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So far not. we're looking forward to see how -- and get out of here with the family. but so far we contacted the embassy and we fill out the form to be evacuated. but so far we haven't heard anything. >> what is your reaction to what the u.s. government has said in terms of trying to get everybody out of afghanistan by the end of the month? do you feel abandoned by the u.s.? do you feel confident that they will be able to help you get out? we're very oept mystic about getting the help and getting out of here. >> i want to ask you finally about americans who may be

Watching this. what do you say to americans who see this situation in afghanistan and say, yes, it is tragic. but it is not our tragedy? >> we lost so many lives. we were all working together. and right now everything is like severing gone on to sacrifices. and it is really sad. and it was our war. we worked for the government there, you no he? >> we hope you and your family get out of that country safely. i appreciate it. coming up, we have a lot more including the people of haiti still reeling after being hit by both an earthquake and a tropical storm within days of each other. we're going t...

Country by the end of this month? >> according to john kirby, they will tun to evacuate americans and afghan civilians until august 31st. that's when the u.s. military presence is supposed to officially end. as far as where the evacuations go, they started several days ago. they were stalled as of monday. they had a complete stoppage of all aircraft coming in and out of the airport on the civilian and military side on monday. they are flowing once again and now more than 1400 people have been evacuated. 200 are americans. the rest are afghan civilians and third country nationals taun out of th...

But president biden had to think about the human cost of the alternative path as well which was to stay in the middle of the civil conflict in afghanistan. >> meanwhile, in a press conference, taliban officials said u.s. forces will not be harmed on afghan soil adding that women will be allowed to work and even study. now those statements understandably are met with a lot of skepticism from americans and afghans alike. in a few minutes we'll hear from a senator about what needs to be done in the weeks and months ahead. all of this as the coronavirus here shows no signs of slowing down. officia...

To roughly that number right now. with the goal of getting up to about 4,000 by overnight tonight. they will be able to get one evacuation flight out every single hour upwards of 9,000 people taken out every single day. they're way behind that at this point. the evacuation flights are moving once again. p that's a good sign. but the big question now is where does this effort go? once all the americans are out, how much longer will they tun to evacuate afghans? will it continue until august 31st? that's a question posed to pentagon press secretary john kirby a couple hours ago in the briefing r...