CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer August 19, 2021 22:04:00
They say they have 6,000 people processed and ready to go as they are trying to move as swiftly as possible here. it is unclear how many of those 6,000 people will be on these 20 flights that are leaving. but president biden made clear he does not like to see any empty seats on these planes. the race to evacuate thousands from afghanistan is underway tonight. >> we are processing people as fast as we can. >> reporter: the pentagon says approximately 2,000 people were evacuated in the last 24 hours, still short of their goal to evacuate 5 to 9 thousand people per day. >> it is not about the mat...