what dod has spoken to is their re retrograde planning. we intend to complete our mission by august 31st. >> these pictures were not -- this is happening like the past half an hour. >> i don't have any response to that. if there's any change in dod retrograde operations or timing, they would need to speak to that. >> u.s. forces would not be at the airport through the end of the day on august 31st? >> again, any timing operation when it comes to retrograde operation, 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 but ultimately dod will need to speak to the timing in those operations. >> wouldn't that affect the remaining evacuations of any remaining u.s. citizens or afghans who have permission to leave? >> what i will say generally and this is the point dod has made is ta retrograde is not like turning an off switch. it's not off one minute and on the next in is transition from a full scale evacuation to a

when i say, dod worked with the process owner, dhs, to streamline this. specifically customs and border protection along with tsa who owns that process if you will. some of the challenges were being use of the proper vetting authorities, if you will, to ensure that we looked at the same ones and that they were coming across we knew exactly who was certifying that. and that is customs that was certifying across to the other side. what was happening is if the improper system was utilized, they were being flagged as red on the receiving end at dulles. that should give you comfort that we're not leaning towards conservative and pushing them out but ensuring verification. that led to the delays that you're talking about. when i took the brief this morning, we had no airplanes on the ramp waiting at dulles for processing through customs. and i don't have an update for you right now. i believe we're in a good position, jennifer. >> thank you. >> thank you. general, following up on jen's question, can you talk about the challenges that you've had with the dod and

what dod has spoken to is the retrograde planning. we intent to complete our mission by august 31. >> these pictures -- this is happening the past half an hour. >> i don't have any response to that if there's any change in dod retrograde operations or timing, they would need to speak to that. >> any idea if the u.s. forces would be at the airport through the day on august 31? >> 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 refe

and he told me dod resourcing for the various was "inching along," but that dod "didn't move the ball very far down the field with the fy 2022 budget." do you share this view? and how can we work to fully resource the service strategies that have been put out, the dod strategies that have been put out in this important area of great power competition? >> thank you, senator. when we talked before, i indicated to you that the arctic and the arctic strategy was important to me, and that hasn't changed. as you know, we're working on developing our national defense strategy overall, and also working through to refine our fourth -- forced posture globally. as we develop the national defense strategies, certainly the arctic will be an area that we will take into consideration and make sure that we have the right emphasis, the right focus. and that strategy will drive our resourcing. >> thank you. general milley, do you have a view? >> absolutely, we're committed to the arctic strategy. this is a classic example of the strategic military impact of climate change. as this melt and the ice pack

how long is dod prepared to house and feed these refugees? gen. vanherck: we are prepared to house and feed them as long as it takes to get them through the process, as long as the secretary approves that. i agree with you, they are coming here, starting over with what they bring with them. we hav been incredibly well supported by the local communities, nongovernmental organizations, they have jumped in to help these families with things of need, such as diapers, formula, clothing. you name it, you see that gamut when you're talking these large numbers. we've been blessed to have good support. reporter: are you willing to host as they go through the process, what you mean by the process? if they do not have a place to go, how long can they stay on base? gen. vanherck: they will stay on base until they complete the special immigrant visa processing process, which is all about the state department, we provide medical support and contract medical support as part of that. each of the applicants will go through screening process, such as screening for

how do dod and congress come together on this? isn't it harder for those two bodies to come together? how do we get there? >> it is challenging. what michelle has laid out is a way to get there that is not completely blowing up the entire system or rocking the entire boat. i am more on the side of blowing up the whole system, because the reality is, yes, we will have big, clunky, industrial era-type weapons systems we will have on budget, but the majority of acquisitions we need to make will be these more agile, mission-oriented types of technology, fulfilling new operational concepts. the things we often get off-the-shelf in the private sector rather quickly with flexibility and adoption, then they come along. one thing we mentioned in the report is the best way to start is rather than blowing up the entire system, focusing effort on the parts and programs of dod that are working. i think we need to do that as an end goal, but we are completely aligned in the way we need to start out to change the system, and it is true and you w

