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We got a lot of people out, but it was the vast majority of the people that we made that promise to about the special immigrant visa, they are still left behind, still there, and it is becoming only increasingly challenging to get them out, and frankly it is only getting more dangerous for them. now it is not just the taliban that is searching for them, it is nature that is coming after them. there is a famine. they are going into incredibly harsh conditions and if the u.s. continues at the rate...

Junior person, to the most senior person, we were telling these people we have your back. we will stand beside you when your service is done, and it is time for you to take yourself and your family to the united states. we will be there for you, and it turns out that was a complete and total lie and thats getting at the root of the damage, of the moral injury that so many veterans are facing today. >> im sure this is another number that has been striking to me from your survey, your group estima...

Thats once they get here, though. what needs to be done now to address this 96%? this vast majority, by the way, ive been working to get a family out myself and running into the various brick walls one does, how can that be changed? >> the fastest way is for the president it take action. he can do this. there is something called the uniting for ukraine program that the president stood up, that the government is executing, that has gotten out 100,000 ukrainians from a war zone, we can do the same...

There are lessons here that we have to learn and we will learn even as our work continues to have ways to make the program run more efficiency and effectively, and one more note on the sivs. i want to thank the many veterans of the fwhar afghanistan who are working individually or through the veteran service organizations to help the afghans who helped them. the state department officials conferred with the veteran groups throughout the evacuation operation. i spoke with several of them along wi...

Citizens in afghanistan encouraging and then urging them to leave. most of the remaining citizens who have dual citizenships are deciding whether to leave a place they call home is wrenching decision. and we have been in touch with those who are trying to decide whether to leave and that including the news organizations and private foundations to help. there are extremely complex logistical issues to coordinate and we are working through them as quickly and methodically as we can. and for those ...

Even in the covid surge in june, we continued to issue the visas and went from issuing 100 special immigrant visas in march to 1,000 a week in august. and then we launched operation refugees to bring afghans and their eligible family members to the united states, and then of course we negotiated the third-world country sites to host the candidates as we processed the applications. and we processed as many applications as possible. we are exploring alternative ways to process the applications so ...

Health conditions or live with a vulnerable adult. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is weighing up the arguments for the move. the department of health says no final decision has been made. the nhs has temporarily stopped some blood testing in england for certain conditions, like pre—diabetes and allergies, due to shortages of collection tubes. doctors are being urged to stagger regular blood tests if its clinically safe. becton dickinson, the medical device company which mak...

At kabul airport desperate to leave. now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack here. the advice — do not travel to the airport. it means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. latest figures from the ministry of defence show more than 11,000 people have so far been evacuated to the uk. of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. but an estimated 2,000 interpreters and other staff who ...

Will make it to safety. graham satchell, bbc news. our political correspondent lone wells joins us now from westminster. good morning. this advice from the foreign office is alarming and it will be alarming to those who are still in kabuljust outside, hoping to leave. still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. ., �* , , still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. . �* , , , still in kabul ust outside, hoping to leave. . �*, , to leave. thats right, this is a number of _ to leave. thats ...