something that was said yesterday, the department of defense briefing, this is why the men and women of the military are so amazing and incredible. they know they are putting themselves in harm's way when they are working to implement missions like these. they worked to implement plans and put together plans that have forced posture protection front and center. acting with a real threat from isis-k, of course events like yesterday unfortunately happen. reporter: yesterday, the president said that he may be -- made the assessment after talking to military advisors that the air force base was not a value. general milley said if we were to keep bagram and the embassy going, that would be a significant amount of forces that exceeded what we had. was that decision because it wasn't a value added or because it would require sending more troops? ms. psaki: bagram was an enormous base that required an enormous presence. it has a significant distance from kabul. it is far away from kabul. it would have required quite a presence to protect and it wasn't located in a place that would have been a

that is the contributions of the defense department. reporter: to drill down a bit on the flights out we have seen on video, my colleagues at defense reported they were in excess of 640 people on a c-17 flying out, and you also took a question in your first briefing saying you would try to get back to us on it. there appear to be two people who fell from that aircraft, likely to their death. can you confirm those things? sec. kirby: on that video footage, we have all seen, of something falling off of the wing among i don't have an update for you in terms of the specific validity of that. i am just as interested as you in learning more about what happened. on the first question about the c-17 fully loaded, i don't have any additional information about that particular aircraft and that particular flight, but we will continue to try to dig down and see if there is more information that can be had about that. obviously it is difficult from a thousand miles away to have perfect knowledge about everything going on on the ground over there, but

i would also note something that was said yesterday at the department of defense briefing which is that they know they are, the men and women of the military are so amazing and incredible, because they know they are putting themselves in harm's way when they are implementing the missions like these, and implement the plans and put together plans that have forced posture protection front and center, but when we are dealing with a real threat from isis-k, and events like yesterday unfortunately happen. >> yesterday, the president said that he made the assessment that bagram air force base was not that much of an asset added, and general milley said that if they kept bagram, it would have been what we had or exceeded what we had, and so was that decision about leaving the air base because it was not a value-add or because it would have required sending more troops there. >> bagram was not an enormous base that required an enormous presence, because it has a significance distance from kabul. and significant is relevant, but farther away from kabul, and it was not located in a place as effec

the department of veteran affairs is an example of a vexing requirement for all of their caregivers. the president has asked the department of defense to look into how they will add covid to the list of mandatory vaccinations for our armed forces. we will be looking across the federal government for those who could require this types of mandates for vaccination. i think it is encouraging that we are seeing the private sector follow. i mentioned walmart, disney, google, all announcing vaccine requirements. there are dozens of other companies doing these types of actions to protect their workers as they come back to work. universities, other health systems, you're going to see a continued increase in vaccination requirements as people bring employees back to work. dr. fauci: what was the exact question about breakthrough? >> are we downplaying in some way the number of breakthrough infections that are happening across the country? dr. fauci: no. as i mentioned in the discussion, when you look at the numbers, the total, absolute numbers. when you are dealing with a cohort they were examining, there is a high percentage of people who ar

that are, they are doing work for the department of defense department of state for not leaving earlier when they're literally they're doing their jobs. but is that going to lead to an impeachment? i strongly doubt it. and joe biden says that he might be responsible for some of what's happening in afghanistan of late to donald trump. needs to also take some responsibility dealing with the taliban league, leaving us troops alone in the time leading up to the withdrawal. there's something in that isn't all along the way, and donald trump included presidents of an adverse please sometimes back the wrong hold. the bungling of u. s. foreign policy in the muslim world in the fall of every president, since eisenhower. this is nothing new job biting, screwed up, and has screwed up multiple times with this withdraw, he didn't keep with donald trump may timeline for pulling out, and he didn't begin the process as soon as he became president of getting african american civilians out of afghanistan. so that when the troops left began, leaving all the civilians were already gone. that was the bigges

