genocide we are talking about here. and i hope people understand that and i hope they that s why the donations are coming in the way they are, because they are smart folks who see what s happening. but the other thing i would say to you is that i would also say to the afghan people, there are hundreds of thousands of us who will not leave you. stay strong, stay alive, do what you have to do to survive, keep moving. this is farfrom over, and we are still with you anyway that we can be. , ., we are still with you anyway that we can be. ,, we are still with you anyway that we can be. i. ~ , we are still with you anyway that we can be- yes. - we are still with you anyway that we j can be. yes, the can be. beyond 31 august? yes, the airfield for us can be. beyond 31 august? yes, the airfield for us is can be. beyond 31 august? yes, the airfield for us is a can be. beyond 31 august? yes, the airfield for us is a politician s - airfield for us is a politician s thing, that s
come later, what happens to the country the day of. country the day of. that ll be the longer-term country the day of. that ll be the longer-term challenge. - country the day of. that ll be the longer-term challenge. i m - country the day of. that ll be the | longer-term challenge. i m afraid country the day of. that ll be the - longer-term challenge. i m afraid we longer term challenge. i m afraid we have to leave it here, but thank you very much. have to leave it here, but thank you very much- anthony blinken has been holding a news conference in which he said the state department was aggressively reaching out to american citizens still in afghanistan, and also that the us will do everything it can to help ensure those who want to leave afghanistan past 31 august can do so. figs afghanistan past 31 august can do so. , , , afghanistan past 31 august can do so. ~ , , , afghanistan past 31 august can do so. , , i, so. as the president said yesterday, we are on track so. as the p
always a burden, even more to people in the field and during this chaotic evacuation operation. but make no mistake, they went there because they didn t believe that they were getting the truth from the administration. i think there s been an incredible divorce from reality between what the administration has been saying about the boots on the ground, that afghans are not stranded, that we ll be able to complete this by 31 august, versus all the reports you see from exactly what s happening, that afghans can t get to the airport, that afghan-americans are still stranded. so ultimately the dod officials, as you mentioned, are concerned about terrorist attacks, but i would challenge that a bit. we re the united states government and military, the idea that we should just kind of fold and go away and not continue to try to really negotiate with the taliban to extend the deadline, i think all efforts have to be made. you saw the cia director made a trip kind of as a hail mary. this is the
depends upon the taliban continuing to let us sxrat no disruptions to our operations. the longer we stay, starting with the acute and growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as isis k, we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. those remarks came nearly five hours after the original scheduled air time which was noon today. the president add, he s asked the state department and the pentagon to draw up contingency plans as they do in case there was a need address the timetable here. biden said he gave our european allies and the g-7 the very same message. le wanted the president to extend the mission past 31 august. they have asked to step up evacuations. today just today about 12,000 people were flown out. since the 14th of august, over
it s concerning to see the situation there at the moment. there are many afr han there at the moment. there are many afghan refugees there at the moment. there are many afghan refugees who there at the moment. there are many afghan refugees who are there at the moment. there are many afghan refugees who are based - there at the moment. there are many afghan refugees who are based here i afghan refugees who are based here in austin, texas who were interpreters for the military who desperately want their families to be able tojoin desperately want their families to be able to join them. but their families didn t themselves served with the us military. do you think the us has a duty of care to those families? fist the us has a duty of care to those families? ., ., families? at the moment the main concern should families? at the moment the main concern should be families? at the moment the main concern should be on families? at the moment the main concern should be on focusi