The world, it is thursday, august 26th. Im Brianna Keilar alongside john berman. Were beginning with significant Breaking News. Sources telling cnn that the frantic Evacuation Effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. There are still u. S. Citizens trying to get out of kabul. Others possibly stuck outside the city. And the fate of thousands of Green Card holders and their families growing dim. These are legal, permanent residents of the u. S. , like a Philadelphia Family with small children who we featured on our show yesterday. For many afghans who worked with u. S. Troops, their hopes to escape may now be dashed though u. S. Efforts are under way to help almost 2,000 local Embassy Staff try to get out. So 36 hours left. Which is not much. And the complications are only compounded by the huge security risks. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy blasted an urgent warning to all americans dont travel to the airport and people at certain gates they say leave immediately. One Defense Offici
Now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. And we have made significant progress in that regard. The race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. These are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u. S. Citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. A Defense Official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very specific Threat Stream from isisk about attacks against crowds gathered outside that airport. Nick Paton Walsh is covering the story for us and he is live in doha. Nick, 36 hours left. What more can you tell us about what appear appears to be the F Stage of the evacuations. Reporter urgency for days but now clear according to a source familiar with the situation that this ends in 36 hours, friday essentially. And that will of course spark some elements of panic amongst those trying to get into th
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