but an enormous piece of property the size of a town. they have a hospital, shops, gyms, hangersf and barracks. as last month bagram had a prison that held thousands of foreignnd fighters including isis and the taliban. of and then all of a sudden for the first time in 20 years, the lighting went out at bagram. locals understood what was going on. without warning, the u.s. military just left. split in the middle of the night and turned off the power as they did. ultimately, the bases new afghan commander fled, too. in minutes, looters descended. they found thousands of vehicles, a huge cache of weapons and ammunition. the pentagon didn t seem concerned. mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff explainedd that bagram is not necessary tactically for what we re going to do in afghanistan. that turns out to be a massive miscalculation. that is clear. the decision to abandon the air field is idiotic and led to the killing of 13 service members yesterday. bagram aba
decade. forces are on high alert as you are watching fox and friends first . carley: we have team coverage this morning, doug luzader is live with the brunt of this response but marianne referee has the latest from overseas. reporter: evacuations from afghanistan resuming with new urgency a day after two suicide bombings targeted thousands of people, 13 us service members were killed in the attack making it the deadliest day for us troops in 10 years. at least 18 other servicemembers were injured when the explosion occurred, they were flown out of kabul on c-17s with surgical units. the attack occurring at abby gate where people were gathering to get into the airport. the second attack happening at the baron hotel. americans gathered there in the past for rescue and evacuation. and afghan translator who worked with the marine corps describes the chaos he saw outside the airport. and an explosion happens. she died right in my hands. i don t know what exactly what is goi
been a vaccine push is now becoming a vaccine must with more and more vaccine requirements taking effect especially now that the food and drug administration granted full approval to pfizer s vaccine. today the pentagon ordered troops to get their shots as soon as possible. private businesses are joining in. cbs health and disney said they would add or expand requirements for workers and delta airports said it would raise health care premiums for workers who remain unvaccinated. add to that schools and universities. more than 800 are requiring students to get covid vaccinations before returning to campus because the reality is the only way to blunt the pandemic is through vaccination. the only way stop the misinformation and the selfishness of the unvccinated is the stop begging and start making it mandatory. for the fruly mitted anti-vaxers could make covid jones town and move to florida or texas or south dakota with apologies to the doctors and nurses there. today governor
country was on the verge ever rapid and catastrophic takeover of the taliban. the united states stands by its commitment. in includes other vulnerable afghans including women in journalist fred we are particular focused on engagements on making sure ever american who wants to leave can get to the airport i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world . this is about america leading the world in all our allies hav agreed with that. we ve been in agreement with th taliban so far, they ve allowed them to go through. we know of no circumstance wher american citizens, carrying american passports were unable to get to the airport what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? gigabyte in saying several time in that speech that there were no issues between the taliban and americans getting to the airport. there were really disturbing reports of american defense secretary said on the call that americans our in fact being beate
president biden says this evacuation is going very well weempleght have no indication that they haven t been able to get into kabul in the airport. we made an agreement with the taliban this far. they allowed them to go through. it s in their interest for them to go through. so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american pass poured are trying to get through to the airport. but late yesterday the pentagon announced it was forced to rescue mission and grab 1 of 9 americans 200 yards away from the front gazette the airport because of the chaos. measures were unable to get in. think chook helicopters launched from the airport and landed just over the walls to a nearby hotel to snatch those americans. there were these are the same 169 americans president biden mentioned in his speech yesterday at the white house. with qatar now closing stores to afghan refugees because they say there is no more room u.s. is announcing evacuation flights to germany