it was 22 u.s. navy seals. three u.s. air force airman, five u.s. army and national guard soldiers. seven commandoes from the afghan national art me, seven afghan commandoes and afghan translators, also u.s. military working dog that was assigned to one of the members of the seal team on board. 38 personnel on board, all 38 of them killed. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of the u.s. navy seals. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of u.s. special forces of all kind. it was the single deadliest incident in the entirety of the u.s. war in afghanistan, for u.s. forces. and at the time this happened, again, ten years ago this month, we were just about ten years into the war. at the time that helicopter was shot down the re-something on the order of 98,000 u.s. personnel in country, 98,000 u.s. troops. it was at a time where our troop presence was at its highest point, it's most sprawling point, we had more personnel there, and in more parts of afghanistan than we had in most parts of the war. that was ten years ago. today, the u.s. tr

it was 22 u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, three u.s. air force airmen, five u.s. army and army national guard soldiers, seven commandos from the afghan national army. seven afghan commandos, an afghan translator. also, a u.s. military working dog that was assigned to members of one of the s.e.a.l. teams onboard. 38 personnel onboard. all 38 of them killed. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. that was the single deadliest combat incident in the history of u.s. special forces of all kinds. it was the single deadliest incident in the entirety of the u.s. war in afghanistan for u.s. forces. and at the time this happened, again, ten years ago this month, we were just about ten years into the war. at the time, that chinook was shot down, there was something on the order of 98,000 u.s. personnel in country. 98,000 u.s. troops. it was at a time when our troop presence there was at one of its highest points, one of its most sprawling points. we had more personnel there then and more parts of afghanistan than we had in al

u.s. north com and u.s. army north operating predominantly from fort lee, virginia, have provided housing, food, medical treatment, medical screening, and other services to these afghans. our military embrace the opportunity to recognize their contributions to combined operations in afghanistan by welcoming them into the u.s. as we prepare for even more arrivals, u.s. north com and the u.s. army are working to create additional capacity to support refugee relocation in the u.s., including temporary sites under assessment at fort bliss, texas, and camp mccoy, wisconsin. there may be other sites identified if services are needed, additional capacity is needed. at this point, we're looking to establish 22,000 spaces. we can expand if we need to. as with the operation, we've been supporting at fort lee, persons that come to these locations will have been prescreened by the department of homeland security to enter on condition of full immigration processing once they arrive. with this operation underway, given th

u.s. pulls its final troops out of afghanistan ending the nation's longest war. china's slowing recovery. the service sector is back in contraction for the first time since february 2020 and new video gaming rules way on tech stocks. he you travel curbs. another blow to the tourism industry. welcome to the program, everybody. welcome to tuesday's european market open. it is just on 7:00 here in london. good morning, mark. what are the markets saying to you? mark: good morning. how are you doing? it is a wonderfully positive afternoon in asia. it was not a positive start to the day. we were distracted by some of the more global tragic events around the world, both the hurricane ida damage and afghanistan. markets looked uninspired, and little bit negative, but since the lunch break, it has been much more positive and most equity indexes have turned positive, even those stocks that were really kind of suffering. you mentioned chinese tech stocks. looking much more positive going into europe.

u.s. official tells cnn the goal is to get embassy personnel out by tuesday if to not sooner. what you are looking at is cnn video of helicopters shuttling employees from the embassy for that evacuation. president biden has authorized sending in another 1,000 troops to carry out the operation which brings the total to 5,000. >> let's get more on the fast-moving developments in afghanistan and get straight to cnn's nick paton walsh, who joins us live from kabul. nick, there werer the. there was an intelligence assessment a few days ago that said this would take place in 30 to 90 days. u.s. intelligence didn't anticipate this would happen merely within hours. bring us up to speed with what you're seeing. >> reporter: yeah, it's important to have a sort of slight pause on where we feel we are in terms of kabul's security. from what we can see, we are not seeing the taliban entering the city from multiple points as some of the reports have suggested. in fact, a source in the presidential palac

