fears of a radiation emergency. ukraine telling the u.n. s nuclear watchdog that over the past three days, shelling hit two so-called special buildings located dangerously close to the plant s reactors. video posted online showing the aftermath of strikes. both sides are blaming each other for the attack. residents nearby terrified. all these people have come from a 50-mile radius just to get their hands on iodine anti-radiation medication in case things go bad. doctors here telling me there s high demand for the pills in this area. we received a few thousand of those pills, and within a week we had almost none. so what kind of announcement will there be, and how will you communicate with people? there will be a special siren different from our air raid sirens. they will receive proper information on what to do, when to do, evacuation procedures, iodine pills, everything. reporter: and we met this
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this was the only means of escape. and i was feeling nervous, afraid, anxious, all kinds of emotions at the same time. i really didn t know if i was going to make it. i really, for the first time in my life thought that i wasn t going to survive a situation. i ve been through many situations, many ordeals. but nothing like this. and, you know, the mayor of new york city said that he things need to change. there needs to be an early warning system. there has to be better evacuation procedures for basement apartments like this. what do you think needs to happen in order to prevent this from happening again? i think the city needs to allow us to have two exits and two entrances in every home. that especially is located in a flood zone area. i think that these outrageous prices that they re charging to be able to put another door is has to stop. they have to allow us to do
ing in the intelligence. we are taking every possible measure at the direction of the president to ensure that our forces are protected on the ground, even as they complete their mission, bringing in the remaining american citizens and afghan allies. obviously this terrorist threat complicates the evacuation procedures. we re now just 48 hours away from this august 31st deadline. you and i both know there are americans on the ground in kabul right now who can t get into the airport. they can t even reach it. there are legal permanent residents of the united states who can t get out. there are afghans who have the special immigrant visas who cannot get out. they re obviously not all going to get out by the deadline. they just aren t. so, what happens to them after tuesday? so first, jake, we believe we re down to a population of 300 or fewer american citizens, who have yet to get out. we have evacuated more than 5,000. we evacuated well more than 300 just yesterday. we believe there