the department of defense has secured hamed karzai airport. there's instructions on when and how to get there for civilians. we have communicated to the first tranche of american citizens. we're working hand and glove to load planes safely and securely and as fast as possible. we completed our draw down to the core diplomatic presence that we need. at this time we'll no longer need to facilitate departures for embassy personnel. all remaining staff will be assists departures from afghanistan and the department is surging resources to augment the relocation of american citizens and afghan special immigrants and elsewhere adding personnel to assists with p-1, p-2 adjudicated process. we're in direct contact with the ground to see who is interested in relocation and the process for doing so. ambassador john bass, a seasoned diplomat is heading to kabul today, a career member of the senior foreign service, he brings decades of experience from seven missions overseas and in leadership positions including executive secretary here in washington. ambas

it's nasa -- it's the department of defense, department of commerce. and i think that by continuing the national space council, the biden administration has made clear that leadership in space continues to be a priority. nasa already has a number of important initiatives going forward. the artemis program to land the first woman on the moon. the mars exploration with perseverance rover and ingenuity helicopter. i have been watching those videos and seeing not just the attention in the senate but the attention across america, really was inspiring. and i think the endless frontier act, the innovation competition act, is going to help foster that excitement in a lot of places. we're also going to explore venus, da vinci and a gateway for future deep space exploration. let me just finish -- not quite finish -- but success in space requires that stem work force that i mentioned earlier. not just colorado but across the country we see a lot of muscle that hasn't been used and i think engaging young people in space is going to take universities across the cou

so how this process works is next of kin notifications that happen by the department of defense to next of kin. i believe an update on that this morning and that process issing on. the president wouldn't then make a call or reach out until that process is completed and it would be up to the next of kin and the families to determine if they're prepared to receive a call from the president of the united states. i think it's important to note that this may be the worst day of their lives and may or may not feel they're ready to talk to the united states or that you can to the president of the united states. but i expect once any calls are completed we'll provide you all an update. >> i want to know if the house has any reaction to the swath of republican lawmakers who are now calling on the president to resign over there. >> nancy, i have to say that seeing some of this occur or be called for or put out on twitter the backdrop here is the u.s. men and women of the military deployed on the ground are bravely continuing to implement a mission to save lives on the ground. american citizens, a

s. department of defense pressures movie produces to portray the american military less favorable light and you pay prominence, devoris johnson. and the 5 day after the merge that 90000 pounds was spent on paintings for downing street. the cash was flushed out to mid growing public anger . of course, pay fries for teachers and police, as well as the embattled national health service. and a message in desperate need of funding on the pay rise. i think the issue about the paintings is something covered irrelevant.

>> sec. of state psaki: point you to department of defense for any operational changes they can speakt speak to many in detail. what i will note and refer to something general mckenzie said in terms of illustrating what is happening here. in order to do security screenings necessary, people have to get quite close. members of the military have to get close to individuals they are screening. they have screened tens of thousands of people, some images may reflect that. i would point you to them for specifics they can provide. go ahead. >>-- health and human services office told us they are receiving reports -- covid vaccine cards how concerned this could threaten the nation's progress against the virus? >> sec. of state psaki: i would not state that as our level of concern. we are concerned about fake vaccine cards, i do not have assessment how broad it is, i would have to check and get an assessment of that. >> two questions about the president's commitment -- often says the democratic congressman seth bolton told hunter walker, colleague, "even if you agree with the biden administrati

i am very critical of the department of defense for their actions over the last three months. ny of them are directly responsible for this failure and for trying to provide coverage for something that was not able to be covered up. he says this, i take him at his word. there's one thing that i know, the u.s. military does not want its citizens and soldiers to be killed or in the hands of the taliban. host: edward in new jersey. caller: i guess you know that countries and armies need logistics. wouldn't the answer just be mass migration and allowing the refugees to leave? host: let's take your point of migration. turkey being one of them. what's going to happen? guest: at a time of covid, host: let me share with you. the turkish president is giving a public statement saying we will continue to stabilize the region. cooperation with pakistan. we are facing a wave of afghan migrants coming through a ron -- coming through iran. guest: pakistan, i will focus on that part. everyone is trying to put a best face on this. taliban does not want these people to migrate. they want to have