the critical thing is in the u.s., we are highly banked -- 95% of u.s. households have bank accounts already. the 5% that don't don't seem to want a bank account. there is a variety of reasons the unbanked don't wash cap -- want bank accounts. they like cash, they don't trust the bank. these are the kind of questions why they don't have bank accounts, and most don't want them, it is kind of the problem. to say we will give you way cbdc account and they say no thanks, you are not really solving problems about financial closure at that point. >> one of the big motivating reasons why people who support digital currency would like to see the u.s. adopt one, you alluded to it, but talk about more how the u.s. broadly might increase financial inclusion if not through a digital currency, what are some other ideas? >> the question is if you have 1% of the population that is unbanked and would like a bank account or cbdc account, is there a cheaper, more efficient way to provide it with financial services? there is the bank on project being developed and run by a

u.s. evacuation operation in afghanistan is closing. in fact, it is already closed. we are witnessing now a stark contrast between the public message of the u.s. government, the evacuations are continuing, and the harsh reality for many afghans on the ground. they cannot reach the airport that is the country's only emergency exit. this morning all access points to the airport in kabul have effectively been cut off. a source tells cnn there are about 150 american citizens remaining in afghanistan. those people need military escorts to the airport, and u.s. forces are now racing against the clock to get them out safely. complicating all of this, credible reports of an imminent terror attack just outside the airport gates. in the last 24 hours, a total of 13,400 people have been evacuated from the country, some 5,100 by the u.s. this is down from the 19,000 evacuated in total yesterday. this is new video obtained by cnn. it captures the desperation outside the kabul airport. some afghans have

the u.s. armed forces. some have served for over 20 years, other less. what they are a band of brothers who treated war zones for virginia roads. ♪ james sawyer is a former marine who served or tours in afghanistan. -- is a bomb disposal expert who was seriously wounded. like them, more than 800,000 u.s. troops have been deployed to afghanistan over the past 20 years. writing together reminds them of the camaraderie of the army. ♪ >> this song started playing when we were driving. he sets it off. >> since joe biden announced a full withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan back in april, kumble and most of the country have fallen to the taliban. the withdrawal was a mistake for sawyer, especially when it comes to fighting terrorism. >> i don't think the job will ever be done. one of the reasons i did what i did for 20 years is to stop it and prevent it from spreading any further. i definitely see it gaining steam and taking over the country of afghanistan and pushing even outside of it. >>

the u.s. were made actually not be ov. >> joe biden leaves in a combination of dro surveillance, drone attacks, special operations commandos. and i don't think can count on united states to stop using the methods in order to try to continue to control what habits and afghanistan. amy: new orleans remains in the dark after hurricane ida devastates the region. we will the latest. >> ride this would not but i could not. things falling apart, blowing over. ain't got a dry spot and it has. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. military has completed its withdrawal from afghanistan, bringing an official end to the longest war in u.s. history. marine general frank mckenzie said the last troops flew out of kabul just before midnight local time on monday. >> nine withdrawal signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation, but also the end of a nearly 20 year mission that began in afghanistan

u.s. president joe biden is set to speak on the situation in afghanistan shortly. thank you very much for being with us. we are discussing the situation in afghanistan and awaiting a speech by joe biden any moment. the scenes we have seen coming out of kabul, especially at the airport in the past day have painted a grim picture of the situation. people struggling to get onto aircraft, clinging in some cases to the actual fuselage of the aircraft and matures for -- images from amateur photographers showing we believe people falling from those aircraft as they take off and leave the airport in kabul. a situation where several people have been killed. two people shot by american soldiers trying to secure the area. the u.s. has sent another 1000 troops to assist. the french embassy has been moved to the airport. other western embassies setting up as well for safety but also to facilitate the repatriation of their people. not to citizens of their counies but afghan citizens helping to support a

the u.s. withdrawal, telling americans, quote, i stand firmly behind my decision. the searing images from kabul, with the taliban now in control of the country. afghan citizens racing to an american military plane, a c-17, heading down the runway for takeoff. reports people were killed falling from the plane. and that others died in the chaos. disturbing video showing people desperate to board planes. video showing a child being pulled aboard, clinging to a rope. the u.s. tonight now says it is preparing to airlift tens of thousands of american embassy staff and afghan interpreters and their families. those who bravely worked with the americans over 20 years, now fearing for their lives. tonight, there are now chilling new reports about abuses against women and girls. concerns about freedoms gained in the last 20 years will now be lost. president biden and what he said today amid so many questions -- how u.s. intelligence, how his national security team, how the pentagon did not predict that t

