american citizens. >> just a follow-up on that, you say you are doing everything you can, but also yesterday, the defense secretary said the u.s. does not have capacity to extend the operation into couple and help people get to the ash kabul -- kabul and get people into the airport. are you considering help from any other country that may have better reach on the ground? or are you just going to leave this to the people for trying to get to the airport? mr. price: what i would say is that no country has more capability inside of afghanistan than the u.s. in fact, we are working -- >> this is one thing you can't do. the defense secretary has said this. it was a fair and square statement. i am asking if the u.s. does not have this capacity, are you asking other countries, who may have better reach on the ground, to do something about this? for is it going to be left to the people? mr. price: my point is, you will be hard-pressed to find a country that has the capacity on the ground, if any such country ex

citizens, that work will continue to help get american citizens and those who have fought by our side out of the country. reporter: -- deadline to get the americans who want to get out out of afghanistan? is there an acceptable timeline for the president? ms. psaki: if someone decides in a year they want to leave afghanistan, we will help them leave. if someone is ready now, we will help them leave as quickly as possible. that's what he is conveying. reporter: to follow-up up on my question yesterday about deserving afghans who did not get to leave, many would understand that in war despite the best efforts on the ground, mistakes are made. marines could grab people because of a security risk. what i was talking about was the specific allegations from sources on the ground and people who are assisting in these rescue operations who say that because of differences in policy, conflicting policies and a lack of coordination with the state department and the pentagon and also competing interest from people in washington, this led to chaos in which vulnerable afghans were left behind but i

messages have gone out to american citizens and others about those cases. right now, we are processing at about 130 on our. an hour. as that goes on, i think those numbers will could need to grow. as messages go out, i would tell you that for american citizens, passport holders, the taliban and the state department are working on a facilitation measure. those numbers are likely to grow. for the others, the state department is still working through exactly getting the procedures for evacuees to get to the airfield. >> how many u.s. taxpayer funded aircraft have been flowed out of the country, and what are you doing to get those back? we have heard of pilots flying to certain countries. you talk about reports that suggest that 11 days would be when kabul would fall. but you suggest that there were reports saying weeks. if so, why did you abandon the bagram airfield. sec. austin: in terms of the aircraft that have been flown out that you mentioned earlier, i've received reports of a number of aircraft that were flown into uzbek stan -- i was back a stand -- uz

you made the commitment to get american citizens out. will you make the same commitment to those who assisted in the american war effort over the last 20 years? two, what is your message to america's partners around the world who criticize the conduct of the withdrawal, and made them question america's credibility on the world stage? pres. biden: i have not seen any question about our credibility from allies. i have spoken with our nato allies. our national security advisor has been in contact with counterparts throughout the world and our allies, as has the general -- excuse me, i keep calling him general, but my secretary of defense. the fact of the matter is, i have not seen that. matter of fact, the exact opposite. we are acting with dispatch and committing to what we said we would do. look, let's put this thing in perspective. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? we went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al qaeda in afghanistan, as well as getting osama bin laden. and we di

code section 4802 to american citizens. what i will say and the point i think is relevant to this is that our military operation will come to an end by august 31. what does not have an expiration date is our commitment to any american who for whatever reason decides not to take us up on the offer of repatriation, that may come to us in days, weeks, months, or years, saying i want help. i want assistance leaving. the tactics available to us depending on where we are given the questions we have asked about, they may be different. they almost certainly will be different at least in the near term but our commitment to american citizens will not change. american citizens who have an extended family, those members may be article to travel to the united states under other forms of eligibility. we talked about some of those forms of eligibility. again, august 31 is the and of the military operation and not the end of our commitment. couple that with what we have heard from the taliban about their commitment to safe passage, not onl

there are american citizens, the american government exists to help american citizens. not to help vulnerable populations, whatever that is. it's americans but that's the point, the american government. but nobody cares. our leaders are telling us that what really matters is importing tens of thousands of afghan refugees into the united states. before we've even evacuated all of the americans who are stuck there. keep in mind, these aren't just translators that they want to import. people who loyally served the u.s. military or whatever. it's anybody in afghanistan who wants to come here for the three health care. 43 democrats just called the biden administration to "create a dash for other public figures to quickly and efficiently relocate to the united states." brian kemp -- a pathetic governor of georgia -- he's a republican apparently. he says he wants afghan refugees in his state. of course, the media is completely in favor of the spirit they hate the population of the united states. anybody who doesn't want this is a racist. so by the way, a lot of them are whiter

