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justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc s south asia correspondent and was in a mortar attack by the taliban. so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. welcome to you all. let s start with that ben, shelley? let s start with that, then, shall we? on thursday, a suicide bomb attack at kabul airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. a local branch of islamic state called isk said they carried out the attack. throughout the week, 100.000 people were evacuated throughout the week, 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands left behind. there s a huge refugee crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. it couldn t be much worse or could it? justin, let s start with you. you know afghanistan well. you were in contact regularly with the taliban. they ....
victims, the president that retribution. to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, no this. 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 at my command. this evening the flag atop the white house has been lowered to half staff, as where the flags over the u.s. capital, they are now just five days left to complete the evacuation, the drawdown in afghanistan. earlier this week, the president announced the august 31st deadline would not be extended, precisely because of security concerns surrounding the operation at the crowded airport. the white house says that despite today s bombings, neither the nda nor the mission has changed. i would note that more than 700,000 70,000 people were evacuated over the last 24 hours. that includes members from coalition partners. this is what the president is focused on, getting as many people on the ....
after twin bombings at the gates of kabul s international airport. president biden is vowing to continue with evacuations, the question is are troops bracing for more attacks? plus across the country more than 100,000 people are hospitalized with coronavirus. it s the highest number of hospitalizations we have seen since january, before vaccines were widely available to the public. the question is when will we see case numbers go down again? and the supreme court throws out the biden administration s eviction moratorium. the question is what does this mean for millions of americans who are behind in rent? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early, i m sam stein. this friday, august 27th. we start in afghanistan where 13 u.s. service members and according to the associated press at least 95 afghans are dead following terror attacks in kabul. gunmen in two suicide bombers targeted thousands of people waiting near hamid karzai inter ....
reporter: what do you do if you are stuck in afghanistan? don t go to the airport according to the us government, word of a possible imminent attack is out there especially after the latest intelligence from the uk after the us embassy put out the statement, threat of cyber couple airport, us citizens should avoid traveling to the airport, those at east gate or northgate should leave immediately. the evacuations of continued but we hear different figures from the administration how many americans are stranded in afghanistan. state department says the number is around 1500 or so and may include a group of families from california. anthony blinken says americans were repeatedly warned. march of this year we sent 19 messages to americans enrolled with the embassy in kabul encouraging and urging them to leave the country. there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enrolled with the embassy with evacuation services notices and never identified themselves t ....
[inaudible] the water level began to rise a whole lot faster than i have ever saw it. search for at least 0 missing people remnants of tropical depression fred. thank you for everything you sacrificed. i want to say thank you on behalf of the cleveland browns. thank you so much for allowing us to play this game we love. we appreciate you more than you know. steve: fox news alert. it is 6:00 a.m. here in new york city. it is 2:30 in the afternoon live right now in kabul, afghanistan where the taliban takeover worsening by the day. brian: the excuses get more ridiculous by the hour. new reports say several afghans were killed this morning when taliban fighters opened fire on protesters who had the audacity to waive the national flag of previous government that was in power one week ago. ainsley: mark meredith joins us as president biden calls it inevitable. president biden says there was no way to avoid the chaos and confusion in afghanistan. he talked to abc n ....