the u.s. announced the deployment of more than 3,000 troops to help u.s. personnel get out of afghanistan. any moment, the pentagon will brief reporters with the latest developments. of course, we'll bring you the news headlines out of that. joining me now, cnn senior white house correspondent, phil mattingly, and cnn senior international security editor, nick paton walsh. let me start with you. 17 capitals now, at least 17, this is happening remarkably fast. >> in a week. and if you cast your mind back, victor, to literally how the last 20 years have often been about stalemates over a village in the middle of nowhere, an intense amount of u.s. military power, the speed of this reversal is utterly staggering, faster frankly than when the u.s. swept in, in 2001. the second and third largest cities in taliban's hands. kandahar fell overnight. it feels like a couple of days ago now, remarkable that they have that hugely symbolic birthplace of their movement now in their hands. the question, what

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the commander of u.s. european command said the vetting process has already yielded results. >> do you have any numbers at any of the screening taking place in terms of any watch list, and a number of people appeared on any watch list that you've had to deal with? >> 7,000 plus evacuees process. we had 52 flagged in that area that require further screening. upon further screening with the dhs counterparts, all 52 have been cleared in the green. >> president biden is at the u.s. hopes to effectuate between 50 and 65,000 afghan allies before they august 31st deadline. refugees arriving in the u.s. in the coming days and weeks will be dispersed to military base is located in virginia, texas, wisconsin command new jersey. once there they will receive health screenings and apply for work permits. they will also be connected with u.s. refugee resettlement groups, which can help with the housing, food, and other basic needs, trace. >> trace: marianne rafferty life los angeles, president biden will avenge the deat

u.s. service members killed. the president sayin iing for th who carried out this attack, "we will hunt you down, we will make you pay." those 13 service members killed, at least 18 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at the airport in kabul. the deadliest day for the u.s. military in afghanistan in more than a decade. coming just days before the u.s. deadline to withdraw from that country. isis-k, an isis affiliate in afghanistan, claiming responsibility. the pentagon saying the bomber detonated near the abbey gate, one of the main entrances of the airport. isis gunmen then firing into the crowd. another explosion taking place outside a nearby hotel. it's believed dozens of afghan civilians were also killed. president biden tonight calling those americans lost heroes. and after warning of a potential attack, late today, the president now saying he has asked his commanders to develop plans to strike isis assets and leadership. the president saying the u.s. will move forward with the evacuatio

that means the u.s. intelligence community, the u.s. military, the white house, across the government, they are looking at this minute by minute, in an acknowledgment that isis-k, isis in afghanistan, is still operating inside kabul. this becomes a critical point. as nick paton walsh was saying, with the public acknowledgment from the pentagon that the withdrawal of u.s. forces and equipment has begun, we are now in the countdown, the most dangerous hours for u.s. forces in afghanistan the now upon us. it will be here until that last u.s. military plane rolls down the runway at the airport and lifts off and cleared air space. this is going to be a situation that they will have to monitor around the clock. you know, they're telling us that they will be maintaining u.s. security at the airport until the last minutes, but from a practical matter, at some point, it will all be over. that last plane goes down the runway. when that happens, the u.s. is not in control of the airport. so they are going to come to a point where the taliban will,

the u.s. then,, we examine the structural inequities that lead to a racial divide in homeownership in minnesota. >> it will require decades of tentional work in order to bring that number up so it is on par with ownership in minnesota. >> it is friday, we break down the follow-up that the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, and the impact of the u.n. climate report. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. ♪ johnson & johnson. announcer: financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. more at kf.org. announcer: and with the ongoing support of these institutions. ♪ and, friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions by viewers like you. thank you. william: the taliban is closing in on the afghan capital, after a week that has seen much of the country f

