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officials claim dozens of americans want to stay in the country. dana: chaotic situation in the ground guaranteeing some americans will be left behind in addition to thousands of our afghan allies. bill: the president s messaging on this has evolved over the past 10 days. take a look at this sample starting with abc nine days ago. president biden: no one is being killed right now. god forgive me if i m wrong about that. no one is being killed right now. we made clear to the taliban that any attack, any attack on our forces or disruptions of our operations at the airport will be met with swift and forceful response. president biden: the taliban has not taken action against u.s. forces. so far they have by and large followed through what they said. we ll see whether or not what they say turns out to be true. every day we re on the ground is another day we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. ....
tells the white house they they have provided a similar assessment on the situation. the pentagon now says they believe it was a single suicide bomber yesterday, not two separate bombs. the attack left 113 afghans dead, as well, by the way and many more injured. isis-k claimed responsibility for m bombing. moments ago while meeting with the israeli prime minister the president weighed in again on the horrific attack. the mission there is dangerous. and it is now come with significant loss of american personnel. and it was a worthy mission because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region, out of the airport. they evacuated more than 12,000 additional people out of the airport in the last 24 hours. i met with my commander first thing in the morning about the attacks and the measures their taking to complete the mission. they say the u.s. military and coalition forces helped to evacuate more than 12,000 people yesterday. more than 100,000 in total had been ev ....
hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. this is cnn blaking news. hello, everyone. many are being treated for their wounds. the pentagon says a number of afghans fell victim to these attacks. a source tells cnn at least one of the blasts was the result of a suicide bomber near the main gate of the airport and another was at a nearby baron hotel where 169 americans had to be extricated, evacuated from the country there just a few days ago. so we have this new graphic video. it includes disturbing audio of the aftermath of one of the blasts. here it is . it is just chaos and carnage there. you see rows of bodies, you see some of them bloody. some appear lifeless. one man is heard saying he is alive, pull this guy out. cnn s sam kiley says he believes it was taken in the sewage canal that was just outside of the main gate. u.s. officials believes isis-k was behind these attacks but they re still working to confirm it. the state department had been warning for days ....
as the president s meeting begins here in washington, the clock is sticking in kabul, and the president is sticking with the time for the forces to leave the country in six days from now, but with the contingency plans in place should they be needed. the pentagon says some 86,000 people have been evacuated, including 19,000 in the last 24 hours, and 10,000 more remaining at the airport waiting and hoping that the next flight out is going to be theirs. outside of the airport perimeter, military officials have acknowledged that u.s. forces have made a limited number of missions to pick up americans and allies who can t get to the airport themselves. there are also private flights out being organized by veterans, military contractors and aide workers and former spies. some of the contractors are charging the passengers thousands of dollars, but even as the herculean effort is happening with a plane taking off every 39 minutes according to the pentagon, confusion and concer ....
the clock is ticking down. of course it is ticking down to something that. the button himself part. for the rest of that world. for the biden before his self-imposed deadline to pull remaining troops from afghanistan. today the taliban for a second time said they are not okay. the white house is the feeling the pressure, no doubt. press secretary jen psaki insisted no americans will be left behind. does the president have a sense that most of the criticism is not leaving afghanistan, it is the way he has ordered it to happen, by pulling troops before getting these americans who are now stranded. i think it is responsible to the state americans are stranded. reporter: there are no americans stranded in afghanistan? i m just calling you out professing we are when i have been very clear that we are not leaving americans who want to return home. we are going to bring them home. and i think that is important for the american people to understand. harris: oh, did ....