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People who will do the same thing and that opinion is naive. >> weve also been told the first few hundred troops have left kabul. it seems to show u.s. troop withdrawal. >> if youre an evacuee that we can get out, well continue to get you out, right up until the end. but in those last couple of days, were going to try to preserve as much capability as we can at the airport as you might imagine. so in those last couple of days, we will begin to prioritize military capabilities and military resour...

I know of no american citizens who have been killed on this. we dont have perfect visibility to everything going on in kabul. we know of no american casualties. >> just one more question. when exactly does the august 31st deadline take effect? is that august 31st midnight or is that september 1st midnight? >> august 31st. >> you mentioned at some point the u.s. will prioritize getting military personnel out of hamid karzai international airport. im curious that given that, is there a point where...

5 to 11-year-olds are up next for the fda approval for vaccinations but dr. anthony fauci says thats not likely to happen before mid to late fall, maybe even christmas, and he says we wont get away handle on this until next spring, assuming enough people get vaccinated. >> i would like to appeal to this country, to the people in the country who are not vaccinated, to realize that we have the capability among ourselves to essentially cut down the time frame to getting the end of this pandemic ver...

Department, effectively to americans to get to the air field as soon as you can. thats easier said than done when taliban cooperation seems to be falling away, at least in terms of the movement of human beings here. so the numbers are very significantly down. >> the sad fact is many of them, theyre on their own. sam kiley, were glad youre safe. safe flight home. lets go to cnn international security editor nick payton walsh. hes in qatar where many of the evacuees have been going. first, i do ...

Just pose each other within afghanistan? >> well, infectention yes. the current assessment is that they dont have the capability, but that is being watched over time. >> jim sciutto, thanks so much. today pentagon officials said about 19,000 people have been evacuated from kabul over the past 24 hours. but as cnns oren liebermann reports for us now, there is growing confusion about who the taliban are letting through their checkpoints on their way to the airport. >> reporter: in the span of te...

Big as possible for these people. much of the vetting is through partner organisations, church world service, the international rescue committee, but we also have an extensive capability as well. [30 but we also have an extensive capability as well.— capability as well. do you see that most _ capability as well. do you see that most of _ capability as well. do you see that most of them _ capability as well. do you see that most of them will- capability as well. do you see that most of them wil...

Job that its intended to do. >> the charter flights, for example, would be finished earlier. when you refer to military resources, youre talking about american only? >> im talking about primarily u.s. military troops and equipment. we are now and have been working with our allies and partners to help them withdraw their people and well help them withdraw their forces as well. >> right to the very end, or you have to do that earlier? >> obviously we want to preserve as much capability as possible...

Will -- first of all, we will continue to evacuate needed populations all the way to the end if we have to and we need to. if youre an evacuee that we can get out, were going to continue to get you out right up until the end. but, in those last couple of days -- well try to preserve as much capability as we can at the airport. in those last couple of days, we will begin to prioritize military capabilities and military resources to move out. that doesnt mean that if youre an evacuee and you need ...

0 admiral and the general arent working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans havent gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out aft...

Airport to allow the airport to remain open? >> ill let the general take it. i would just say that we are in daily communication with the taliban about the security situation at the airport now. our focus from a military perspective is going to be whenever -- right now the plan is to end this mission on the 31st of august. i dont want to suggest that thats not what we are planning on. as we get there, as i said earlier, we want to preserve as much capability as long as we can to continue to cond...