>> WITH CLICKORLANDO.COM. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT NOON GETTING RESULTS.
>> BRIDGETT: BREAKING RIGHT
NOW, NEW DUAL EXPLOSIONS IN
AFGHANISTAN. ONE OF THE KABUL
AIRPORT PENTAGON OFFICIALS
SAYING THE BLAST KILLED
SEVERAL AMERICANS.
>> JUSTIN: THANKS FOR JOINING
US. I’M BRIDGETT ELLISON AND
I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT HAD WARNED
AMERICANS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT
BECAUSE OF A TERRORIST THREAT.
CBS IS STEVE DORSEY IS
FOLLOWING THE LATEST.
>> MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS AND
GUNFIRE WERE REPORTED OUTSIDE
THE AIRPORT IN KABUL
AFGHANISTAN, PENTAGON PRESS
SECRETARY JOHN KIRBY TWEETED,
QUOTE, THE EXPLOSION AT THE
ABBEY GATE WAS THE RESULT OF A
COMPLEX ATTACK THAT RESULTED
IN A NUMBER OF US IN CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES. WE CAN ALSO
CONFIRM AT LEAST ONE OTHER
EXPLOSION AT OR NEAR THE BARON
HOTEL A SHORT DISTANCE FROM
ABBY GATE. THERE HAD BEEN
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF A
POSSIBLE ATTACK WITH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT ISSUING A WARNING
OVERNIGHT FOR AMERICANS TO
STAY AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS BRIEFED ON
THE ATTACK AS HE MET WITH HIS
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
THIS MORNING. IT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THIS
WILL HAVE ON EFFORTS TO
EVACUATE THE ESTIMATED 1500
AMERICANS FOR THE 10’S OF
THOUSANDS OF AFGHAN ALLIES
BEFORE THE AUGUST 31ST
DEADLINE OUR COMMITMENT IN
THIS COUNTRY AND OUR
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IS
DOESN’T. AND ON THAT DATE.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL
THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITIES.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL
THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITIES. That’s pizza with a purpose. FOR AMERICANS TO BE ABLE TO
GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. BUT
CRITICS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE
SKEPTICAL.
>> AND ARE CALLING ON THE
PRESIDENT TO KEEP AMERICAN
FORCES THERE UNTIL THE LAST
PERSON IS SAFELY OUT. THIS
ISN’T ABOUT REPUBLICANS OR
DEMOCRATS ABOUT AMERICA AND
ABOUT.
>> THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE
AMERICAN HANDSHAKE MEANS TO
THOSE THAT WERE WILLING TO PUT
THEIR LIVES AT RISK TO BILL TO
THEIR LIVES AT RISK TO BILL TO That’s pizza with a purpose. HELP US.
>> AND OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND
OUR DIPLOMATS ON THE GROUND
CBS NEWS HAS CONFIRMED 2 MORE
LAWMAKERS TRIED TO MAKE IT
INTO KABUL TO SEE THE
SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES.
>> BUT THE PLANE WAS NOT
ALLOWED TO STEVE DORSEY CBS
NEWS. THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> JUSTIN: LET’S BRING IN
TROOPER STEVE MONTIERO FOR
SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
CERTAINLY DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS. AND STEVE, SOME
MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR. YOU ARE A
VETERAN OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE
CAN TELL US WHAT THIS LOOKS
LIKE ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
IT’S PROBABLY PRETTY CHAOTIC
ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. YOU
KNOW, WE WERE IN A EVACUATION
MISSION. NOW THAT GOES TO
FORCE PROTECTION PLUS NOW FULL
RESCUE. I’VE SEEN SOME FOOTAGE
FROM THE GROUND OUT THERE AND
IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING.
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE. WE’RE
TALKING WHAT COULD BE IN
EXCESS OF A PROBABLY A 100
THAT HAVE BEEN EITHER KILLED
OR INJURED FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS. BUT NOW THAT HEIGHTENED
ALERT THAT THESE TROOPS ARE
ON. I’M NOT TALKING JUST ALL
OUR ARMED FORCES ARE NOW GOING
TO A VERY READY WE ARE
PROBABLY AT AFP CON DELTA
LEVEL WHICH FOR THOSE AT HOME
WOULD BE A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN.
SO THESE NO MORE PEOPLE SHOW
THEIR CARS THEIR ACCESS TO GET
ON TO THAT INSULATION.
PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AND THE TIMELINE. WE’RE
JUST ABOUT 4 DAYS AWAY FROM
THE DEADLINE IN THAT
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE TALIBAN
TO.
>> HAVE PEOPLE EVACUATE. BUT
THIS IS COMPLICATING THINGS
FOR SURE. THIS THROW AND ARE
DEFINITELY A WRENCH INTO THIS
MACHINE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS FOR A SECOND. IT PROCESS
IS MOVING IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO
IT. GET FROM WHERE THEY’RE
GOING GET TO THE BASE AND THEN
GET AN AIRCRAFT AFTER BEING
ATTACKED LIKE THIS AND MASS
ATTACK. WE WERE TALKING A VERY
LARGE EXPLOSION FOLLOWED UP BY
SECONDARY EXPLOSION. I CAN
PROBABLY GUARANTEE YOU RIGHT
NOW THAT BASE KEEP SAYING BAYS
KABUL AIRPORT IS AT A COMPLETE
LOCKDOWN. THERE ARE NO
AIRCRAFT LANDING AIRCRAFT
TAKING OFF. THIS IS GOING TO
DELAY THIS EVEN MORE, AT LEAST
IN MY PERSPECTIVE, THE 31ST IS
GOING TO BE HARD TO REACH,
ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE’VE GOT
INJURED AND POSSIBLY EVEN
INJURED SERVICE MEMBERS ON THE
GROUND AS MORE DEVASTATION ON
TOP OF THE HIGH PRESSURE
SITUATION ALREADY. THAT’S
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
TROOPER STEVE, FOR THAT
PERSPECTIVE IN.
>> BRIDGETT: SOME LOCAL AND
STATE LAWMAKERS RESPONDING TO
THIS LATEST NEWS ABOUT THESE
EXPLOSIONS OUT THERE ON
TWITTER. SENATOR RICK SCOTT
WROTE IN PART, QUOTE, THE
IMAGES OUT OF KABUL TODAY ARE
HORRIFYING. PRESIDENT BIDEN
MUST IMMEDIATELY AND
FORCEFULLY RESPOND TO PROTECT
AMERICANS AND SAFELY COMPLETE
THE EVACUATION AND QUOTE,
CONGRESSMAN MIKE WALTZ TWEETED
SAYING, QUOTE, BIDEN HAS US IN
A NO-WIN SITUATION. WE MUST GO
ON OFFENSE AGAINST THE
PERPETRATORS OF THIS ATTACK
AND LET OUR SPECIAL FORCES GET
AMERICAN STEP BEHIND
TERRORISTS LINES, END QUOTE.
NOW OUR COVERAGE ON THIS
LATEST NEWS OF THESE
EXPLOSIONS AS THE EVACUATIONS
ARE UNDERWAY IN AFGHANISTAN