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Capability of the afghan government of the likelihood of them to be able to withstand the kind of takeover that weve now seen take place, and in fact, hallie, what has been the chief talking point from the administration since the fall of kabul is that the fact that as the president himself said this week, the afghan government collapsed so quickly, only justified his decision to no longer invest american blood and treasure in propping up a government that was not able to stand up for itself. no...

The pentagon told us that once the american efforts are fully operational, theyre looking at a capability of maybe 5 to 9,000 people they can evacuate per day, a mix of americans and afghans. but yesterday we found out they were only able to evacuate 1100. so theyre very far from being fully operational. can america get this done or even close to complete by august 31st? >> i doubt that we can get it done by that deadline. and obviously they need to consider that is something that washington can...

Leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank— leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank you. — leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker, and i begin by thanking you for beginning the recall of parliament. it is a pleasure to follow the right honourable memberfor pleasure to follow the right honourable member for maidenhead and i hope the government will reflect very carefully on her words this morning, and particularly her remarks at the end of her contribution about the role of nato...

Well. weve dispatched small military teams to two of the airport gates to assist state department efforts as they evaluate and process individuals seeking entry. we expect to be able to augment that capability in the coming days. this is truly a team effort across the interagency. throughout all of this our u.s. service members are making exceptional efforts under challenging circumstances. showing their humanity and their compassion. so i want to thank them for their skill and their professiona...

Conduct these -- this process for as long as we possibly can. we will continue to deconflict issues with the taliban and we will stay focused on securing the airfield. we can not afford to either not defend that airfield or not have an airfield thats secure where we have hundreds or thousands of civilians that can access the airfield at will and put our forces at risk. >> but that doesnt answer the question. youre still focused on the airfield. these people cant get into the airfield. >> well, w...

You as well. we will debate the politics and policy of this for years to come. >> what -- do you -- i mean how is the u.s. going to live up to the promises that were made to afghans, interpreters, others who had been working for the u.s. for so long? i mean it seems like theres a whole bunch of people "a," who cant even get to the airport. secondly, who are still just in this process which is a bureaucratic process understandably, and thered have to be checks and thered have to be background che...

Masks. are you expecting that type of advocacy from the governor? >> well, first of all, we are hoping and praying for the governors swift recovery from his infection. and itll still be seen if there is a change in policy per se. but the governor has said repeatedly that we all have a personal choice and we all have the capability to get vaccinated to wear a mask is one of the -- and also of course social distancing, washing our hands and sanitizing the surfaces. those are things that all of us ...

We have a national security obligation. we have an obligation to provide the same level of security and commitment to our afghan partners as theyve provided to us over the last 20 years. we also have the resources and capability to follow through on that commitment over the next couple of weeks. i think we say what were going to do and work with the taliban to the extent that we can or are able to. but they understand that we have a mission that we have to accomplish and that we have the ability...

Many, many afghans in all of the categories that you cited are finding their way to the airport. and we will continue to do what we can. >> were going to get everyone that we can possibly evacuate, evacuated. ill do that as long as we possibly can until the clock runs out or we run out of capability. >> this comes down to an issue of will and leadership. and, no, i did not nor did anyone else see a collapse of an army of that size in 11 days. >> heres what else we know. president joe biden told ...

Jen psaki did say there are 11,000 self identifying as american citizens remaining in afghanistan. they have a handle on the exact number at this point, kind of wish we did. so we knew how many people we were looking at. >> the efforts of 40,000 never, keep in mind, between the intel community, robert charles getting a lot of information to explain the dissidence between the white house number at robert charles and american citizens like you and me, same rights, same citizenry that need to be pr...