u.s. announces a new troop deployment. >>> a powerful earthquake shakes an already-battered haiti, killing hundreds. now, the country faces a new threat. >>> plus, the back-to-school battle over masks in texas, as districts defy the governor's ban on mandates. you will hear what one doctor in houston says healthcare workers are facing. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here, in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom. " >>> another, key afghan city, jalalabad, has fallen to the taliban. that makes the capital, kabul, the only major afghan city, still, under government control. we are also learning the taliban have seized nilli. that means at least 24 of afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals are in taliban hands. now, the loss of jalalabad is among the government's most crushing defeats, yet. this video appears to show the militants in the city, but cnn can't independently verify it. a local offici

the u.s. safely leave the country. >> and breaking news overnight, sources tell cnn that the white house could soon recommend most americans get vaccinated one get a booster shot. those shots would come eight months after being fully vaccinated and would expand the pool of people now encouraged to get an additional dose beyond that who have compromised immune systems. >> so let's tart there. let me bring in dr. sanjay gupta. good morning to you. that there is going to be a lot of people, myself included, fully vaccinated and questioning why do we need a third booster shot. you could explain it to everyone? >> well i think you're asking a very fair question. especially given that just a couple of weeks ago the message seemed to be you're not going to need booster shots this will probably just be for people with weakened immune systems that couldn't generate the proper immune response initially. it is a very fair question. and i will preface this by saying the mass majority of severe disease is

the u.s. is entering the most dangerous phase of the evacuation mission in afghanistan yet. there are just four days until u.s. forces are due to leave afghanistan. meanwhile, the number of people killed in thursday's blast has risen to 170. more than 180 were injured. our correspondent in kabul has the very latest. and a warning, his report contains distressing images. >> distraught relatives search kabul's morgues, looking for their loved ones. >> this baby you managed to save. >> amongst those killed, a taxi driver london who traveled to kabul to try to help his family get inside the airport. his eldest daughter and youngest child are still missing. his wife was also killed. his brother was at the airport alongside him. >> i saw some small children on the river. it was so bad. it was doomsday for us. >> many of those we meet say their relatives were not killed in the blast but by firing in the confusion afterwards, they believe by foreign soldiers. >> somehow i saw an american soldier and t

the u.s. military evacuation air lift was able to get another 12,500 people air lifted out of the airport in the past 24 hours, which is remarkable. the large-scale evacuation effort, though, is expected to end soon. a huge long list of our western allies have stopped their own evacuation efforts now and left entirely, that includes great britain and germany and spain and lots of our other close allies. the united states military, that said, is still there. u.s. flights are still leaving. as the days of this evacuation order grows shorter, the white house is warning that the risk for another isis attack targeting the airport is very high and growing as more time passes. we heard the warnings all day today. it makes sense. if isis thinks it wants to hit u.s. service-members again, they know the time is short to do so as u.s. service-members are on the way out. each remaining hour becomes more dangerous than the last for u.s. service-members who are still there. i will tell you, just in the few

all of them are u.s. dollar based. nobody else is getting this advantage and this is resulting in -- actually, i just calculated, today already, it is more than $100 billion of capital that has been deployed in the u.s. economy in the form of corporate bonds and treasury bills, providing investment, creating jobs. i mean, it is establishing the u.s. dollar as the internet reserve currency. romaine: but some of the criticism, the pushback to that would be that the u.s. government wants to establish the dollar as the -- currency. are you worried that the fed or the treasury might come in and usurp some of the gains you have made? rune: india, i believe that -- in the end, i believe that given the conversation we are having, the advantage that de-fi is creating for the u.s. economy, i really believe that we will see a positive outcome that is going to regulate the space sensibly and promote innovation. the reality is that while america is right now benefiting far more than basically any other country in the world, this is

when the u.s. has 2500 troops there and was working in close cooperation in some cases directing afghan forces, afghan commandos, they had much better intelligence and much more fire power and they have the ability to react instantly because they were there on the ground with their assets. the difference between 3,000 troops and 5,000 troops and 3,000 troops and 7,000 troops is not that much. the difference between 3,000 troops and zero is profound because when you go to zero they take their equipment with them. they take all this overhead. they will now be trying to keep watching afghanistan from places like doha, from war ships, but there is no substitute to being there. so now it will be up to the taliban. maybe some special operations raid if they find a particularly high value target, but it will be very tricky for the u.s. to start droning even isis in afghanistan. the taliban are not going to like that as soon as the americans pull out they start droning targets even considered legitimate ta

