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Colleagues and their family members who are still stuck in afghanistan. the biden administration vowing to help those folks, but what can you tell us about their status today and any communications youve had with the administration on getting them out? >> well, i cant speak for the management, they are the ones speaking with the state department and have communication with the management. what i do know is view is still trying to get them out, they are still hoping they will get help from whatev...

Families who managed to get out of afghanistan during the chaotic final days of the u.s. military withdrawal welcomes home today by california congressman. taking a closer look at the plight of those still left behind, now under taliban rule. good evening. >> more than 100 american citizens and green card holders are still stranded in kabul. here, an area with a history of military families and refugees, a very emotional homecoming for students and families that were able to evacuate afghanistan...

Taliban or having to talk about the taliban, what is your sense here? i think it has been pretty clear from the start there has had to be some kind of relationship and engagement with the taliban and we are now seeing and hearing what that looks like. as the foreign secretary said, as you heard injamess report, the need for direct engagement, he said, was clear. and i think that essentially means that the uk may not like the taliban, they may not formally recognise them as afghanistans new gover...

Afghans who had no clear or direct connection to american troops. and who we really have no idea who they are or ability to vet them. so, joe biden cynically used the plight of loyal afghans served alongside of american troops to evacuate tens of thousands of afghans who had no right to be in the country and is now bringing them into the country by the tune of thousands every day with no ability to vet whether or not theyre a security threat at all. ains. >> tammy: its a remarkable dynamic we sh...

Clearly a linchpin, influential player in that and we are working with our g7 presidency, our nato membership, we obviously secured within the french, germans, other members of the security council, a resolution in recent days in new york, which i think is important, provided i think a good framework, that all countries should be able to agree on, as a way for moving forward, and now we need to get further by with regional countries, involving them, lots of countries with a direct stake in what ...

This texas abortion law that was allowed to come into effect. daniel, do you think people will get the full impact of what actually is going to happen to women and girls in afghanistan and can there be any comparison to the way women are treated here? >> i wish represented swallow and others would leave politics at the waters edge and lets not compare whatevers going on in the united states to the taliban. the taliban is a tyrannical medieval regime and they are going to deny human rights to wom...

♪. will: more than a dozen california high school students are desperately trying to flee afghanistan after visiting family during the taliban takeover. according to the cajon valley union school district one family consisting of two adults and five children returned back to the u.s. the two additional families are returned out of afghanistan. additional five families with cajon students are remaining. 14 students with eight parents to the best of our knowledge. a bishop cordileone is asking f...

Understand what was the situation even before this crisis started. we had 11 million people including more than 6 million children who didnt have enough food for the day. we had 2 million children who were completely dependent on nutrition services for their survival. and this situation has risen because of the long drought, covid and economic recession in afghanistan. and with the current situation, there is so much uncertainty about what the future holds, the situation and the plight of childr...

Information if theres something more . >> on afghanistan, we just heard from anthony blinken that 45 to 46 of those evacuated have been women. theres been a lot of consternation about the plight of afghan women going forward. the you say what provision youre making to ensure that women are an equal part of that population. >> sure. i know our secretary of state spoke to this a few minutes ago.

Special immigrant visa applicants and vulnerable afghans. we continue to work at this. i cant -- i cant begin to try to give you specific advice on what these individuals ought to do. i would certainly encourage them to reach out to the state department. from the pentagons perspective we are doing the best we can as fast as we can to move as many people as we can out on any given day. but im not able to -- i know my answer is unsatisfying and i apologize for that but im not able to speak to our ...