that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army collapsed and the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be a saigon. guess what? there has been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand scquarely behind my decision, it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must see it s defeat for the united states. i think the president is right. enough is enough. what was all of this for? that has to be the question veterans are asking. two decades, more than $2 trillion, more than
conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i ve learned the hard way, there is never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army has collapsed. the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be saigon. but guess what. there s been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand squarely behind my decision. it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. because i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must say that it s a moral defeat for the united states. i think is the president is right. enough is enough. what was all of this for? that has to be the quest
the u.s. has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. this according to a u.s. defense official i have spoken to. security concerns around the airport are one of the major reasons president biden cited for sticking to his august 31st deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. forces. the white house just announced that about 19,000 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, people like those you re seeing there. more than 82,000 people in total have been airlifted over the course of the last 11 days. we re expecting a live update from that pentagon podium this hour. we ll bring it to you live. we re covering all the fast-moving developments out of afghanistan. let s begin with cnn s nick paton walsh who is in qatar where many of these evactuation are going. we also have atika shubert. nick, this has been described as acute, credible and specific. what are you hearing? reporter: i can only agree with the notion that isis-k
question what s going right? what s going well? dana: the white house has thoughts they want to spin you on. to that end the president is plowing forward with the deadline of august 31 despite our allies pleading for more time to get their people out. the decision is also drawing scrutiny from lawmakers at home. thousands of americans that president biden stranded behind enemy lines. instead of spending every minute working to get them out, he put a shot clock on them saying there is only seven days left to get all americans out. our office alone has received over 6,000 requests. many of these requests are from families with multiple people seeking support. president biden has signed a death warrant for thousands of afghans who helped us and he is washing his hands of afghanistan at our peril as a nation. i do not believe this can be accomplished by august 31 and i have requested they encourage the president in the strongest possible terms to reconsider that deadlin
servicemen in women have alread left for the pentagon confirmin today the u.s. after that augus no longer control the airport they re pretty cute the president says all americans an afghan allies will be evacuated if they want to leave. but the taliban is blocking man afghans and likely americans from reaching the airport. in just moments we will hear from on the and standing by to join us in moments for it. we look forward to all of that and kick off fox team coverage for you at this hour. retired four-star general jack keane is standing by, but first to jennifer griffin who is life at the pentagon for as. we have learned during the pentagon reaping last night the u.s. military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabul to get roughly 1020 americans to the airport is the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to american spirit. last night during the darkness, there was an o