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Facility. it has a level two trauma center. that means they can get 24-hour coverage by a surgeon and anesthesiologist. they are getting hop quality, jim. it can be heartbreaking to see those bodies. they do a great job of saving lives. you re a few miles from the ramstein airbase. that is where 14,000 afghan evacuees are awaiting word about their next destination. there is a screening process. do we know how long that takes and where they re all going? reporter: yeah. ideally it would only take 48 hours. the reality is many people were there for as long as a week. they are living in basic shelters. these are tents with cots for beds. there are toilets, but no real showers. so it has been very tough for some of the families that are there. the good news is that the commercial flights that are bringing them to the states have picked up. so now we re seeing as many as ten a day going out, and i believe the total number that have been brought from ramstein ....
taliban guilty of terror attacks itself through the years, many dozens of them. barbara starr, thanks very much. joining me now to discuss is james clapper. he s former director of intelligence, led operations during a big part of those many years in afghanistan. director clapper, thanks so much for joining us this morning. thanks, jim, for having me. secretary of state anthony blinken said yesterday the u.s. has, quote, significant leverage over the taliban to ensure cooperation on a number of issues going forward. is that true? well, it s true depending on how the taliban conduct themselves. if they endeavor to behave like a normal, air quotes, nation state, we ll have some leverage particularly with respect to sanctions. afghanistan has been almost totally dependent on external foreign aid to function. so if they recognize the need ....
Relationship with the taliban. the pentagon not embracing yet the notion that there was any defeat involved there, leaving that to the pages of history. listen to what the press secretary john kirby had to say on cnn s new day a short time ago. historians will write the chapters here. we prevented afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for an attack against the united states. in the process, nato forces, afghan partners made a lot of progress in that country, progress which is now going to be up to the taliban to see whether they re willing to continue or not. they have made promises and now the united states government, the international community are going to hold them accountable to those promises. reporter: the big unknown, of course, is the potential terror threat from the u.s. point of view, isis-k, isis in afghanistan. the pentagon is saying that threat is right in the lap of the taliban. jim? ....
Afghanistan, several of the president s senior military advisers opposed that decision. they recommended leaving perhaps 2,500, 3,000 troops there. can you explain that difference? reporter: yeah, no doubt about it, jim. you hit the nail on the head there because there is a distinction between the president s advisers, military and civilian advisers agreeing he should proceed with that withdrawal on august 31st, once conditions on the ground deteriorated. once we saw the terrorist attack in kabul happen last week. there is an entirely different thing to say the military advisers agree with the president s initial decision back in april to withdraw all m military forces by september 11, the president had made. we know the president was advised to do a conditions based withdrawal by the military and that certainly is not the decision that the president made. that being said, what we do know is that ultimately the president is sticking to the decision, hoping that by pulling troops ....
Louisiana s homeless pets, they helped move these dogs and cats out of hurricane ida s path. not only did it keep them safe from the storm, it could also give them a better shot at finding a home. several shelters from boston to san diego now have them up for adoption and made room in louisiana shelters for those animals injured or separated from their owners duringed storm. thank you for letting me join this morning. cnn s coverage continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. a new chapter, an uncertain one begins. the last u.s. military planes left afghanistan. and today for the first time in nearly two decades, there are no u.s. soldiers deployed on the ground in that country. this image captured the moment. major general chris donohue, commander of the 82nd airborne ....