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Possible in the current evacuation, and that is because, the biden state department, has been negotiating, with the taliban, about the evacuation. >> we are engaging with the taliban, consulting with the taliban and every aspect that's happening in kabul right now. and what's happening at the airport, and how we need to ensure that there is facilitated, passage to the airport, for american citizens, sivs, third country nationals and so forth. >> that is something we did not do and could not do during the evacuation of vietnam. here is more of what national security adviser jake sullivan had to...

>> that is something we did not do and could not do during the evacuation of vietnam. here is more of what national security adviser jake sullivan had to say today. >> in the last 24 hours alone, 28 u.s. military flights have evacuated approximately 10,400 people from kabul. in addition, 61 coalition aircraft have evacuated approximately 5,900 additional people. that is more than 16,000 people in 24 hours, and the flights are continuing, hour by hour, as we speak. we believe we are making enormous progress. and taking a step back, a week ago, i don't think almost anyone in this briefing room w...

U.s. military flights have evacuated approximately 10,400 people from kabul. in addition, 61 coalition aircraft, 5,900 additional people. that is more than 16,000 people in 24 hours, and the flights are continuing our by howard as we speak. we have established a network in the gulf and in europe where we are getting u.s. citizens on flights home, and we are running biometric and biographic background checks on afghan evacuees before bringing them into the united states or having them relocated to a third country. all told, 26 countries on four consonants are contributing to this effort, one of...

In addition, 61 coalition aircraft have evacuated approximately 5,900 additional people. that is more than 16,000 people in 24 hours, and the flights are continuing, hour-by-hour, as we speak. we have established a network of transit centers in multiple countries in the gulf and europe. where we are getting u.s. citizens on flights home and we are running biometric and biographic background checks on afghan evacuees before bringing them to the united states or having them relocated to a third country. all told, 26 countries on 4 continents are contributing to this effort, one of the largest ai...

Coalition aircraft, that's 6,000 people. 5,900 people in addition to that. if you look at the sum total, it's 37,000 people. >> that doesn't answer the specific question if more could be moved more quickly. the capacity is exceeding the numbers being loaded we understand. >> let me get to that. those numbers are in the context of an operation just over a week old. it was a week ago that the airport compound was secured. this operation was able to begin. when it comes to the siv applicants that we prioritized at this stage are those applicants who have received initial vetting. so the vetting h...