u.s. presence in afghanistan is on its final countdown. president biden says the military is on track to finish its break neck airlift this kabul by august 31, rejenkting the pleas to extend the deadline. the state department has contacted all the americans registered in afghanistan now and instructed them to report to designated locations for evacuation. >> those evacuations have surged in the last few days. at least 70,000 total since august 14th. but the president has asked the military to be ready with contingency options to adjust the time table for final departure if necessary. still mr. biden issed a today mo that it is time to heave. >> the sooner we can finish the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. every day we're on the ground is another day we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. >> while the military races to get everyone out, two members of congress made their way in. democ

the u.s. says that targets were is fighters. some say children were among the dead. >> my doctor was two years old. -- my daughter was two years old. laura: the perception and the reality of life under the taliban. the brutal reprisals carried out despite assurances of an amnesty for all. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. america's longest war is over. the u.s. military aircraft carried the last american troops out of afghanistan early tuesday. the evacuation of more than 120,000 people is over. hundreds of americans and thousands of afghans are left behind facing uncertain and dangerous futures. a general announced the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan was complete. >> 'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable afghans. the last c-17 lifted off from hamid karzai international airport this afternoon at 3:9 -- 20 9 p.m. d the las

the u.s. president has strongly defended his decision to pull out of the country. joe biden made his first public appearance more than a day after the taliban seized control on the capital of kabul. biden said there was never a good time to withdraw and in this military intervention was not the solution. the events developed quicker than expected although he blamed afghan leaders for the collapse. >> i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years, i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. that is why we are still there. we were clear eyed about the risks, we plan for every contingency but i always promise to the american people i would be straight with you. the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so what has happened? afghanistan political leaders give up and fled the country -- gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight. if anything, the development of the past week

the u.s. to reevaluate ending forever wars and what that means for u.s. security interests. specifically, the evolution of this afghanistan campaign and withdrawal has is focusing in on the importance of u.s. security corporation and our military resins in iraq and syria. i am heartened by some of the results that came out of recently enacted security dialogue that we had with iraq. even though we did not announce that we are recognizing the change in u.s. posture from a combat posture to a train and equip mission, with this has done on a bipartisan, multi-admin station level is we have committed to an ongoing military presence and security corporation with our iraqi partners. that is even more important as we see that ramifications of the withdrawal and perhaps some instability in the region that iraq, which has been seen as somewhat of a center of gravity of our situation -- of our security situation in the middle east. in that regard, we also see our nato partners seeking to increase their

u.s. stocks rise. the fda pfizer approval could lead to more vaccine mandates. >> kamala harris reassures allies in asia as she faces questions on afghanistan. >> and why jay powell's jackson hole gamble from a year ago runs the risk of backfiring as we approach this year's gathering. u.s. futures extending gains we saw on the s&p 500, gaining ground with better-than-expected july home sale numbers. weak pmi numbers. we have the nasdaq numbers and composite at record highs. that risk on sentiment, the bloomberg dollar index falling the first time in six sessions. the wti reversing gains in the new york session. the best day in nine months. goldman sachs still pretty positive about oil, saying it is an oversold territory. they are keeping their fourth-quarter targets at $80 a barrel. chinese avr's got a boost. check out jd.com. it gained the most in a month. these beat analyst estimates. a caveat with jd.com, it was 28 percent growth, the slowest in the pandemic. we have seen this dip menta

the u.s. secretary of state says the taliban will allow americans and at risk afghans to lea after the august 31eadline but there have been contradictory words starting with the taliban telling afghans citizens to stop trying to reach kabul airport and stop trying to leave the country. u.s. president joe biden said 24 hours ago there is no need to extend the deadline. the pentagon said it will continue to evacuate people from afghanistan until the u.s. leaves tuesday. there are an estimated 10,000 people right now at kabul airport hoping to get out of afghanistan. let's hear first from the secretary of state of the u.s., antony blinken. >> there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens to leave along with many afghans who have stood by with us and want to leave and have been unable to do so. that effort will continue every day passed august 31. the taliban have made public and private commitments to provide and permit safe passage for americans, for third country nati

