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But the european union and britain have said they wont be recognising it. meanwhile us secretary of state, antony blinken, is scheduled to travel to qatar and germany for talks on the afghanistan crisis. both countries are key transit points for the evacuation of afghans from kabul. antony blinken has been speaking about the situation in the country in the past few hours. he said any new government should be as broadly based as possible. first, as weve said and as countries around the world have...

The number ofjabs being given out is sigifinicantly down compared tojune when around 20 million people were being vaccinated every single day. now to kabul in afghanistan, where the head of pakistans intelligence agency has arrived, as taliban leaders continue to meet representatives from foreign governments. pakistan has consistently denied allegations that it covertly supported the taliban during the last two decades of conflict. the taliban are set to announce a new government within days, bu...

Before we go, jennifer, what is the clearest sense if any, if those doors are beginning to close and were hearing that there will be efforts made after august 31 to get people out. any insight as to how many people will be leftover and how that will work? >> when you say that efforts will be made after august 31, they will only be made i believe from what were hearing for american citizens that might be left behind. those -- that is the responsibility that the president has vowed to get all amer...

But it appears that the commissioner of education and the governor have really put us in a place where that is our only alternative at this point. >> the superintendent of alachua county public schools, carlee simon, keep us posted. thank you for coming back on the show with us. to the latest on afghanistan. the pentagon has ordered u.s. commercial airlines to help speed up evacuation efforts. 18 different aircraft will not fly into kabul but instead are being used to transport those who have ...

The biden administration negotiating agreements with two dozen countries on four continents to serve as transit points. military planes touching down regularly in germany. the pentagon activating emergency use of 18 commercial aircraft to fly evacuees to america saying it wont impact u.s. flights. once refugees arrive, many will be housed at the dulles expo center in virginia before being transported to army bases across the country. >> never has evacuating and getting 2,500 troops out of a coun...

Removed and 11,000 over the weekend. there are more who still need to be evacuated. the possibility of danger grew with officials say theyre tracking, quote, acute and persistent threats from isis against those looking to leave the country. one taliban commander told nbc news in part, quote, there is no place for democracy in islam. the 18 aircraft from 16 u.s.-based passenger and cargo airlines will not fly into kabul but instead are being used to transport those who have already been flown out...

Of the country. not directly from kabul but once they get to those transit points in qatar and bahrain. from there the u.s. airlines will be able to take them to the u.s. or other safe locations trying to bolster this operation as they clearly city dont have the resources to get out of the tens of thousands of people to get out. >> its a herculean effort from every vantage point. lets bring in texas congressman. how do you assess the situation in afghanistan. you probably heard the report we wer...

Major or u.s. airlines to help transport evacuee withs once theyre out of a afghanistan. jackiejacqui heinrich. >> reporter: the president will address the nation this afternoon, we have not had a preview of anything hell say, but he met with his national security team today. they discussed the ongoing evacuation effort among americans and allies as well as the diplomatic and military effort to have third countries work as transit points to ferry people out as theyre doing that evacuation. we al...