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what if the main goal of all of this was just to get that stuff out of mar-a-lago? >> well, i think that's a question that's on everybody's mind and certainly from where the justice department sits, this was -- these are -- these were top secret, classified documents, some of the nation's most, you know, privileged, sort of secrets about national security and military matters and the justice department's top priority in this case was just getting those back. and it's sort of an open question where the investigation heads now but we know that investigators are just beginning to sort o...

From what used to be the u.s. emb embassy. clarissa, what do you see there this morning? >> reporter: well, as you can see, john, for taliban fighters today is a day of celebration. they've declared it a national holiday and all day long there's been a steady stream of fighters pouring through this very well-known roundabout, the massoud roundabout, they are waving taliban flags, they are carrying a lot of very heavy weaponry and they're actually letting us film them, which is something of a change, because in the last year they've been much stricter about how journalists operate on the ground...

They are sending in more troops to get their remaining staff out, they may essentially have to withdraw as part of their withdraw posturing. and it position shows i think that there will be airport and buildings nearby and the u.s. emb embassy. those troops and marines will not come without a lot of air support and various other enablers. so that will bring a short moment of comfort, a feeling certainly of panic and chaos inside the capital because essentially the clock is ticking, they have said that they will be gone by september and so if you are in afghan, in the capital, and you haven't a...

Seen a total of six flights of those afghan siv applicants here to the united states. that amounts to about 1,000 of those siv applicants and their family members. but as you state, there are still upwards of 10,000 of these applicants plus their family members who are desperately th trying to get out of the country. the top u.s. diplomat at the embassy in kabul put out just today an internal memo urging those at the state department here in washington to consider a broader number of afghans they would consider evacuating, folks who may not qualify for the siv application but do qualify as ref...

Safety and a secure movement of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applications out of the country and to provide additional security at the airport. again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the deteriorating security situation. >> 3,000 is a lot of people. can you give any better sense on a day to day what are they doing? sounds like that many people must be responsible for getting people to the airport and it almost sounds as if they're coming in an...