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This process takes place at the initial screening when the evacuees come to our intermediate bases. we want to make sure that we conduct the screening, get the results and ensure that weve got results on the individual before we put these individuals into their sleeping quarters. then as they remain on station at some point theyll be notified that its time to depart. as the individuals depart, theyll be screened one more time to make sure than from a biometric and biographical standpoint cleared...

Out of temporary housing, an intermediate staging bases in the gulf and in europe. and on to begin new lives. ive heard strong views from many sides in recent days. and thats vital. thats democracy. >> im alarm from this experience. how we got to this moment in afghanistan will be analyzed and studied for years to come. >> we will travel to the virgin golf next week -- all they would say, is its possible, republican critics of the administration are not letting up and theyre intensifying their c...

We have to screen -- >> laura: ken, we dont even know who has crossed our southern border. we have 1.5 million who have crossed our southern border. theres various bases, centers, family centers, set up -- spending billions to get veterans on the street in the united states and now we have 50,000 jen psaki. said get ready for the military bases and double or triple that amount. unbelievable. its worth asking the questions. thanks. two senior fda officials have resigned over bidens vaccination pl...

In our world lead youre watching scenes from the capital of afghanistan. relative calm after weeks of chaos in kabul but a fully different picture in the province of kandahar where thousands of a gans rushed the border gate and in herat women led a protest against the taliban. they want their girls to be able to attend school. 20,000 afghan refugees are being houses at the u.s. bases in the u.s. and 37,000 are at u.s. bases in the middle east. tragically we learned just moments ago that an infan...

One where our diplomats and interagency partners take the lead. were part of an urgent team effort to move afghan evacuees out of temporary housing in intermediate staging bases in the gulf and europe, and on to begin new lives. >> but as we reported last hour, senior state department official is saying the majority of special immigrant visa applicants remain in afghanistan. in a briefing with reporters yesterday the official said in part, quote, everybody is haunted by the choices we had to mak...

Graphic screening that has been done at the bases. but of those 58, only one was really deemed that had to be flagged red and pulled out and taken in to some sort of custody arrangement. but general wolters said that person was not a serious throughout. so in terms of working with the taliban, i asked john kirby, the press secretary, whether anyone from the military had reached out to the taliban since the last u.s. forces had left. he said no. what is interesting, the new relationship between t...

Afgan allies out of there before you do the military? c cdo why not wait until the fighting seasons over? its like major league baseball with the taliban. basically during the winter they go back to pakistan and their bases so why not do it then where you have a better chance. and also, why close bagram air base which would have been a lot easier to do evacuations as opposed to kabul airport. those are the three big questions the biden administration will not answer cannot answer and now you see...

Remain. why not evacuate the american citizens that are there and afgan allies out of there before you do the military? why not wait until the fighting seasons over? its like major league baseball with the taliban. basically during the winter they go back to pakistan and their bases so why not do it then where you have a better chance. and also, why close bagram air base which would have been a lot easier to do evacuations as opposed to kabul airport. those are the three big questions the biden ...

And 26 intermediate bases and safe havens. some were deployed based on our contingency planning. these elements came from the 82nd airborne division special forces in the marine corps along with air force and marine personnel. and as well as incredible support from the transport aircraft, the pilots and crews of the united states transportation command, and we had a carrier strike crew. we flew 187 u.s. military c-17 and c-130 shorties, and enabled 391 nonmilitary sorties, and evacuated a total ...

Taliban my whole family is there im worried about them a lot. >> looking at the workforce evacuation. massive c-17 cargo plane. on average its been bringing out something like 450 people, one flight the early days brought out over 800 in the latest 12 hour period 1800 people have come from other bases. after being checked out, they fly to the states, on chartered commercial flights. >> its been pretty much nonstop. we have been running 24 hours every day of the week so far just getting as many p...