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What we do know is that president biden says more than 70,000 people have been evacuated in the past ten days. that is a stunning figure. but, a senior administration official tells cnn this a lot of deserving afghans will be left behind. overnight a source told cnn that the taliban appears to be letting some people pass through check points despite their claims no more afghan civilians will be allowed to leave the cou country. both veterans two u.s. congressmen to help get afghan troops are f...

Documentation, names, and those things, as often as required, are at the check points allowing transition in there to get into the gates. >> and on the contingency plans, im not going to get ahead of the planning process, one of our main job social security to make sure that the president has options. he wants to see this mission complete by the end of the month. were still working towards that goal, but question will be drafting up potential drafts and sequels for what we feel may need to happe...

Getting left behind and when will these flights evacuating people, not the military, but afghans and americans end? there are no concrete answers. there are no solid numbers for how many americans are still in afghanistan. though we are expecting an announcement today from the secretary of state tony blinken on that. and while the biden administration says more than 82,000 people have been evacuated in the past 11 days, a senior administration official tells cnn that a lot of deserving afghans w...

Negotiation space, something is happening behind the scenes that is helping some people get through, can you talk about that too to some extend? i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning the check points, what they need to look like, the details of that. as we know there are reports that some that are not able to get through there. i can tell you that the department of state, the consoler affair officers there are working the...

Question. security that we would call commanders inherent responsibility throughout every phase of the operation, were continuing to secure ourselves to the very last requirement of that. so when you say who is securing the last flight and all of those things, we will have that ability to secure ourselves through multiple means to ensure flights are able to take off. you said the most senior generals are out discussioning discussing things with the taliban at check points? >> i dont want to give...

With the moderates and house speaker pelosi because i think the white house would prefer to focus on moving his agenda. this is what theyre having to focus on in large part, what is happening in afghanistan. this started the presidents day with a briefing with this top national security aide. then the call with world leaders where he did tell them what he repeated this afternoon. he is for now sticking by this august 3 1st deadline a week from today to have all u.s. forces removed from afghanist...

They are doing their job to process individuals checking credentials making sure they say they are who they are. and making sure theyre in a valid group that were trying to moe on to the airport grounds. the taliban have set up check points. and were in daily communication with taliban commanders about who we want to see get in along with what the credentials are. we have been nothing but open with the taliban ant who we expect them to let in. again, fully recognize that it is not every step of ...

I think it was mentioned earlier, not every check point is manned the same way by the same individuals. there is variances at some checkpoints in terms of how the word has gotten done and how much the taliban is following the dictates of their commanders. so it is a constant flow, there are stops and starts, hurdles that have to be overcome on almost any given day, but it is really a credit to the commanders on the ground there that theyre continuing to have these conversations. did that answer ...

Determination to sort it out? >> right now the airport is secure to make full operations and we did not assess that that would change right now. that is our current planning and we will continue go forward with that. >> we have been very clear with what the credentials are that we want them to accept. it is american citizens, siv applicants, and vulnerable afghans. by and large, not saying it is perfect, but by and large the people that we have made clear who we want to have ak saesz through the...

From herat, what has the back and forth meant for them? >> right. well, first to be clear, as soon as the administration announced that they were going to plan for a withdrawal, we were clear and recommended and told the administration that they need to make sure that an evacuation is part and parcel of that evacuation planning. but it wasnt. so as soon as those tanks, as our tanks and military rolled out of the provinces, the taliban put up check points on roads and it became very dangerous to ...