- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club."

Like Saigon on steroids.

That's how the frantic mass exodus

from Afghanistan has been described.

Thousands of desperate Americansare still trapped there.

How will we be able to get them out?

And who's now flooding into Afghanistan?

Is Al-Qaeda rearing its evil head?

And will the Taliban-rulednation become a magnet

for jihadists worldwide?

Caitlin Burke has more.

- Well Pat, the Pentagon saysit can evacuate 9,000 people

a day from Kabul Airport.

That's one flight per hour as they aim

to get about 11,000 Americansand thousands more Afghans

out by the August 31st deadline.

But there are also concerns

about who's coming into the country.

This morning, two topTaliban leaders returning

to Afghanistan after 20 years in exile.

Counter-terrorism experts warn

they'll draw more terrorist groups.

- There is real concern thatwith the Taliban back in charge

of Afghanistan thatAl-Qaeda is going to be able

to rebuild its networks in that country.

- [Caitlin] Nathan Sales isthe former ambassador at large

and Coordinator for Counterterrorism

at the State Department.

He says one of the termsof President Trump's deal

with the Taliban was that theybreak all ties with Al-Qaeda.

They haven't done that.

- Just a couple of weeksago the United nations

released a report about the relationship

between Taliban leaders and Al-Qaeda.

Unfortunately, thatrelationship remains robust.

- [Caitlin] Previousintelligence estimates

suggested it would take up to two years

after a full US withdrawal before Al-Qaeda

could again pose a threatto the United States.

Sales tells CBN News the Talibanvictory changes everything.

- They see Afghanistan asthe site of a great victory.

They will try to pullrecruits into Afghanistan

to fight for them in muchthe same way that ISIS

was a magnet for jihadistsfrom around the world

into Syria and Iraq several years ago.

- [Caitlin] The intelligence community

has been warning the Biden administration

that pulling forces therewould hurt our ability

to contain extremist threats.

Biden though maintainscounterterrorism efforts

don't require boots on the ground.

- You need to have drones flying overhead,

vacuuming up signals intelligence.

You also need to have a network of spies,

human intelligence assets whoare collecting information.

- [Caitlin] The 20-yearUS mission in Afghanistan

was to destroy the Taliban

and keep the country from onceagain becoming a terror base.

That's why Gold Star mom Jill Stephenson

is frustrated by whatshe's seeing there now.

- There's a lot of anger and a lot of hurt

A lot of anger and a lot of hurt.

So many lives were lost

and that so many people broughttheir injuries home from war

you know, having watchedtheir brothers and sisters

be killed next to them orbe very critically injured

and then coming home withthose invisible wounds

and just seeing, like I said,

you know, everything just bewashed away almost overnight.

- The Taliban held

its first official pressconference Tuesday.

They promised amnesty toAfghans who worked with the US,

but said they'd prefer forthem to stay in the country.

And they've got checkpoints set up

on the road to the airport, Pat.

- Caitlin, there are about11,000 Americans living there.

I understand they can'tget a telephone message.

They're actually being notified by email.

How are they gonna get out?

- Well, originally they weretold to shelter in place,

but we know now that theState Department is calling

on all Americans to maketheir way to the airport.

It's important to note thatwhile the US has control

of the military section of the airport,

the Taliban control the perimeter.

They're promising safepassage for civilians.

And we've heard fromreporters on the ground

that they have actuallybeen helping get Americans

through those airport gates.

We've also heard from thePentagon that the military

is now in communication withTaliban leaders in Kabul

so that's an improvement,but with the Taliban,

you just never really know.

And the State Departmenthas warned Americans

not to make the tripif they don't feel safe

because right now their safetyreally can't be guaranteed.

- Well, Caitlin, there arereports that US intelligence

painted a dire picture, butthe President ignored it.

What can you tell us about that?

- Right, what we're seeing are current

and former intelligence officialsgo public about warnings

given to the Bidenadministration that we would see

a rapid collapse of the Afghan military.