we have a special responsibility to american citizens. we're update on our progress in repatrioting those american citizens . this in the context of this massive and many ways unprecedented evacuation effort are our first goal has been to bring as many people to safety as quickly as possible. in many cases, we're going be in a better position in the coming days and coming weeks. >> we have reached out to thousands upon thousands. when it comes to legal -- lawful permanent residents, we have message to lprs in afghanistan since august 14th. we don't have precise figures to provide on that now. i would offer the same when it comes to the other categories. we have safely moved the vast majority of our locally engaged staff members to the kabul airport. >> negotiations over both a possible ongoing, continuing diplomatic presence after tuesday and the airport? is there anything new there on either? >> i will say a couple of thing onsthings on the diplomatic presence. there's a number of issues in a decision like this. first and foremost on our

code section 4802 to american citizens. what i will say and the pount that is relevant to this is that our military operation will come to an end by august 31st. what does not have an expiration date is our commitment to any american who for whatever reason decides not to take us up on to say i want help. i want assistance. now the tactics that may be available to us depending on where we are given all the questions you've asked about, they may be different. in fact, they almost certainly will be different. at least in the near term. but our kmutment to american citizens will not change. and american citizens who has extended family, those extended family members may be eligible to travel to united states. and we talked about the forms of eligibility. so again, august 31st is the end of the u.s. military operation. it is not the end of our commitment. you couple that with what we heard from the taliban about their commitment to safe passage, not only on august 31st. they have not again that, is something we have to continue

they are only putting american citizens on flights. you are effectively breaking up families when you do that. there are a lot of family groups or you may have a parent to his an american citizen, a spouse may be a green card holder, the children may have thesis. you have these blended -- -- children may have thesis. -- may have visas. we have seen this at the gates, we have seen in media. i have not yet heard any strong arguments against bringing our interpreters here. the consensus within the veterans community is passionate, emotional, and overwhelming. there will always be bad faith takes in many areas and report misconception. i go back to the fact that more members of congress, more republicans voted to bring our interpreters over here, to support the program, than voted to award congressional metals to the capitol police. -- medal to the capitol police. we care about this issue deeply and passionately. if the president is spending more time listening to what some french voices say and what the veteran community is saying, it is

we don't have that specific breakdown. >> how many american citizens remain in afghanistan? >> i don't know. >> you are planning for these operations, you should have some kind of a countdown of how many americans who need to be evacuated, right? >> as you probably know, the state department be a better place to go for an estimate on how many americans are in afghanistan or in or around kabul. that is not something the military would know. you would also know not every american citizen in another country -- there is no obligation that they register their presence. that you could have a perfect, accurate count. i don't have that figure. i would refer you to my colleagues for the best estimate on that. >> does the present -- does the pentagon have the authorization at this point in time to expand the perimeter at the airport or to go into kabul if necessary? >> we want to provide safe and secure operation. >> i'm asking you if the pentagon has the president's authorization. >> i will not talk about the potential of any future authorizations one way or another. that will be a p

is an american citizen there is no help for them. steve: and just to be clear what you are reporting in terms of your sister is the direct opposite of what biden said that if she showed her passport instead now she fears for her life. >> i'm so sorry to say this but biden is a compulsory liar. he doesn't know what's going on. he is sitting in his office or on vacation and says all these things. but that is not the truth. the truth is what the americans citizens that are saying on the ground behind enemy lines they are afraid for their life. steve: i have a specific question from of the president said hours ago. he said the state department is in touch with us citizens in afghanistan and is sending them a plan for their evacuation. has your sister received any communication of a plan for her evacuation from the state department or any other part of the us government? >> no sir. it is a complete lie. she has heard anything the past four days from the us embassy or any us authority. they say fill out the forms in the us embassy will get

citizens. >> do you have the capability to go out and collect americans? >> not large numbers of people. >> you have 5000 u.s. military personnel on the ground securing the area. have small groups of taliban fighters outside who are holding up potentially the second largest -- you have the capability to get there. how will you get this people inside so that they can get on airplanes? both of you have served in major command roles in afghanistan. did you not see the possibility that the afghan security forces were not up to this fight? >> we continue to work with the state department officials on the ground to improve the procedures at the entry points to make sure that we can speed up the process of getting people in and move them onward. the state is deploying more consular officers to help with that. >> that's the secretary of defense, lloyd austin. both men have been talking about how the situation in afghanistan is personal for them and they have been outlining how the americans plan to get every u.s. national and afghanistan who wants to leave out of

