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Were going to hear the defense department help our state department colleagues as they now begin to draw down some of their civilian personnel in kabul. so were watching this very, very closely. and we continue to have the authorities and we continue to have the capabilities to assist the afghan forces in the field through air strikes where and when feasible. so that is also continuing. >> will they be used though just to help get everybody down what is been described as the longest road to the ...

Regional sites for processing of siv applicants. qatar is one of those sites we are looking at potentially being able to use. if we need to move in part or in whole elsewhere to do this job to help with the application process, well deal with that at the right time. for now, in the coming days theyll be heading to qatar. >> besides the increase in troops, it becomes kind of a logistics issue if you dont have enough air lift support. is the u.s. going to send additional planes or get additional c...

Qatar is one of those sites that were looking at potentially being able to use, if they need to move in part or in whole elsewhere, to do this job, to help with the application process, well deal with that at the right time. right now in the coming days, theyll be heading to qatar. >> besides the increase in troops, it becomes a logistics issue if you dont have enough i guess airlift support. is the u.s. also going to send additional plans or get additional contracted air to i guess increase the...

Were looking at potentially being able to use. if they need to move in part or in whole elsewhere to do this job, to help with the application process, you know, well deal with that at the right time, but for right now theyll be heading to qatar. >> last one. besides the increase in troops it becomes a logistics issue if you dont have enough, i guess, air lift support. is the u.s. also going to send additional planes or get additional contracted air to be able to, i guess, increase the throughpu...

So, listen, you told me how youre getting the word out there in houston, or in texas to those who are eligible. you know, are you assisting people with applying for rentallal assistance? because you know often times the government application process is confusing, its daunting, its discouraging. and what about the people without computer or internet access? >> yeah, and i understand that. our role as an organization, we dont assist in that way. we try to inform folks about what government is doi...

Allocated to them. landlords like stacey johnson cosby in kansas city need the money too. are you not getting that money? >> well, its coming slowly. so there are some people, if you can find where to apply, how to apply, because the process is really cumbersome, and then once it is applied, its the four to six-week turnaround to find out if a caseworker has been assigned. >> reporter: the cdcs moratorium is designed in part to allow more time for that distribution. and the biden administration ...

Country. we know that $46 billion were set aside by the federal government months ago to try to get this to the renters in need during the pandemic yet the issue here has been that the money has gotten stuck and tied up at the state level and many states are doing what they can to speed up the application process and speed up the approval so that the renters can get this money. we know at the moment at least 6.5 million renters around the country are behind on rent and many of them now vulnerabl...

New apartment. >> so much at stake. nbcs reporter isnt las vegas. guad, what help is available at the state level? >> alicia, the happy been going out for months, right? at a federal level more than $46 billion were sent out to all the states across the country to make sure that money got to the renters that needed the money because of the covid, because of the pandemic hardships. right? the problem is that that money hasnt got ton all the renters. a lot of the money is tied up at the state leve...

Renters that are in this need, right. i think the big picture here to think of is the fact that the $46 billion that the federal governmental located and sent to the states to distribute to the people in need have not made their way to all of the people. you know, there was a very slow process. you have some states that have the applications still pending, people waiting to receive this money as the moratorium will end. in new york the governor has assigned more workers to go over these applicat...

Pam, you go first, which is folks are intimidated by the process of getting help, right. how much of that -- >> absolutely -- >> how much is that playing into this. >> right. one of the things that were going to do is were bringing in state volunteers and organization volunteers because we do not want anyone to leave our fair without getting help. so we know that a lot of people here do not have computers, so those paperwork are -- these applications will be done by paper. we will try to bring i...