remains elusive. the u.s. officials have so far declined to provide exact numbers. but the white house had on thursday, more than 100,000 people have been evacuated since august 14th, the day before the taliban entered kabul. what is certain thousands of evacuees clean taliban rules are subject to extensive background checks before they ever arrive on u.s. soil. a 14 step process is required tt visas available to those afghans in danger due to working u.s. officials over the past two decades. the commander of u.s. european command said the vetting process has already yielded results. >> do you have any numbers at any of the screening taking place in terms of any watch list, and a number of people appeared on any watch list that you've had to deal with? >> 7,000 plus evacuees process. we had 52 flagged in that area that require further screening. upon further screening with the