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The lets bring in retired four-star general jack keane, chairman of the institute for the study of war. general keane, always great to see you. as i look at it, it looks like here with three days to go, theyre really closing down the evacuation to a much lower number, and is that how you see it, and is that the only choice they have given the security risks? >> yeah. given if security risk and the date certain of 31 august, theres not much choice here but to keep people away if they have actiona...

Specifically for these types of people who have been thoroughlily vetted and granted entry into the united states. >> and finally and quickly because im limited on time. in a broader sense it sounds like the idea of relying on the taliban for security around the airport is a horrible idea, except for all of the alternatives? >> thats right. thats what the administration is saying. theyre saying that this idea of pushing back the perimeter of the airport, so that the u.s. controls more essentiall...

Locations. i will tell you what were seeing is of those that do arrive at dulles, about 40% or so have been coming to us and other status like having a green card where they can move on from dulles. >> my follow up is, can you give us an assistment of the security risks as well as the covid risks as youre doing and everyone is doing these screenings what security risks are you see something are you seeing a number of people showing up on lists and what about covid? how is that testing going and ...

Separate locations. what were sees of those that arrive at dulles, about 40% or so have been coming to us. >> you give us an assessment of the security risks as well as the covid risks. as youre doing and every one is doing these screenings, what security risks are you seeing? are you seeing a number of people showing up on lists and then what about covid? how is that testing going and what are the threats that the bases for covid? >> as i said in my opening comments, were doing biometric testin...

Arrive at dulles, about 40% or so have been coming to us. others have been in other status such as having a green card already where they can move on from dulles. >> thank you. and my follow up is can you give us an assessment of both the security risks as well as the covid-19 risks? as youre doing -- everyone is doing the screenings, what security risks are you seeing? you are seeing a number of people showing up on lists and then what about covid? how is that testing going? what are the threat...

Eaten cold. what i mean by that is, lets stay focussed on this mission. lets get as many people out as we can. lets create mechanisms for after we depart continuing through diplomatic means, clandestine means, an underground railroad, whatever we need and then lets find isis-k, probably in or the a bora where bin laden was and sooner or later well find them and they can join bin laden at the bottom of the indian ocean. >> admiral many people said in the last 12 to 24 hours this is why the united...

0 we have a responsibility to these individuals that worked with our colleagues on the ground in kabul and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm that the vast majority of our locally-employed staff and their immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the ground of the hamed karzai airport. were working to evacuate remaining staff and weve been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they h...

0 kabul. and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm the vast majority of our staff and the immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the grounds of the karzai international airport. were actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say...

China and Russia pledged to work together to prevent security risks with Xi Jinping reiterated respect for Afghanistan's sovereignty during a phone call with Vladimir Putin.

The world, it is thursday, august 26th. im brianna keilar alongside john berman. were beginning with significant breaking news. sources telling cnn that the frantic evacuation effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. there are still u.s. citizens trying to get out of kabul. others possibly stuck outside the city. and the fate of thousands of green card holders and their families growing dim. these are legal, permanent residents of the u.s., like a philadelphia family with small children w...