wasn t working and was getting dangerous and he didn t expedite the withdraw, at a point in time when he could have done it safely. and not leave americans behind enemy lines, and our afganfe allies to be murdered, and they will be.he every american tonight should be furious, to be blunt, we don t have a president in the white house. we don t have a real commander in chief. we don t have a leader. h instead, we have a dishonest self involved incoherent mumbling and bum bling commander in chief who firmly believes he d
wounded along with 140 afghans. the militant group isis-k claiming responsibility for the deadly attacks. to be the president biden calling the fallen service members heroes and drawing plans to hunt down the terrorists and make them play. the president also saying the u.s. will not be called, that the evacuation will continue through tuesday s deadline to withdraw. we have the very latest now on the developments from cnn s pentagon kcorrespondent. reporter: two bombings tore through the crowds, killing 13 u.s. service members and dozens of afghan civilians. president joe biden promising the u.s. will strike isis-k and any others who attack. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. i will defend our interests and our people with every measure in my command. this graphic video laying bear the horror of the attacks. the victims thrown across the street. this man able to sit up after the attack, unlike so many others. afghans so desp
today after deciding not to extend the deadline to american troops to withdraw. this comes as the evacuation mission has accelerated rapidly. the president says the u.s. has helped air lift more than 70,000 people out of the country in just ten days. the president is warning that the withdrawal timetable depends on the taliban continuing to cooperate with the evacuation. there are new questions about whether that will happen. the taliban now says they will not allow afghan nationals to leave the country as thousands are still waiting for flights out. our correspondents, analysts are standing by as we uncover this breaking story. first let s go to kaitlyn collins. we heard from the president a little while ago as he sticks with his withdrawal deadline. reporter: yeah, wolf. he is sticking with that. that means the clock is now ticking. with just seven days left to complete this evacuation from afghanistan before the president says he is going to standby august 31st as the ex
troops over a concrete wall and razor wire at the perimeter of the airport. that is the level of desperation people are facing right now. the biden administration said 3,000 people have been evacuate in the past 24 hours on 16 military transport flights. nearly 350 are u.s. citizens they say. but the white house still today said it does not know how many americans are still in afghanistan. cnn s chief correspondent clarissa ward is joining me live on the phone now from the airport in kabul. clarissa, what is the latest? what are you seeing. reporter: well, kate, we ve been at the airport now for 12 hours and on the inner field for eight hours. and during the last eight hours, the time that we ve been waiting here, we have not seen a single u.s. flight evacuate people. and so one u.s. flight took off about half an hour to an hour ago but it was filled with u.s. service men and women. the people who have been sitting on the tarmac for the last ten hours have not been able to