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Afghanistan. cnn's alex marquardt has more. what have you learned, alex? >> reporter: secretary blinken calls this a relatively small number of americans. i did ask him to put a more specific number on it, but he would not. the last range we heard and is a range is 100 to 200. and what secretary blinken said is that they do have case managers for each of these americans who may be looking to get out. so, they probably do have a more precise number. one thing that makes that difficult is that people have been changing their minds. secretary blinken made the point that many of the americans who ...

Of our staff are former refugees and sivs and asylees. and so, that makes it really nice for case managers to be able to relate to their clients. um, the gentleman that you're referring to. he works out of our houston office but he came through with an siv. and he shares the story openly -- um -- so i feel okay in sharing it. but -- um -- you know, he was separated from his family at 16. um, signed up to become an siv and was on the front lines. and was so close to the taliban that he heard them whispering and laughing that they were going to kill these americans. and so, they put themselves i...

Opportunity to grant clemency to these individuals who -- most have car notes now. a lot of them have gotten apartments. they have jobs. some have been enrolled in college courses because they were under the impression when they left that they would not be returned. many of their case managers told them don't worry, as long as you follow the rules you will not be coming back. so this is a shock for a lot of these individuals. >> the "new york times" states why the biden administration wants to send these inmates book to prison is the thought of political fallout if any of these prisoners were ...

The american people agree with him. and we think it's time to get that done. shannon: so negotiations continue this morning on the infrastructure package but one of the biggest items, the biggest item is $400 billion for home healthcare or long-term care and npr says services can include home visits from nurses or occupational therapists, assistance with personal care, help from case managers, attendants at adult day-care centers, help with cooking cleaning, home repairs, modifications. those are all good things, we think those are laudable goals but they don't line up probably with the defini...

The american people agree with him. and we think it's time to get that done. shannon: so negotiations continue this morning on the infrastructure package but one of the biggest items, the biggest item is $400 billion for home healthcare or long-term care and npr says services can include home visits from nurses or occupational therapists, assistance with personal care, help from case managers, attendants at adult day-care centers, help with cooking cleaning, home repairs, modifications. those are all good things, we think those are laudable goals but they don't line up probably with the defini...