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Theyre getting people out of afghanistan. the president saying that in last 24 hours or so they have been able to get out 5700. thats an increase and more in line with the 5,000 to 7,000 or 9,000 or so figure that we heard from white house and pentagon officials that they wanted to be able to get to. but we also interestingly heard the president seeming to open the door in these remarks to a slightly broader mission set here, more ambitious goals. not only pledging that he will get all americans...

Infrastructure projects, and so on and they have been targeted and theyre not eligible for this siv program that we have been hearing so much about. the special immigrant visa program. they were not direct employees, it was government affiliated projects or american institution affiliated projects but theyre still targets. and theyre vulnerable and trying to leave. they did manage to get on an evacuation list from another flight. from an allied list, but they went through at 8:00 last night. a f...

0 welcome to msnbc on a busy friday afternoon. president biden giving an update on the chaotic situation, the evacuation of americans and afghans as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the crisis unfolding in afghanistan. the president says evacuation flights have resumed. that is of being paused for several hours. sources tell nbc news the flights stopped temporarily because qatar, the first batch of evacuees were taken, didnt have the capacity to take any more people. this ...

The scenes from Kabul’s international airport are disconcerting enough without actually knowing any one of the thousands desperately trying to get out of Afghanistan. But Pittsburgh resident Noorulhaq Fazly has left behind friends and relatives there and he’s been worried about them, especially after the Taliban regained control of the

Jane, walk us through the special immigrant visa program. how exactly does it work for the people who are trying to leave afghanistan? >> yeah. the special immigrant visa program is commonly referred to as the siv program. that program has been around for decades. the applications for the siv program originate in the country of origin. so in this case afghan citizens who are living in afghanistan, many of them in kabul, are applying in the u.s. embassy to relocate and qualify for the siv program...

>> the special immigrant visa program, it is commonly referred to as the sid sid program. its been around for decades. the application for the program, originate in the country of origin. so in this case, afghan citizens, who are living in many in kabul, are playing through the u.s. embassy, to relocate, into qualified for the program. one challenge with that program, unfortunately, is that there are many security checks, health checks that people have to clear, before they get the status. and t...

Expedite the siv, the special immigrant visa program? its been held up, frankly, for years. and neither the obama nor the trump nor the biden administration has been particularly good at speeding up the process. does that need to happen? >> yes, it absolutely does. and senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and i were the lead sponsors of the siv bill in the united states senate. it is something we are extremely concerned about. the state department has been dragging its feet for months now on ...

0 that they are the ones that have protected our nation for the past two decades by taking the fight to the terrorists in iraq and afghanistan, and not allowing them to attack our homeland. and, unfortunately, we see the resurgence of the taliban and the reconstitution of al qaeda in afghanistan. so i worry about the homeland. but that is the very first thing that our president needs to communicate is to these brave men and women, a heartfelt thank you. the second thing is how are we going to ev...

We still saw many afghan civilians and professionals trying to help the americans conduct their mission, ultimately draw down the force presence there in afghanistan. there is a program right now, its a special immigrant visa program that the united states is offering to many of those u.s. allies on the ground but reports indicate there are upwards of 80,000 applicants and only one or 2% of them have been flown out of the country. were seeing images in kabul of streets filled with people, cars b...