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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 dont have one of the worlds biggest emitters and one of the worlds biggest oil exporters in russia present? >> and the saudi arabia leadership has decided not to attend either. theyre 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 repre...

>> 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...

American passports, there are people that work with the americans and theyre 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 arent out? >> are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every american who wants to be out -- >> yes. ...

Afghanistan. >> all troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, theyre going to leave? >> were 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 thats the case, theyll all be out. >> because we have like 10 to 15,000 ame...

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 presidents 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? w...

Troops. >> i knew that theyre going to have an enormous -- look, one of the things we didnt do -- people from getting out. what they would do. >> all troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, theyre going to leave? >> were 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? >> it depends on where we are and whether we can get --...

These numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out. if thats the case, theyll 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 is out? >> yes, yes. >> how about our afghan allies? we have about 80,000 people -- >> well, thats not -- >> is that too high? >> thats too high. the estimate is somewhere between 50 and 65,000 folks total, counting their families. >>...

>> president biden and his advisers many of whom were against the withdrawal are denying reports that intelligence analyst his warned this could happen. >> there was nothing they or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days joining me now nbc white house correspondent kelly odonnell and nbc military reporter courtney kubi. the president is not engaging with the press corps with this issue at all and he did speak with george, of course, with george step...

Day coming out. if that is the case, theyll 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 wans to be out is out. >> yes. yes. >> how about our afghan allies, does the commitment hold for them as well. >> it holds to get everyone out that should come out and that is the objective. that is what were doing now. that is the path were on. an i think well get there. >> this ...

>> yes. >> how about afghan allies? we have about 80,000 people on -- >> well, thats -- >> how high? >> somewhere between 50,000 and 65,000 folks total, counting their families. >> 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 thats the objective. thats what were doing now. thats the path were on and i think well get. >> so americans should understand that troops may have to be there bey...