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To leave. we have assigned case management teams to each remaining american citizen who has expressed an interest in leaving. there are a lot of extremely complex logistical issues to address and coordinate. we're working through them as quickly and methodically as we possibly can. today secretary of state anthony blinken is traveling to qatar where many evacuees fled after the taliban's rapid takeover of afghanistan. roughly 124,000 people were successfully evacuated including 6,000 americans, but up to 200 americans are still in afghanistan. on thursday, 26 republican senators sent a lette...

Were left behind. how likely is it that the taliban will work with the united states and the allies and make it possible for the americans to get out, but also for the afghans who want to get out, allowing them to get out? >> i would say, jonathan, it's a lot more likely that the taliban will enable americans to get out. there aren't a lot left. they are at the moment trying to gain some degree of international legitimacy which they're not going to get if they take americans hostage. i think that is much more likely than that they will allow the afghans out. but, you know, it's really distress...

Matter" protests which raised concerns about raism and as well as the rise of covid which because of the rhetoric of the president and many others in the republicans, we've seen a very dramatic increase in the rise of hate and violence directed against the asian-american community. >> and justin, you wrote a terrific op-ed in the "new york times" talking about the demographic changes in the country. and you know, i just want to pick out the first -- the first five words in what is on the screen. stoking fears of white decline. justin, talk about how this fear of decline among white americans i...

Government, has been getting your head around how many people are we talking about. there are clearly several categories and priority groups the u.s. is working with. you hear them repeatedly talk about americans, american citizens, long-term permanent residents here. that is very few people as max just pointed out. the largest vulnerable group of people who have something to fear from this taliban government or regime are what we call at-risk afghans. they are the tens of thousands potentially hundreds of thousands of people who over the last 20 years and more than a trillion dollars worth of...

Visit, this is one of the conduits they use to talk directly to afghanistan and to the taliban leadership. it's going to go through qatar because, remember, this is not just about what the future of afghanistan looks like, which is largely up in the air and there is fear and anticipation of what this new government will look like, how it will govern as fighting continues. this is about what it looks like, with regional partners in the area. iran is high on the list. what this means for the central asian states that are also now playing a role in this u.s. evacuation effort and accepting afghan...