and what about the united states? well, frankly their numbers are all over the place. a senior state department official has told nbc that it appeared a "majority" of afghans who worked for the us military and applied for special immigration visas were not evacuated and remained in afghanistan. today senator tom cotton, and 26 of his fellow republicans wrote an open letter tojoe biden demanding clarity. "your adminstration he worte has publically confirmed that fewer than 50% of evacuated afghans were siv applicants or theirfamilies". the senators asks 22 questions of the president, on who came out, how they were vetted, how many were left in the country, and in what category they fit to which they have given him five days to respond. with us is ron christie former advisor to george w bush. joining me is ron christie, former adviser to president george w. bush: the white house said in the last illuminates that the americans who want to leave afghanistan is closer to a hundred but it's remarkable that now that the foreign office by the state department seem to have