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Administration was they took that forecast as gospel. they said, oh, our experts say the afghan government is going to survive for months, well then that's what's going to happen. they didn't do enough contingency planning. they didn't say to themselves, well, wait a second what are the chances the government is actually going to collapse in weeks or has happened, days, and what's our plan for that? and i think if they'd taken seriously the possibility the government would collapse in days, and they had reason to take it vseriously. as you talked about they had people saying, look, this govern...

Arrived in the united states. >> i provided details on americans yesterday. >> but a number of americans have arrived at military bases. do you have a specific number of people -- >> i confirmed yesterday that it was 4,000 americans have been evacuated. obviously that number increased. the secretary state gave an updated number this morning. i'll remind you that the u.s. military is overseeing the evacuation of individuals out of afghanistan and the state department oversees the visa processing, hence the update provided by the secretary state. during his briefing that he gave he noted that he...

Picks up our news coverage now. >> thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone. i'm alecia menendez. the massive high stakes operation to evacuate americans and their families in taliban held afghanistan. there are more than 80,000 afghans already waiting in a live and death situations. waiting to come to the u.s. the process is a refugee program gutted from the previous administration. this final year in office trump had the refugee ceiling at 50,000 down from the 100,000 refugees allowed per year under president obama. that drastic reduction saw the many reis thelement organization...

Presenting a fiction also about the process. so people should understand the process. these are afghans who have applied through the department of defense program. they are then approved because someone in the department of defense says yes, they helped us. then it goes to the department of state for the visa processing. then they're flown over. the department of homeland security has a rigorous immigration review. then they are sent to nonprofits and volunteers who will take them in and then that process is thoroughly vetted for months and years to come. so the idea that we're like flopping t...

Invaders, stoking fear. they have no shame. >> no. and actually the history that they relate is actually quite wrong. the integration of refugees in particular has been a great american success story. we're actually quite good at it here in america. 50,000 afghan refugees in a nation of over 300 million is not even a drop in the bucket. but i think that they are presenting a fiction also about the process. so people should understand the process. these are afghans who have applied through the department of defense program. they are then approved because someone in the department of defense say...