it's the department of defense, the department of commerce. and i think that by continuing the national space council, the biden administration has made it clear that leadership in the space continues to be a priority. and they already have a number of initiatives going forward. the program to land the first woman on the moon of the mars exploration was perseverance and ingenuity. watching those videos and seeing not just the attention in the senate but across america really was inspiring and i think that is the endless frontier act innovation competition act is going to help foster that excitement in a lot of places. we will also have two missions to explore venous and the gateway for future deep space exploration. let me finish and say the success also requires that stem workforce i mentioned earlier not just colorado but across the country. we see a lot of muscle that hasn't been used and i think engaging young people in space will take adversity across the country. it's what inspires so many people to go into space and i think that they ha

and on the ninth since secretary of defense -- the secretary of defense was fired by trump and was replaced by a gentleman named christopher miller as acting department secretary of defense. he was in charge on january 6. i was like -- i would like to know if he was told to turn his head and not allow [indiscernible] guest: i think that would be opinion and that is the job of the commission right now in the house to get that determined. as well as investigations by the department of justice. we all have perceptions about that, but i best leave that to the investigators to sort that out. we do know command and control, there was a lot of confusion. we all sought unfold on television, almost life. where's the national guard? where's the national guard? government did not work that day. we did work was the police coming together and holding the line. -- what did work. host: largely former members of the military and law enforcement pegs that number at 50 two in their report. -- 52 in their report. what are your thoughts? guest: i will share with you, if i may, my perception. our veterans are very subject to call to action on internet and networking and

department of state subsequently activated the afghanistan ordination task force and requested the department of defense by temporary support for up to 3500 afghan siv's. on august 15, the department state requested ended -- secretary of defense approved -- in responses request, u.s. northern command are providing temporary housing, medical screening, transportation and other services for both afghan special immigrant visa applicants and at-risk afghans. u.s. northern command has been tasked to build capacity to support up to 50,000 afghans. to do that, the department defense under u.s. northern command has established taskforces at fort lee, virginia, fort, texas, fort mccoy, wisconsin, and joint base mcguire lakehurst in new jersey. on ounces -- three additional military institute nations authorize choose provide support in the united states for afghan siv applicants and other at-risk individuals. this includes marine base quantico and holland air force base in new mexico. as of today, fort pickett has a capacity of 1000 afghans. we are working with the other two installations to finalize their respec

figure out what to do initially there were discussions about doing something useful for this department of defense as an instructor in the country defense university but i pretty much bundle those wishful notions and i was offered a unique opportunity and yet to be in the army in about as far away from d.c. as possible and basically keeping us far away from the pentagon as possible in the capital everybody had plenty of indications that i was on shaky ground, very senior officials and not one of them is four-star and basically i was toast, but on that day it was a sense of relief and your brother there was that nice were you upset that he got wrapped in. >> he didn't deserve it but he was also in the same vein as i was he was investigating wrongdoing by the national security advisor o'brien and it was just the fact that he had the same face as me and the same last name he was also investigating a wrongdoing by senior officials and it was convenient for them to push them out and frankly i hadn't been addressed yet this is one of the examples of accountability and we hadn't had full accounting of wr

that of course, happen by the department of defense typically in person to next of can. i believe they gave an update on that this morning conveyed that that process is ongoing. the president wouldn't then make a call or reach out until that process is completed and it would be up to the next of kin and the families to determine if they are prepared to receive a call from the president of the united states. and i think it's important to know that this may be the worst day of their lives, and they may or may not feel they're ready to talk to the united states, or they want to talk to the president of the united states. and that's their choice . but i expect once any calls are completed will provide you all an update. and then finally, i want to know if the white house has any reaction to the author, republican lawmakers who are now calling the president to resign. well, an answer, i have to say that seeing some of those occur or be called for or be put out on twitter. you know, the backdrop here is the us men and women of the military. deployed on the ground are bravely c

