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whether to sign off on a deal to free some women and children held hostage by hamas. cnn correspondents are in the region and right here in washington covering this critical moment in the war, first i want to go to cnn's matthew chance in tel aviv, israel. what's the latest word on this deal and what it entails? >> reporter: well, that deal, pam, is still being debated by the israeli cabinet. they've been meeting for hours, and it could be several hours still, we're told, before a decision is finally reached but the terms of that deal are pretty clear, it would involve the release of...

You look at airfield. arcane thing called mog, move and move runway around and hkia had better facility than bagram for that. as the secretary noted, simple distance from where people are had to be a planning factor. we were under direction to go to 0 to secure the embassy, bagram was not an option under those circumstances. >> thank you. >> i would add, if i could, if you have assumption no afghan army, there is three big gates, quick reaction force and control rocket range and secure the road between kabul and bagram, never been able to get 124,000 people out of bagram, wouldn't have happene...

That high of a number. and if the numbers continue to go as they've been over the last couple days, we could get upwards of 130,000 to 150,000 out. that would be almost magical in my view. but the problem is what we're talking about is the connection between the numbers with the individuals. and the s.i.v. applicants and the special evacuees are the ones we're most concerned with. the numbers seem high, i would suggest, because many of the s.i.v. applicants are getting through but they're also bringing a large number of family members. so the planning factors in any neo have to do with first o...

Secretary of state antony blinken who has not and or taken questions in the briefing room since this started, the state department says we expect to see him soon. bret? >> bret: rich edson at the state department. rich, thank you. concerns are growing tonight over the taliban's new arsenal of weapons and equipment left behind by fleeing afghan forces. all that provided why the u.s. tonight, new details on the size of the taliban's big haul. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more tonight from the pentagon. good evening, jen. >> jenna: good evening, bret. billions of dollars o...

The aircraft. and as those numbers increase, which you've seen they have in the last 24, 48, the centcom command team will continue to bring in the airflow required to fly out those people. >> among your many other factors is the u.s. dependent upon the taliban to keep those terrorist groups in check during this operation? >> isis and al qaeda is a planning factor. you wouldn't expect it to be otherwise. and i won't talk about specific force protection measures against terrorist threats. i think clearly we're mindful that that threat could persist. >> is that part of the reason for the overhea...