as to the mechanics, i refer to dod. reporter: can you give us a little bit on recognition -- we are seeing the reality of thinking was in europe about taliban. they are expecting they will have to deal the group, where is the united states on that? i know you're focuses on the evacuation, but part of that is providing an humanitarian aid. how exactly are you going to do it, and has the united states come to that decision, that they will have to deal with the taliban, not least because of humanitarian aid? price: on the issue of recognition, it is not unlike the question of any diplomatic presence going forward, in that it is something we are in constant contact with our allies and partners around the world to discuss. you referenced some statements from unnamed european members, there been formal communiques, including some of our closest allies in the context of the g7 and nato and other groupings. that speak to a unified position on this. reporter: does that mean you are aligned with their position? they say it is the

i will be bringing insight that i gleaned from dod back to the v.a. in terms of how i approach the study personally, it was both professionally as a leader, a member of divided administration, and a long-term advocate on these issues, but it was also very personal for me as a survivor of chronic sexual harassment in the military. i was in the army, a member of the group that is at the highest risk, so i acutely familiar with am what that population experiences and i was honored to bring that voice to the work. kate: that is great. thank you. kay, anything that you want to highlight from the process? dr. hunter: absolutely, and again thank you for having us and for digging into this incredibly important issue. one thing that is absolutely essential about this irc and the way we approach our work that differentiates us from some of the previous, really heroic effort, was the intentional, multidisciplinary approach as well. kayla talked about the diversity of civilians and service members and the essential perspective those bring, but also what is import

dod has been investing a lot in understanding victims and victims care. that work is absolutely essential. we need to keep doing that. but we also need to better understand what leads someone to be a perpetrator, so that we can prevent harm from ever happening. there is a big focus on digging in more on that. i want to focus in our loe 3, climate and culture. i was honored to be joined by two other veterans, bridget bell, a west point grad currently finishing up her doctorate in clinical psychology, also another west point grad who is working with army force com on gender integration issues as well. the approach to climate and culture was to take our combined command experience and look at what do we need to fix to ensure some of these great changes were actually stuck. if we look over the past 50 years, there have been several really good policy recommendations made, evidence-based policies. however, they were essentially planted into salted soil because climate never got addressed. our recommendations fall into three big buckets when we look at climate

the dod security activities are nested within this guidance. second, the state department is in the lead, diplomacy is in the lead, dod programs fall within a whole government approach to the region. we utilize security cooperation to expand the capabilities of willing partners, respond to urgent security needs and invest in the institutional growth of partner forces to share the responsibility for regional security. over time, our goal is to partner with self-reliant, capable and accountable partner forces who will work alongside the united states to achieve mutual objectives based on shared threats and shared interests. this is a long-term proposition. security cooperation programs are also design to ensure the u.s. maintains access to key areas and facilities, to support the defense of our partners, respond to potential contingencies, and to protect u.s. personnel. third, security cooperation encompasses more than military sales and funding. for dod, security cup oration -- cooperation includes education and trading, operational planning, in

it will be implemented consistent with dod immunization program 6205.02.he existing structure and regulations that govern policies and procedures for managing mandatory vaccination. this is consistent with the department's effort to ensure the safety of service members and maintain the readiness of the force. >> regarding afghanistan, can you give us a sense of what the evacuation and game is likely to look like or expected to look like, in terms of the sequence of events, will be u.s. need to have exclusive use of the field and apparatus to execute the flights? mr. kirby:, as the general -- i will ask the general to be more specific than me. we anticipate happening in the last couple of days, first of all, we will continue to evacuate populations all the way to the end. if we have to and the two. -- if we have to and need to. but, in those last couple of days, we will try to preserve as much capability at the airport. in those last couple of days, we will begin to prioritize military capabilities and resources to move out. that does not mean that if you a

you said dod is a planning organization. has there been presented a contingency plan to reintroduce u.s. troops a la what we did in 2014 in iraq if the white house requested? has that plan been crafted? mr. kirby: that we are planning organization is true. we do not talk about everything a plan on the books. our focus right now, tony, and the plans we are executing are to meet the president's drawdown requirement by the end of this month and to assist the drawdown of state department personnel, also, by the end of the month. i will not speculate about what things look like going forward. again, i would remind tony that this mission is narrowly focused, very specific, tailored mission to support the state department at this particular time. go ahead. >> second question. you have heard the narrative and questions from reporters and everybody else about, is this a repeat of the fall of saigon? you're not a historian but i know a number of you guys are thinking, how do you answer that question? can you give a sense of where the

