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Tribune. "the new york times" reports already regional and ethnic leaders are telling the government to turn them away. our nbc news correspondent molly hunter is at the heart of the story along the border in pakistan. molly? >> hey, look, weve been talking a lot about the tens of thousands of vulnerable afghans. interpreters, afghans that might have worked for one of the embassies for big ngos, worked for the u.s. military and coalition forces. but really obviously targets and media targets. we...

The secretary of state, that it does not seem we will be soon recognizing the taliban. but these flights that are taking off out of kabul, theres a certain amount of coordination that is going to be done. because like it or not, the taliban are the government of afghanistan. >> i think we will have to see how the taliban decides to proceed. the weather they will be a more responsible government or whether we will have additional issues. but i think what is important is that we need to double our...

Pleased they are to be in america. did you get a chance to talk to them about what is going on back home and how they feel about the taliban taking over? >> we werent allowed to talk to them directly. we spoke to one of the interpreters to share some stories with us. but this is something where we really are doing our best right now. they are doing their best at the facility. it is going near perfect in the transition and now they are finding 50,000 places across the country to host folks. so pe...

Over afghanistan? >> we havent allowed to talk to them degree. we did talk to one of the interpreters who shared stories with us. but, you know, this is something where we really are doing our best right now. theyre doing their best at the facility. its going near perfect in the transition, and now, you know, theyre finding 50,000 places across the country to host folks. so people will start going throughout the country. but this is really important that we get it done right. i think were on the...

Of congress we need to be thinking about as next steps with afghanistan? we heard from antony blinken, the secretary of state, that we do not think were going to be recognizing the taliban, but, you know, these flights that are taking off out of kabul, theres a certain amount of coordination that is going to have to be done because, like it or not, the taliban are now the government of afghanistan. >> yeah. i think were going to have to see how the taliban decides to proceed, if theyre going to ...

Of the not because of the exit from afghanistan, not the withdrawal but because of a, we lost 13 servicemembers, i think it was two weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago. the states are running together in my mind now, but also because of what the scenes you saw at hamid karzai international airport, the afghans who many of the people in this building worked with, the worry they have over translators and interpreters, drivers who were left behind and now in danger in afghanistan. theres that. also it...

And they have a logical interest i would think in appearing to be cooperating. well see how far that goes. im deeply concerned about a lot of things related to this u.s. withdrawal. high on my list are the afghans who risk their lives helping us as interpreters and other capacities and we left them behind. to get out now they will have to go through the taliban. even to get to the airport and certainly to get out of the airport. were going, theyre going to have to be allowed to travel by the tal...

Six or seven members ofin congrs and senators servicing. his own vice president basically calling him a racist. member of your cabinet running against him, billionaires, socialist, and american samoan, tulsi gabbard not elizabeth warren, dont get confused, everyone. they ended up with joe biden who no one wanted.et eight years as vice presidentve and yet 20 other democrats were warning us that he wasnt up to the task, wasnt up to the fight, and he is not. whats happening? now, as those national ...

Him. they knew something and we should have listened to them. six or seven members of congress and senators servicing. his own vice president basically calling him a racist. member of your cabinet running against him, billionaires, socialist, and american samoan, tulsi gabbard not elizabeth warren, dont get confused, everyone. they ended up with joe biden who no one wanted. eight years as vice president and yet 20 other democrats were warning us that he wasnt up to the task, wasnt up to the figh...

Theyre back. do you have constituents hostages that are stranded or any people that are in your constituency who served and they have their interpreters there and stuck? >> i have constituents who have concerns about interpreters that are stuck in the country and dealing with that for the last three weeks. i think even more to the point i have constituents that were wounded in that attack at the kabul airport just a tragic attack that we saw. thats why i think its so offensive as we see this new...