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>> so, theres a initial medical screening at kabul before they get on to a flight. we want to make sure that theyre okay, so theres some medical treatment there. there are, and the general said this, theres no medical personnel on these flights. were saving every available space for passengers, for people that want to get out, who are, as you rightly said, rachel, are desperate to leave. so were not putting medical personnel on these flights. then when they get to these semperary safe havens or ...

There were concerns because of the volume of people turning up here in qatar. they werent able to provide the sort of conditions they wanted to. it was evidently the case i think for a while that things were definitely not good here. ive been reaching out to a lot of afghans in the last few hours who are still on those bases and they are mostly reporting improved conditions. although, we have to see if there are exceptions to that. >> nick paton walsh, appreciate it. thank you. i want to bring...

The deadline. i will miss some of these so walk me back. you are right, there has been no change to the timeline of the mission to have this completed by the end of the month. we continue to make progress every day in getting americans, as well as siv applicants and vulnerable afghans out. you heard the numbers that the general briefed just a minute ago and the vast majority of these individuals are afghans. so we remain committed to getting any and all americans that want to leave to get them o...

Life? brian: we had 2300 there and that was too much for president biden. because they screwed this up so royally. they are up to 5800. think how much money this is costing us flying to these third countries let alone to military bases with our citizens, with our allies. with people that have to yet be screened. keep in mind, right now, we have to push that deadline back, there is no difference. what people tell you in the cia theyre extremely worried about isis k and suicide attempts. so you ha...

They have a serious concern about covid. what are anybody living on the bases doing to ease the concern because as of yesterday they are still concerned about the issue? >> yeah, and they have a right to be and we are in the midst of a pandemic and conducting one of the largest airlift operations in recent american history, and its no small feat in the best of circumstances and this is obviously not the best of circumstances because in addition to this we are doing it in the midst of a covid pan...

Behind. we do not take orders from terrorists. the number 1 job of the federal government is to keep americans safe. were less safe now, al-quaida 3.0 will come roaring back in the wake of this taliban advance. they will hit the united states again and what has me is so upset is that future american soldiers are going to have to go back to deal with this but with no bases no, allies and fighting their own equipment. >> martha: which is disgusting. >> disgusting. >> martha: it is repulsive that t...

Personnel on these. fights but then when they get to these temporary safe havens or staging bases, if you, will for onward movement, they again are evaluated for any medical issues and given a chance to, you know, 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 they are comi...

For the united states. ucom received nearly 8,000 evacuees since august 20th and is considering other installations in germany, italy and spain in preparation to receive more flights to allow greater through-put to the united states. as i mentioned yesterday, the number of temporary safe haven locations across europe and the middle east now stands at 14. this allows us to expedite movement out of kabul and gives us flexibility from these intermediate staging bases. we are appreciative of the sup...

Is that future american soldiers are going to have to go back to deal with this but with no bases, no allies and fighting their own equipment. >> over 60,000 people had been evacuated from afghanistan since last july. im told the evacuations were slow as u.s. forces depart the country, neil. >> neil: to be clear, were not going to change the policy of breaching that perimeter that the taliban has set up to look for americans or those friend of americans in afghanistan beyond that perimeter. othe...

Moment putting themselves in peril, taking their fragile selves and their families and getting onboard one of the military transports, the extremes these women and their families are in to do this, it does make me wonder about the kinds of medical resources that are being made available to these refugees, the kind of resources they need once they land. how long theyre staying at the initial place they first land once theyre taken out of afghanistan. what can you tell us about that? >> so, theres...