Close by to make sure this can happen safely. But outside the Airport Perimeter still chaos according to a Information British soldier who says his wife was among those getting crushed in a stampede. Another urgent issue the Pentagon Hasnt solved. 000 evacuate those who cant get the kabul airport. The u. S. Military did reveal that it is communicating with taliban commanders on the ground and that there have been no taliban hostilities against americans and u. S. Operations. That truth has to hold to locate and rescue as many as 10,000 americans who remain and many more afghans who helped the u. S. Well hear from the White House at this hour as this crisis unfolsd. The taliban are formally reintroducing themselves to The World. A short time ago they held their first official News Conference since taking power. Whats their message and what does it mean for the future of afghanistan, the region and u. S. National security . Lets bring in Cnn Senior International Correspondent sam kiley.
What do you think those officials are getting wrong . And can you ensure americans are safer today because of your actions than we were several months ago . Our position is that we are going to have to deal with the potential threat of terrorism from afghanistan going forward, just as we have to deal with the potential threat of terrorism in dozens of countries in multiple continents around the world. We have to deal with the threat of terrorism in Yemen And Somalia and syria. We have to deal with Al Qaeda and isis. We have to do so using intelligence capabilities, defense capabilities. Yes, in some cases the support we can provide to local partners to help them deal with the challenge. What we have shown is in many of the countries i just mentioned, among others, we have been successful to date in suppressing the threat to the u. S. Homeland in those countries without sustaining a permanent military Presence Or Fighting in a war. That is what we intend to do with respect to afghanista
Falling items, but at this time, its not considered that the building is at risk of collapse but it is unstable and so we are no longer entering into the building. Carlos with nbc 6. My question may be for the fire chief. Dump trucks arrived early this afternoon. Can you walk us through where theyre staging . Is there hope to start moving some stuff out now . Yes, those Dump Trucks are going to our Evidence Debris Collection site. Were moving debris as Fire Rescue does what theyre doing. They move the debris. Were relocating it to a location to be collected, sifted through, cataloged, photographed for future investigation purposes. How do you decide what gets hauled away . There are detectives on the scene, engineers. Theyre just loading the trucks. Its going to a d. O. T. Secured site. When its there its cataloged and placed in certain areas and as the investigative process goes, it will be sifted through and analyzed. Thank you. Maam . [ Indiscernible Question ] the first question in
Released later this hour. Stand by for that. Meanwhile, crews are working around the clock, despite problems complicating their efforts. Well get more when the Fire Chief joins me live in the next few minutes. And the complex North Tower, identical to The One that collapsed, what our crew documented. Significant differences in maintenance. Lots going on. First, lets go straight to cnns Brian Todd. We expect an update on the search from officials soon. You have been working your sources. Update our viewers. Reporter wolf, tonight, we can report a man named the former official for Surfside Assured Residents of the South Complex that their building was in good shape, despite having information it was not in good shape, that gentleman, Ross Priato is on leave of absence by the city he currently works with, doral. Hired as an interim Building Official for doral. As of yesterday, he is placed on leave of absence. He has not responded to Cnns Request for comment. This comes as other residenti
One specific isolated area. Definitely weather, it enhances. With the water as were making en entry, as we tunnel into certain areas. Like i mentioned, when we find a void and want to go further, deep tore see if there is a deeper void to see if there is different findings. There is concern with Rain And Debris and sliding. It an extremely dangerous sit Bas Situation and cant emphasize enough what were doing. You know, its a very, very difficult and challenging situation and were doing the best we can, what were trained to do and definitely continue moving forward. Final question in english and well switch to spanish. [ Indiscernible Question ] we had our Building Official go through the Champlain North and East And Address concerns a top to Bottom Evaluation to determine whether or not the buildings are structurally sound and we might be able to make a determination whether or not there is an issue there in the meantime the residents have been given the option to relocate with fears i