the president is touting as his own policy? good question sandra. i blew the whistle on this august 13. 13. august 16 i had a press conference of the county airport and showed video from my own twitter account of people getting off these large planes which, by the way are not allowed to land those sites planes or go to the fbo s come up with hangers of the county airport. that s a violation of the lease especially at that kind of size. they were permitted that was one of the few daytime flights. at night the airport is closed, flights are not allowed to come in. so the white house is completely off the skating, which is a nice word for saying they are lying. i just posted on my twitter video from them dropping off adults at a costco parking lot in port chester, new york, in
people eligible for the resettelment scheme from august 13. joining me now is councillor abi brown, leader of the stoke on trent city council. thank you forjoining us. i wonder, first of all, how many families are you planning to take? haste first of all, how many families are you planning to take? first of all, how many families are you planning to take? we have been workin: in you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction with - you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction with our - working in conjunction with our neighbouring authorities of staffordshire. across the whole of the stoke on trent and staffordshire region i think we are looking to take approximately 25 families altogether. take approximately 25 families altogether- take approximately 25 families altoaether. ., m ., altogether. have you taking macro taken any yet? altogether. have you taking macro taken any yet? element altogether
throw their duffel bag on a plane and get out of there. they ve got heavy equipment. um, armored armored cars, helicopters. we re not sure if they ll take all of that with them but they certainly could. and as you cited, the the british have left. the french have left. others are are scaling back, if they haven t left already. and yet, the pentagon also says they want to do these airlifts right up to the very end. so it s going to be a very intricate dance to continue to take out people who are trying to get out. more desperate, by the day. while 5,000 u.s. troops and their equipment try to get out of there. i mean, we had one of my npr colleagues had an amazing interview today. it was with a marine master sergeant who s been running air traffic control. he s been living in a tent on the airfield there since august 13. um, hundred flights a day coming in and out. and they work 12-hour shifts. and then, even when you re off, there are still planes landing
out of there. they ve got heavy equipment, armored cars, helicopters, we re not sure if they will take all of that with them, but they certainly could. the british have left, the french have left. others are scaling back they haven t left already, and the pentagon wants to do air lifts right up to the end. it s going to be an intricate dance take out people more desperate by the day. one of my npr colleagues had an amazing interview with a marine master sergeant running air traffic control. he has been living in a tent on the airfield there since august 13. 100 flights a day coming in and out, and they work 12-hour shift, and then even when you re off, there s still planes landing every five or ten minutes. they have been getting all of