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Evacuated so far and are there any left to go? thats the update we are waiting to hear any moment now. we did here from the pentagon this morning so far 4400 american passport numbers have been evacuated from afghanistan since this effort began about 10 days ago. the big question they did not answer and is going to be up to secretary blinken to answer is how many are left. that has been a really big focus of this, is making sure every single american gets out. president biden and his national se...

Been motivated by the increasing threat that the u.s. is seeing on the ground from isis-k, the offshoot of isis that operates in afghanistan, as well as the possibility for any confrontation with the taliban. what we heard from the pentagon to take is miking clear that that is the plan right now. theyre still drafting those contingency plans that the president asked for if, in deed, theres a need to go past that august 31st deadline. interesting, john kirby, reiterated what the president said, e...

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Just said 4400. there have been 58,000 the united states has evacuated. 6500 at least americans still remaining and no way you will get them out by august 31st. so lets stop the stampedes. lets stop putting people incle the taliban that we are going to not leave. we arent playing mother may i with the taliban? well stay until we get every american and afghan partners who put their life on the line helping american troops and interpreters and other capacities over the years. right now were assist...

Its still not clear what that means for the retro grade or the withdrawal of u.s. military. when will that actually begin. we know from defense officials that it takes several days to get the more than 5,000 -- between 5,000 and 6,000 u.s. military out of that country. we did hear, though, from john kirby today. when it comes to the last couple of days and hours, i specifically asked him what will happen if you have military equipment still to get out and they will prioritize lives over equipmen...

Concern based on the intelligence that he has been received because of the threat of terror attacks. and the concerns about an erosion of taliban support if there is any movement. they are talking about what to do if there is a need to go beyond august 31st. a few notable things today. they said as far as the records show, no americans died related to this operation. that more than 4400 americans at is important because we have been trying to get for days now information specific to americans an...

Evacuations until the pentagon confirmed yesterday. its up to 4400 today. well wait to hear from secretary blinken. >> thank you very much for that. kylie atwood is standing by. what are you hearing as we wait for the secretary of state to answer some of the questions? >> what were looking to hear from the secretary is exactly how many americans are still in afghanistan and are trying to get out of the country. now president biden said that is what the secretary of state is going to be doing tod...

How that stuff is handled. but lives will always be the chief priority throughout this entire process. >> all nationalities? >> lives will always be the priority throughout this process. >> you said 4,000 americans were evacuated yesterday. is there an updated number. the base number of how many have to be evacuated? >> north of 4400 today. i dont have a specific number of total americans that are still in need of leaving. i dont have that. >> the secretary and the department at large have -- do...

State department spokesman ned price tweeting this. as of this morning the state department has called every american is expressed interest in departing afghanistan via their repeat raises in on the kabul at missy website we have made more than 4,000 personalized calls over the las four days john, its unclear ho many of those calls resulted in successful american evacuations in pentagon said today they hav evacuated more than 4400, but thats not even half of the 11,000 the white house predicte e...

0 admiral and the general arent working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans havent gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out aft...