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what if the main goal of all of this was just to get that stuff out of mar-a-lago? >> well, i think thats a question thats on everybodys mind and certainly from where the justice department sits, this was -- these are -- these were top secret, classified documents, some of the nations most, you know, privileged, sort of secrets about national security and military matters and the justice departments top priority in this case was just getting those back. and its sort of an open question...

From what used to be the u.s. emb embassy. clarissa, what do you see there this morning? >> reporter: well, as you can see, john, for taliban fighters today is a day of celebration. theyve declared it a national holiday and all day long theres been a steady stream of fighters pouring through this very well-known roundabout, the massoud roundabout, they are waving taliban flags, they are carrying a lot of very heavy weaponry and theyre actually letting us film them, which is something of a change...

They are sending in more troops to get their remaining staff out, they may essentially have to withdraw as part of their withdraw posturing. and it position shows i think that there will be airport and buildings nearby and the u.s. emb embassy. those troops and marines will not come without a lot of air support and various other enablers. so that will bring a short moment of comfort, a feeling certainly of panic and chaos inside the capital because essentially the clock is ticking, they have sai...

Seen a total of six flights of those afghan siv applicants here to the united states. that amounts to about 1,000 of those siv applicants and their family members. but as you state, there are still upwards of 10,000 of these applicants plus their family members who are desperately th trying to get out of the country. the top u.s. diplomat at the embassy in kabul put out just today an internal memo urging those at the state department here in washington to consider a broader number of afghans the...

Safety and a secure movement of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applications out of the country and to provide additional security at the airport. again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the deteriorating security situation. >> 3,000 is a lot of people. can you give any better sense on a day to day what are they doing? sounds like that many people m...

Applicants? sounds like engineers, medical and mps -- >> when i say engineers, were talking about a very small number of engineers. its largely for electrical power to make sure we have power to do the processing of applicants. by engineers, i didnt mean construction and that kind of thing. >> going to kuwait, thats roughly 3,000 to 3500 people total? >> a common combat brigade is about 3500 to 4,000 people. >> its 3,000 people going right away in the coming days. then you have another 3500 on s...

Circumstances. the taliban has been moving so fast that they want to ensure that the capital of kabul is defended and the american presence there is also defended. you not only have the noncombatants of the state department that are part of the emb embassy, but you also have the processing of the thousands of sivs that are going to be pouring through kabul. that puts another twist on what those three infantry battalions are going to do defending the airport to ensure planes get in and get out. i...

The secretary fully intends to make it clear to them that well be ready to help as needed. >> thank you. >> lets see. dan? >> thank you, john. can you clarify how this doesnt qualify as a n.e.o.? and regardless of that, can you at least make it clear if a n.e.o. is needed because this speeds up yet still, youve got everything you need in place for one? >> again, the purpose here is to help with the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy. that is not the same as a noncombatant evacuat...

3,650. break down whats happening over the next 24-48 hours. >> here is where we are at this hour. lets recall that all of this is about the withdrawal of 2500 u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of the month, but in the last several days the security situation in the country has largely fallen apart with taliban advances. now we are talking about putting more than 3,000 u.s. troops possibly back into the area. what the pentagon announced a short time ago is 3,000 troops will go into afghani...