despite roughing up american citizens, they have not shot or killed any american citizens on their way to the airport. after august 31, it's anyone's guess. the threats the military believes are from isis-k. the taliban probably are not disappointed that isis-k carried out the suicide bombing. because all of these groups want to make it look as though the u.s. is withdrawing under fire. and so, you know, at this point, every hour that the u.s. is on the ground between now and august 31 is extremely dangerous and extremely difficult to get any more -- any more evacuees out. ashley: joining us on the phone is andrew mcneil. a former green beret who served in afghanistan. >> i think we'll continue to see status quo from the u.s. military. i don't want to talk tactics or military strategy given there are still americans on the ground. but they have to evaluate what type of capabilities the enemy has. what are the range of those mortars. once they have a better understanding of what came into the compound, i think you will see the flights resume. hamid karzai airport isn't set up to be a la

i want to provide an update on american citizens. we have helped thousands of americans leave kabul already. we contacted american still in afghanistan by email, by phone, by text to give them specific instructions. we have developed a method to safely and efficiently transport groups of american citizens onto the airfield. for operational reasons, i'm not going to go into further detail on this. many people have asked reasonably why we cannot provide a precise number of american citizens still in the country. let me explain. when americans have come to afghanistan over the years, we asked them to register with the embassy. many have left without the registering. others never register at all. that is their right, of course. and it's our responsibility to find them, which we are now doing hour-by-hour. in the days remaining, we believe we have the wherewithal to get out the american citizens who want to leave kabul. this operation is complex. it is dangerous, it is fraught with challenges, operational, logistical, human, and that has

one under 65 are american citizens. the rest are a mix of applicants and -- i would also note in addition the intention is to have additional flights out this morning. there are going to be operational updates that will be provided by the department of defense. as you saw them briefed out, our focus over the last 48 hours has been securing the airport and being sure we can begin to expedite flights of american citizens, sid applicants. biden administration officials joined a meeting of the u.s. conference of mayors to discuss our eviction prevention efforts. the cdc director provided an update on the state of the pandemic and the associate attorney general reiterated ways mayors across the country can work with state and local courts to set up eviction diversion programs. this meeting is the latest in our efforts to work with local officials to ensure we are getting assistance out to key people in their homes. i know there are lots of topics out there. >> with regard to the booster shots, how many shots does the u.s. ha

just over 300 american citizens. passport holders i should say. the rest afghans, green card holders. yes. go ahead. >> the administration, the biden administration is filled with people who have had a long experience with afghanistan. many of them dating back years if not decades. >> including the president. >> including the president. most of that time the taliban was the sworn enemy, the enemy against who we fought. is there a recognition inside the administration of the irony sort of grim irony of being in a position to rely upon and coordinate with and have negotiations with the adversary they fought many of them for two decades. >> that's far too light of a term. to phil's question this is the circumstance we are faced with. the taliban controls large swaths of the country. not what anyone anticipated at this point in time. to get american citizens out and partners and green card holders out we need to coordinate with the taliban. we have evacuated more than 105,000 people as a result. this is not the only place in the world where we work, w

>> we know american citizens came out on the last five jets to leave. we maintained the ability to bring them in until immediately before departure but we were not able to bring americans out. that activity ended about 12 hours before our exit, although we continue the outreach and would have been prepared to bring them on until the last minute, but none of them made it to the airport and were able to be accommodated. we bought some of it out and we did demilitarized some of it. let me give you an example. you are very much aware of the rocket attack that occurred yesterday, rockets were fired at the airfield. we were very effective in engaging the two rockets that did fall on the airfield and we believe they probably kept them from doing significant damage. we elected to keep the systems in operation until the last minute. it is a complex procedure, complex and time intensive to break down those systems. we demilitarized their system so they will never be used again. we felt it was more important to protect our forces than to bring those systems back.

american citizens which i assume these u.s. service members are. >> they are american citizens they have family members there but they say they went to the state department and the state department is helping them get their family members and they wanted to get attention so that other people in the situation could get there family members in. i'm asking you to clarify. >> are you concerned that we are helping the family members of people who have fought by our side for the last 20 years? >> the root of my question is consistent information for those who need help. i have been doing some reporting around people getting correct information about the process. want to be able to say in my reporting if you meet these qualifications, you are the folks who can come into the country. i think people want to know that information. >> we have been clear that u.s. citizens, their family members, some of them are dual nationals, some of them may have lived her whole lives and afghanistan. the immediate family members which means spouses and

we're trying to get american citizens home to their country. we're trying to get our afghan partners that we know are facing a death certain. this is something that should be done. we should be accepting the risk that goes with it to get it done. i know how our troops would feel about this. they go through that wall at that airport to go get american citizens. there's no doubt about that in my mind at all. >> martha: we've seen their incredible dedication at that airport and the work that they are doing and have done the past 20 years in support of those people and in support of our country and national security interests in the united states. general, thank you very much. we'll see you as you continue. i know you'll stick around until we hear from president biden. the timeline moves around. we're joined by nikki haley who traveled to afghanistan in 2018 while she served as u.n. ambassador. she said president biden bungled this withdrawal. as a consequence, made the united states less safe when the interest with national security in the first p

