Checkpoints, and now u. S. Embassy as alert say the gates may open or closed without notice in that americans should use their best judgment when traveling emphasizing the u. S. Government cannot ensure Safe Passage. We have Team Box Coverage retired fourstar general Jack Keane. We begin with Jennifer Griffin Life at the pentagon with the latest ahead of the president. We have just received news that an american commander has just ordered plates resumed Fro Kabul after a nine hour pause. Fox news has also confirmed the u. S. Military does not have permission to leave the airport in carry out Rescue Operations even though british and french paratroopers are doing so great no american transport planes ha taken off in the past nine hour due to a logistical bottleneck Red Foxes learn the u. S. Military does not have permission from the White House to play people directly to the u. S. Despite preparations being made at three american bases. Many of the afghans who have been flown out, about
Going to leave, they weren t going to just abandon in put down their arms in take off. so that s what happened. thank you very, very much. why do you continue to trust the taliban, mister president? for the first time is of the site standing at the signs sides of president joe biden, joe biden saying we will get you home, saying the past week has been heartbreaking, an american who wants to come home we will get you home. i cannot promise he said with the final outcome will be great he went on to claim that al qaeda is not gone from afghanistan. i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. i have seen the exact opposite. jennifer griffin as life right now at the pentagon. jennifer, that is certainly not what we ve seen, in fact they called the fall of kabul
Have partners, we don t have eyes in ears, the reason the u.s. military can t leave the airport to go rescue any americans out in kabul when british and french special forces can do so is that they don t have any partners left, they don t have partners who ca help them safely navigate. i don t see how you can say tha with a straight face that they re going to be over the horizon capabilities to see the terror threat in afghanistan when this is all said in done. the damage done two international relations, international standing we heard as you said from international leaders around the world that nato allies or gob smacked at the senate announcement in withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. and i remember at the time when shortly after the biden ministration took over and the secretary went over to tell nat allies that, it wasn t a discussion with allies, it was we are leaving.
Troops, and our diplomats in although serving in harm s way. now i will take questions. ap. the world expects america delete up two its promises very few promised to bring out those who helped america in its war efforts, we have seen these images of the kabul airport in we are seeing people that can t get to the airport. you made the commitment to the american troops to get the american citizens outrightly make the same commitment to those who assisted in the american war effort are the las 20 years, number one in the number two, what is your messag to america s partners around th world that apart criticized the conduct of that withdraw in mad them question america s credibility on the world stage. i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. i spoke with are not nato allies , in spoke with nato allies in the secretary of stat
Jennifer griffin, in its amazing . she has been to afghanistan since 1993 covering the pentago for 20 years she lived in the middle east for 20 years, knows the areas, knows the regions, and she said couldn t fact chec it fast enough in real time because there were so many missed statements made by the president i want to know if we have the soundbite keyed up the president said something you might have found a little bit unbelievable where he said there s been no criticism of ou credibility from our allies. this is about america leading the world in our allies agreein with us. i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. as spoken with our nato allies who spoke with that nato allies in the secretary of state, our national security adviser has been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world in our allies as has the general or excuse me, i keep calling him the general, but secretary of defense. have not seen that. seen the opposite very we ar