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People coming through the airport every day, 19,000 people yesterday. i think these numbers provide context and we will press every single day to get more people who are eligible out of the country. >> of course we don't know of those 80,000 how many are siv eligible applicants, right? some may be just those who wanted to evacuate the country which is why i asked -- >> i think what's important to note here is the people we are prioritizing are american citizens, are siv applicants, and others who might be eligible for a variety of programs. and in order to prevent a mass crowding at the airpor...

Forward, but they will make their own determinations. >> mr. secretary, thank you. but the taliban right now focusing on the mission right now are not living up to their commitments. people are being stopped trying to get into the airport. i'm talking about, you know, women, sivs, others, afghans, people with papers and they are being stopped outside the airport now. there are total bottlenecks which rise to the level of what the president said were the contingencies if the taliban is not complying if the flow can't continue. we're loading planes but some planes are leaving without and some pe...

I would finally like to ask you about the local hires. we evacuated our embassy and there have been abilities back that i know you must be fwam or your teams are of people who feel completely betrayed, and these are thousand of people that we rely on in embassies around the world. the message is going forward that we will not be loyal. they were not told about the evacuation. they were not put on those choppers with our american staff, and they were forced, many of them, to find their own way through the taliban checkpoints and get turned away at the airport. some even got turned away once the...

That we use every appropriate tool at our disposal to isolate that government and as i said before afghanistan will be a pariah. >> what will happen on september 1st? will the u.s. keep any diplomatic and/or any other kind of presence in kabul at all and who will run the airport? is there any discussions with the turkz or any other measures being taken? >> there are active efforts under way on the part of regional countries to -- to see whether they can play a role in keeping the airport open once our military mission leaves or as necessary reopening it if it

Be done at the airport or frankly anywhere else in the country since they are not in the u.s.'s eyes a legally recognized government? thank you. >> thank you. our focus right now is on getting our citizens and getting other partners, afghan partners, third country partners working in afghanistan with us out of the country and to safety. for that purpose, first the taliban whether we like it or not is in control, largely in control of the country. certainly control of the city of kabul and it's been important to work with them to try to facilitate an ensure departure of those who want the leave...