And these warnings were comingin all summer and by July

were reportedly predictingexactly what we saw,

an Afghan Security Forcethat didn't fight back.

We're also hearing therewere intelligence reports

that questioned the Afghangovernment's ability

to hold power and predictedit would collapse.

Now, a senior administrationofficial is also speaking out

and says the intelligencereports were unclear

and never considered high confidence,

which is how the agencies classify intel

that they're pretty certain about.

- Well Caitlin, thank you very much.

And ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion,

Biden has failed miserably.

He's blaming everybody but himself,

and he was holed up in Camp David.

And we understand KamalaHarris hasn't showed up yet.

She was supposed to bethe champion of women,

and women are the ones thatare gonna be bearing the brunt

of the Taliban wrath

And we ask ourselves and I'm asking

and maybe I'll get somebody to say,

it's time to invoke the 25th Amendment.

We don't have a presidentin the United States

who's in charge of anything.

And he's been hiding at Camp David

while all this was going on.

Kamala Harris has been nowhere to be seen.

What are we going to do?

We've got to have leadershipin this great nation.

Well in other news, it's thehottest summer on record.

Triple-digit temperatures arescorching the American West,

also drying up Lake Mead, a key reservoir

that's serving several states.

This extreme heat is thedeadliest weather in the US.

So what's firing up the danger even more?

And how do we deal with it?

Well, Heather Sells has got that report.

- [Heather] It's noon in LasVegas, well above 100 degrees

and a long line is forming outside

this Salvation Army canteen.

Workers are handing outcold drinks and a sandwich

right next to a city cooling shelter

that's open for women andmen who live on the streets.

- When you think ofsomebody that has to live

out on the heat every dayand sleep right on the heat,

that is so dangerous.

- [Heather] Juan Salinas is concerned.

- They're tired, they'rejust exhausted, right?

- [Heather] And rightly so.

- Within this last weekwe've had about five deaths.

Two of them were found in a car.

- More than 100 peopledie in Las Vegas each year

from heat related causes.

Nationwide, the number topped 700

making extreme heat thedeadliest weather in the US.

Part of the problem, the urban landscape.

Cities like Las Vegas are morevulnerable to extreme heat

and for good reason,pavement and buildings absorb

and retain heat more than natural land,

creating what's knownas urban heat islands.

- We're putting morepavement, black pavement,

more buildings, stone,concrete, thermal mass

that can not only absorbheat and then let it out

over the night, it keeps theaverage temperature higher,

but could also reflect sunlightonto other areas as well.

- [Heather] That can push temperatures up

by as much as seven degrees in cities

compared to outlying areas.

- Most of the people isaware that, for example,

hurricanes or a big thunderstorm.

- [Heather] Dr. ErickBandala says the public

tends to downplay thedangers of extreme heat

compared to other weather events.

His research on heat in Las Vegas

highlights those most at risk.

- What we found was that elderly

is probably the most vulnerable group.

- [Heather] Specifically adults over 50

with pre-existing heart disease.

Other groups include youngpeople abusing alcohol or drugs,

the homeless, and those who work outdoors.

The good news, heat-related illness

and death is preventable.

The keys are limiting time spent outside

when temperatures are spikingand carefully hydrating.

- It's not just the questionof drinking a lot of water,

but drinking electrolytes.

- [Heather] Another toolto help city dwellers

fight the summer heat, urban forestry

which promotes more trees to cool cities

and keep people safe.

Reporting in Las Vegas,Heather Sells, CBN News.

- Well, we used to sing,baby, it's cold out there.

Baby, it's hot out there, it's really hot.

And I'll tell you, I was jogging.

I was out in Arizona and the temperature

was about 107 degrees as I recall.

And I remember I wasjogging and I wondered

why I wasn't sweating.

Well, the sweat was evaporating

and I was close to heatstroke and didn't realize it.

So you can get killed very easily.

And I wasn't in my late years either

and I didn't have anypreexisting anything,

but the heat can kill you so be careful.