estimate from the government of germany. neil: got it. thank you. i want to go to don mann. we re waiting for the white house briefing that maybe the questions that we were waiting on will be answered. don, let s talk about these individuals including 100 to 200 americans that are still there and want out of there. we don t know precisely. the tens of thousands of afghan nationals that want the same thing. what is your gut tell you about the likelihood of that happening right now? well, we do know the background of the taliban. we know what they do. we know what they do to people like us, americans. they behead people and torture people. now our hand are severely tied. we lost our bases, we lost our military on the ground and our intel assets. i have a really sickened feeling in my gut the future of the americans and our friends that
afghanistan, civilian flights. they ll have to get the airport up and running. they have committed, the president has committed to getting those 100 to 200 americans out if they still want to leave. many do. a dozen reached out to us that i m aware of that still want to leave. so they are going to have to work very dangerous over land routes, very risky situations at the airport because right now there s nobody to operate that airport. so every men that these people are on the ground dangerous, but it s also more important to look at not just the americans to level there but how about the afghan partners that worked with the u.s. government for years that didn t get out? many had applied for siv visas. many are really their lives are at risk because they helped with the water effort and they re considered collaborators. then you have the women and girls that made up the civil society that the u.s. spent 20
war facing isis threats and he s grateful to them and his national security team. when does the president plan to sign the bill passed in the senate that provides temporary assistance to americans returning from afghanistan? i m sure as soon as possible. i will have to check. just to go back to the line of questions. you heard the president say today that he remains committed to getting the americans out. you said that commitment remains and it s an enduring commitment. you talked about the risk assessment underway the past couple days or weeks. it was less than two weeks ago when the president told abc, yes when he was asked are you committed to making sure troops stay until every american gets out. the situation changed. but why should those americans believe that this commitment is enduring when 13 days ago that commitment changed. because he s evacuated 5,500
reached out, they got out. as many people as they could. is the administration placing blame on americans that couldn t get to the airport in time? i think what the president stated clearly and i know that jake sullivan stated clearly and our secretary of state has stated clearly is that our commitment remains. there s not an end to commitment to american citizens in afghanistan that want to leave. that s the same for any country in the world. for american citizens that want to leave and come home to the united states. it s also important for people to note and understand what the process has been and what we ve just gone the past few months and that s what the president laid out and we think it s important for the american people in the united states to understand that. we heard from the president. [inaudible]
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