welcome to the lead, everyone, i m jake tapper. we begin with our world lead. president biden bracing for the possibility of another terrorist attack after 13 u.s. service members and more than 170 afghans were killed by a suicide bomber outside kabul s airport yesterday. 11 marines, one sailor, and one soldier were among the service members killed. the military is beginning to pack up what s called the retrograde process where not just service members but their equipment are shipping out. still, the evacuation mission is continuing. in the past 24 hours, nearly 13,000 people were evacuated by the u.s. and allies. more than 300 of them, american citizens. in the past 13 days, the u.s. has evacuated a total of 105,000 people. today, the pentagon said nearly 7,000 afghan refugees have arrived in the u.s., and are undergoing processing. this afternoon, the white house reiterated its commitment to evacuating every american by president biden s deadline of august 31st. but sourc
afghanistan. listen, what does this mean about when america will get the americans out? because now is this threat going to delay? are we going back to this august 31 bs? is that a hard out again? that was a media and political party trap. it was a gotcha. what are you going to do? what are you going to do? the biden administration did not deal with it well and they just got on message that they re going to complete the job no matter what. will this spook them into having to make a quick exit? they were finally getting that they can t leave until you get all americans and allies out. here is the good news. they are getting people out. we just got new numbers. since august 14th when kabul fell the state department tabulates as many as 6,000 americans wanted to leave and since then roughly 4500 were evacuated along with family members. secretary blinken says his department is in contact with 500 americans still there and is aggressively reaching out to what could be 1,000 more
may have left, some may not actually be u.s. citizens, and some may want to stay. we believe the number of americans actively seeking assistance to leave afghanistan is lower, likely significantly lower. reporter: president biden has promised to bring home every single american who wants to leave by next week. as secretary blinken offers this warning about threats on the ground. we re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. reporter: in the last 24 hours, the u.s. and its allies have evacuated approximately 19,000 people. while the u.s. has until the 31st to leave kabul, officials say evacuations will end before that so the military has time to pack up and leave. after the 31st, what happens to the airport is up to the taliban. that won t be an american responsibility. reporter: tens of thousands of afghan allies who worked for the u.s. are still waiting to be evacua
now, why only those people, why not under 16? we ll get to all of that. here s the question. will this get enough people to take the shot so we can stop making ourselves sick? three in ten unvaccinated adults said in a recent survey they would be more likely to get vaccinated if one of the options moved to full approval. the president says now is your time. the moment you ve been waiting for is here. it s time for you to go get your vaccination, and get it today. the fda approval is the gold standard. and approval on his efforts on covid is the gold standard for his ratings and they re down. getting people vaccinated is a big thing for him and for the country. private companies, by the way, agree that approval was huge. why? they want to mandate vaccines and now they believe they have clearance for their employees. now, this has been met for a lot of hype. if your employer makes you get a vaccine, that s discriminatory. legal tests of this will come. it will be shocking i
kabul on aircraft yesterday. that s another single day high. hundreds of americans were among the evacuees. the administration still won t specify how many americans do remain in country. kaitlyn collins is live at the white house. kaitlyn, first of all, this huge decision by the president, what more do we know about it and what do we expect to hear from him on this when he speaks later today? well, he could very well explain his thinking behind this decision. because it does not come as a surprise to those in the west wing who knew that a lot of the president s top advisers were advocating against extending that deadline past august 31st. aware of the security concerns on the ground. that has been something big they have been monitoring on a daily basis. the potential threat for terrorist attacks given that chaotic situation outside the airport in kabul. so that played a big factor into president biden s decision here to stick with this august 31st deadline to remove all u