biden told the pentagon and state department to be prepared with backup plans in case things go wrong. and it s not just the taliban he s worried about, the u.s. is also tracking threats against the kabul airport from an isis a affiliate, giving americans and afghan allies even more of a reason to get out, and fast. every day we re on the ground is another day we know that isis-k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. here are the latest numbers as wes know them. the u.s. has evacuated nearly 88,000 people since the end of july, including about 19,000 yesterday. what that doesn t tell us is how many americans are still there, waiting to get out. we have reporters covering every single angle of this story. richard engel back in kabul for us. courtney kube at the pentagon. geoff bennet at the white house. we have to start on capitol hill. what can we expect from speaker
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