Noncombat Evacuation News Today

Mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u. S. Citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, weve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. And we nail that down. Meaning that there could be some u. S. Citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. Thats correct. Well be clo...

Retribution against those responsible. >> we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> right now things are remarkably calm and empty around the kabul airport. many people appears too scared to crowd at the entrances to get people with the u.s. with special last-minute access request to the airport, there were about 4500 people at the airport awaiting departure, that is inside of the gates as of this morning. about 12,500 people were evacuated in the last 24-hour period. in total now the u.s. has ...

Minutes following this attack, flights were still taking off and theyve continued. how are they managing that and with what sort of pace? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, it is quite clear it seems that the security is playing on how fast the evacuation could go. but it also peers it is still sticking to the same timetable. if that makes any sense. i a source i spoke to directly familiar with the situation at the airport said it looks like the noncombat evacuation was winding down today. the departmen...

Coalition forces began the evacuation, approximately 111,000 evacuees have departed safely. the state department counselor officers continue to screen and process people arriving at gates around kabul. some gates have been close and we reported but american citizens, siv applicants and vulnerable afghans with the designated and proper credentials will continue to be processed for departure from the airfield. there is still approximately 5,400 individuals on the airport as of this report awaiting...

Misreported or garrbled. we felt it was important to correct the record with you all here. youve now seen that we have updated our casualty list to include a 13th service member killed in action. [ no audio ] i could report that two flights landed at ramstein. these personnel was transferred to the medical center and are receiving care. in kabul, commanders on ground continue to assess the risk and the dynamic situation there as they have have been since the beginning. forced protection remains ...

They probably numbered in the 4,000 given immediate family members there as well. unclear how many american citizens are still being looked for. the u.s. state department said about a thousand yesterday but it was confusing. it talked about two-thirds making plans to leave. the source i spoke to if you havent as an american citizen made your way to the airport by now, it is pretty unclear if you actually do want to leave, indeed. but it is a situation where weve seen the u.k. describe their depa...

Is dispersed among the refugees. its very ineffective. >> speaking of air power, we know that the u.s. is now repositioned one of its carriers that is normally there to make it closer to provide options in terms of possible air power there in the region. but as we talk about it, if you have a problem with being able to use air power, is this an evacuation contingency? what do you think theyre doing here? >> well, i think theyre looking a whole host of things. and that is, if things get to the po...