coalition forces began the evacuation, approximately 111,000 evacuees have departed safely. the state department counselor officers continue to screen and process people arriving at gates around kabul. some gates have been close and we reported but american citizens, siv applicants and vulnerable afghans with the designated and proper credentials will continue to be processed for departure from the airfield. there is still approximately 5,400 individuals on the airport as of this report awaiting for flights out of afghanistan. we have the ability to include evacuees on u.s. military airlift out of afghanistan until the very end. the department of defense has the continued responsibility to support the state department in the ongoing movement evacuees through our intermediate staging
counterterrorism policy. nice to have you with us. thank you for having me. mr. kraft, you ve been listening to the discussion we just had, you heard ari melber s reporting, let me start with the k-1 visa program which the administration said they re now going to investigate. they re going to look into the policies and procedures that are being used. what can they do at this point to make it a better system? well, first of all, they should be looking at all sources. i find it very hard to understand why they did not look at social media and other sources rather than just checking the data banks. and frankly, i think part of the problem goes back to when dhs was involved in the visa checking. this is implemented as part of the homeland security act of 2002 which for some reason congress decided that dhs would be involved instead of state department counselor officers.