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Easily. theres no path for that. so youre not even necessarily entitled to bring your spouse or children, and almost everybody left a spouse or a child behind. some were even separated on the tarmac in the crazed madness of trying to escape. so that is a major concern. we need these people to be treated as refugees under u.s. law, so they have the ability to reunite with their family, whom they are extremely worried about right now. even once they have that right, as you just noted, their family...

Sacrifices we made? why are they leaving us behind? i dont want to be kill by the >> the cnn team helped rasheed get past the taliban. he was turned away by u.s. forces because his siv application is still pending. rasheed called for help from the navy s.e.a.l. he had once worked with in afghanistan and others. it took seven hours for him to finally get through. >> the air force terminal, we made it. we are real excited. >> now, again, this is an instruction how it was not planned. this is not t...

The u.s. has over the taliban now. when that airport no longer has americans on it and there are no americans in the afghan soil and then the airport is functioning possibly with some kind of an international assistance, leverage may reduce. and you know, much of the concern about the taliban is they play a very polite calm disciplined game initially and that begins to fray and perhaps we see their true colors later. we simply dont know. and of course many afghans will hope that is not the case,...

The ones that were operating from now. >> a quick follow up. currently it is a 14 step process to get an siv application validated. is there going to be a change in where those are processed, are those being processed overseas and then brought to u.s. bases for final relocation? >> i honestly cant answer that question. that is really for the tate department. they run the siv process. it is not a department of defense equity. >> thank you. >> may i ask -- thank you. next time i will bring more. p...

0 much but if it is significantly pushed back and what are you seeing in terms of flow to abbey gate. is it less people being allowed in or still a rush of people? which could lead to some -- what are you seeing today? >> so, what i can report as my discussion with the commanders there on the the ground is that multiple activities have taken place to increase the force protection specifically in communication with the taliban of how they are executing their check point operations and communicati...

Do you feel like having been through this with i imagine the elation and relief that youre feeling today, do you feel like you have anything that you have learned that you can say right now about things that can be done to change that process right now, to get people out right now? things that can be done in the short term to fix what is obviously a broken system, at least to save some more lives in coming days? >> sure. its worth noting that the system did not work for zak. even though the fact...

System did not work for zak. even though the fact that zak is evacuated, it wasnt due to the system, it was due to the bravery and heroism of some air force folks and some marines who rallied around and picked zaks family up from outside that gate. and so hes still not successful in his siv application. hes still not actually past the first phase which is chief admission approval. what could be added to the system, i think common sense and potentially a little human aspect. if maybe an officer c...

I can assure them and you can ursure them on our behalf that we in the pentagon will do everything we can to help get them out of the country over the next couple of weeks. >> its been more than 12 hours since you asked that question. youve been talking to people in kabul. i mean, have afghans been able to do that? talk about this process to get on the list, does that require an internet hook up? how -- what is this? >> its not just an internet hook up. it requires letters of recommendation. it ...

To do that? talk about this process to get on the list, does that require an internet hook-up? how -- what is this? >> its not just an internet hookup. it requires letters of recommendation. it requires security checks. it can take years to get through that bureaucracy. and i know plenty of people who have been calling me, my phone has been burning up, anderson, for the last couple of days. and they tell me, oh, my s.i.v. application was rejected because of some discrepancy about this or that or...

Seen a total of six flights of those afghan siv applicants here to the united states. that amounts to about 1,000 of those siv applicants and their family members. but as you state, there are still upwards of 10,000 of these applicants plus their family members who are desperately th trying to get out of the country. the top u.s. diplomat at the embassy in kabul put out just today an internal memo urging those at the state department here in washington to consider a broader number of afghans the...