is the u.s. going to send additional planes or get additional contracted air to increase the throughput? mr. kirby: we do anticipate increased need for u.s. airlift's. that u.s. airlifts. -- increased need for u.s. airlifts. we fully expect there will be additional u.s. military airlifts required, i just don't have the details today of how that is going to look like and what the sorties are going to look like. but we absolutely anticipate being more involved in the airlift element of this mission. reporter: what about close air support? will you increase the number of drones and fighters to protect these troops? mr. kirby: yesterday we have, and today we have the authority and capabilities in the region to conduct airstrikes if needed. that is not what you change as a result of these new mission sets. reporter: does this mean the u.s. military withdrawal is not good to be complete by august 31? mr. kirby: we are aiming to facilitate the reduction of these civilian personnel by august 31. so, it i

u.s. forces. francine: president biden strikes a defiant tone, defending withdrawal from afghanistan. another day, another record for the s&p 500. the index has doubled from its pandemic of march last year. investors look ahead to town hall talks from jay powell. beware the risk. the sec chair issues his most direct warning yet against investment in chinese companies, saying there was a lot that american investors don't know. welcome to the european market open just in 7:00 a.m. in london. a lot later in singapore. mark, i wonder what you are looking at one of the markets. mark: good morning. i walked in this morning and the u.s. session is relatively positive, it has changed around the sentiment at this time yesterday which was slightly negative. the mood has deteriorated over the last couple of hours for a number of different reasons. generally, asian markets are slightly more negative. we are seeing futures come down a little bit, commodities a little more negative. particularly we are

u.s. troops firing warning shots as they are overrun by the crowd. present biden under pressure, breaking days of silence saying he stands squarely behind his decision to leave, and there never was a good time to withdraw, but acknowledging the taliban blitz came faster than expected and my conversation with retired general david petraeus, the former top u.s. commander in afghanistan. could this catastrophe have been avoided? >>> the race against time in haiti to find earthquake survivors, as tropical depression grace bears down the death toll rising. our team on the ground traveling to the epicenter. tropical storm fred making landfall in the florida panhandle. winds up to 60 miles an hour, and dangerous storm surge. the new track. >>> and the news from pfizer as it builds a case for booster shots for americans 16 and up what the data show about the safety and efficacy >>> and in texas, the court ruling throwing schools into confusion over masks >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" wi

the u.s. is due to leave afghanistan completely, there are still some 250 american citizens in the country who want to leave and have not been able to. that is according to a senior state department official. the 20-year-long war in afghanistan, america's longest war, does appear almost over. it is now august 31st in kabul, and the massive evacuation operation is coming to a close. the pentagon claims that the u.s. has evacuated or aided in the evacuation of more than 116,000 people from afghanistan since august 14th. a huge number. but the danger there remains very real. the u.s. carried out a drone strike in kabul to eliminate an imminent threat believed to be a suicide bomber. the strike inadvertently killed as many as ten afghan civilians, including six children. the pentagon suggested that the civilian casualties are because of secondary blasts because of explosives in the terrorist's car. they say they will investigate the matter. overnight five rockets were fired at the airport in kabul

the u.s. military, along with the u.s. contractors and american intelligence officers, have been the bloodstream that have sustained the afghan military and security forces for many, many years. with the abrupt severing of that bloodstream, it's clear that the afghan forces were not up to the task and then compounded by, i think, the psycholithdraw in a rapid way. so i don't know what the intelligence assessments were that went to the white house in terms of how quickly things could unravel, but clearly they have, and it's because of the tremendous dependency that the afghans are on the u.s. system of support. and clearly that was underestimated on the part of the administration. >> and just to follow up, that leads us to a question about how blind we're going to be without contractors and intelligence on the ground. i'm sure there's some left, but without the bloodstream to us as well, how do we know what al qaeda prisoners have been released? is there a sense of that, the worst of the worst as they've been described? how

