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president biden has canceled his planned trip home to wilmington, delaware. instead of getting briefed on the situation in afghanistan at the white house. we have fox news team coverage with lucas tomlinson at the pentagon and jacqui at the white house. and what are you hearing in doha. anita, good afternoon. there continues to be efforts by the international community to get as many civilians and diplomates out of afghanistan as possible of the flights are ongoing. as we know, the u.s. issued the alert warning of possible security threats outside of the gates where people are going into the airport facilities. we ve seen video over the past six days of major clashes. taliban fighters outside trying to push back people who arrived there even with the correct paper work and u.s. military personnel, even pulling babies up over barbed wire trying to get them to safety. officials in doha are trying to make sure that afghans have comfortable living as they land on the grou ....
a dangerous storm now that is gaining strength at this hour. let s go outfront . good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. tonight these powerful images we ll show you capturing the scene inside a c-17 packed mostly with afghan nationals fle fleeing their home country. clarissa ward and vince wells are on that plane now. roughly 400 people making their way to kutar. this comes as president biden takes questions for the first time since afghanistan collapsed to the taliban. biden admitting he does not know how many americans are still in afghanistan, but he promised to get every last one out. let me be clear, any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. will you sign off on sending u.s. troops into kabul to evacuate americans who haven t been able to get to the airport safely? we have no indication they haven t been able to get in kabul through the airport. yet, this afternoon, biden s defense secretary appeared to contradict ....
forces would come out day one had we not begun that process and the taliban saw, we would have been back at war with the taliban. we trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 afghan forces who have to fight for themselves. i m pamela brown in washington live in the cnn news. taliban fighters have captured afghanistan. and as americans scramble to get out, more are heading in. a short time ago, the pentagon approved sending another 1,000 u.s. troops because of the worsening security conditions on the ground. in all, total of 6,000 american service members are now being deployed. it has been a day of gut wrenching developments and heart wrenching images. the crowd you see in this social media postbel believed to be americans and kabul americans at the airport desperate to leave the country. scr scenes of complete chaos. america s longest war ended in humiliating collapse. and take a look at this, video showing victorious taliban fighters making themselve ....
launched in october of 2001. this was just a few hours ago at the presidential palace in kabul. the taliban militants sitting at the desk of the president, the former president, we should say. a clear sign the war for afghanistan is essentially over. meantime, president biden is sending an additional 1,000 troops to protect the airport. one of the last places in afghanistan that is not under ban control. take a look right here. this is scene at the airport tonight. a mad scramble to get out of kabul before it is too late. but no one can say if there are days or just hours before the last plane departs, leaving afghan people to an unknown fate. events are moving with lightning speed tonight. time evacuate americans from afghanistan is running out and the pentagon is already making some tough choices. i m joined now by orrin lieberman. on sunday they said there were 500 staff evacuated but a number to go. the total number that need to be evacuated from the embassy is 4, ....
and the taliban saw, then we would have been back at war with the taliban. we trained with modern equipment over 300,000 afghan forces. they ve got to fight for themselves. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening. afghanistan has fallen. as americans scramble to get out, more are heading in. a short time ago the pentagon approved sending another 1,000 troops because of the worsening security conditions. in all, a total of 6,000 american service members are now being deployed. it has been a day of breathtaking developments and heart wrenching images. the crowd you see in this social media post, believed to be americans and their allies at the kabul airport, waiting to board planes and leave the country. scenes of complete chaos as people clamor to be evacuated. america s longest war has ended in humiliating collapse. take a look at this. al jazeera video showing victorious taliban fighters laying claim to the presiden ....