Joe biden, your president, he just left our fellow americans behind enemy lines, as hostages to the whims of terrorists. My sources are telling me the mister ministration testament of 250300 americans left behind is extremely low in the more likely number of americans left behind is closer to 1,000, may be more. The saddest part c of all is our government doesn t know in they don t have a clue. Coming up we will join by two goldstar fathers, their sons marine corporal lance jerrod schmitz, and staff sergeant taylor hoover, they were both killed during last week s attack at the airport in kabul. Its because of euros like this and thousands of americans and our allies, they were able to escape the country bright tonight, countless americans they have now been completely abandoned in left behind enemy lines, abandoned not by our brave soldiers, but by their commanderinchief who made the political decision to leave by august 31st, the taliban deadline no matter what. It is day 16, american
Dana: it was not at a time and a place of our choosing. Bill: p pentagon admitting it did not meet its goal of evacuating every last american or ally despite president biden s promise to leave no one behind. President biden: we won t conduct a hasty rush to the exit. We ll do it responsibly, deliberately and safely. There is a home for you in the united states if you so choose and we ll stand with you just as you stood with us. President biden: if there are american citizens left we ll stay until we get them all out. Any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Our first priority in kabul is getting american citizens out of the country as quickly and safely as possible. Dana: yet the taliban are now in full control of that airport. The group marching triumphantly across the tarmac hours after the last plane took off. Republicans calling it a shameful display of american weakness. He promised the taliban would be out august 31st. Promised the americans in afghanistan to ge
They solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. They did this because for the thousands of state department and u. S. Employees that served in afghanistan in the past 20 years, this evacuation operation was very personal. Many worked hand and hand for years with afghan partners. Many of whom became trusted friends. We also lost cherished members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. We ll never forget them. Helping americans, our foreign partners that have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than just a high stakes assignment for our team. It was a sacred duty. And the world saw how our diplomats rose to the challenge with determination and heart. U. S. Service members in kabul did heroic work securing the airport, protecting civilians of many nationalities including tens of thousands of afghans and airlifting them out. They re also providing vital support right now caring for afghans on military bases in e
You can see military doing the lord s work. There is a dunkirk movement. Veterans have united to save our own, there is no one else coming for them but us. Welcome to modern warriors, afghan extraction. I m your host pete hegseth, thank you for spending this evening with us, u. S. Veterans banding together to get as many american citizens and allies out of afghanistan before joe biden shuts down the window for rescues, people are desperate, scenes are dangerous, and many tactics covert, i have honor of catching up with 4 modern warriors working on a way out. Meet saboor sakhizada. He was my translator in afghanistan. We have major michael gene murray ii. And we is founder president of liberty organization, for veterans and emergency responders, major murray was my boss in. Army green beret, matthew goldstein, served 17 years in u. S. Army, multiple tours in afghanistan. U. S. Marines and afghan passenger and police forces. He was one of three battalion commanders serving under 7 regime
Of that country will only increase. The last u. S. Planes carrying u. S. Troops and state department left personnel left kabul airport at 3:29 p. M. Eastern time. They cleared afghanistan airspace and that s when we heard from the general. It marks the end of 20year mission which began shortly, of course, after the september 11th attacks. Roughly 6,000 americans have been evacuated since august 14th. About 250 roughly are believed still to be on the ground in afghanistan with the taliban now in control. Meantime, the big story here back at home in the u. S. Rescuers are trying to reach people trapped by floodwaters across louisiana as residents are being told not to return to new orleans and other areas across the southeast. More than 1 million customers in louisiana and mississippi, including all of new orleans left without power after hurricane ida made landfall as a category 4 storm. And many of them tonight are still without power down there. At least one person was killed as a res