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The week. you will recall they announced on thursday that they were pulling out some of the u.s. personnel there, that are the diplomats and the contractors there, but we have learned that the u.s. has now decided to pull out all of those personnel. now, whats going to happen is these folks are heading on these helicopters that we have seen in kabul at the embassy. they are going to go to the airport. most are heading back to the united states. a core group of these officials, including the top ...

Have decided to get these diplomats home because they really dont know the pro precise dynamics of what is happening here. a reason for that is because the united states has pulled out most of their u.s. troops. those folks were able to collect some intelligence and, as one u.s. defense official put it, this makes the united states blind in the face of some potential jenkins that they used to have getting in. as i said, this fueling the decision to get the diplomats out of the country, but a ver...

We want to get become to the breaking news out of afghanistan. u.s. officials telling cnn evacuation as the american embassy are well underway and cnn cameras captured american helicopters coming and going from the embassy in the last few hours. >> this is a scene that nick paton walsh, who is there, said he was stunned by to see this much activity and the urgency that he is seeing. the hope is to run evacuations around clock, have the majority of embassy personnel out by tuesday morning, if not...

The speed with which the afghan army and military have crumbled before them as theyve made these advances across the country with what seems to be a clear intend. isolate kabul, and at least have the option of moving on it. because of that speed, the u.s. has accelerated its own plans, a partial drawdown of the embassy. a warning to u.s. citizens to get out as quickly as possible and the acceleration of the plans to remove afghan interpreters and families who helped the u.s. that process is just...

Kabul and help close the u.s. embassy in kabul if the state department requests it? >> our mission right now is to help the state department reduce their civilian personnel in kabul and to assist with their acceleration of the siv immigrant visa process, the special immigrant visa process. that is what our focus is on right now. >> how close is the u.s. government to closing its embassy in kabul? >> youd have to talk to my colleagues at the state department. they get to decide that. they have ma...

This is a specific tailored miss to help with the safe and secured movement of the reduction of civilian personnel in kabul as well as to help support the acceleration of the special immigrant visa process. as we get more information i will provide it with the understanding there will be operational security concerns. i cant provide every level of detail you want. we will be as transparent as we can. bob? >> you mentioned the bulge of the 3 battalions will be there by the end of the weekend. do ...

Factors that are going to go into that type of decision. the first thing is that we feel in studies that weve done, weve already done studies where weve taken boosters to be given to people who have been fully vaccinated and the good news about that is that the acceleration of the response goes way up. i mean even better than what you get with the two doses together. in other words, it goes up and up and then if you give a boost, it goes way up. that may mean, i dont know for certain, but that c...

Of the reduction of civilian personnel in -- you know, civilian personnel in kabul as well as to help support the acceleration of the special immigrant visa process by the state department. thats what were focused on, and as we get more information, and im able to provide it to you, i will, with the understanding that theres going to be operational security concerns and im not going to be able to provide every level of detail that i am sure you want. we will be as transparent with you as we can....

To the airport what is the international gateway into kabul and key entry and exit point for diplomats and embassy staff. these troops have a specific role and that is to secure and assist in the withdrawal of a partial drawdown of the embassy, only the core diplomatic staff will remain at the embassy in kabul as well as to assist in the acceleration of the withdrawal of [ inaudible ]. there is now critical time left as the taliban has made sweeping gains across the country as the u.s. faces wha...

Weve seen repeatedly. if theres going to be a booster, does that mean then that people will be set for, do we know what length of time, before they would need to, you know, think about getting vaccinated again? because i assume if this is around for years and years, this is going to be the kind of thing we have to routinely get vaccinated for, just like getting a flu shot. >> well, there are a lot of factors that are going to go into that type of decision. the first thing is that we feel in stud...