the department of state subsequently activated the afghanistan coordination task force and requested the department of defense provide temporary support for up to 3,500 afghan special immigrant applicants. on august 15th, the department of state requested and the secretary of defense approved additional support for afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other vulnerable afghans. in response to this request, the u.s. northern command we're providing temporary housing, medical screening, transportation, and other services for both afghan special immigrant visa applicants and at risk afghans. u.s. northern command has been tasked to build capacities to support up to 50,000 afghans to do that, the department of defense under u.s. northern command establishes task forces at for the lee in virginia, ft. bliss in texas, ft. mccoy in texas and mcguire dix in new jersey. on august 25th, the secretary of defense authorized three additional military installations to provide support inside the united states for afghan special immigrant visa applicants, families and other at risk individuals. this includes marine co

the department of defense has the continued responsibility to support the state department and the ongoing movement of evacuees through our intermediate staging bases and safe havens all the way to the united states in the coming days and weeks. on that topic, here's a quick update on the military installations in error safe havens and staging bases that are helping transition all of these flights. centcom locations receive process and transfer passengers to follow on locations in europe and the united states. today, they will receive about 19 flights and approximately 5000 passengers in germany, italy and spain, including the naval station. in turn, six flights will transport about 3300 people from europe to the united states. i cannot say enough how important the contribution of our allies and our partners has been in this massive global operation. additionally, more evacuees continue to arrive stateside and are moving to designated installations throughout northcom. general van will provide a more focused briefing on this extensive briefing later today. in conclusion, i will reiterate w

service member haves died. >> i will leave it with department of defense to confirm casualties. >> we heard from general mckenzie talking about this extremely threat, how would you sum up of the level of confidence, there will be another attack of this before the completion of this evacuation. >> i can't give you that assessment. as i think our members of national security team have said, these are ongoing threats. i can give you that assessment from here. go ahead. >> the u.s. and coalition flights of this attack has slowed some of the coalition party and other countries are out. >> fewer americans and allies are going to get out because of this attack? >> it is a good question, josh. >> one of the reasons we put out the numbers twice a day because we want you to have an understanding how many people gotten out. those include members from coalition partners and we are working now and this is one of the piece the president is working on as getting people out onto these plans as possible. but, i don't want to give you a prediction because our u.s. military is incredible and they are wo

i will convey i will leave that to the department of defense. at i will tell you we are committed to getting american citizens home and out of afghanistan should they want to leave. and that includes people around the country. go ahead. reporter: thanks, jen. earlier today general mckenzie said they're focused on other afghan threats to u.s. servicemembers there on the ground. are all the threats the u.s. currently facing from isis-k? are there other groups that may be bad actors? >> i will not detail additional information about on going live threats. reporter: do we know if the president still feels as though the chaos and violence we've seen there on the ground in kabul was all unavoidable at this point? >> from about 11 days ago? reporter: yes. >> i would say, i have spoken to this a few times, if we go back to 11 days ago if that is your specific question we certainly didn't anticipate that the leadership, afghan government would leave, to pell in the manner or timeline they did or afghan national security forces would cease to protect the a

the department of state in the department of home lincoln security will processing that oversees transit forms in prepare for onward movement for all of those transported by the department of defense thank you. >> okay. we will get to questions. >> a question for general taylor . >> okay. >> general, has the u.s. military conducted any airstrikes today or over the last 24 hours or so and also there have been reports of afghan pilots flying they're aircraft to other countries. is that happening in is the u.s taking sorts sort of steps to try to prevent another from falling in the hands of the delavan pretty get the first question, no, no strikes have been conducted in the last 24 hours, but the commander on the ground continues to maintain that capability if required to do so. the commander has the assets that are available, and in support from other areas of the region. i don't have information on the second part of the question, but . >> so there's no u.s. actions being taken to prevent equipmen from falling into the hands of the tele- band by destroying it. >> i don't have an answer to that question. >> general, taylor. was this failure of intelligenc or planning that led to the

