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We have fox team coverage. we have the very latest from kabul, but we begin with alexandria hough in washington with more on the servicemembers' allegations. alexandria? >> the servicemember reported that the assault took place last sunday and involved a small group of male evacuees. at the time, she was on the ground at ft. bliss's complex, a pop-up army camp on the new mexico side of the base. it was expanded to accommodate thousands of afghan refugees. ft. bliss officials say they immediately took the allegations seriously and referred it to the fbi, adding in a statement, quote, task force...

Republican lawmakers continue to press for details on the biden administration's vetting process, while volunteer rescuers say they used more personal methods to vouch for allies. >> using the near recognition symbols and very very carefully moving commandos, special ops with their families through and saying i vet this person, i vouch for this person, so what i am confident is is in the hundreds of people that we helped get through. these are some of the finest citizens and leaders this country will ever see. >> details of the reported incident at ft. bliss are unclear. according to officials...

Alexandria. >> the service member reported that this incident took place last sunday the 19th and involved a small group of male. on the ground at donna anna complex pop up army camp on new mexico side of the base. expanded to it accommodate thousands of afghan refugees. fort bliss officials said they immediately took the allegation very seriously and referred it to the fbi adding in a statement, quote. the safety and well-being of our service members as well as all of those on our installations is pair mount. task force bliss is also implementing additional security measures to include increa...

Coming across cleared by that process which i'm comfortable with. with regards to covid, the afghans coming from the middle east into our locations that we have stood up are all being tested. actually multiple times. we test them 100% upon arrival at each location. they're getting tested at dulles as well. and en route they get tested. i'll give you some numbers. we are seeing so far to date when i was at ft. mccoy only three out of more than 1,300 had tested positive. when i went to ft. bliss, the same day, 1 out of more than 1200 had tested positive for covid-19. i hope that helps. >> one ou...

Task force. task force eagle at fort lee in virginia stoods up in july and has the capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at fort lee has supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant applicants and their families. nearly laugh of whom have completed the process and moved on with the support of department of state, non-governmental operations and volunteer operations. task force bliss at fort bliss, texas has a capacity of 5,000. received first flights with vulnerable afghans on saturday, august 21st.