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These are known passport holders. >> okay. but have -- have lprs also been contacted? >> yes. >> and what about siv applicants, people who are -- we're in contact -- >> will we get -- >> i'm sorry. >> i don't expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there's been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there's been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the b...

The parties of the american special forces on the base, the american diplomats on the base, there are those people with whom they worked. now, they may well have applied for the siv program, military types, they may have been considered not eligible, that is at times confusing. and then of course those who worked alongside u.s. diplomats are eligible for the siv program and possibly in the thousands and quite likely still somewhere in kabul although i'm sure there are efforts to try to assist them. those are people with good connections who will be leaning on those connections and possibly tho...

Advocate, and i'm glad you pointed out the trump administration's complicit in this because we had olivia troyer on chapter and verse how they basically choked to death the siv program, case in point. the biden administration didn't do more in its earliest six months to ramp up that program, cut the red tape despite congressional pressure to do so and legislation to do so. we have been drilling down on that as you fairly point out, but with 60% of americans in the nbc poll support the withdrawal. that includes a lot of veterans. so while we are hearing the outcries from people we have to under...

0 these are known passport holders. >> okay. but have -- have lprs also been contacted? >> yes. >> and what about siv applicants, people who are -- we're in contact -- >> will we get -- >> i'm sorry. >> i don't expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there's been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there's been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the...

Afghans should not be going out of the country unless it is necessary. that will certainly strike a chill in the tens of thousands of siv applicants still in kabul or surrounding cities at this time because they now know if the u.s. leaves, it is quite likely the taliban will stick to that policy and they won't be able to start taking civilian flights out. state department officials had been suggesting they would like to see the siv program continue after their military departure. that was a long shot frankly, but we are now into this very important small window. today the scenes at the airpor...