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Time, but it's a really difficult time for our community, and we're also battling, like everyone else in this country, covid-19. >> yes, there is a report from new orleans that says so far the greatest number of covid cases associated with k-12 schools has been in the new orleans area. orleans parish has reported the highest number of cases. about 9% of the new orleans public school students and staff were in quarantine as of august 20. so you were already facing some very serious challenges because of covid. that's -- there's nothing in what we're seeing now that's making any of that better. ...

Mission begins to end in kabul, thousands of service members are working across the globe and within the us to complete this important mission. six flights will transport about 2000 afghans to the us. since august 20, we have received nearly 30,000 vulnerable afghans and evacuees. a good example of building up evacuees. a good example of building up capacity as we execute this mission, a flight from italy will fly to philadelphia international airport, the second us onward location, to receive flights. as the commander said yesterday, our total capacity across multiple situations as approximat...

Situation that is getting more so by the day. >> yeah, you know, it's hard to know, bret, how much of that is public messaging in terms of row enforcing the understanding that the taliban has made this commitment and expecting them to adhere to it. i thought that was a head-snapping moment. he said if the taliban searched this individual first, we don't know if they were at that actual gate. the way this has been working is the taliban is searching people, then they get through to the gate where the united states searches them as well. he said americans are in danger when they do these searchi...

Side of it, killed 17 sailors. osama bin laden took credit for that attack, carried out by al-quaida. today isis pulled up close to the airport in kabul and killed 12 u.s. service men. looks very much as though the war on terror is up and running right there in afghanistan now. i think it has gotten to the point that the president of the united states is going to have to acknowledge that reality. >> martha: dan, we played it a moment ago. the president said on august 20, just six days ago, we made clear that the taliban, any attack on our forces will be met with a swift and forceful response. ...

Be transported from germany to the united states. and in addition approximately 2,000 more will arrive in this case ramstein air base germany scheduled to receive approximately 13 flights. since august 20, approximately 10,000 vulnerable afghans and evacuees for transit to ward locations. you will likely hear more details today at the press scheduled with mr. kirby and general walters later today. several thousand evacuees have arrived in the united states and will continue to do so. in the past 24 hours, five flights landed at dulles with approximately 1200 passengers. as part of this process...