must be considered in a thorough, dlibive process that allows stakeholders from across the department of defense, as well as other federal agencies like the department of energy and our allies to provide their input so that decisions can be made with a full understanding of consequences. we can't be careless about this. which is why i was very concerned to see a news story that put forth a copy of a memo from the acting secretary of the navy, thomas harker. in which he directed the navy to defund the sea launched cruise missile program. this memo was signed june 4th, that's just one week after the department of defense submitted a budget request that asked for $5 million to continue to study that concept. and nnsa requested $10 million to conduct its own assessment. based on what you said, it seemed like the decision was made outside of any kind of posture review process. is that correct? >> senator, i have not seen the memo. but i would say that, you know, all of us, all the services and the department, again, making tough choices in terms of what to prioritize and where to accept risk. that me

could you confirm the reports that this is now 13 members that died. >> i would defer to the department of defense. >> and we heard from general mackenzie talking about the extremely active threat stream but how would you sum up now the level of confidence that the administration has, that there won't be another attack like this before the completion of the evacuation mission. >> i can't give you that assessment as i think our national security team have said these are orn going threats we're watching them closely. but i can't give you that assessment from here go ahead. >> speak a little bit on what the impact of flights has been you have been touting u.s. and coalition flights but this attack has slowed some of the flights. other countries are now out. does this restrict band winl that you thought you would have or fewer americans in afghan, are they getting out because of this attack. >> it is a good question, josh, and one of the reasons we put out the numbers twice a day is because we want you to have an understanding of how many were able to get out. over 7,000 people were evacuated over the

the way most people would feel me comfortable taking, which is really how i ran afoul of the department of defense. they preferred i kind of watered down my testimony, been more or less forthright and more reluctant or something of that nature, and you know, i wasn't going to do that. >> the whole thing is just like a movie for me. give me chills when i think about the score in the background. it's your dad and his 40s, leaves a russia, lisa soviet union to give you guys this opportunity. you get to the height of power in america. you have to make a decision whether not to do the right thing. your father who is the reason why you got into that position is a bit nervous because of that past and that history, and here you are having to say to him that you learn from him, don't worry, dad, i'll be fine for telling the truth. i have got to think that such a beautiful art and a wonder like sitting here today, does he feel that way, that you defined by telling the truth? do you feel that way? >> i do feel find anything we're all kind of in certain ways pretty idealistic which adds to our resiliency, and

department of state subsequently activated the afghanistan coordination task force and requested the department of defense provide temporary support for up to 3,500 afghan special immigrant applicants. on august 15th, the department of state requested and the secretary of defense approved additional support for afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other afghans. the u.s. northern command is providing temporary housing, medical screening, transportation and other services for both afghan special immigrant visa applicants and at risk afterghans. the secretary of defense authorized three additional military installations to provide support inside the united states for afghan special immigrant visa applapplicants, r family and other at-risk individuals. while not atask force, u.s. northern command is supporting operation allies refuge with services and additional forces including assisting with managing the flow of evacuees at dulles airport and in pennsylvania. that airport is opening up today. here is a snapshot of some of numbers that you'll see at the task force. task force eagle at fort lee in vi

of dollars over the next few years. i assure there's one department you've been waiting for me to mention, the department of defense. only department in our entire program that will actually be increased over the present budgeted figure. [ applause ] even here there was no exemption. the department of defense came up with a number of cuts, which reduced the budget increase needed to restore our military bouts. these measures will save $2.9 billion in 1982 outlays and by 1986, a total of 28.2 billion will have been saved. perhaps i should say would have been made available for the necessary things that we must do. the aim will be to provide the most effective defense for the lowest possible cost. i believe that my duty as president requires that i recommend increases in defense spending over the coming years. [ applause ] i know you're aware but i think it bears saying again that since 1970, the soviet union has invested $300 million more in its military forces than we have. as a result of its massive military build up, the soviets have made significant advantage in tactical aircraft, submarines, and aircraft defense

