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Kabul for various staging bases. 66 flights left out of kabul yesterday in the 24-hour period with 6,800 evacuees. today, i can report an updated total evacuation that is more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. of this total number, approximately 5,400 are american citizens. this is an incredible number of people who are now safer thanks to the heroism of the young men and women who are putting their lives on the line each day to evacuate american and vulnerable afghans out of...

Sad and desperate though they may be, and we are used to reaching out to people that are in need and really want to start a new life here. so i think, you know, just that one little base in texas is one small example. i think youre going to see that all over the country, and again, thats one of the great things about living in this country, and i think these afghans, that will be something they take away too. >> tell me about something that you have received lots of hard questions about all last...

Americans are a generous lot. and we are an immigrant nation. we are used to these stories, the sat in desperate as they may be, we are used to reaching out to people that are in need. in really want to start a new life here. i think that just that one little thing in texas, its just one small example. youre going to see that all over the country. again thats a great thing about living in this country. these afghans, that will be something they take away too. >> tell me about something you have ...

>> lets just talk about bottlenecks. i talked about that a little earlier. those that depart kabul and get to those staging bases, thats the coordination i was talking about earlier, to ensuring that we place, you know, evacuees in one of those bottlenecks, so the increased through put they are able to hold there, with the joint staff in that trance com, as we look as those at kabul, theres no constraint of

Questions about all last week and over the weekend and today, which is the issue of safe passage out. obviously, getting control of the airport, getting control of the tarmac, getting control of the runway, lining up these staging bases for onward movement, as you were describing. all of that we have seen the military sort of systematically get that in order and we have simultaneously see the number of evacuees rise to this incredible number of almost 11,000 in one 24-hour period between sunday ...

Different than it is today. the airport remains secure. u.s. military personnel currently oversee flight operations, both u.s. military contracted aircraft, as well as foreign aircraft continue to operate within kabul airport. additionally, the u.s. military maintained the gate security at major gates and supported our state department colleagues in the processing of individuals to prepare for evacuation flights out of afghanistan. critical to getting americans, siv applicants, and afghans out o...

The industry minister says theres a possibility that radioactive materials may be released. >> they were describing some of the waves, ten meters or so, but general honore, i want to go back to your point that they will have to assess first and foremost by air and by boat, but when you look at these pictures, to us signature here, its quite overwhelming, so as a member of a search and rescue operation, if youre evaluating and looking down below, what is your priority? what are you specifically l...