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But it appears that the commissioner of education and the governor have really put us in a place where that is our only alternative at this point. >> the superintendent of alachua county public schools, carlee simon, keep us posted. thank you for coming back on the show with us. to the latest on afghanistan. the pentagon has ordered u.s. commercial airlines to help speed up evacuation efforts. 18 different aircraft will not fly into kabul but instead are being used to transport those who have already been flown out of afghanistan to military bases or transit points around the world. the defe...

The biden administration negotiating agreements with two dozen countries on four continents to serve as transit points. military planes touching down regularly in germany. the pentagon activating emergency use of 18 commercial aircraft to fly evacuees to america saying it won't impact u.s. flights. once refugees arrive, many will be housed at the dulles expo center in virginia before being transported to army bases across the country. >> never has evacuating and getting 2,500 troops out of a country required so many troops. we're going to expand the perimeter around the base to try to get more...

Removed and 11,000 over the weekend. there are more who still need to be evacuated. the possibility of danger grew with officials say they're tracking, quote, acute and persistent threats from isis against those looking to leave the country. one taliban commander told nbc news in part, quote, there is no place for democracy in islam. the 18 aircraft from 16 u.s.-based passenger and cargo airlines will not fly into kabul but instead are being used to transport those who have already been flown out of afghanistan to military bases or transit points around the world. they activated the civil rese...

Of the country. not directly from kabul but once they get to those transit points in qatar and bahrain. from there the u.s. airlines will be able to take them to the u.s. or other safe locations trying to bolster this operation as they clearly city don't have the resources to get out of the tens of thousands of people to get out. >> it's a herculean effort from every vantage point. let's bring in texas congressman. how do you assess the situation in afghanistan. you probably heard the report we were playing before josh came on. is it as bad as that report indicated? >> it's concerning but i'd ...

Major or u.s. airlines to help transport evacuee withs once they're out of a afghanistan. jackiejacqui heinrich. >> reporter: the president will address the nation this afternoon, we have not had a preview of anything he'll say, but he met with his national security team today. they discussed the ongoing evacuation effort among americans and allies as well as the diplomatic and military effort to have third countries work as transit points to ferry people out as they're doing that evacuation. we also know he's going to touch on the storm off the coast of new england. but there's immense pressu...