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So just to put into context, thats a flight yesterday. every 39 minutes, that is thousands and thousands of people coming through the airport every single day, 19,000 people yesterday. i think these numbers do provide context. and we are going to continue to 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. some may just be those who wanted to evacuate the country, which is part of why i...

Mission leaves or as necessary, reopening it if it closes for some period of time. and thats happening very actively right now. the taliban have made clear that they have a strong interest in having a functioning airport. we, and the rest of the international community, have a strong interest in that primarily for the purpose of making sure that anybody that wants to leave can leave past the 31st using an airport. so that is a very active effort underway as we speak. with regard to our own poten...

Closes for some period of time and thats happening very actively right now. the taliban have made clear that they have a strong interest in having a functioning airport. we and the rest of the international community certainly have a strong interest in that, primarily for the purpose of making sure anyone who wants to leave can leave past the 31st using -- use an airport and so thats a very active effort thats under way as we speak, and, again, with regard to our own potential presence going for...

Extended family or their immediate family. there are cases and this might not be the policy but theres cases that u.s. citizens have to choose. of course they want to leave. maybe they cant make to it the gates. how do you keep small children to the gates? theyre getting trampled to death. we had a u.s. citizen, interpreter, a 2-year-old was trampled to death because the crowds are massive. the taliban own the perimeters outside the airport. the state department allowed them to be our first vett...

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

Airport. if im framing this right but theres been since i heard from you and others in the administration that the taliban has met its commitment to allow people with the right papers onto the airport. can you help americans that are seeing and what seems to be a disconnect between these two different statements? what is happening? >> first, let me say i wouldnt see it as a disconnect. that does mean that a great number of people are making their way into the airport and onto flights to evacuate...

With. if it doesnt, we will make sure 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 1? 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 turks with the military withdrawal? >> thanks. there are very active efforts underway on the part of regional countries to see whether they can pla...

Going to want to do that. if not, were going to have a -- >> martha: yeah. okay. 114 countries, allies, all got together to impress upon the taliban that they better let people out. so lets hope that they were listening. lets go to jen psaki and listen to some of the q&a focused on afghanistan as well. if you stick around, that would be great. >> what seems to be a disconnect between the statements? what is happen something. >> first, let me say, i wouldnt see it as a disconnect. let me explain ...

Forward. they will make their own determinations. >> thank you. 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 talk about women, sivs, others, afghans. people with papers and being stopped outside the airport now. there are total bottlenecks. some people have private planes watsing for them with landing rights but cant get into the airport as well as beyond the sivs there are lawyers, jud...

Takes responsibility. i know all of my colleagues across government feel the same way. i can tell you that there will be plenty of time to look back at the last six or seven months, to look back at the last 20 years and to look to see what we might have done differently. what we might have done sooner what we might have done more effectively. i have to tell you right now my entire focus is on the mission at hand. theres going to be as i said plenty of time to do an accounting of this when we get...