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The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that Retired General Stephen R. Lyons, former Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, will be the new Port and Supply Chain Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. Retired General Lyons will take over the role from John D. Porcari. Retired General ...

The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday the appointment of retired General Stephen R. Lyons, former Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), as the Biden...

>> general lyons, i know there are concern about capacity, but are medics being provided, theres a report that a woman had a baby during one of the flights? so do you have medics that will be upon board to handle emergency situations that may come up, if somebody has a baby or somebody gets sick or something of that instance? >> yeah. thats a great question. we do not have medics on every flight. there is a medical screen, as part of the screening and boarding process. but ill confess to you tha...

On the ground and making a difference through u.s. capabilities i do want to now turn the microphone over to general steve lyons, general of the command, hell get questions and ill come back to the podium and monitor the q and a. we have a limited amount of time with the general. hes obviously got a lot on it his plate. general, sir, you can hear me and are you ready to go? >> john, i got you. can you hear me okay? >> yes, sir, loud and clear. the floor is yours, sir. >> hey, im pleased to join ...

Single evacuatee out of kabul. >> you foresee fewer flights in the 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st of the month as there are fewer ground forces presumably, in kabul? >> well, id prefer not to get into numbers of flights by day. i would not say that were going to let up. were not going to let up. you know, full accelerator. were not going to let up. as long as theres a mission to be accomplished well be out there. >> i forgot to ask you to introduce yourselves so the general cant see you, courtney. >> th...

Rates tick up. there were 1 million shots given several days in a row last week. and what do you think thats about? >> i really think thats about fear and the reality that this virus can strike any of us, regardless of our age. regarding of our pre-existing health status. the delta variant in particular, but really covid in general does not discriminate. any of us are at risk. and the vaccinations help protect us from severe disease, hospitalization and death. and as people see friends and famil...

That. weve got plenty of capacity going in there. there is sustainment on those flights coming in that were taking evacuees out. centcom is addressing that issue, thank you. >> general, ill let you go until you have any closing thoughts, anything you want to hit at the end here. >> john, thanks for being a part of today. but, again, how proud i am of our mobility airmen just operating around the globe. its just impressive to see. and, you know, everybody is just in this, all in, rowing as hard a...

>> general, can you just give a sense how you foresee the mission changieing as the u.s. draws on the numbers on the ground bit end of the month and what the mission will look like towards august 31st? >> yeah, every day, we take as the day comes. we are -- we are razor focused on neo. we know and are linked very closely with central command potential operations to close out the mission by august 31st. that was the mission given by the president and were committed to do that. and im committed th...

We heard from admiral kirby and general steve lyons, head of transportation command saying theyre pushing the limits to get as many people out. 200 air kcraft committed to, les bring in juliette kayyem. and cnn international reporter nick paton walsh in doha. nick, i want to start with you about who is getting to the airport, into the airport and on to the flights. now, we know from the u.s. embassy spokesman there onsite who actually told one of our correspondents that special immigration appli...

And we have evacuated americans who are seeking to be evacuated and as many afghan partners as humanly possible. i could not be more proud of the transcom team, the relationship with u.s. central command ill be happy to take any questions the press may have. thank you. >> thank you, general. well start with bob burns, associated press. >> thank you, general. this is bob burns of the ap. thank you very much. a couple of questions, currently, what is your maximum capacity for airlifting out of kab...