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So the commander has all of that as part of the plan, and the last two or two-and-a-half days are going to be a real rush if president biden sticks to this 31 august date, which indicators are that he is doing. >> peter, weve discussed this as the presidents decision whether or not they will continue to evacuate afghans after the 31st. but after the taliban spokesman said today that were not in favor of afghans leaving and were not going to allow it, i mean essentially because they are running t...

This point, but they have -- they have been in kabul for about a week and they do have access -- they do have means to get to the airport. the issue is the entry into the airport. it has changed numerous times in the last week of what the gates are allowing for entry, whether it is u.s. citizens, approved visas only, and then at one point they were taking people in hajis scenario where he applied for a visa but had not been approved yet. at this time it sounds like it is u.s. citizens only. >> a...

Country. theres a larger group of potential siv applicants who have to get through potential check points as well. we know the u.s. is doing all it can to go and get people possibly who need help to get in, but now the deadline is announced. the clock is loudly ticking and so people in kabul who want to get out will be feeling that sense of, well, panic, i hate to say it. so is the u.s. going to be a victim of its own success and see crowds outside the airport trying to get in? possibly not beca...

Citizens through their check points. its so appalling. and it didnt have to be this way. this is -- president biden took this decision to go to zero. he announced a date, september 11th, of all days, as a withdraw date. the military pullso back in 11 n expected to move a hundred thousand people out of afghanistan in a matter of a week with. its only been a week since the taliban took over and already we reported earlier today, the militarys having to pack up because, once again, the president ha...

Weeks, the pentagon has come under rightly or wrongly criticism for not quote/unquote planning for eventualities that happened in kabul. so this is a potential of having to exist past the deadline. so is there planning going on in the event that this has to happen. >> we are a planning organization. we plan for all matters of contingencies as we execute the orders that weve been given. megan. >> the airlift is not the factor here and people are getting into the airport and getting out. what are ...

Feel a little hope and pride because i see the best in the american people rising to the occasion to try to solve this. lets be clear, our leadership did not get this right but the people who are now trying to execute the impossible at the 11th hour are heroes. they are people in government that are working around the clock to try to save these people. there are veterans all over the world who have united in sort of a digital world that its incredible to see us falling back into our skill sets a...

The immediate environment of the airport because in those immediate environment outside the airport, thats where you have taliban check points, thats where you have crowds assembling, thats where access to the gates is critical in that space just outside the airport. where we dont have a military presence of a sustained nature. and what were doing is that we are in constant communication with the taliban about that space and what that space looks like. and the only thing i would say is that as y...

An afghan security force member lost his life. as the president referenced last night in his remarks, we are in communication with the taliban for the establishment and sustainment of several check points to increase throughput and facility safe passage for individuals working to gain access to the airport. today the number of troops at the airport continues to stand at 5800. commanders on the ground continue to actively monitor threats. they are empowered to make the appropriate force protectio...

Other. the hope, my understanding, is a lot of these 13,000 who remain are afghans. some of whom not there entirely officially part of this unofficial who do you know what can you do situation we have been seeing over the past few days. once they appear to processed these people and they are doing a phenomenal job it seems at this point, shifting people out, then understood that they will hope to try to get some siv applicants in. i should be cautious because we dont want to start some sort of r...

Deconfliction with the taliban. were required to keep these lines occupy who do have check points out beyond the airport. we have seen this work well in terms of allowing access and flow. those crowds have been a problem. you heard me talk about this several days ago. they used a helicopter to bring people in and it was largely because of the crowd size outside of the abbey gate. i would like to go back to the incident, can you be more