u.s. security assistance in the middle east. this subcommittee hearing it at u.s. cooperation with israel, uae, egypt and other countries in the region. sen. murphy: we will continue this hearing through the beginning of votes. other colleagues will join >> over the last 75 years, the majority of u.s. arms sales worldwide have gone to the middle east. totaling more than $379 billion in sales. es. that is a lot of weapons into a very combustible part of the world. our sales in other forms of security systems are an important foreign policy tool for the united states to use to exercise its influence abroad. as with any foreign policy tool, it is important to continually reevaluate whether it is achieving its desired policy goals. when the cold war began as a means to counteract soviet expansion, we got into the business of supporting authoritarian regimes all over the world, in the middle east. we relied on arms sales to cement these relationships. we also need access to middle eastern oil a

without u.s. air support, the afghan special operations forces, america's most trusted partners were crippled. this small highly specialized force trained by u.s. and nato's relies on mobility, here out numbers and out of ammo in a operation in north, they, merged with hands up, surrounded by heavily armed taliban what are heard urging them to surrender. [ sound of gunfire ] then gunned down in cold blood, amid cries of god is great. more than 20 of afghanistan's most capable warriors executed in seconds. their crumbled bodies still warm, pools of blood seeping into ground, the u.s. had abandoned. >> they believe that they can conquer and they believe their jihadist literature will prevail. lara: they believe they have won. >> they believe they are winning. lara: afghanistan vice president did not follow president ghani on his escape plan to a foreign land ubut he headed north to join his people and talk up arms. unwilling he said to surrender to terrorists or live under tyranny. this is a difficu

the u.s. exit from afghanistan, saying he has ended america's forever war. >> we succeeded in what we set out to do in afghanistan, and we stayed for another decade. it was time to end this war. laura: american uniforms and weapons but taliban fighters. the spoils of a war that was america's longest military mission. >> it has ended in the worst of ways and it will live long in memory in afghanistan, in america, and far beyond. laura: expelled from russia, how a moscow correspondent files her final report after being labeled a threat to national security. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. president biden has defended the u.s. exit from afghanistan, telling americans he was not going to extend the forever war. his speech at the white house came hours after taliban soldiers prorated for the cameras in american uniforms carrying american guns. we will have more on that in a moment. our chief international correspondent and cameraman report from kabul on the day

u.s. president joe biden to address the nation live from the white house. meantime, if you are just joining us on pbs in the united states, we are waiting for president biden's address to the nation. german military aircraft have been deployed to kabul but have been unable to land because of the chaos at the airport. berlin wants to accelerate efforts to evacuate as many as 10,000 people from afghanistan. chancellor angela merkel hopes to bring home military and other officials as well as afghan support staff the government considers in danger. >> a german air force plane en route to kabul. germany sending plans to rescue nationals, but many say the help comes too late. >> we requested the evacuation of people from afghanistan and the german parliament before the summer break. it was not done. it was simply rejected. we had years, we had months. this withdrawal of u.s. troops and the german armed forces was set long and advanced and i cannot put it any other way. the behavior of the federa

the u.s. will, indeed, leave them behind. >>> plus, the fda pushing to fully approve pfizer's covid vaccine as soon as monday. why that could be a game changer in getting people vaccinated. >>> and anti-lockdown protestors clashing with police in australia. thousands taking to the streets despite the country seeing its highest case count of the pandemic. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. appreciate your company. i'm michael holmes, and this is "cnn newsroom. " >>> u.s. president joe biden vowing to bring every american home from afghanistan if they want to leave. one problem, though. nobody knows how many u.s. citizens are in the country or their situation. the u.s. state department says it is actively trying to track down as many as possible. on friday, the pentagon confirming it had evacuated 169 americans by helicopter from a hotel near the airport after large crowds blocked the group's access. it's the first-known rescue operation of ameri

the u.s. decision has been widely criticized. on tuesday, world health organization director general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus tweeted -- "it's unconscionable that some #covid19 vaccine-producing companies are reporting record profits, and some countries are offering boosters, while so many people remain unprotected." on wednesday, u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy defended the decision. >> look, i do not accept the idea we have to choose. we clearly see our responsibility to both. we will do everything we can to protect people here at home while recognizing getting people vaccinated is key to preventing the rise of the variants. amy: on wednesday, the biden administration announced all nursing homes must fully vaccinate their staff or risk losing federal medicare and medicaid funds. the administration is also considering taking federal action against florida, texas, and other states that have prohibited mask mandates in schools. meanwhile, the school board in the city of paris, texas, has ad