the civilians, including at least $185.00 american citizens with our german partners, $21.00 german citizens. additionally, us special operations forces reached out to help break in bring in more than $1064.00 american citizens in 2017 s i. d 's for afghans at risk, and 127 3rd country nationals, all the phone calls vectors and escorting. we have evacuated more than $6000.00 us civilians, which we believe represents the vast majority of those who wanted to leave at this time. it would be difficult to overestimate the number of unusual challenges and committing the competing demands that our forces on the ground have successfully overcome the threat to our forces, particularly from ices. k was very real and tragically resulted in the loss of 13 service members and dozens of afghan surveys. i said this before, but i like to say it again. we greatly appreciate the contributions of the many coalition partners that stood with us on the ground hormone at cars i international airport. i'm just going to single out one nation as an example of the many, the norwegians who maintained their hospital at

price: every report, whether it is an american citizen, we are in direct contact with american citizens, we are taking seriously. the reports about afghan cap ash -- at risk afghans being impeded, we take that seriously. it is difficult to speak to reports that are anecdotal, that maybe on social media. there were sports we can speak to -- >> telling congressional leaders. price: the reports we can speak to are the ones we've heard firsthand. we are in regular communication with american citizens on the ground. providing them guidance, instructions. we know the most about what american citizens are airing. i'm not in number position to talk about other reports. >> diplomat sent a message to the secretary in july. the secretary said he received that cable and read it in mid july. why was there no preparations for smoother transition? price: i will come to that. we do not agree with the premise. let me start the broader word about how we approach this, generally. we believe that constructive internal dissent is valuable. we believe it to be patriotic. we know it to be protected. we have f

we can confirm 165 are american citizens. the rest are a mix of siv applicants and third country nationals. i would also note that, in addition, our -- the intention is to have additional flights out this morning. there will be operational updates that will be provided on a regular basis by the dod, but as he saw the brief out, our focus has been securing the airport and ensuring that we can begin to expedite flights of both american citizens, siv applicants and others out. i also just wanted to note on a different topic, by administration officials joined a meeting of the u.s. conference of mayors to discuss our eviction prevention efforts. cdc director wilensky provided an update on the state of the pandemic and associate attorney general gupta reiterated mayors -- reiterated ways mayors can set up if diversion programs in their cities, the latest in our efforts to work with local officials to keep people in their homes. there are lots of topics out. go ahead. >> with regard to the booster shots, how many shots does the u.s

as the presidents make clear, our 1st priority is the evacuation of american citizens. since august 14th, we've actuated at least 4500 us citizens, and likely more, more than 500 of those americans were evacuated in just the last day alone. now, many of you have asked how many us citizens remain an afghan. stan, who want to leave the country based on our analysis, starting on august 14, when our evacuation operations began, there was then a population of as many as 6000 american citizens in afghanistan who wanted to leave. over the last 10 days. roughly 4500 of these americans have been safely evacuated along with immediate family members. over the past 24 hours, we been in direct contact with approximately 500 additional americans and provided specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. we looked at you regularly on our progress in getting these 500 american citizens out of afghanistan for the remaining roughly 1000 contacts that we had who may be americans seeking leave. afghanistan were aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day through mul

government is distinguishing between american citizens and americans who are legal permanent residents. is that fair? >> we have pledged to assist and help evacuate and then post 8/31, help get safe passage for every sing le american citizen, every single american legal permanent resident and every person who has worked with united states government and has what's called the special immigrant veezias. >> in that order, right? in that order of priority? >> american citizens will always be the paramount priority but legal permanent residents of the united states, many who have family here who are american citizens are also an urgent priority. we've evacuated thousands of them and will work hard to evacuate all of those remaining in kabul. >> u.s. officials are warning of a possible threat to the u.s. homeland here at home, here in the u.s., in the wake of the evacuation. it could be from racist white supremacists, islamic terrorists. do you know of any threats to the homeland in the wake of this withdraw? and how concerned are you? >> the general threat is credible. i don't have any focu

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you made the commitment again, american troops out to get an american citizens out. will you make the same commitment to those who assisted in the american war effort overlap 20 years? number one, and then number 2, what is your message to the americans partners around the world to criticize not the referral, but the conduct of that withdrawal and made it be then question, america's credibility on the world stage. i've seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. i've spoken with our nato allies who spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via has been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general are for me, i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense the fact of the matter is i have not seen that matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got the exact opposite. these were acting with dispatch. we're acting, committing to what we said we would do. look, let's put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan? at this point, with a kinder

