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Reporter: thats right, the secretary alejandro majorca spoke out about a derogatory background of some of the people entering the country. but others have been flagged actually on terror watch lists. >> we deny information that is not resolved and we do not feel confident in the safety and security of the american people. >> the former secretary of state says no matter how confident homeland security feels about them coming to america, mistakes can be made. >> we didnt catch the right folks. >> ...

Take them out of the normal processing line and put them in a different location so that we can have some isolation and have a little bit of extra time to make sure that everybody is safe and secure as possible. lita, thats a big be end or a little map description. its a lot more complicated than that. we refined this process over the last ten days. as you can well imagine, if we wind up in situations that were backed up with evacuees at certain locations, if the screening process is too exorbit...

Seen in the processing. >> i will tell you i dont have the fact thats your quoting with what came out of hkia to the middle east and here. i can tell you a number of folks that i told you we processed, were in a position to where we have 792 amsix, 900 legal permanent residents. aside from those qualifiers with respect to the individuals -- >> martha: were going to keep a close eye on this briefing with the air force general, todd wolters. a lot of these questions have to do with the screening o...

Course concerns around lawmakers, large numbers of refugees that might be deemed a security risk of sometime, what reassurances can you give about the screening process and attempts to make sure somebody like that doesnt make it his or her way here? >> secretary psaki: i can assure you that nobody is coming into the united states of america who has not been through a thorough screening and background check process. there are many individuals, as you noted, who have not been through that process ...

Facility. it has a level two trauma center. that means they can get 24-hour coverage by a surgeon and anesthesiologist. they are getting hop quality, jim. >> it can be heartbreaking to see those bodies. they do a great job of saving lives. youre a few miles from the ramstein airbase. that is where 14,000 afghan evacuees are awaiting word about their next destination. there is a screening process. do we know how long that takes and where theyre all going? >> reporter: yeah. ideally it would only ...

Going as for many of them their screening process is continuing before they proceed to the united states. >> reporter: can you respond to allegations from groups assisting evacuations that its very difficult to get deserving afghans out because procedures that were given to the marines on the ground and officers on the ground change constantly sometimes even daily. >> i would first say that its an incredibly difficult and challenging security situation on the ground as evidence by the fact that ...

0 helicopter with the state police to get him on the island and as long as there is communication, we will communicate with him to see what is going on there, the but it is hard to have no word from the island and the people on it. in lafitte, the water is very high, and from the louisiana national guard and others are there doing the search and rescue. they are having to get the boats in and out, and we are sheltering the people at the park playground, and then the state is going to coordinate ...

Begin processing. weve been at this for a few days. so at each location we will spin up quickly here and begin the application and the process for a special immigrant status. >> the siv application process is a long process. what happens if at some point while somebody is on the military base they feel the screen something are they going back to afghanistan? what is the plan there? are you also taking questions? >> later. >> i defer you to the department of state for that. thats their area of ex...

>> theyll stay on base until they complete the special immigrant visa process which is owned by the state department with the support we provide medical support. we provide contract medical support as part of that. so each of the applicants will go through a screening process such as screening for diseases, vaccinations. st if they need vaccinated. well have the international mi graduation organization come in towards the end of the process. and work with them on where they need to be relocated....

You estimate are still at the kabul airport awaiting a flight out? >> ill defer to general mck mckenzie. i dont know that answer. the state department or cent-com may have that answer for you, laura. >> today, it was about between 3 and 5,000 earlier today. but as we have talked about before, this is a snapshot in time. and it literally changes by the hour. but the last thing that i saw was somewhere between 3 and 5,000 but, again, changes hour to hour. courtney? >> hey, general vanherck. its co...