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Haitian and cuban family members to come to the united states without wading through the visa process. and on the ground the government reportedly cracking down on the use of messaging services like telegram and whatsapp. ed, what are you seeing now on the streets there? >> well, i have just come back from a morning tour around havana and it is calm, but it is tense. the dogs, the army, the red and the black have been deployed. places that on sunday these mass demonstrated were concentrated

Yes, personal frustration, and there is a human element to that. an afghan journalist who was kidnapped with me, he helped me escape from captivity. you know, hes now in the united states. hes a u.s. citizen. he is panicked about his family. hes got children, his wife are still in afghanistan. his name is tyhir, and he cannot get them to the united states. with the visa process, there are so many afghans trying to get out now, the visa process is so backlogged that an african-american u.s. citiz...

You heard secretary state blinken talk to this. we do need congressional relief to be able to expand and accelerate this program. right now given the numbers that were working with, we think the best solution is some overseas locations where we can have either the d.o.d. owns or that we have access to or we will be able to support to get them temporary location while they work through this process. we think thats the most efficient way and safest way to handle this. and again after they get thro...

It is unfortunate but it is -- the president has made the best of many bad situations that he is facing in this decision-making and hes decided to pull out and general miller is on the receiving end of that order and is executed to the best of his ability. >> the white house has said that president biden is committed to humanitarian and security assistance to afghanistan and the president has also said that afghans who worked alongside u.s. military and diplomats will not be left behind. the sec...

Mostly. theres a little worry on this front when last week senator rand paul argued that the u.s. should not speed up the visa process for afghans who are now facing this imminent danger because of our departure. he said those afghans should stay behind. he said, quote, you can say the people in afghanistan helped us, but you can also say we helped liberate them as well. thats what he a said, so they should be left to fend for themselves no matter ma promised we made. today the house voted to ex...

They have identified a certain group of those individuals who are going through the special visa process, they will be evacuated before the september deadline, to a third country, as they move through that process, how many that will be, and what that third country is, that is still up in the air. but obviously a very complex situation. and the biden administration making very clear, despite the visit in person, from the afghan president, theyre not changing their posture on this. all they can o...

The biden administration delayed our withdrawal and the trump team did no planning whatsoever for the withdrawal itself and the evacuation of our allies. these amazing afghans who risked their lives not just for their country, but for ours as well and nonetheless, its on the shoulders of the biden administration to make the evacuation happen. we dont have the time to go through the regular visa process and it takes 800 days to process your special immigrant visa and thats a program under which o...

Their foot on the gas because they want to get this deal done before an even harder line administration comes into tehran. pete: so got it. just in time for a new hard-liner, theyll be flush with cash -- >> thats right. pete: and the people congratulating him for his victory are putin -- >> and thats who will be are trusting them to keep their end of the bargain -- [laughter] pete: its nuts. theres move over the afghanistan because its crunch time there. >> yeah. pete: u.s. troops are leaving da...

Delivered a stern message to guatemalans yesterday that are considering making a trip to the eyes. >> united states. >> we want to help guatemalans find hope at home, at the same time, i want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the united states/mexico border, do not come. do not come. >> harris came after a private meeting with the guatemalan president, following their discussion, they will allow regular may grags to the u.s. through the visa...

State to defer parts of the visa process, calling the situation a crisis. the state department says its waived some interviews to speed up the process. >> its great that the state department took that action, but its not enough. >> reporter: cal harrah resorts owns four water parks and hires about 700 year seas workers. this summer, maybe 100. >> the j-1 visa program is vitally important for tourism in america. >> reporter: they offered beanouses, relocation packages and even housing to find emp...