disaster, poverty and political uncertainty. i am pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening. president biden is under growing pressure regarding the chaotic situation at kabul s airport. right now it s the middle of the night but we saw another tense day earlier. an estimated 18,500 people packed into the waiting areas today. yesterday similar crowds led to the death of at least seven afghan citizens crushed in the surge of people trying to escape. president biden continued to stress safety is his administration s number one priority, and there are talks about troops sticking around possibly past august 31st. we are working diligently to make sure we have increased the ability to get them out. we changed the gate operations and a whole range of things and that s why we have been able to significantly increase the number of people we re getting out. will the taliban increase