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Kelly from nextstar. okay. anymore in the room? >> can i go back to the 2,500 americans estimate? thats a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president has said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? i know youre cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates. at the same time, how do you get all those -- that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in country? >> i think youve...

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Kelly from next star. okay. any more in the room? louie. >> can i go back to the 2500 american estimates. thats a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? youre cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates, but at the same time, how do you get all of those-- that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in country? >> well, i th...

Kelly. any more in the room? >> can i go back to the 2,500 american estimate? thats a very small portion of the 15,000 that the president has said may be the top number of americans inside. are you making efforts to try to bring more americans in? i know youre cautioning them to be aware of the threat environment at the gates, but at the same time, how do you get that many americans into the airport if there really are that many americans in the country? >> well, i think youve heard us say befor...

Thing on mass. later in the day, u.s. troops had to repel the crowd. another gate, what seemed to be british soldiers struggled to push back crowds and huge queues formed, blocking the streets. america has a numbers problem, getting enough people on but also claiming huge progress while not really knowing how many priority cases theyre really seeking. >> how many american citizens remain in afghanistan? >> i dont know. >> what we do know is that 6,000 people are now at the airport. 6,000 people ...

Hum-vees on computer screens in the hum-vees and that information normally classified is shared with ngos nongovernmental agencies and aid groups and see on the ground where clusters of victims might be gathered, roads might be blocked and they can get the aid here, julie, to the people who need it. >> julie: and we understand there is a major recovery effort at a hotel in port-au-prince popular with americans, right? >> yeah, a very difficult, tedious and delicate task in the hotel montana. the...