anchor: the head of the u.s. central command said it is coordinating with the taliban to secure the airport. the taliban said it is not responsible for the security failure. >> there is this attack, but also the situation around the airport, the gathering of tens of thousands of people is a suitable location for these attackers. this is a security mishandling, a big mistake. we warned the foreign forces of the repercussions of large gatherings around the airport. anchor: we have more now from kabul. correspondent: there are growing questions being asked about the ability to deal with isil and afghanistan, made worse because during the taliban offensive, they opened the prisons to free their fighters, but in the protests, thousands of isil fighters were freed. the situation is made worse because of the weapons available to groups like this that fell into the hands of the taliban, commandeered from the afghan national army and u.s. and nato forces, but some experts say they have also fallen into the hands of isil.

it is true we did not have u.s. casualties for about a year and a half, but that is precisely because of the agreement president trump worked out with the taliban, which was an agreement to withdraw from afghanistan. if president biden had ripped up that agreement, you can believe that the surge in violence we saw in the last couple of months in which the taliban targeted the afghan military would have been directed at the u.s. military. s if we look at cost going back throughout the war, it is pretty high for the united states, in my view. 2448 deaths, not including the marines, the sailor, and the u.s. soldier killed last week. we have hundreds of major amputees. these are people who will never have normal lives. these are americans who will have to live with the legacy of losing a leg or an arm, in some cases double amputees, quadruple amputees, and some cases, and they are going to have to live with that forever. so what were the costs? what was the cost between the u.s.-taliban agreement? in 2019, we had 23 k.i

u.s. military operations in afghanistan continue with our primary focus on the safety and security of the troops who remain in kabul. on sunday, u.s. military forces conducted an unmanned over the horizon air strike on a vehicle known to be in imminent isis threat. the strike successfully hit the target near kabul airport. significant secondary explosions from the targeted vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. we are aware of reports of civilian casualties and we take these reports very seriously and we are continuing to assess the situation. separately at approximately 11:00 p.m. eastern time last night, as many as five rockets were fired at the kabul airport. u.s. military forces successfully employed are force protection measures to thwart that attack. u.s. forces retained the inherent right of self-defense and are authorized to meet with a swift and forceful response. over the weekend evacuation operations continued. yesterday 26 u.s. military ai

u.s. service members and dozens of afghan civilians. at least 18 service members wounded along with 140 afghans. the militant group isis-k claiming responsibility for the deadly attacks. to be the president biden calling the fallen service members heroes and drawing plans to hunt down the terrorists and make them play. the president also saying the u.s. will not be called, that the evacuation will continue through tuesday's deadline to withdraw. we have the very latest now on the developments from cnn's pentagon kcorrespondent. >> reporter: two bombings tore through the crowds, killing 13 u.s. service members and dozens of afghan civilians. president joe biden promising the u.s. will strike isis-k and any others who attack. >> we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. i will defend our interests and our people with every measure in my command. >> this graphic video laying bear the horror of the attacks. the victims thrown across the street. this man a

as all of this unfolds, the u.s. is sending more u.s. troops into afghanistan, 5,000 total, to ensure that president biden calls an orderly and safe drawdown. >> when the president came to office, he had a decision to make. the previous administration negotiated an agreement with the taliban that said that our forces, our remaining forces, only about 2,500, would be out of the country on may 1st. the idea that the status quo could have been maintained by keeping our forces there i think is simply wrong. >> we have team coverage on the ground in afghanistan and across the globe to bring you all the breaking developments. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kabul. describe what you're seeing as the taliban enters that capital city. >> reporter: well, again, after hearing the noise of helicopters in the sky during the afternoon. we're hearing them again now in the dark of night, a sign that there's continued activity by the u.s. to move their personnel around in this unprecedented collapse, frankly, of the government of afghanistan. the most start