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How many sivs have been evacuated, over 100,000. at the state department, ned price was asked for the figures. he said he didnt have it. general van hirk said more than half of the afghans that have come to the united states, 6,000 in all, are not special immigrant visa holders. theres about 6,000 here in the united states at four different bases, neil. >> neil: thanks, lucas. the president said the mission will be completed in afghanistan regardless of yesterdays attack and now concern of anoth...

Processing through customs. and i dont have an update for you right now. i believe were in a good position, jennifer. >> thank you. >> thank you. general, following up on jens question, can you talk about the challenges that youve had with the dod and dhs systems, the biometrics systems being able to pass that information in a timely manner? explain more about how the different flagging red that youve seen because names are passed through different systems. >> i cant answer that question. thats ...

This week the pentagon activated a rarely used program to mobilize u.s. commercial airlines for the afghanistan evacuation effort. as part of the civil reserve air fleet, airline carriers flew evacuees from temporary staging bases outside of afghanistan to other countries for resettlement. joining me now is delta airlines pilot alexander khan. he transported them from germany to dulles outside washington, d.c. captain, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> tell us...

Are going to be essentially blind from a local level, which is what you need especially in a city the size of kabul of 4 million people. our special forces will be gone and our drones will be coming in from such a long distance that theyll have very little time actually over the objective. so i just think that was to look tough and to tell the nation that there will be some type of response. but logistically, militarily i think it would be incredibly challenging. and very quickly, that is i thin...

The immigration process. im grateful for the support of the community surrounding each of our bases and for the volunteers and others who are aiding in all of the efforts. together, were honoring our commitment to our afghan partners families. i look forward to taking your questions. thank you. >> thank you, general. start with you. >> hi, general. can you tell us how many evacuees have gone through dulles? the governor said today the numbers are 14,000. we were told earlier there was about 7,00...

Green card holders, and afghan allies to grant entry into the militant controlled outer perimeter of the citys airport, a choice thats prompted outrage behind the scenes from lawmakers and military officials. looming over all of this president bidens pledge to retaliate against isis and questions about what it will take for the u.s. to contain terror threats in the region. "the new york times" reports american officials are reworking plans to counter threats that could emerge from afghanistans c...

Absolutely certain who will continue on. look, we gather intelligence in north korea, cuba, venezuelan, iran in other places we dont have embassies. we can do it here as well. it wont be as crisp as the operation that killed bin laden, which was launched from afghanistan we lost those bases. >> this is the nightmare that president biden was trying to avoid, hoping to avoid by getting out august 31st, with 13 americans killed. 13 phone calls hell have to make to new gold star families. but he did...

About, susan, going back in, he means individual counterterrorist strike teams, whether delta force or navy s.e.a.l.s or whatever. but do you agree that the u.s. will have to go back in, in all likelihood? >> well, you know, jake, even president biden when he announced that he was making the decision to withdrawal the remaining u.s. forces back if april. even biden said we will continue to maintain essentially a counterterrorism-focused mission around afghanistan. he said that the goal was to ne...

Provide afghan colleagues a safe harbor while they timize their immigration process. im grateful for the support of the community surrounding our bases and the volunteers and others aiding in all of these efforts. tear were honoring our commitment to our afghan partners and families and i look forward to taking questions. thank you. >> thank you, general. lita. >> hi, general. i have a quick numbers question for you. can you tell us how many evacuees have gone through dulles? the governor said t...

To these bases are siv holders or applicants? or are you also housing people who apply for refugee status? just trying to understand the breakdown who have is on these bases and then secondly, there are frorts dulles that some of those commercial flights that have come in had to keep people on the tarmac for ten hours while screeners come onboard. is anything being done to rectify that? is that a dhs issue? are you aware of that issue at dulles? >> i dont have the siv noub in front of me. what i...