CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper August 23, 2021 20:19:00
Fleet for only the third time, using 18 aircraft from commercial carriers like united and american to move evacuees from the middle east onwards. for now, though, the u.s. prioritizing getting american citizens out, several thousand have left the country already, the pentagon says. a senior state department official says there are still several thousand more. held accommodators have left the airport not once but twice to pick up evacuees. >> on occasion where there's a need and there's a capability to meet that need, our commanders on the ground are doing what they feel necessary need to do to...