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Number of people that have to be taken out. it's a big problem because people are coming in thousands and there's a long jam but there's an exit point. at one point there was no exit either. you had people rejected, where the people who hadn't been rejected were staying. we were talking to a state department person who's working on the ground here. we heard these figures of 20, 30,000 americans and people who have a right to go to the united states being sort of the figure that was being worked on. the real figure we believe is actually nearer to 150,000 people minimum. that is an absolute hug...

National security team as we learn of a potential emerging threat from isis. let's go to the pentagon. oren, what are you learning? >> the pentagon is aware that the airport itself, the crowds and the surrounding environment have been a target not only for, is-k, but other groups. they are preparing for alternative routes according to two defense officials, different ways u.s. citizens, siv applicants and others to get to the airport safely. this a response to a credible threat from isis, though a senior diplomat says it doesn't appear imminent at this point. but there's enough of a concern th...

Down the airport, we would have to have a significant presence. we would also, which we do have, we have tremendous ability to bring some phenomenal and very precise fire power from the air that would allow us to create conditions to make it that much more difficult for the taliban. but the question about indefinitely is a very long horizon. >> okay. so, admirable kirby confirmed to the brianna that the goal is to get the 30,000 people, not just americans, special immigration visas, people helping americans there for decades out of the country, up to 30,000 by august 31st. how possible is that...

Up three temporary refugee camps in three separate cities along the border to accommodate afghans coming ip, but they can't come in on commercial flights anymore. those commercial flights are not running out of the airport in kabul. so they can't take those flights in tehran. so that's another exit point out of the country blocked off for afghans. so really, it is a really desperate situation as this stampede out of their country is unfolding in front of our very eyes. the president has gone, probably a relatively easy journey for him. but a much, much harder journey for the rest of the afghan...

To the airport what is the international gateway into kabul and key entry and exit point for diplomats and embassy staff. these troops have a specific role and that is to secure and assist in the withdrawal of a partial drawdown of the embassy, only the core diplomatic staff will remain at the embassy in kabul as well as to assist in the acceleration of the withdrawal of [ inaudible ]. there is now critical time left as the taliban has made sweeping gains across the country as the u.s. faces what very much looks like very close to a worst case scenario with these taliban advances that are not ...