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They re getting people out of afghanistan. the president saying that in last 24 hours or so they have been able to get out 5700. that s an increase and more in line with the 5,000 to 7,000 or 9,000 or so figure that we heard from white house and pentagon officials that they wanted to be able to get to. but we also interestingly heard the president seeming to open the door in these remarks to a slightly broader mission set here, more ambitious goals. not only pledging that he will get all americans who want to get out of the country out of the country but then when asked by a white house reporter whether that pledge also applied to afghans who might be in danger or who work with the u.s., the president said, yes. he would extend that commitment at least to those who are applying for that special immigrant visa program. that s going to create a really large challenge particularly if we get up against this deadline of the end of the month and there are still afghan who s need to be evacua ....
A possible taliban takeover and urged an airlift operation. i made the decision, the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. it was my decision. as we wait for the pentagon briefing on afghanistan to begin here, i m joined now by nbc news white house reporter josh letterman. wall street journal national security reporter vivian sala many:i want to start with you on this. today was the second time this week we heard from president biden on afghanistan. is he striking different tone today? the tone from the president was similar. very defensive of his administration s handling of this debacle over the last week and a half or so. there did seem to be some good signs of progress in the numbers. in terms of the through put ....
0 welcome to msnbc on a busy friday afternoon. president biden giving an update on the chaotic situation, the evacuation of americans and afghans as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the crisis unfolding in afghanistan. the president says evacuation flights have resumed. that is of being paused for several hours. sources tell nbc news the flights stopped temporarily because qatar, the first batch of evacuees were taken, didn t have the capacity to take any more people. this has its situation outside the airport gets more desperate. thousands of afghans hoping for a chance to get inside and get on a plane out of the country. the president defended his situation to get out of afghanistan in a report that nearly two dozen diplomats at the u.s. embassy in kabul sent a cable to tony blinken warning of a possible taliban takeover and urged an airlift operation. i made the decision, the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. it would not occur if it occurred ....