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Still desperately trying to get out of the country? >> reporter: yeah, doing really bad math here, it sounds like since 3:00 p.m., depending on when they do that 24-hour window, we may have seen 2,000 or so individuals taken out of the airport. so that 6800 figure married a little bit with the figure we got of 4200 with 3:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on friday. clearly slowing down very fast indeed, in line with what weve been saying in the days previously. i understand from the source familiar with th...

Confusion? and does the dod cooperate in any way specified? >> i think to the degree that they have brought to light information that we can act upon, to get additional people out, of course, thats been helpful and we certainly share the concerns that these groups have for these individuals. we feel the same obligation that they do to it. so to the degree that theyve been able to help us latch on and identify, then, yes, thats been helpful. gordon. >> a few different things. one question with th...

Kudos to be given to our department of state employees and dod and military folks who are trying to process this massive airlift. jacqui: president biden is fulfilling his promise to retaliate against isis by ordering an airstrike that killed two members in afghanistan, just days after 13 americans were killed in a bombing at the kabul airport. joining us now is former cia covert operations officer and ceo of portman squared group, mike baker. thank you so much for being with us, mike. >> sure i...

Expletive disaster. congressman tom malinowski called bidens refusal to move august 31st deadline unacceptable and extendable. bob menendez vowing to hold the initiation accountable. some republicans are demanding more drastic action and want to remove president biden from office. through resignation, the 25th amendment, or impeachment. >> it is bipartisan. the frustration with this administration with this department of state, the dod leadership team. >> they will be a day of reckoning. >> make...

We are primarily responsible for helping provide that secure area at the airport for them to be able to get through to process and get through to properly manifest them and get them on flights out of there. but, look, i mean, i think a lot of us are getting emails and calls and texts from friends and colleagues, many of them are veterans, who are passing information to us to try to help get additional people out. and were doing the best we can when we are contacted, to get that information in th...

Cooperating with any of these organizations? can you talk about that? and then what is your message to these organizations? are they helping, hindering? given what you know about how this is unfolding, should they continue their operations? >> its certainly not for us to tell them to stop caring about individuals that they know that are in afghanistan, howard. we are -- as you might imagine, we are working off many different streams of information about various vulnerable afghan groups, not to m...

Be evacuated. we are primarily responsible for helping provide that secure area at the airport for them to get to to process and get through, to properly manifest them and get them on flights out of there. but, look, i mean, i think a lot of us are getting emails and calls and texts from friends and colleagues, many of them are veterans, who are passing information to us to try to help get additional people out. were doing the best we can when we are contacted, to get that information in the rig...

That. my question is, is dod cooperating with any of these organizations? can you talk about that? and then, what is your message to these organizations? are they helping? are they hindering? and given what you know about how this is unfolding, should they continue their operations? >> well, its certainly not for us to tell them to stop caring about individuals that they know that are in afghanistan, howard. we are, as you might imagine, we are working off many different streams of information a...

Forth. right now, we will continue to run that airfield to make sure we can execute our operations. >> and are some of the gates to the airport welded shut, as has been reported? >> there are gates that are closed, absolutely. as we said earlier, we do have gates that continue to be open. as we coordinate and still work with the department of state to get people in for evacuation. >> thank you. >> howard altman. >> hey. first of all, condolences to the families who lost loved ones in kabul. desp...

Refuge which provides eligible afghan nationals and their immediate families the opportunity to relocate to the united states. department of state subsequently activated the afghanistan coordination task force and requested the department of defense provide temporary support for up to 3,500 afghan special immigrant applicants. on august 15th, the department of state requested and the secretary of defense approved additional support for afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other afghans. ...