>> i'm not confirming if they have or haven't, i will leave that to the department of defense. what i will tell you is that we are committed to getting american citizens home and out of afghanistan should they want to leave and that includes people around the country. go ahead. >> thanks, jen. earlier today general mckenzie said they are focussed on active threats to u.s. service members on the ground. are all the threats the u.s. is facing from isis-k, are there other groups that may be bad actors. >> i'm not going to detail information about ongoing life threats. >> and are -- do we know if the president still feels as though the chaos and the violence that we have seen there on the ground in kabul was all unavoidable even at this point? >> you mean from about 11 days ago? >> yes. >> well, i would say i have spoken to this a few times if we go back to 11 days ago, if that is your specific question. we certainly didn't anticipate that the leadership, the afghan government would leave in the manner or would topple in the manner and the time line that they did or that the afghan

we do not know from our own department of defense who those individuals that that terry said they killed. where those individuals in a prison? why do we not know anything about >> in your opinion, does the present have led on his hand? -- does the president have blood on his hands. >> [indiscernible] if you're not able to get democrats to join your side, [indiscernible] >> we have a bill, we went out to across the country to build support. we had a discussion with robert o'brien. he is in charge of bringing hostages back. he was in the past administration as well. we need more people to know what is going on. we need more people to join with us. if you are listening or watching now, we do not care your party affiliation. we do not care if you dislike what we stand for. you stand for america, and you stand for bringing these americans home. let's have a plan to do that. let's take politics out of it. >> you know that -- for speaker pelosi tomorrow, on the eve of asking for a debate, a word about afghanistan, that she will step up to the podium, bang her gavel and say i will not recognize

the department of defense is working with the department of state around the clock to relocate as many eligible individuals as we can. reporter: you don't want to give a number at this time? mr. price: we are not in a position at this time. it is a fluid situation, dependent on the security situation on the ground. the guiding principle will be the safety and security of our people, as long as we deem that our public servants are safe and secure, we will be engaged in an ambitious and aggressive, around-the-clock effort to relocate as many as we can. reporter: how many u.s. citizens and possible dual citizens are in afghanistan? there is a number floating around about 10,000 or so. the u.s. state department is committed to taking care of u.s. citizens, but if things go sideways, is the government willing to not transport any afghan citizens, any citizens who are working for ngo's or the united nations, and focus solely on getting americans out? should people be getting their hopes up -- i guess is what i am asking. mr. price: on the question of how many citizens may be in afghanistan,

the department of state and the department of defense working overtime to vet as many people as possible. a certain group called special visa applicants. they were vetted several months ago when the president announced the troop draw down. saturday, a plane with afghan refugees landed at dulles outside washington d.c. those of those on the plane will take shelter at the expose center. they agreed to house afghans as a layover stop until they find something a little bit more permanent. defense secretary lloyd austin act investigated the civil reserve air fleet to help transport people once they left afghanistan. these are private airlines. they're not landing at kabul airport. the airlines participating, american, delta, atlas, omni, hawaiian and united. vetting is taking place before anyone comes to the united states. many afghans are being housed at several different military installations. just added today, the defense department announced joint base mcguire dix is taking part there. you have to remember and i'll finish with this, the 30 part countries helping out while the vetting tak

>> any timing operation when it comes to retrograde, the department of defense would need to speak to that. our people, those under chief of mission authority on the ground will leave the country as part of those retrograde operations. ultimately dod will need to speed to the timing. >> wouldn't that affect the remaining evacuations of any remaining u.s. citizens or afghans that have permission to leave under the u.s.' auspices? >> this is the point that dod has made. retrograde is not like turning a light switch. it's not off one and on the next. this is a transmission from a full scale evacuation to a departure. as to the mechanics of that, i would need to refer to dod. >> i want to continue a little bit on recognition and aid. we're seeing the reality sinking in europe about taliban about their accepting that they'll have to deal with the group. where is the united states on that? i know your focus is on the evacuation. but the urgency of that is providing aid. how are you going to do it? has the united states come to that decision that they will have to deal with the taliban not l

