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These men and women and their children. what were doing to do when we get them on the bases is make sure that they have safe, security housing, plenty of sustenance, food, water, medical care and the ability to work through the rest of their process. so our focus is on making sure that theyre safe and secure and that -- well do that to the maximum capability that we can and we certainly encourage americans to welcome them as well when they relocate from our military bases into american society, ...

Afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department, i can also tell that you there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time and as we said yesterday, well continue to change as more people are able to come on to the airfield and as flights depart. as i said yeste...

Safely departed from afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday, a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department i can also tell you that there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time and as we said yesterday will continue to change as more people are able to come onto the airfield and as flights depa...

Alternatives. i know there are bases that they can use like the american university of afghanistan, compounds, they have helicopters and someone that i have worked with the u.s. embassy, i know that they have resources and this is the time to show. this is the time that they have to push. this is the time that they have to keep the history of america alive. this is the time they show their loyalty as we show to the troops, as we help them during their mission in afghanistan. and i hope that they...

Coordination with countries who are hosting individuals as theyre passing through. or maybe as theyre landing there for a longer period of time have been working to improve those conditions. we want the individuals who are being evacuated to be treated with respect, we also want them to be safe, hence, the speed necessity, but we worked to improve the conditions as soon as we learned. >> turning us now to a political analyst, aneeshia, the conditions on the ground, for people trying to evacuate ...

Because were republican states. but i can tell you that dog is not going to hunt down here. florida parents want to be able to make decisions for their kids. biden is obsessed with forcing kindergartens to have to wear masks for 8 hours a day even if that is not what the parent wants them toe do and he has all these other problems that he is not tending. to say so we are ready. we will be willing to respond in kind. >> jesse: i know you are a governor. you dont have a foreign policy jacket. but ...

>> its a capability question. im not suggesting that would be well-outside of kabul. im not suggesting it would not be throughout the countryside. >> ive spoken to a few families on the bases. they want to know what they can do to assist. im not sure what advice is being given and what advice can be given to help those coming to stay on bases is. there any briefing for those families, what they can do to help out as well? >> id be more -- were not surprised that people want to be generous and he...

So what are service members or anyone live on bases being grieved to try to ease that concern because obviously as of yesterday they are still very concerned about that issue. >> sure. they have every right to be. were in the midst of a pandemic and conducting one of the largest airlift operations in recent american history is no small feat in the best of circumstances an this one is obviously not the best of circumstances because in addition to this were doing it in the midst of a pandemic. i c...

Going to die? now. because theyre going to have to fight their way through our own equipment. our own dam equipment. >> so jen i just want to maybe get your take on that because there are several members of congress on both sides of the aisle that served and the anger is palpable, you had jason ceo a democrat saying the same thing. >> there is bipartisan outrage from anybody who ever served in afghanistan. you heard that. you heard the emotion from congressman walled. this is not a partisan issu...

Movement, they again are evaluated for any medical issues and given a chance to get some more screening there. and then of course, when they get back to the united states, we go through that again. we definitely screen them for covid, at some of the staging bases, all of them are getting screened for covid when they get to the united states. right now, theyre coming in to dulles, so theres constantly throughout the process medical personnel that are trying to look after them as best we can. >> i...