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Their families who have provided such exceptional service during our long mission. these are friends. united states who have conexemplary and courageous work. >> joining me now is matt zeller, afghan war veteran and advisory board of the association of wartime allies. good to have you with us. i know that you served in afghanistan, but tell our viewers how integral were these interpreters to you doing your job successfully? >> thanks for having me. simply put they were more important to our surv...

So thats a positive step. however, to your point, youre talking about 9,000 interpreters, probably total when it comes to total, about 20,000 not to include family will be voting on a provision to raise the cap by 8,000 more this week, which ill be supportive. but the administration really went into this decision i think in some ways very haphazardly without planning for the aftermath of what will happen, particularly when our military pulls out. and i think part of it is getting these people th...

>> police in arizona identifying the man accused of shooting 5 people including first responders while the house was burning to the ground, tucson police say he was incredible condition after being shot by police, allegedly opened fire and ambulance driver, paramedic, firefighter and two neighbors, one of those neighbors died after being shot in the head, please discover nobody inside that house, it is believed to be the mother of three children initially reported missing but they were found saf...

Prerogative. >> lets turn to afghanistan. the biden administration has launched a plan to evacuate the afghan allies, translators and others, who helped the u.s. with crucial services during the war. now were told about 700 of these allies and 800 of their family members, 2,500 total, are expected to arrive at fort lee in virginia. but that still leaves tens of thousands of other afghan allies and their families in afghanistan. whats being done about them? >> well, thats the big question, jake. ...

So of these people who worked with u.s. military many as you mentioned served as interpreters and their families. so about 2500 people total. but it is important to point out, these are individuals who already have been in the special immigrant visa pipeline. and they have gone through months perhaps even years of background checks, of going through paperwork, of the bureaucracy involved and actually being approved for the special immigrant visa application. they are the first ones who are going...

Can pass out of the house. and the senate and get signed into law. >> congresswoman, good to talk to you. thank you as always for joining us. democratic representative judy chu of california. the biden administration says it plans to fly a small portions of the thousands of afghanistans working for the united states directly to the united states. the dmargs says about 2500 afghans whose visas cleared security vetting will be eligible for evacuation directly to a u.s. military base here in the ...

For the embassy, the translators for the aid workers. they were young women and it was largely young men working with the military and largely young women working across afghanistan. that is how i met this young woman whose father faced down the taliban in the 90s and either marry your daughter to us or you face the consequences which was death. an and he fled in the night. they went to pakistan and got educated and became part of a new generation that doesnt remember life under the taliban. >> ...

And youll be fine, just wait till the one time you dont. its a very dangerous path to follow. >> lets talk about afghanistan. you were ambassador to the u.n. during george w. bushs tenure during the wars in afghanistan and iraq. he, your first big boss, i guess you could say, said this this week. >> i think it is, yeah. i think because i think the consequence are going to be unbelievably bad. and im sad. i spent -- laura and i spent a lot of time with afghan women, and theyre scared. and i think...

Interpreters, drivers, engineers and security guards. the vast majority will be moved to american bases in other countries for their safety. president biden met with the longest serving officer in afghanistan yesterday days after he handed over command. miller spent nearly 3 years commanding american and nato forces in afghanistan before stepping down on monday. this included over seeing the withdrawal. taking over for him is u.s. general frank mckenzie. angela merkel will visit the white ho...

Country. i think its more likely half the districts that are under their control. that is a sad outcome. we have millions of people fleeing and joining nations states. and its not 2500 interpreters forgot sakes, its tens of thousands of afghans that cast their lot with the nato forces. cia commandoes, special forces, political leadership, they all have families. we are walking away from -- their gonna be left to a brutal fate. the only thing that may push back on this is afghanistans now devolvi...