i wonder what are the ambitions there for an agreement, a commitment from the some 200 nations that are there. and can that commitment hold if you don t have one of the world s biggest emitters and one of the world s biggest oil exporters in russia present? and the saudi arabia leadership has decided not to attend either. they re not here as well. so all of that is so significant. they would have loved putin to be here, president xi of china to be here, the saudi leadership, other countries represented. but sadly, they decided to not attend. they have all sorts of reasons, the covid pandemic among others, that would preclude travel, if you will. but this is really an important moment for the world because you re absolutely right. if these other countries are not involved directly in reducing
bret: president biden facing increasing criticism for what some say is clearly a broken promise about getting americans and thousands of afghans who helped america out of afghanistan. white house correspondent peter doocy looks at the controversy tonight. afghanistan policy has not played out as advertised. if there is american citizens left we are going to stay until we get them all out. turns out all out means 9 out of 10. 90% of americans in afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave. so even though the administration initially claimed. it s irresponsible to say americans are stranded they are not. pentagon later clarified. we have americans that get stranded in countries all the time. then there are knows who helped the u.s. in war time. how about our afghan allies, does the commitment hold for them as well. the commitment holds to get everyone out that in fact we could get out and should come out. are there more people that want to leave afghanist
american passports, there are people that work with the americans and they re not letting anyone in. we are in huge danger and we need help. reporter: and with tens of thousands of americans and afghans who have helped the u.s. desperate to get out, george asking the president, will u.s. troops stay past the august 31st deadline if all americans and all afghans who helped us aren t out? are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every american who wants to be out yes. is out? yes. how about our afghan allies? does the commitment hold for them as well? the commitment holds to get everyone out that, in fact, we can get out and everyone that should come out. and that s the objective. reporter: and today, some dissent against the taliban growing. some afghans defiant, celebrating the country s independence day, parading a massive national flag here in kabul. the taliban quickly shutting it down, chasing the protesters through the streets, firing
afghanistan. all troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, they re going to leave? we re going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. does that mean troops will stay beyond august 31st if necessary? depends on where we are and whether we can get ramp these numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out. if that s the case, they ll all be out. because we have like 10 to 15,000 americans in the country right now, right? and are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every american who wants to be out yes. is out. yes. how about our afghan allies? we have about 80,000 people well that s that s too high? the estimate we have is 50 to 60,000 folks counting their families. does the commitment hold for
just for the women activists and others in afghanistan. so there are a lot of women and we forgive me for jumping in. we have a little bit of a connection issue here. i want to continue on this very point. first, i want to listen to the president s perspective in this interview with george stephanopoulos about the scope of the challenge. are you committed to making sure the troops stay until every american who wants to be out yes. is out? yes. how about our afghan allys? we have about 80,000. well, that s not is that too high? that s too high. does the commitment hold for them as well. the commitment holds to get everyone out, that in fact, we can get out and everyone that should come out. senator, the president put the number closer to 65,000. but if there are 65,000 afghans the president believes we owe the right to get out and thousands more of americans to get the right out. number one, how long past