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Ordering major u.s. airlines to help fly evacuees from bases abroad. they will not be going into afghanistan. abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell reports in again from kabul tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the race to evacuate kabul growing more urgent by the day. roughly 7,800 people flown out in the last 24 hours. the highest number so far. the president's national security advisor warning that the threat from isis at the kabul airport is "real, acute, and persistent." >> we have a long way to go, and a lot could still go wrong. >> reporter: today president biden addressing the cha...

>> about our afghan allies, how many are you committed to getting out of the country? >> just yesterday, chuck, we flew out a total -- facilitated the flight out of 7,800 people, 3,900 on u.s. military aircraft, 3,900 on charter aircraft from private organizations and other countries. since the beginning of this evacuation, it's been 30,000 people total. since august 14th, it's been 25,000. we're going to continue that in the days ahead and get out thousands more afghans who are at risk and/or who supported the u.s. military effort in afghanistan along with continuing to ensure that we're focu...

Defended his administration's handling of the situation. >> let me be clear, evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we started a month ago, or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss, and heartbreaking images that you see on television. >> yesterday, 7800 people were evacuated including american citizens, special immigrant visa applicants, their families of both of those groups, and other vulnerable afghans. some have been refugees are being te...

Issues around 4:00 this afternoon. to start with, the tropical storm. the president today has approved additional emergency declarations for the states of connecticut and new york. he had approved one previously last night for rhode island. officials say he is constantly being briefed on the trajectory of this storm. yesterday he also spoke with governors from northeastern states to talk about the federal response as this storm was approaching. but also president biden's day is keeping tabs on the situation in afghanistan. he met this morning with his national security team to receive the late...

While ago general milley and secretary of state antony blinken both departing from the white house. the president was receiving an update on where those evacuation efforts stand and the security situation at the kabul airport. the white house this morning gave some updated numbers for the amount of people who have been evacuated from afghanistan over the course of the past day. it's been about 7,800 people. half of those came out on u.s. military flights, while the other half left the country on coalition flights. the pentagon today is also mobilizing 18 commercial airliners to help transport ...