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They quite literally missed the boat. how big of a deal was this trip? >> this trip was everything to us. >> reporter: the state department says it is receiving a surge of applications. about 430,000 each week. with turnaround times now up to 13 weeks, panicked passengers are flocking to passport offices and petitioning members of congress for help. >> i don't know who's in charge of passports at the state department, but i wouldn't trust 'em to take my lunch order. >> i have moved now three staff members into working just on passports. >> reporter: just passports? >> just passports. it is ove...

>> margaret: ramy, thank you. stay safe. the biden administration is strongly condemning a military coup in the west african nation of niger, a key counterterrorism ally. today, the coup leaders declared the general who led the rebellion as the new head of state. president mohamed bazoum has been detained since wednesday. u.s. is calling for his release and monitoring security of americans there. now to those summer travel headaches. as more americans go abroad, the state department struggling with an unprecedented demand for passport renewals. cbs's christina ruffini reveals passport delays a...