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The tests arent available at all. today, the government has said that 82 test providers will be given a warning about misleading pricing and could be removed altogether. 57 have already been removed from the list because they no longer exist or dont provide relevant testing services. some testing companies hope this will help the industrys reputation. over the last weeks, companies in the space, the industry, has received a bad reputation, not because of everybody, just from a select few, so now...

In kabul on the mission, the forces, are they maintaining the capability to maybe deal with a threat from taliban beyond august 31st deadline? >> i would be hypothesizing past the 31sst. >> it includes being able to defend the airport and their operations and we have assets in place to allow them to do that as well. im not going to speculate about were head down on this and if

That as is appropriate as we get to the end of the mission. we methodically plan out the assets of equipment and and we can preserve the capability we need -- >> i ask in a because it took several days to bring these 5800 in. i know there are hurdles to getting in, but it could take a day or two to get the military back out. so that may bump the timeline back. >> yeah, i think clearly -- >> clearly you have to do some backward planning for retro grade. im not willing to speak to the dates or pro...

Fleet for only the third time, using 18 aircraft from commercial carriers like united and american to move evacuees from the middle east onwards. for now, though, the u.s. prioritizing getting american citizens out, several thousand have left the country already, the pentagon says. a senior state department official says there are still several thousand more. held accommodators have left the airport not once but twice to pick up evacuees. >> on occasion where theres a need and theres a capabilit...

Is what it is. there are extremists, who can attack in different places. there are people who do not accept the values and they are willing to die for their belief including to the willingness to blow themselves up. have we accomplished a great deal since 9/11 in terms of building intelligence capability and understand, absolutely. have we eliminated the problem? no, we have not. [ nautical horn] i mean just because you look like someone else doesnt mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vac...

Possible. that is what we are doing and what we believe we can achieve. >> you, jake. the president said we got rid of al qaeda and afghanistan. the secretary of state said there is al qaeda in afghanistan, so are you presenting the president with the whole picture, or when he makes these public statements -- >> jake: the president was referring to their ability to attack, which the intelligence community tells us is not present. today, what is present in afghanistan right now, to our forces at ...

>> it is so simple when somebody asks what would you do i would been time, use every single resource available, not just the military between the department of state and our intelligence agencies to get americans out every american needs to know that there are plenty of people that are capable and willing and have the ability to get everyone out of the country in a moments notice this could be over by tonight and he said if you know what were going to do your american were coming to get you, if ...

Extractions and there arent enough troops. have you asked for authorization of additional troops to go into the airport to help with potential extractions should it come to that? >> the word capability. the actual troop number are two different things. we have approximately 5,800 forces and as i briefed over the week, as forces flowed in, capability continued to increase. initial security was the most important ability to establish. without that the ability to do other things is not possible. so...

Will help the industrys reputation. over the last weeks, companies in the space of the industry has received a bad reputation, not because of everybody, just from a select few, so now that those select few are removed, we think that, you know, the industry can now show its capability, focusing on quality of service as well as obviously trying to reduce the price at the same time. this provider has done over a million tests, and its pleased to say it hasnt been getting a warning. this is where th...

This operation is complex. it is dangerous. it is fraught with challenges, operations. and it has produced searing images of pain and desperation. but now operation like this, no evacuation from the capital that has fallen in the civil war, could unfold without those images. the question is are we on track to fulfill our objectives of this operation? to bring out our people. so many of those afghans who helped us, and so many of those afghans at risk. if we conduct these operations, we are susta...