Began. The last count we got was they have gotten back over 61,000 americans who were either stranded overseas because of the virus, or wanting to come back. And there was no way to get or no way for them to get back. That is quite a few. The numbers, there are a million or so outside of the states at any one time, maybe even more. There is not a good estimate because americans are not wired required to register with the u. S. Embassies abroad when they are traveling. So it is hard to get a good estimate of the total number of americans outside of the country, or the total number of americans who are in fact stranded because countries have shut down their borders. But one thing that is eru, whereg, in p there was a sudden decision by the government to close the borders and shut down International Air traffic, the state department had estimated there were about 5000 americans there. But as of tuesday, i believe they have had repatriated over 7000. So, you know, the estimates are not exact. And our embassies consulates overseas are the primary focal point for figuring out how many folks in each country are there. Who is leading the effort dista effort to send planes . Guest they have been using commercial aircraft, they have used state department planes, or planes contracted by the state department for emergency medical evacuations. And then there have been some military flights, which came out of central america. And as well, there have been dhstriations on vhs planes that have been sending deportees, people that the u. S. Is deporting back to central america, while on the return flight they have brought americans home from countries like el salvador and guatemala and honduras. So it is a combination of all of those various elements, as well as commercial flights that they are trying to arrange, sometimes charters from areas that are not carriersll served by that have direct flights or connections to the u. S. Host in a letter from senater Richard Blumenthal to the secretary of state, he says in this letter, he said in a tweet about the letter that thousands of americans are still stranded overseas and a lack of funds to pay the cost to get back i am demanding secretary pompeo take steps to secure their immediate return and work to waive fees for travel home. So for most of these folks there is a cost involved in the flights, correct . Guest yes, even if it is a u. S. Government charter plane, what happens is that you are required to sign a promissory note. You do not need to pay cash upfront, but you are required to repay the cost of the flight. For commercial flights it is different. Hadker pelosi the funds been committed, there is a need for more, but also a need for other elements of the cares act, like the grants program for Small Businesses and the Disaster Assistance relief for Small Businesses. So that is the conversation that
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