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Taliban. now the clock to evacuate winds down. all eyes on an august 31 withdrawal deadline. >> isis and al-quaida is a planning factor. you wouldn't expect it to be otherwise. i'm not going to talk about specific force protection measures against terrorist threats. i think clearly we're mindful that that threat could persist. >> defense secretary lloyd austin made the admission about limits of rescuing americans stuck behind taliban lines in downtown kabul. >> we don't have the capability to go collect up large numbers of people. >> at the pentagon today, we pressed the point further. >> brit...

Concerned about their safety. >> isis and al-qaeda is a planning factor. you wouldn't expect it to be otherwise. i'm not going to talk about specific force protection measures against terrorist threats. i think clearly we're mindful that that threat could persist. >> the u.s. air force has evacuated 2,000 people in the past 24 hours. far less than the 5,000 to 9,000 a day that is the stated goal. each c-17 transport place had 180 people but can carry 300. insurgented pockets over $85 billion worth of arms. 600,000 weapons, 75,000 vehicles and 200 aircraft including helicopter gun ships. lloyd ...

We got an update a short time ago and we're learning more about the calculation efforts that are underway in afghanistan. what do we know? >> the president just received a briefing this morning from his national security team about the ongoing terrorist threat, especially from the isis group based in afghanistan. billions of dollars of u.s. military hardware now in the hands of the taliban but it is not just a towel the taliban the u.s. military has to evacuate as the clock winds down. >> isis is absolutely a planning factor. you would expect it to be otherwise and i'm not going to talk about ...

You've seen they have in the last 24, 48, the cent com command team with continue to bring in the air flow required to fly out those people. >> i have a follow up. is isis a factor in this. is the u.s. dependent upon the taliban to keep those terrorist groups in check during this operation? >> isis and al qaeda is absolutely a planning factor. you wouldn't expect it to be other wise. and i'm not going to talk about specific force measures against terrorist threats. i i think clearly we're -- we're mindful that that threat could persist. >> is that part of the reason for the overhead flights? >...

That means crime. >> jon: president trump weighing in on his new immigration plan as -- detainees will not be sent to florida and sanctuary cities. let's go to griff jenkins live in washington what is the clarification all about? >> well, i can tell you the secretary says they're reversing course that would have shipped migrants to southern florida or northern locations like buffalo new york after an official first told reporters on friday they were looking at less overwhelmed facilities across the country to deal with the massive influx at the border. >> not an effective use of resources. whe...