in addition to dod resources, could make it about bringing them altogether. if you're familiar with the process, there are multiple stages and agencies involved. this gave us the ability to have a base with a location. we could bring that together and speed up something that might have otherwise taken weeks, into a matter of days, and became more economical, increased throughput and creative capacity to do more. 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 happe

the state, dod, intelligence community, they have their share. congress, having delegated and essentially washed its hands of its war powers has its share. media and the public for losing interest and not holding our politicians to accountability. right now, i am concerned -- if we look at the specific level -- that the intelligence community did not pick up on mid-level negotiations and accommodations that were made between the taliban and provincial governors, regional power brokers, district chiefs of police, district governors. those, underpinning the afghan government and security forces that disappeared overnight. either, they had not anticipated that degree, over assessed their strength, or their warnings were not heeded. even internally in the administration, there is a law finger-pointing. i come back to that overarching point, there will be plenty of time for accommodations, i am frustrated. i have made my own comments on who is at fault, but we need to make sure that we get all american citizens and our afghan allies out. the august 31

that has been updated that now the dod may remain on up to 20%. including some key markets in much of the east coast. we have a high cost for this and. it is around for -- it is around $13 billion. implications on what happens to the success of the auction if you take some of the major pres. biden: this evening in kabul as you know, terrorists attacked as we have been worried about. the intelligence community has undertaken an attack by a group known as isis-k. the took the lives of american service members standing guard at the airport and wounded several others seriously. they also wounded another -- a number of civilians and a number of civilians were killed as well. i have been engaged all day in constant contact with military commanders here in washington at the pentagon as well as in afghanistan. my command is here in washington in the field. you had a chance to speak to some so far. the situation on the ground is still evolving and i'm constantly being updated. these american service members who gave their lives, it's an overused word, but

is dod cooperating or helping in any way? john: to the degree they have brought to light information we can act upon to get additional people out, of course that has been helpful, and we certainly share the concerns that these groups have for these individuals. the feel the same -- we feel the same obligation that they do to it, so to help us latch on and identify, yes, that has been helpful. reporter: john, one question with the taliban. it is not an intelligence question, but was there coordination? did you share information prior to the strike on the isis targets? john: no. no. reporter: and turning to the preparations for folks coming back, is there a total number of people you have, evacuees you have on a domestic basis here, plus those in the process of coming back, of the different hubs and bases, all the numbers? john: i don't have it with me. i think we have just under 7000 sid applicants at u.s. military installations across the country. he has opened additional installations to get to a capacity of 50,000, if we ne

_ to confusion and is the dod cooperating?— to confusion and is the dod cooeratin: ?tion that we can act upon to get additional people out, of course that has been helpful, and we certainly share the concerns that these groups have for these individuals. we feel the same obligation they do. to the degree they have been able to help us latch on and identify, yes that has been helpful. on and identify, yes that has been helful. , ., helpful. one question with the taliban, helpful. one question with the taliban. it _ helpful. one question with the taliban, it is _ helpful. one question with the taliban, it is not _ helpful. one question with the taliban, it is not an _ helpful. one question with the l taliban, it is not an intelligence question— taliban, it is not an intelligence question but was there any kind of coordination and share any information prior to the strike on the isis— information prior to the strike on the isis targets? no. and burning to the isis targets? i157. and burning to the preparations for folks coming back, _ the preparations for folks coming ba

he encouraged all dod military and civilian and contractor personnel to get vaccinated and not wait for the mandate if he needs to move act sooner than this timeline that he will do that. so we're going to watch the and make sure that we're keeping readiness of the force. we should not be mandating this, but wisconsin republican senator ron johnson says he's spoken to many service members against this call as the fda has not yet approved the covid vaccine. they don't want to be forced to take the vaccine that either isn't fully approved. >> or where the full approval process has been short-circuited. any still have confidence the ultimate safety for efficacy of this. >> now kirby said the dod will develop policies and restrictions for those unvaccinated to follow reporting live in washington. i'm basil john, thank you for that well, coming up next. on kron 4 morning news, a car burst into flames in the south bay. >> some good samaritans jump into action to keep the fire from spreading. >> in the south bay. take a look at this. a truck catches on fire along northbound highway one. oh, on

