The nationalities of the victims. The taliban also says the culprits will be brought to justice. It remains to be seen if they have those capabilities. Theres been no claim of responsibilities. A senior official says it points to an isis affiliate. One explosion an apparent Suicide Attack took place at the Abbey Gate at the airport. Another blast was nearby outside or near a hotel. Not clear what that means for the final stage of the evacuation. There have been reports dozens of americans need a Military Escort still to the airport. Through Talibanheld Territory in kabul and despite warnings of more attacks being possible. The pentagon called the attacks a complex operation. We have our correspondents covering this. Sam, lets talk about the two locations that we know about outside the hotel and by the Abbey Gate. Weve gotten some early horrific images which we had shown earlier. Talk about what we know happened. Well, what we know is there were two blasts. The first, one of the blasts
President comes out. With us today, former u. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Her husband deployed to afghanistan while she was governor of South Carolina. General Jack Keane that provided oversight for the afghan war, assisting David Petraeus during the u. S. Surge. Jennifer griffin and Greg Palkot who together have decades of experience reporting from the region on the ground. Chief national Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin having first traveled there in 1993 and reported from that multiple times over the last decade. Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot who was embedded with the early battles with the taliban. Were hearing these reports of whats going on on the ground and what may be the beginning of the closing of doors. A lot of people thought they were on this list, people that worked with the afghan national government to build democracy in that country are learning that theyre to stay home. Dont come. Martha, we have just learned from sources that the u. S. Milita
To follow up quickly is. There an education camp, information sent in to stakeholder as Cross The Country that may have some concern sorry. Domestically here in states . Yes. Yes. Were in touch with governors, local authorities, communities, engaging with local media. Theres an understanding of the stringent process that we have in place before individuals come to the United States. And i think a part of that is a reminder that these are individuals that fought alongside the United States over the last 20 years. Thats part of who we are as a country. Part of the fabric of the United States. So Thats Part of it as well. In terms of a specific vetting components, were thinking about that and ensuring were communicating that effectively. Thats our objective. Go ahead. Can you share more about the possible incidents of Havana Syndrome that the Vice President has talked about . Sure. Ill say that the Vice President is now in country, in vietnam. Certainly we take very seriously let me get t
More maps up she particularly likes them to spend more time with them. Im going to go quickly through maps, some extra ones today. And then come back to them and work with them some more. This is the first one. This is what he propose the city should look like. You can see the two arrows theyre pointing to this particular square. That is what we are going to talk about. This is Don Hawkins a map from the book in which he shows what we can figure out about what was going on in 1801 when congress got here. The streets are not there. That is but because they cut them little by little. We are spending a lot of time doing surveying which had not been done. So the area is not really ready yet. Its interesting to see the way it developed. This is the 1815 map. This was what the situation was after the fire. And again the block is marked there. You can see what we are talking about. This is the map today. You can see the capitol grounds are a block whiter. Those arrows are in the same position