high-rated talent in that slot. finding somebody else to replace her is going to be a very difficult job for the network. yes, it is. yes, it is. joe, you also wrote about another succession story this week, jeopardy. we know mike richards is out as host but he s still producer for now. who will be taking over jeopardy for now, do we know? it s still up in the air, but i wouldn t rule out ken jennings. he did some hosting. mayim bialik is also in the running. mike richards is there now, but it does not believe he s there. part of the objective is to get the shows out of the way they needed to get out of the way, and now the show is going on a
active duty u.s. military, the white house is speeding up the vaccinations out of afghanistan now with eight days left officially until the august 31 troop withdrawal deadline. the administration says in the past 24 hours, nearly 11,000 people have been evacuated from kabul. 48,000 have been airlifted out since august the 14th. crowds desperate to leave afghanistan remain outside the airport gates where it s bedlam. the pentagon says u.s. military commanders are in contact with the taliban. today we learned about another mission to rescue stranded americans outside the airport. the commanders on the ground certainly have the authorities they need to pursue opportunities to bring people in. and one of the means at their disposal is of course rotary aircraft helicopters. and we have done that on a couple of occasions. i certainly wouldn t rule out that we would do it again if it was the best way. so for the record, a couple of extractions thus far. meanwhile there s increasing
need to pursue opportunities to bring people in. and one of the means at their disposal is rotary aircraft helicopters, and we have done that on a couple occasions. i certainly wouldn t rule out we would do it again if it was the best way. that s what it comes down to, what is the best, most effective, and safest way to get americans and other siv applicants into the airport. so again, sometimes helicopters are had answer. sometimes not. and they re pursuing all kinds of different opportunities to make this happen. so i certainly wouldn t rule it out. but it is not the only way in which we are encouraging and trying to facilitate the safe passage of people into the airport. let me ask you about one very different perspective on this, which is obviously we saw the taliban take over of the country, almost every province in the country, in some cases without firing a shot, including walking into kabul without having to be a military victory. it was essentially arranged as
you have talked about this a little bit at the end of last week and also today, that there have been a couple helicopter borne u.s. facilitated movements. one from a group that was very close to the airport and i know that was described as elsewhere in kabul. should we expect there to be more of those? that obviously seems like a tidy answer to it, from those of us looking from this distance, or is there something that s particularly dangerous about those helicopter airlifts that we don t understand that will continue to be quite limited? well, the commanders on the ground have the authorities they need to pursue opportunities to bring people in. and one of the means at their disposals, of course, is rotary aircraft helicopters, and we have done that on a couple occasions. i certainly wouldn t rule out we would do it again if it was the best way. that s what it comes down to, what is the best, most effective, and safest way to get americans and other siv applicants into the airport.
we learned about rescues she had to do mission instance at the airport. the craters on the ground certainly have the authority they need to pursue authorities and bring people and. one of the means that they re just for so was rotary aircraft, helicopters, we have that lot on a couple of occasions. i wouldn t rule out that we would do it again if it was the best way. for the record, a couple of extractions thus far. meanwhile, increasing pressure on biden to extend the august 31 deadline for troop withdrawal. while he left the door open for the possibility, leaders in the taliban have declared that a red band of their own. the white house was asked about the taliban resistance in the quest presidents plan. we are in talks with the taliban a daily basis through political and security channels have you seen he s need more time beyond august 30? first we take this day by