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Approximately 1300 passengers. at this time four military installations as well as dulles are receiving afghans as they come into the united states. they include ft. mccoy, wisconsin, ft. lee, virginia. the total number at these installations it approximately 1200 and they are building out capacity to ensure that they have room for more flights in the coming days. this is a worldwide effort. multiple commands and thousands of service members across the joint force. they are remaining secure. they are regarding an incident to report as a no u.s. casualties, partner force, and

But if you listened to the president earlier and he thanked a number of countris, it was russia, syria, turkey and iraq, and the syrian kurds. does that add salt to the wounds that the kurds have been feeling rather betrayed by the u.s. pullout of northern syria? >> i think right now, i've talked to the head of the u.s.-backed forces, right? the sdf was part of a partner source that the u.s. fought for the last half-decade with. this really is a momentous victory that was five years in the making with this partner force that started in 2014 in the town of kobani when isis had never had a singl...

We went in there, four-star generals, we said, hey, we have a common enemy, it's isis and we want to work with you to root them out, particularly of their capital, and we're going to give you, you know, military support and advice and counsel but we're going to need you on the front lines. we shook their hands, they accepted and they went and fought. and while americans lost their lives in syria, the number is less than ten. i believe it's six americans, which is tragic, but they lost 10,000 people, or upwards of 10,000 people. so to me, the next time we go to fight somewhere, and we don't wan...

Kurds and arabs and said we have a common enemy, it'size and we want to root them out larly of the caliphate and we're gooing o give you advice and counsel but we're going to need you on the front lune 378z and we shook their hands and they went and fought. and while americans lost their loves in syria the number is less than ten. i believe it's six americans, which is tragic but comparathat to them. they lost upwards of 10,000 people. so the next time we fight somewhere and we don't want american men and women on the front lines. we want to it work with a partner force, what is that partner g...

Mean for them. >> you know, it's an excellent question, poppy. right now question marks are really all anybody has because the truth is that this was really a by, with and through, a partner force, a policy that has been a real success story. a fragile, endangered, but very real success story for the trump administration. i met one shopkeeper in raqqah who talked to me about how this was a new time for women in raqqah, that they were coming out. local security forces were the ones providing security. and as you say, 10,000 local forces died. and while every gold star family is a tragedy, isis....