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american citizens which i assume these u.s. service members are >> they serve here in our country and they're from afghanistan and they have family members there. so they said they went to the state department and the state department was helping them get their family members and they wanted to get attention so that other people in their situation could get their family members in and they didn't seem to fit the criteria so i'm asking to you to clarify. >> are you concerned that we're helping the family members of those that fought by our side for 20 years and coming to the country through the vetting process or what is the root of your question. >> the root of my question is information for those that need help so i've been doing reporting around people getting correct information about the process. so i want to be able to say in my reporting if you meet these qualifications, you are the folks who could come into the country and i think people want to know that information. >> i think we've been very clear, mona, that u.s. cit

you want to get the american citizens out, first. and then, the military and diplomats at the end. >> if i can just jump in for one second, congressman. i apologize but just one of the things that we hear from the administration as a response is the state department has been out there saying we warned american citizens to leave in this warning on this date. in this warning on this date. in this warning on this date. that's how they are responding. saying we have been trying to tell people to leave. >> the situation got dire so fast that i'm sure american citizens in afghanistan had no idea how fast it would happen. we know our intelligence community warned, since may, this administration what would happen. i think this president ignored his own generals, top generals, and his own intelligence community about how rapidly the deterioration was going to happen. and now, we're stuck in this really bad situation and we have to get every american out of there. um -- we just can't leave them behind in enemy territory. >> all right. congress

we have pockets of american citizens in all of those provinces. two girls that are teaching english to afghan girls. we have aid workers that are helping build water treatment plants in other parts of the country. he didn't address how those people are supposed to make their way all the way from where they are, traveling on a dirt road, passing taliban checkpoints to kabul airport. so i don't think he's answered any of the questions. >> martha: he said the taliban has promised and we're supposed to count on that and if they don't, we're going to call them a pariah. that seems like the solution here. quick thought, mark and then we're going to the white house. >> i can't believe what i just heard. the secretary of state blamed the americans that are trapped in kabul. because that they ignored -- many of them ignored guidance to not travel through afghanistan. he said many of them want to stay because they're duel citizens. you have american citizens there that have been working with afghan allies and they're now holed up in their home, hiding with

>> we need permission for american citizens to leave, true or not true? >> they are not in control. >> i can't think of anyone better to lead this operation than -- >> they are chanting "death to america." [shouting] >> sean: joining us now, florida senator marco rubio. you are on the important intel community. when you were on this program last week you told this audience that you and everyone on this committee was warning. i'm going to show this map, the timeline of the taliban on the march. as you can see, april of 2021, may of 2021, the red that fills up this map, now june and july of 2021. the taliban was on the march the whole time, senator. you saw it, intel members saw it. joe biden had to be told. i understand the cia pulled their people out six weeks ago, senator. why did joe wait until the last minute? >> history is going to look back at this moment and this is going to be a big deal for decades but this is going to be covered as one of the worst catastrophes in american foreign policy history for two reasons. one, the failure of the administra

>> american citizens. i think as the general briefed, just in the last 24 hours of the 2000 that got out, it was a mix of american citizens and family members as well as seshl immigrant visa applicants and other at-risk afghans and you will see that every day, gordon. we want to take care of our fellow americans and secretary and chairman were clear about that but we also want to take care of at-risk afghans and special visa am ka*nts. -- applicants. we are processing people as fast as we can and getting them onto their on ward stations. it is a balance and we're trying to strike that balance every single day. >> what proportion of the 2,000 are american citizens versus sivs, what proportion are women? as well? >> i don't have a gender breakdown. of the 2,000 over the last 24 hours i think nearly 300 of them were americans and that includes legal permanent residents, it includes american citizens as well as family members. that's going to -- every day it will change. i don't have a gender breakdown what th

citizens. >> do you have the capability to go out and collect americans? >> we don't have the capability to go out and collect up large numbers of people. >> you have 5,000 u.s. military personnel on the ground securing the area. you have small groups of taliban fighters outside there who are holding the potentially second largest neo that could be undertaken. you have the capability to get there. how do you get those people inside so that they can actually get on those planes? both of you have served in major command roles inside afghanistan. did you not see the possibility that the afghan security forces were not up to this fight? >> we continue to work with the state department, officials on the ground to improve the procedures, you know, at the entry points to make sure we can speed up the process of getting people in and move them onward. so the state is deploying more counselor officers to help with that. as i stated earlier, we're going to push more military assistance down through the entry points to facilitate these efforts. we're really working h