The last 24 hours. The taliban is clearly calling the shots, dictating the terms and the deadline of August 31 now just eight days away on when they say we have to be gone. If the u. S. Or the u. K. Wanted to extend their 31st of August Deadline in order to continue evacuations out of the country, would you agree that . No. Why not . This is a Red Line. It will provoke a reaction. Lara logan has been covering afghanistan for 20 years. Ryan crocker is the former u. S. Ambassador To Afghanistan and a number of surrounding countries. Both are standing by. We begin with Senator Tom tillis that writes in an oped that says dont let the taliban dictate the terms. Senator tillis, thanks for being here. You and your office are working around the clock to answer as many requests from people who are passing them along to you. I think we all thank you for the work that your office is doing right now. It is not necessarily something that falls upon senate offices to take that underway. What were yo
Well have special guests to see how we take it from here. Many of if not all of our engaged staff were not present on the Embassy Compound. They were working remotely given the volatile security situation. Many of them were at home were not at work. I can tell you that we have been able to relocate members of our staff. They were not brought to the Airports Compound with the americans direct hires because they werent at the Embassy Compound by and large that day. Ive been told at the Airport Military has been complaining about bureaucracy from dhs, customs and border patrol, and state to do theful entering a civet, presumably on sivs rather than doing a preliminary vet and letting them board and do that in doha, ramstein or wherever. This is frustrated the military and becoming a road block. Its not just state, primarily with dhs, but with states. So this is the ic, the whole interagency lengthy vet before letting People move on. Can you look into that . Im happy to look into that but
Good luck every day. we know you re working hard. thank you. martha: that s the story of this monday, august 23, 2021. the story goes on this. is a big story. we ll be on it every day. back here at 3:00 tomorrow. your world is started now with neil cavuto. have a great afternoon, everybody. keep these people in your thoughts and your prayers. neil: thank you very much. we re monitoring this state department briefing on a day that there s a red line from the taliban, eight days from now to be done completely in afghanistan. all u.s. personnel to leave afghanistan. it s caused a quandary right now for the pentagon and at the state department how to respond to that. we ve been arguing we might need more time. let s listen in here.