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If theyre saying dont come to the airport, how does anybody have access to get that done? >> reporter: the embassy is closed. theres no one left at the u.s. embassy. theyve moved the staff to the airport. and i mean, this is one of the big issues, right? there are a lot of afghans who are eligible to leave, the u.s. would support them in these diplomatic processes, so whether its the special immigrant visa process or theyre eligible for it, or this newer process, which is p-2, and thats a larger...

While the paperwork goes through? because there is also a lot of, then, afghans who are just showing up at the airport with, you know, a letter of appreciation for a job they held on a base somewhere. um -- and obviously, has -- have not gone through whatever the process is. >> well, listen. on this particular issue, im on the advisory board of the nonprofit called no one left behind. our whole mission is to get those who have worked with us and risked their lives doing so, to get them to safety...

No one is interested in the story of how this unfolds on the effects on your life, on your schools, on your infrastructure, on your taxes. does it make you happier? does it improve your life? do you think joni ernst cares? are you kidding? no. they go before the cameras, message eye care, im a good person, im compassionate? you, you know, who cares what you think. you are just a citizen. will: governor reynolds, whats your response. >> first of all, these are individuals that have been employed ...

>> well, listen, on this particular issue, im on the advisory board of a nonprofit called no one left behind. our whole mission in life is to get those who have worked with us and risked their lives doing so, to get them to safety. now the special immigrant visa process is the process from held. 14 complex steps and takes years to adjudadjudicate. what we have urged is anyone that is involved in the process at any stage needs to be evacuated. you can sort the paperwork out later, but it would be...

It is that the biden administration publicly commit to keeping those operations going at the airport past august 31st to get everyone out that wants to leave? >> it is absolutely imperative. they must make that commitment, and they must follow through. and this is a commitment ive been asking them to make for months now when i told them to starts the evacuation before we get to a point like this. >> actually, congressman -- >> we can do that. >> lets let everyone listen. this is you questioning ...

Evacuate about 5,000 people. we heard from pentagon press secretary john kirby this morning, he gave an update and explained theyre hoping to get even more out than that each day. heres what he had to say. >> just on the military craft alone, we believe we can get between 5 and 9,000 out per day. weather dependent, security dependent. thats just the military side. we want the civilian side of the airport to remain open as well so commercial flights can and are now able to get themselves in and o...

Are you confident you can get all out on august 31st? >> were confident well maximize capacity to the degree that we can and max capacity as the general said given what could be more than two dozen sorties per day, could you get to 5,000 to 9,000 out per day. our focus is on making sure the environment, conditions are set to be able to do that. as i said the other day, airlift is not a limiting factor but it is also going to require and has required constant elayson with our state department col...

The intelligence briefings didnt necessarily convey to the president or at least the administration and the white house didnt act on, and theres also a concern of this as you mentioned the humanitarian crisis, definitely a two-track concern at the moment that why the administration did not listen to the outside humanitarian groups who have been agitating the administration for months now to speed up the special immigrant visa process, which has always taken a very long time and start that in may...

>> what we are confident is that were going to maximize capacity to the degree that we can. and that at max capacity as the general said, given what could be more than two dozen sorties per day, you could get to 5,000 to 9,000 people out per day. our focus is on again making sure that the environment that the conditions are set to be able to do that. as i said the other day, airlift is not a limited factor. but it also will require and has required constant liaison with our state department coll...

31st you can get all those people out or is that uncertain? >> were confident well maximize capacity to the degree that we can. and that at max capacity as the general said given what could be more than two dozen flights per day you could get 5,000 to 9,000 people out a day. our focus is making sure the environment and conditions are set to be able to do that. as i said the other day, airlift wont be a limiting factor but require and has required constantly liaison with our state department coll...