the dod was given a mission. if they been given the option of between 500 more troops, that desk 2500 more troops, that was the suggestion of the department of defense. do not let this initiation lied to the american people and say the dod suggested that we leave bagram leave kabul. that should , be on the record. as we find out was culpable for desk who was culpable for this complete disaster, i think those are some of the avenues we will be going down. >> let's go to veteran mark rein. >> i want to thank my colleagues who served their country, not only here but in uniform, i took the same oath many years ago. the taliban wrote the agreement that it made with this country from the very beginning. this year, at multiple points in the timeline, the taliban continued to break the agreement. whether it was the power-sharing agreement overall, by their taking over the country, or the agreement to allow americans to pass through checkpoints. i cannot tell you how many calls have come to my office, every member seated

it goes into effect on wednesday, does the dod plan on following that policy? >> i will take the question back and get the -- i will take the question back and get you a question a later. i cannot speculate at this time. >> why did president biden not get -- act faster to get people out of afghanistan? they will be targeted. >> i think the president has been very clear that what our expectations are. once this is complete with respect to the safety and security of american citizens. we have been clear about that. as you heard, we are going to continue to pursue a variety of means to help those americans who want to get out after we are gone. >> can you give us a sense of how many people are on those flights and the breakdown of afghans in the u.s.? >> i cannot give you the by manifest, we think of today's 17 flights, the majority of those are afghans. the priority at these lily pads that are done are to get a negative since first. the majority of the flights are afghans. >> the congressional people are being briefed that you're starting to destroy ammunitions,

dod stands ready to assist as requested by fema.ou. >> i don't have anything to add so we'll go to questions. lena? >> general, one quick follow-up and then a question. the crams, are there no casualties? >> the reporting from last night's rocket attack we assessed that, five rockets were in the air and three landed off the air field, were no effect and c.r.a.m. was able to effect and thwart the attack of one and the other rocket landed with no effect to the mission or any danger to our personnel. >> and then secondly on evacuees, does the u.s. and the u.s. military assess that the number of americans still in the country are only the ones that no longer want to leave, are they largely out now and it's our understanding the evacuation of afghans is largely complete also. so are you solely concentrating on just getting u.s. troops out and equipment? >> just go back total, 122,000 were evacuated, approximately 5,000400 americans. we continue to have the capability to evacuate and fly out those until the very end. as you talk about act

the dod has permission right now . the president has set i support you, go ahead. is that just to give them the services to get their ducks in a line? >> we saw the president's statement and are grateful for the support that he very clearly iterated in that. unless fda licensure has occurred, you still need a waiver for the authorization. a formal waiver by the president of the united states, which we do not have right now. so, while we saw and appreciated the president's statement of support, we would still be compelled by law to ask for that waiver. compelled by law to ask for that waiver. given the president's statement, we don't have any problem with that, but it's a process issue. >> a different topic, apparently there have been satellite images spotted in a couple of icbm fields in china. is the pentagon concerned about the rapid nuclear buildup in china? >> i'm not going to get into intelligence assessments or the nuclear issue, but since the beginning of this administration we have had concerns over the kinds of military capabilities china has been procurin

dod personnel have secured the airport. it is open and u.s. military evacuation flights are taking off. following this operational briefing with military commanders the president and vice president met by secure videoconference with her national security team to hear intelligence, security, and diplomatic updates on the evolving situation in afghanistan. they discussed the status of ongoing evacuations of u.s. citizens, siv applicants, other vulnerable afghans at risk and how we would do this safely and efficiently and monitoring any potential terrorist threats, including from isis-k. they were joined by secretary blinken, secretary osman, director haynes, director burns, myself, ambassador wilson, ambassador khalil saad, general mackenzie, and other senior officials. just to say a few words about where we come from and where we are, i want to start by saluting our troops and civilian personnel at the kabul airport. i want to salute the state department, department of homeland security, and the country team in kabul which have been doing incre

