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People coming through the airport every day, 19,000 people yesterday. i think these numbers provide context and we will press every single day to get more people who are eligible out of the country. >> of course we dont know of those 80,000 how many are siv eligible applicants, right? some may be just those who wanted to evacuate the country which is why i asked -- >> i think whats important to note here is the people we are prioritizing are american citizens, are siv applicants, and others who ...

Forward, but they will make their own determinations. >> mr. secretary, thank you. but the taliban right now focusing on the mission right now are not living up to their commitments. people are being stopped trying to get into the airport. im talking about, you know, women, sivs, others, afghans, people with papers and they are being stopped outside the airport now. there are total bottlenecks which rise to the level of what the president said were the contingencies if the taliban is not complyi...

I would finally like to ask you about the local hires. we evacuated our embassy and there have been abilities back that i know you must be fwam or your teams are of people who feel completely betrayed, and these are thousand of people that we rely on in embassies around the world. the message is going forward that we will not be loyal. they were not told about the evacuation. they were not put on those choppers with our american staff, and they were forced, many of them, to find their own way th...

That we use every appropriate tool at our disposal to isolate that government and as i said before afghanistan will be a pariah. >> what will happen on september 1st? will the u.s. keep any diplomatic and/or any other kind of presence in kabul at all and who will run the airport? is there any discussions with the turkz or any other measures being taken? >> there are active efforts under way on the part of regional countries to -- to see whether they can play a role in keeping the airport open on...

Be done at the airport or frankly anywhere else in the country since they are not in the u.s.s eyes a legally recognized government? thank you. >> thank you. our focus right now is on getting our citizens and getting other partners, afghan partners, third country partners working in afghanistan with us out of the country and to safety. for that purpose, first the taliban whether we like it or not is in control, largely in control of the country. certainly control of the city of kabul and its bee...

Depart for a range of reasons as weve also outlifnltd i would also note that a big factor on the presidents mind and the secretary of state noted this as well is the real threat of isis-k which is the reason why and the president again received a briefing on that as he does regularly from his national security team. that is why were concerned about numbers around the airport. that is why we are in direct contact through a range of means of individuals on when and how to come to the airport and t...

Maybe that are working on a range of projects they are not ready the leave. i know thats hard for us to understand but for many of these afghans, this is their home. yes they are dual citizens. its our responsibility to make sure we are reaching out to them. we are providing opportunity and finding ways to get them o the airport and evacuate them but it is also their personal decision on whether they want to depart. >> go ahead. >> could i just follow up a bit on some refugees. first, you talk a...

Question? >> any concrete steps that you can give to people worried about whether they will be forgotten, left behind, disappeared once the united states withdraws the military and can no longer protect their safe passage to the airport or other livelihoods? >> the short answer is no. they will not be forgotten. we will use every diplomatic, economic assistance tool at our disposal working hand in hand with the international community first and foremost to ensure that those who want to leave afg...

Number 1, it is that the taliban, the contingency of the taliban honoring their compliments publicly and privately to ensure safe passage of americans that want to get out can get out beyond next tuesday. that is what were hinging all of this on. a very interesting development because if you are not able to get into that airport and youre an american, that clock that was ticking just got a little louder and faster knowing that youre fully dependent now on the taliban honoring their word. the sec...

We will use every appropriate tool at our disposal to isolate that government and as i said before, afghanistan will be. sgla withdrawal with taliban on the airport. >> thanks. >> there are very active efforts on the way, under way on the part of regional countries to see whether they can play a role in keeping the airport open once our military mission leaves or as necessary reopening if it