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If they're saying don't come to the airport, how does anybody have access to get that done? >> reporter: the embassy is closed. there's no one left at the u.s. embassy. they've moved the staff to the airport. and i mean, this is one of the big issues, right? there are a lot of afghans who are eligible to leave, the u.s. would support them in these diplomatic processes, so whether it's the special immigrant visa process or they're eligible for it, or this newer process, which is p-2, and that's a larger group of afghans the u.s. would be able to help potentially process for citizenship and brin...

While the paperwork goes through? because there is also a lot of, then, afghans who are just showing up at the airport with, you know, a letter of appreciation for a job they held on a base somewhere. um -- and obviously, has -- have not gone through whatever the process is. >> well, listen. on this particular issue, i'm on the advisory board of the nonprofit called no one left behind. our whole mission is to get those who have worked with us and risked their lives doing so, to get them to safety. and now, the -- the special immigrant visa process is the process from hell. 14 complex steps. ta...

No one is interested in the story of how this unfolds on the effects on your life, on your schools, on your infrastructure, on your taxes. does it make you happier? does it improve your life? do you think joni ernst cares? are you kidding? no. they go before the cameras, message eye care, i'm a good person, i'm compassionate? you, you know, who cares what you think. you are just a citizen. will: governor reynolds, what's your response. >> first of all, these are individuals that have been employed by the u.s. military. they fought alongside our soldiers in the trenches and part of the deal wit...

>> well, listen, on this particular issue, i'm on the advisory board of a nonprofit called no one left behind. our whole mission in life is to get those who have worked with us and risked their lives doing so, to get them to safety. now the special immigrant visa process is the process from held. 14 complex steps and takes years to adjudadjudicate. what we have urged is anyone that is involved in the process at any stage needs to be evacuated. you can sort the paperwork out later, but it would be unbelievably calloused to say you've got 13 out of 14, not good enough. we have to toss the rule b...

It is that the biden administration publicly commit to keeping those operations going at the airport past august 31st to get everyone out that wants to leave? >> it is absolutely imperative. they must make that commitment, and they must follow through. and this is a commitment i've been asking them to make for months now when i told them to starts the evacuation before we get to a point like this. >> actually, congressman -- >> we can do that. >> let's let everyone listen. this is you questioning defense secretary austin and general milley in june. >> it takes 800 days or more to process a spe...