>> Sandra: FURTHER COMPLICATED
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PLAN TO FULLY
WITHDRAW.
THE VERY LATEST FROM THE
PENTAGON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE
BRAND-NEW INFORMATION ON THE
SERVICE
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE
AFFECTED BY THIS.
THE NUMBER THAT WERE KILLED AND
INJURED AND WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW?
>> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO
REPORT THIS VERY GRIM NEWS AND
FOUR MARINES WERE KILLED IN THAT
EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF ABBEY GATE.
THREE MARINES WERE WOUNDED IN
THAT ATTACK.
SO, SEVEN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED
AND INJURED OUTSIDE THAT GATE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE IMAGES OF THE
AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED IN THAT ATTACK.
IN THAT ATTACK.
NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM US
OFFICIALS.
THERE IS ANOTHER EXPLOSION THAT
WE REPORTED ON AT THE BARON
HOTEL ABOUT 200 YARDS AWAY AND
AS JOHN REPORTED, THERE WERE 169
AMERICANS AIR LIFTED JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO INTO SAFETY FROM THE
AIRPORT.
VERY, VERY TERRIBLE NEWS.
WE CAN CONFIRM THAT FOUR MARINES
WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK THIS
MORNING OUTSIDE OF KABUL AIRPORT
AND FOUR WOUNDED SERIOUSLY.
>> Sandra: OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS FOR THOSE FAMILIES OF
OUR MARINES.
JENNIFER, YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING
THIS SINCE DAY ONE.
YOUR THOUGHTS AT THIS MOMENT?
WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN HUDDLED IN THE SITUATION
ROOM.
WE ARE WAITING.
THE PRESS SECRETARY AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD
FROM HER.
THAT WAS ALSO ON THE SCHEDULE,
THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND
DELAYED.
WE ARE WAITING FOR AN UPDATE
FROM THE PENTAGON.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> Reporter: WHAT STRIKES ME
MOST IS THAT WE KNOW THIS WAS
THE DAY AND AS THEY SECURED THE
PERIMETER AND YOU HAVE MARINES
HELPING AND SCREENING PASSENGERS COMING INTO THE AIRPORT.
COMING INTO THE AIRPORT.
SOMEHOW BY A MIRACLE GOT 100
AMERICANS AIR LIFTED.
THIS IS THE DAY THEY WERE
WORRIED ABOUT.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT
THAT WARNING LAST NIGHT.
THEY HAD THREATS ON THOSE GATES.
THEY TOLD AMERICANS TO LEAVE
THOSE GATES.
THE MARINES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
STANDING ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT
RAZOR WIRE THAT WAS PUT AROUND
THE AIRPORT.
YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
HALF A MILE DEEP TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THESE 3 OR 4 GATES INTO
THE KABUL AIRPORT.
IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE TASK
TRYING TO SCREEN PEOPLE AND GET
THEM INSIDE.
WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, THERE
WAS A TRAUMA MEDICAL AREA AT THE
AIRPORT.
THAT WAS SET-UP AS PART OF THIS
MISSION IN THE EVENT OF A MASS
CASUALTY LIKE WE SAW THIS
MORNING.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THOSE MARINES
HAVE BEEN AIR LIFTED OUT OF THE
COUNTRY OR ARE STILL ON THE
GROUND?
IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY THAT IT CAME TO THIS
BEFORE THE AUGUST 31ST DEADLINE.
>> John: JOHN HERE.
IT WAS ONE THAT BRITAIN HAD BEEN
WARNING ABOUT AND NOW, THE
TALIBAN TWEETING.
IT TOOK PLACE IN AN AREA WHERE US FORCES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
US FORCES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
SECURITY AND THE ISLAMIC EMER IS
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS BOMBING AND SERIES OF
BOMBING MAY HAVE BEEN ORB
STRAITED BY THE TALIBAN AS A
STRAWMAN TO TRY AND HUMILIATE
THE UNITED STATES.
IF THE TALIBAN WERE TO ATTACK,
IT WOULD RESPOND.
BUT IF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, A
PROXY WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE
TALIBAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE
ATTACKS, WHAT IS HAPPENING
THERE?
>> Reporter: IT IS HIGHLY
SPECULATIVE.
AND YES, IN THIS TYPE OF
SITUATION AND ISIS-K ARE ALLIES.
THE TALIBAN KNOWS IF THIS ATTACK
WERE LINKED TO THEM, THE US
WOULD TAKE ACTION AND THEY ARE
SITTING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE NOW.
THE LEADER OF THIS NEW
GOVERNMENT AND THERE WOULD BE
TARGETS FOR THE AMERICANS TO
RESPOND TO.
WITHOUT KNOWING WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE, IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT TO STRIKE BACK.
IT IS VERY UNCERTAIN THEY ARE
GOING TO KNOW IN ANY REALTIME AT
THIS MOMENT, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS ATTACK.
WHAT YOU CAN SAY IS THE TALIBAN
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THE
PERIMETER AROUND THE AIRPORT AND
SOMEHOW THEY GOT THROUGH.
THE US IS IN A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE THEY
WERE RELYING ON THE TALIBAN FOR
THE SECURITY AROUND THE AIRPORT.
REMEMBER, THEY WERE TRYING TO
EVACUATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
AS MANY VALID AFGHANS AND
AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE.
THEY WERE LIFTING BABIES OVER
THE WALLS OF THE COMPOUND AND
TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
REMEMBER, THE BRITISH WARNED
ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE ATTACK.
THE US WARNED ABOUT IT.
IT IS AS SPECIFIC AS I HAVE EVER
HEARD OF A WARNING FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
THE PRESIDENT WARNED ABOUT THIS.
THEY KNEW THIS WAS A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY.
THEY ALSO KNEW THEY HAD A MISSION AND PROMISED TO GET ALL
MISSION AND PROMISED TO GET ALL
OF THE AMERICANS OUT, AS WELL AS
IFV HOLDERS.
>> Sandra: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
YOU POSTED WITH ANY FURTHER