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Because theyll be killed if theyre left behind. >> neil: so theyre trapped. >> theyre trapped. that being saved, the military and -- the military has been trying to get many of them out and are trying to push the system as much as possible. weve seen heroic efforts behind the scene. the numbers are great. with the state department process changing today to require vetting to be done on the ground at the airport in kabul, its going to make it very difficult to keep that pipeline moving. >> neil: ...

National security advisinger talking. perhaps theyre trying to do this a day at a time. well see what tomorrow brings. neil? >> neil: thanks, mark. the g-7 leaders including those in germany and britain and france have been critical of the u.s. refusal to go beyond the perimeter around the airport. lets go to general jerry boykin, former undersecretary of defense. general, this strategy of being careful about who we process to get out of the country, they have to have the proper paperwork. i get...

Through-put at hamed karzai airport. we think that well be able to continue to try to improve that. that is the goal. >> neil, we heard reporters press the state departments spokesman because theres now reports on the ground that the state department is being sticklers about whether you have been vetted, whether you filled out the siv paperwork. so that 18,000 that cleared out of the airport, theyre now going to have a slower through-put in to the airport to get on the military planes which are ...

Well have special guests to see how we take it from here. >> many of -- if not all of our engaged staff were not present on the embassy compound. they were working remotely given the volatile security situation. many of them were at home were not at work. i can tell you that we have been able to relocate members of our staff. they were not brought to the airports compound with the americans direct hires because they werent at the embassy compound by and large that day. >> ive been told at the ai...

That we can speed and accelerated the processes consist about the -- >> surging resources doesnt answer the question. why not do this at the third country. surge them there and get them out of kabul where they can have better facilities, sanitation, food, et cetera? >> that vetting by and large is taking place at these third countries. when it comes to sizs, again, all of those that have received instructions to come to the airport have already completed certain stages of the security vetting pr...

Stranded. which is the case, general? what does your gut tell you? do we have people stranded or not? >> just look at the videos coming outs. look at the videos being sent out to ordinary people that have friends or relatives there. yeah, we have americans that are being stranded. i wonder what she knows about what she doesnt know as a press secretary. it is beyond me that she would get up there day after day and continue going down this path that americans are unrestricted in their movement to ...

Appropriate response that they have taken to make sure that we evacuate individuals, so the president needs to be strong here and to make clear to the taliban that we will be here until we get every american citizen out period. and do not allow these individuals to be running the show there. he needs to make it clear that we are going to get every american and leave none behind, thats exactly what we will be pressing them to do. and again, less than 10% right now of those being evacuated by the ...

You know that this was a red line, the august 31 deadline and theres consequences if we ignored it or tried to run past it. what do they mean? you think they will make good on that threat? >> look at our position. then well understand what the taliban arent doing. we do not want to widen the security circle around the airport. why? that means well push the taliban out. the administration doesnt want to engage the taliban, clash wi deal. and other countries are going with patrols inside the city ...

Through at least the u.s. presence that is inside the airport. so theyre calling the shots. its disheartening to pulled it mildly. >> yes. if theres a perimeter, were on the inside. theyre out the outside. the position the taliban has out there, theyre the ones that are basically combing through those that are coming in. the bigger question has been in my view at least, how did we get here. when we negotiate with the taliban, this administration and the last administration. this administration i...

Airport to exit the country? >> exactly, take out citizens first before withdrawing the remaining troops. the fact that we have more troops they are today then when we did when president biden announced a withdrawal, more than double the number of troops is -- shows he would a failure been. >> well now we do because of the personnel bringing in to get our people out, but we technically would have had fewer under the prior administration. but we can go back, im just wondering how you think it end...