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We have 5, 6, 7,000 troops there. they all can't come out in an hour. those who are there to provide security have to start coming out sooner rather than later if we have to meet the august 31st deadline, i think the president has to do that. we have to assume it's not going to be perfect by any means, and none of this gets at the question you raised at the beginning, which is the policy. even if getting people out works fairly well and it seems to be, thank god, the geopolitical consequences, the policy that will be with us for years. >> will be with us for years, willie, it is important to r...

Watches, and they have the time it seems they were right, and the americans' time is about to run out >> richard, you have been in and out of afghanistan dozens of times covering this conflict what struck you most when you returned today? >> reporter: i think it was coming out of the airport and seeing the taliban soldiers so well armed with american equipment it's clear they're in control here, and it looks like they are going to be in control for quite some time. and before, afghans had hope they had hope for a better future, possibilities for traveling abroad, possibilities for education. n...

That nbc news reported, hearing from intelligence agencies, the cia, department of defense, and that is this moral obligation to get out not just every last american but to all the afghans who for the last 20 years, the last two decades put their lives on the line, as interpreters, who fought shoulder to shoulder with americans in this war to protect the united states, to get them out too so as you look at the clock ticking with six days left, is it realistic to think you're going to get every american out, which is a challenge itself, but all those afghan partners as well? >> i think it's unr...

70,000 people. the number of evacuations has picked up in recent days, even out pacing the goal set by president biden earlier in the month of 5 to 9,000 per day. it is unclear, however, how many americans and afghans who worked with the u.s. government are still there. we have two reports now from peter alexander at the white house, and richard engel in kabul. >> with a frantic rush to evacuate stranded americans and desperate afghans and despite pleas from u.s. allies at a g7 meeting this morning to stay longer, president biden is sticking with his self-imposed august 31st deadline for u.s. ...

To allow safe passage for americans to the airport, that the state department warns is a dangerous trip, and the taliban is now vowing to block afghans from leaving the white house says evacuations have accelerated -- 12,000 people in the last 12 hours but a top democrat argues it's very unlikely the u.s. will be able to get all americans and afghan allies out in seven days >> it is hard for me to imagine all of that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. >> reporter: republicans slamming president biden for the chaotic withdrawal. >> particularly after the decision made tod...