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for american-fighting men and women, it will be a stain on this administration, forever. i don t disagree with that. i know that there s some political pushback. and there s some people on the trumpy fringe trying to make it, like, look at the people he wants to bring here. these are men and women. talk to our veterans. listen to our veterans, about what they did for this country and for our fighting men and women. and now, they re going to be left there and they are going to be hunted down like dogs. i think it s i i agree with what you said. but i think it s too early to judge what s going to happen. we don t know what s going to happen. the exit? yeah. those pictures are horrific. no one can deny the situation that happened at the airport there. and the the the pictures that we re seeing and what we re hearing from our folks who are there, happening on the ground. but i think, let s see. it s going to take some time to figure out if it was a right move, ....
women s rights. that pr campaign is met with lots of skepticism. here the white house is struggling to contain the fall-out of the collapse on president biden s watch. one white house official privately admits, and i m quoting now, our confidence is being questioned. our correspondents are covering it all from the white house to the pentagon to the afghan capital. let s go to our chief correspondent clarissa ward. she s joining us from kabul. there are thousands and thousands of americans and afghans. they are hoping to flee the country but are so fearful of being attacked by taliban fighters on their way to the airport. the taliban just promised what they re calling safe passage to anyone who wants to evacuate. but is that happening? well, what the taliban says it s trying to do, wolf, is present these chaotic scenes that we have seen at the airport where you just have a crush of humanity storming the premises, flooding the runway. but certainly their activities are ....
america s longest war. president biden described scenes in kabul as gut wrenching. citizens taking desperate and dangerous measures at the airport to try to free the taliban. let s begin over at the white house. jeremy is standing by. jeremy, the president had little choice but to address the nation just a little while ago. as this crisis continues to explode on his watch. reporter: no doubt, wolf. from the moment that the world witnessed the stunning collapse of the u.s.-backed government in kabul, it was clear that this was a moment that president biden was going to need to explain what exactly happened and how this rushed u.s. exit ha chaotically at the airport in kabul. the president admitted he was caught off guard, but the president ultimately making clear that he stands by his decision. he has no regrets and he did not want to hand this u.s. war effort to a fifth president. i am president of the united states of america. and the buck stops with me. reporter ....
but i think what people want to hear from him is that we ll take care of our friends, we ll take care of our allies, and we ll do what we can for the afghan women and children who are now at such grave risk from the taliban. mike memoli who is standing by near camp david where the president spent the weekend, mike, knowing that we have probably less than a minute to go, what kind of situation can you give us from there? brian, what the white house wants to be today to be about is consistency, the consistency of a president who before that as a candidate for president, as a vice president and even as a senator was very clear in his view of the situation in afghanistan and that the task of nation building there was one that meant an endless commitment of u.s. blood and treasure, a commitment that he did not think would ultimately be mike, i m going to interrupt. here s the president. the unfolding situation in afghanistan. the developments that have taken place ....
sources tell cnn that president ashraf gone any has fled his country, and in desperation, long lines of afghan citizens are trying to withdraw cash from atms and, if they can, trying to seek flights out of the country. as all of this unfolds, the u.s. is sending more u.s. troops into afghanistan, 5,000 total, to ensure that president biden calls an orderly and safe drawdown. when the president came to office, he had a decision to make. the previous administration negotiated an agreement with the taliban that said that our forces, our remaining forces, only about 2,500, would be out of the country on may 1st. the idea that the status quo could have been maintained by keeping our forces there i think is simply wrong. we have team coverage on the ground in afghanistan and across the globe to bring you all the breaking developments. cnn s nick paton walsh is in kabul. describe what you re seeing as the taliban enters that capital city. reporter: well, again, after hea ....