important milestone, first liked evacuating nationals out of afghanistan touched down at dulles international airportust outside washington, d.c., friday. this morning, the first flight has arrived in the united states carrying afghans who are eligible for special immigrant visas and their families. these are only just the first of many as we record -- as we work to relocate allied afghans to the united states so they can wait in safety while they finish recent apps -- visa applications. these include interpreters, translators, and others who provided crucial support. they are first to be evacuated under the u.s.'s special immigrant visa program. many fear of reprisals from the taliban, which has made territorial gains since u.s. troops began to withdraw. pressure has built to evacuate as soon as possible. >> we are not unmindful of the security issues and the risks people have taken to support us. >> the u.s. congress passed additional funding to foster the resettlement of afghan nationals. >> finally, the fallout from the pegasus global spyware scandal continues. more than 1000 indian phone numbers

they are heading to dulles international airport, which is just south of washington. and the 2nd flight is on its way to london. they will probably land part once they arrive here in the us. they will be taken to fort lee, which is an army camp in southern virginia. that is where they will be process for their s i v as they call a special immigrant, be that now initially was around for thousands of guns and their families who would expect to go through this process. other countries have taken some of those numbers . so it's expected that the us will be dealing with somewhere in the region of $2500.00. i do can process them in afghan. it's not quite simply because they don't have the resources, the able to do it here and 20, blinking as well as your bike has acknowledged that the u. s. does or debt to these people and has to treat them properly. the united states as committed to helping those who helped us during our time in ghana step over the last 20 years. and indeed we've had very brave afghans who stood with with us, with our soldiers, with our diplomats, mostly a

1st flights in the year one left a couple around lunchtime, in cabal on its way here to dulles international airport. just said washington, d. c. should take about 1012 hours, 2nd flight lack one hour later heading towards london, they will alive sooner. the intention is to take these and temperatures and their families to fort lee, which is a base in the south of virginia. there they will be processed for what's called special immigrant visa. now in total there's about $4000.00 afghans and their families who need to go through this process. that is because the american government 20 blink in the bite administration, they believe that these people will be at risk if the taliban where to seize control. they want to do this in an orderly fashion. they don't want memories. if you think back to vietnam of helicopters, taking off the roof of the embassy, that is why this is a much more managed process. once they get here to virginia, they will go through vetting, which will decide whether or not they can stay in the united states. congress is already approved additional funds for that process. 20 blinkin

vigorous private planes carrying more than 50 democrats without masks left austin for dulles international airport monday democrats. they, they plan to remain in dc for weeks and a 2nd revolt against the g o. p. overhaul of election laws. forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in the u. s. and according to some of the democrats who left the claim, it's an attempt to stave democracy. republicans are rushing through new anti voter bills in the house and the senate through marathon hearings over the weekend that lasted all night 24 hours. that republicans argue the measures would actually extend voting hours and make it even easier to vote. texas governor greg abbott saying the move won't cause him to back down. first, i will tell you what the house represents can do. the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. in addition to that, however, i can and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. but the partisan divide continues to grow as vice president come all harris aponce the efforts

cnn's dianne gallagher joins me now from dulles international airport outside d.c.ve for legislators to basically just boycott the political process. >> reporter: it is unusual, but this is the second time in as many months that the texas democrats in the house there have done this. now you may remember the first time was the last few hours of the regular session back in may where they simply walked out of the building. this time they are flying out of the state, the majority of the texas house democrats are going to be getting on these private planes and flying to washington, d.c. where they should be landing sometime tonight. now they said that they did this after these committee hearings over the weekend, one of them went almost 24 hours, and they felt that the republicans were simply not going to work in good faith with them. i spoke to one of the representatives, fisher said in a statement democracy is in jeopardy, we must do whatever it takes to save this country. the special session is 30 days. so they have got to sit out the remainder of that session to deny