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Progress in getting americans out. the estimate is 5 to 10,000 americans still in average. many in kabul. but it could be even more than that because they are not at all certain they have a firm handle on americans out in various places in the country. now another 1,000 troops laughing landed and a lot of froops the 82nd air are borne division. that elite division's command will now take control of the airport mission that the u.s. military has. 82nd airborne commander will be on the ground. he'll take control. this is something that 82nd, of course, does in combat, in war time, take control o...

Contingency planning and drilling we did over the course of months preparing for a range of scenarios, including dire scenarios. >> i have been personally trying to tell this administration since it took office. i have been trying to tell our government for years that this was coming. we have sent them plan after plan on how to evacuate these people, nobody listened to us. they didn't plan for the evacuation of our afghan war time allies. they are trying to conduct it now at the 11th hour. we either take them now or these people are going to die. >> bret: the efforts to get americans and afgha...

Begin in mid-september. the new york times says the president pressed biden for an immediate start. why isn't that a bigger story. general austin says it's because the fda hasn't permanently approved the vaccine. >> i think most people are worried, that's why i'm hoping that the fda will say that we permanently ayou prove of -- approve of these vaccines. howie: the fda's been foot dragging for months, even though it's fine for 160 million americans having gotten full doses. anthony fauci says the emergency approval just a technicality but it's deterring many people from getting the vaccines. n...

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This weekend is biden administration is considering a tougher approach to encourage americans to get vaccinated for covid as cases spike across the country. nbc's mike memoli is in wilmington, delaware, traveling with the president. are we talking about mandates? >> reporter: how often have we talked about the white house's efforts to reach the vaccination goal july 4th, they got there a few weeks late. there's still tens of millions of americans who aren't vaccinated and the white house is doing everything it can to consider all options in what they are calling a war time effort to get americ...