it's interesting and worth noting that that push was coming from within the congress rather than the dodrissy houlahan, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. thank you for having me. >>> and airlifted out. nbc news was there as the coast guard pulled haiti earthquake survivors after they were swamped by a tropical storm. gabe gutierrez is back on the ground, joins us live with a full report from port-au-prince next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. reports" on msnbc. so you can focus on what matters most. whether it's ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs. being first on the scene, when every second counts. or teaching biology without a lab. we are the leader in 5g. #1 in customer satisfaction. and a partner who includes 5g in every plan, so you get it all. without trade-offs. unconventional thinking. it's better for business. i was drowning in student loan debt. i was in the process of deferring them, paying them... then i discovered sofi. completely changed my life. lower interest rate. my principal is going down. sofi is a place where you can start to

it will be implemented consistent with dod immunization program instruction 6205.02, in other words,nd procedures for managing mandatory vaccination across the force. this is consistent with the department's efforts to ensure the safety of our service members and to maintain readiness of the force. with that, we'll take questions. bob. >> john, thank you. with regard to afghanistan, i wonder if you could give us a sense of what the evacuation end game is likely to look like or expected to look like in terms of the sequence of events over the last three, four, five days? will the u.s. need to have sort of exclusive use of the fields and the apparatus to execute the final flights? >> i'll ask the general to be more specific than me, bob, but what we anticipate happening in the last couple of days, we will -- first of all, we will continue to evacuate needed populations all the way to the end if we have to and we need to. if you're an evacuee that we can get out, we're going to continue to get you out right up until the end. but, in those last couple of days -- we'll try to preserve as

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dod dod, about three months ago leaked to the media that they had offered to the white house the capability to do a big airlift in the white house said no thank you. in the intelligence committee kept leaking to the media or telling them, this is going to happen. and that's why they think that' why they knew because the intelligence was telling them. not only that, they were tellin us. if the american people shouldn' have to go manage the process. the process should be managed b the white house itself. >> with the keep saying is trum was going to pull out in they said the defense department was rolling. they were persuading him. there we're people that were trying to persuade him in a lot of cases they were upset about syria. he wanted to pull all the way out of afghanistan he paused no because they won, because he listened. so great, i know you have two more pages, so what else. >> know, you asked what can be done. i thought if you watched the five, i often use the prison of two ideas. i think we probably, biden missed an opportunity to redefine the mission in they ar not going to fight, w

you said that dod as a planning organization, and have they sent any plans as what to what we did in 2014 to iraq, and has that plan been crafted? >> that planning organization is true, tony, and what is true is that we don't talk about every plan on the books. our focus right now, tony, and the plans that we are executing are to meet the president's drawdown requirement and also assist in drawdown of personnel by the end of the month and i won't speculate going forward. again, i remind tony that this mission is a narrowly focused and very specific tailored vision to support the state department at this particular time. >> i have a question. >> go ahead. >> okay. second question, you have heard the narrative and the questions from reporters and everybody else about is this the repeat of the fall of saigon. you are not a historian, and i know that a secretary and a number of you guys are wondering how the answer that question, and can you tell us where it is a bogus and fallacious analogy of where this is to the potential fall of saigon. >> tony, we are not focused on the history of t

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so it really depends on where they fall in the scale. >> the dod said today you've got 5000-9000 capacity, the operational capacity a day. all those people are flying in. they are being held, with processing very slippery. -- with processing being very slow. what is a process of getting those people processed and out the door? where are they going? if you can't say or you don't know, how is that possible at this point? mr. price: ultimately, the final destination will depend on whether you are a u.s. citizen, you are coming back to your home country, if you are a third country national, you're going back to your home country. if you are an afghan -- afghan national, we have her generous offers. -- heard generous officers. those siv's who have completed the rigorous vetting process, they will come here, just as 2000 of them have under operation allies refuge. when it comes to siv's who are not at a particular stage, when it comes a vulnerable afghans were not part of the siv program, we have her generous offers from countries around the world -- heard generous -- heard generous offers from