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Establish safe core doors and provide with the appropriate transportation and then protect that transport as it comes back. the taliban and al qaeda and isis that is unfortunate but they already are and it is terrible. i was just informed today because of the work im doing through the embassy and writing letters i could get two of my afghan interpreters on a plane so they are in a safe area now, but there are so many more we are working to help. this is immediate. needs to be done. i will go bac...

>> reporter: at dulles airport outside washington, d.c., this man and his family speaking with abcs gio benitez. the man worked for the american government for more than two years. this is his first time in the united states. >> a lot of relief? >> now i can -- we are safe here. yeah. >> reporter: while the numbers of americans and afghans getting out of the country has increased, tens of thousands still remain stuck outside the airport, afraid or simply unable to get through those checkpoints o...

You know, lets just talk about what were seeing here. lets first talk about the audio and what this means, kim. what more can you tell us about what these pilots are going through? >> well, good morning, brianna. thank you for having me. these pilots are extraordinarily terrified for their safety, for the safety of their families. i think that they dont believe that the amnesty that the taliban is claiming that people are getting will really actually apply to them. its very, very precarious situ...

While the taliban is there. >> right, at some point there has to be a cutoff line and thats a sad fact. maybe we can get all of the interpreters out. we certainly cant get all of their family members out. we certainly will get all of the green card holders out. but again, maybe not all of their family members that they would like to bring. so there is going to be a cutoff point. whether thats august 31st or some time in september where we just have to say, we are shutting this down and we can on...

Through. this is a terrifying situation. we have americans all across that city that are terrified and waiting for someone to help them but believe me there is healthcare. but the president needs to allow the men and who are there to do their job and get our american citizens those out afghanistan it can be done but not the ineptitude of this administration. steve: what about the people outside kabul? this is a whole country what will they do about that? how many are there? we hear numbers in th...

Checkpoint. were also hearing this heart breaking story of a 2-year-old that was trampled to death outside the airport in a stampede. her mother is a foreign interpreter. its unimaginable. mike emanuel joins us now live at the state department. mike? >> martha, good afternoon. state department officials say the first flight of afghan refugees left africa headed to the united states. theyre the lucky ones. its also been deadly in some cases though we dont have a formal number in terms of the numb...

Establish safe core doors and provide with the appropriate transportation and then protect that transport as it comes back. the taliban and al qaeda and isis that is unfortunate but they already are and it is terrible. i was just informed today because of the work im doing through the embassy and writing letters i could get two of my afghan interpreters on a plane so they are in a safe area now, but there are so many more we are working to help. this is immediate. needs to be done. i will go bac...

Undermine anyone who worked on solving the siv issue by devastating the system at dhs and state. stephen miller blamed biden despite his own clear record of advocating restrictions on immigrants and refugees. not helped by the fact that articles had long been written about how the trump administration has dramatically dropped visas for afghan and iraqi interpreters. so this rings hallow. like when nikki haley tweeted to have our general say theyre depending on diplomacy with the taliban is unbel...

Tonight, several major headlines as we come on the air. the fda giving full approval now to the pfizer vaccine and what this could mean for vaccine mandates in this country. and the news coming in from afghanistan tonight. the evacuations. how many americans, how many afghan interpreters remain? and will the president extend that august 31 gs deadline? tonight, the dally ban with a warning if he does. first, the coronavirus and tonight, pfizer now the first covid vaccine in the u.s. to be full...

>> slow down, everybody. i want to talk about two things. first afghanistan. >> bill: thats how that went. singapore first, vietnam second. this trip -- the events in afghanistan clearly overriding the headlines. >> dana: her laugh is a way for her to gather herself before she answers the question but it -- thats how she ended up being in charge of the border. maybe she will be now put in charge of afghanistan. well see. pentagon scheduled to give an update on afghanistan in an hour. well keep y...