that. where do you think the administration finds itself and how will they try to talk about this this weekend? well, it s interesting. we re hoping for a top administration official to come on the show. the main thing we will focus on on sunday it will be now at that point just 48 hours, two days before the deadline and every hour that passes, this becomes more dangerous, not less, because the press of people to get to the airport becomes even greater and the number of american troops who are inside the gates of the airport to process them is going to be fewer. somehow you have to roll this up so that the last americans, the last afghans to be evacuated are on the last plane with the last american soldiers. this will be as devilishly tricky and dangerous until it s been up to now. the last 48 hours will be worse and we ll have an exclusive
august 31 deadline fast approaching. the biden administration under a lot of pressure to get people out. griff jenkins at the state department. good morning. the state department not slowing their efforts in the wake of the deadly attack and amid the high terror threats. blinken hailing the lost calling them heroes saying they put themselves in harm s way so we can do our jobs on behalf of the american people. even after the attack they re doing that right now in kabul as they are in so many other parts of the world and they will continue to do so as we complete this mission. dana, we got a clear picture of exactly how many americans may remain. of those estimated 1500 who are believed to be stranded. state department says 500 have been evacuated. they say of the remaining 1,000, the quote vast majority, every 2/3 are believed to be nearly or already out of the country adding that dozens did not want to leave. they also say, dana, they heard