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Vast majority of those are afghans by numbers. go ahead. >> [question inaudible] you guys have a a specific threshold when it comes to afghans that would define your mission or objectives by august 31 in terms of evacuations? >> we've never put a cap on the number of special immigrant visa applicants, the number of individuals who can apply for our variety of programs that are overseen by the state department. i'm not going to put a cap on that today. i'd also note as the secretary of state said we will continue and we're continuing to look at a range of options to provide support and to provi...

One in the afternoon. >> neil: wanted to bring you up to date here on this update. we had general walters. one of the things that stood out and been a back and forth, exactly how many americans are we talking about? how many americans are still in afghanistan? we got closer to a number when we heard that 4,500 americans have already left the country since august 14. there's around 1,500 still in the country. these were the first hard numbers that we got from secretary of state anthony blinken. furthermore, there's indications that some of those 1,500, they might not all want to leave. that man...

Hans on august 14. there were about 6,000 americans remaining in the country. today about 4,500 of those have been evacuated, which means there's up to 1,500 americans still in afghanistan. not everybody wants to leave. blinken said they have spoken to about 500 americans that still leaves about 1,000 more with the u.s. government. they're trying to reach out. i'm wondering what the plan is. >> neil: i have to wonder and sorry to hit you with all of these questions, but if you're an american in this environment, i want to stay in afghanistan. i can't imagine. but -- >> you wouldn't want to sou...

Determine what happens to them, i think that will further undermine our credibility in the world. >> president biden said they've helped more than 70,000 people be vac evacuated from afghanist since august 14. i'm certainly not an expert on this stuff, but to me that seems like a remarkably high number of people. a senior administration official said tonight that a lot of deserving -- their term -- afghans will be left behind. you've studied this kind of thing. 70,000 in that time, is that a remarkable number? >> it is -- remarkable is a great word, anderson. it is incredible to me. i didn't t...

Presence. >> so lucas, the numbers, i'm trying to get a handle on these numbers. we talk about the 4,500 americans that left or have been evacuated since august 14 and presumably 1,500 remain. we know of close to 90,000 in all that have been evacuated from afghanistan that would appear to me to be overwhelmingly afghan nationals, friends of the u.s. government, friends of the former government. do we have a breakdown of those numbers? >> not a complete breakdown, kneel. it also includes nato allies. as you have seen on the ramp at kabul airport, there's nato allies flying their flights, not on...