now that the airport is under the control of the department of defense, not only u.s. military aircraft have been able to land and take off, but also charter aircraft. it is also a goal of the u.s. and our international partners to see to it that the commercial flights are able to take off and land. this is something that we are working on very closely with our partners, with afghans on the ground. the re-initiation of commercial operations add tremendous capacity to those seeking to relocate from afghanistan. in terms of prioritization, of course our first priority, our first response billy, is always going to be to the american people. we have spoken of our relocation, repatriation of our direct hire staff. that has now completed for the time being. i told you today that we have notified the first group of private american citizens who have expressed an interest in being repatriated to the u.s. >> [indiscernible] sec. price: where are not offering numbers. i expect several groups of americans and their families, given them explicit instructions about where and when to

think the key question, aside from the through-put at the airport, is when you look at the department of defense, the department of state, the cia and elsewhere, do we have an understanding of not only exactly who they want to get out but how we're going to identify those people when they get to the airport? if you have stragglers at the end who can't get there, i understand that, but at the front end i would be worried about the logistics of how do you figure out who's john doe and who is not john doe, the person who worked for the cia or the pentagon. that is tough. >> nick, to you. you are in doha right now. you have obviously been to afghanistan countless times over the years. can you just relay the reality from the journey from if there are americans in kandahar, if there are americans in harat getting to kabul and then dealing with the may lay around the airport? >> reporter: yeah, i have to obviously as a reporter i can't be as emotional as your previous speaker, bus it is amazing to hear the way in which this chaos and utterly dysfunctional situation is being relayed as though it is some

s. department of defense pressures movie producers to portray the american military in a favorable light on the big screen. ah, just after 1 o'clock in the morning on wednesday here in moscow, and this is on the international a very warm welcome to the new york governor andrew cuomo and he will be stepping down in 14 days. it comes on the back of months of allegations of sexual harassment . now he denied any wrong doing, despite his own earlier impassioned speeches on respecting women and their personal space to sheep in or ridicule the pain, a woman suffers from sexual attack is disgusted. i often will give them a grip of the arm, a pat on the face, a touch on the stomach, a slap on the back. it's my way of saying, i see you. i appreciate you. and i thank you to 2nd guess how a woman should have an active or sexual pattern is sexist and disgusted. i do hug and kiss people casually. women and men. i have done it all my life. it's who i've been, since i can remember. i mean, it's just insensitive, you don't understand the pain you don't understand how the system tortures a person who want

there will obviously be additional updates that will be provided by the department of defense. as you saw them briefed out, our focus over the last 48 hours has been securing the airport and being sure we can begin to expedite flights of american citizens, siv applicants, and others out. i wanted to note this morning on a different topic, biden administration officials joined a meeting of the u.s. conference of mayors to discuss our eviction prevention efforts. the cdc director provided an update on the state of the pandemic and the associate attorney general reiterated ways mayors across the country can work with state and local courts to set up eviction diversion programs. this meeting is the latest in our efforts to communicate and work with local officials to ensure we are getting assistance out to key people in their homes. i know there are lots of topics. go ahead. reporter: with regard to the booster shots, how many shots does the u.s. have available for boosters and will supplying boosters have any impact on banks in around the world? sec. psaki: first, let me know that

we have plans in place to support lifting them, transporting them out of the country on the defense side. again, it would be department of state, homeland security questions about immigration processing. we recognize the risk that they face and we're doing everything we can to get this operation underway at scale so we can get through as many as possible under these very difficult conditions. >> but are you communicating with the taliban? do you have a line of communication? >> i'm personally not communicating with the taliban, but i would imagine there are communications within the diplomatic channels. >> as we said earlier, general mckenzie did meet in doha with taliban leaders. we're not going to detail that conversation. but the message was very clearly put to the taliban that these operations and our people were not tab attacked or there would be a response. and as you and i speak, there has been no attack on our operation or on our people at the airport. to your other question, i would again like to just fill out the mission that the military has right now is to secure the airport, to keep operations going, and