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This is a specific tailored miss to help with the safe and secured movement of the reduction of civilian personnel in kabul as well as to help support the acceleration of the special immigrant visa process. as we get more information i will provide it with the understanding there will be operational security concerns. i cant provide every level of detail you want. we will be as transparent as we can. bob? >> you mentioned the bulge of the 3 battalions will be there by the end of the weekend. do ...

Of the reduction of civilian personnel in -- you know, civilian personnel in kabul as well as to help support the acceleration of the special immigrant visa process by the state department. thats what were focused on, and as we get more information, and im able to provide it to you, i will, with the understanding that theres going to be operational security concerns and im not going to be able to provide every level of detail that i am sure you want. we will be as transparent with you as we can....

Advantages. >> is the u.s. military prepared to evacuate all americans from kabul and close the u.s. embassy in kabul? >> our commission is to help the state department reduce their civilian personnel in kabul and assist in the special immigrant visa process. >> how close are they to closing the embassy? >> you would have to ask the state department. visa. they are reducing their presence in kabul. >> are 3,000 u.s. troops going to kabul, is this a combat deployment? >> i didnt sleep on that que...

There are thousands in afghanistan looking to get out. >> thats right. there are thousands of them. the first group, as you mentioned, about 200 that arrived earlier this morning. thats a combination of some people who worked for the u.s. as interpreters and other things and their family members. so far about 700 afghans have actually gone through the vast majority of the special immigrant visa process. they have been approved. those are the first ones that will be brought here to fort lee. when...

Retribution against afghans who assisted the u.s. military during that long conflict that from a u.s. perspective is being brought to an end. there are about 18,000 of those people and president biden has committed to relocating those people as much as possible out of afghanistan. there is a special immigrant visa process for them to come to the united states, but while the troop drawdown is underway and the taliban is making gains and theres increased danger of full-blown civil war, the adminis...

Initiated. as you can see it at the lower level columns, which collapsed first, thats how actually work like that. now, the question is why that column failed, right? no one really knew that quite yet. but technically speaking, you can kind of imagine theres a couple things could have happened to it. >> so interesting there. a lot of interesting things in terms of what he said in terms of the integrity of the building. what is going on right now, though, is that the search and rescue is being ha...

Cameras and trying to search/locate those victims inside there. be able to then begin the medical process, prior to extricating them. >> this has got to be tough work. i mean, who knows what they are breathing in there. the elements are rough. other peoples lives are at risk here, right? >> absolutely. thats what they do. as the people running out of the building, we are really thankful there are always people that want to run into the building to try and save those lives. and as long as we have...

But there is clear need, clear necessity, for more u.s. assistance as the u.s. moves through that process. the countrys security situation, very clearly, deteriorating amidst taliban offensives throughout the country. particularly, in the north. real concerns from u.s.-intelligence officials that the country could fall, within-six months of the u.s., officially, departing after september 11th. where things stand right now, the u.s. is not changing and president biden is not moving off of that se...

Respects the decision but warns that the u.s. exit will have consequential results. phil mattingly has more from the white house. >> reporter: afghanistan president ashraf ghani had several messages that he wanted to deliver to president biden. obviously there was no question the troop pullout that president biden had already announced was not going to change no matter what president ghani put on the table. but there is clear need, clear necessity for more u.s. assistance as the u.s. moves throu...

But that security situation, that is up to the afghans. whether or not a peace agreement gets signed, the u.s. supports but that is also up to the afghans. theres also the big question of those afghanis who helped u.s. personnel over the course of the last 19 years. the administration still working through that process as well. as of now, theyve identified a certain group of those individuals that are going through the special immigrant visa process. they will be evacuated before the september d...