, thanks for “oinint within. john sifton, thanks for joining us- — as week two of the paralympics getspert wingfield hayes has been travelling with a medical team in tokyo. in the back of the car, this doctor is trying to find a hospital bed for one of his covid patients. in this densely—packed part of southern tokyo, there are no dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital there are now dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital but can't get a bed. he and his team are a literal lifeline. in this block, a 61—year—old man is very sick and on oxygen. so, last night, i called him to check if he was alive and he could talk with me at the time. but this morning, i couldn't talk with him by phone, so i'm very anxious for his healthy conditions. as soon as he enters, its apparent the man is alive. it turns out he hasn't been able to pay his phone bill, so it's been cut off. he's also removed his oxygen mask, and as he checks, he finds his blood oxygen level is very low. his oxygen level is only 92%. it is not good for you. so, i put the mask to his mouth, "please keep it to

and we also are joined by john sifton. he is the asia advocacy director at human rights watch.o you both and thank yofor making the time. matt, 80 2000 people evacuated in a matter of days, no small feat. they absolutely get credit for that. but how does what has been done so far compared to the existing need on the ground? >> they have done it at the 11th hour, and done months earlier, it will haunt us for the rest of our people that t biden administration will be judged on is not the number of people we have saved -- that is a heroic and valiant effort, every single aircrew, state department official, department of defense official, aid worker who are home right now trying to still help afghans get to the airport, they are heroes. but we could have gotten every single person out. so we need to be clear, we will be leaving a lot of people behind. the association of wartime allies has been spending the last week talking with 100 data scientists at the american university here in washington, d.c. the new york times will be publishing a story on this. our estimation is that we ar

and we also are joined by john sifton. he is the asia advocacy director at human rights watch. thank you to you both. and thank you for making the time. matt, just to put this in context, 82,000 people evacuated in a matter of days. it is an enormous undertaking. they absolutely get credit for that, the administration. but how does what has been done so far compare to the existing need on the ground? >> it was done at the 11th hour, and for those who are advocating that this be done months earlier, it will haunt us for the rest of our lives. the number i keep telling people that the biden administration will be judged on is not the number of people who we saved -- let's be clear, that is a heroic effort, state department officials, veterans and diplomats and aide workers, home online trying to help afghans get to the airport, they're heros. but we could have gotten every single person out. and so we need to be clear, we're gog to be leaving a lot of people behind. the association of wartime allies has been spending the better part of the last week working with hundreds of data

john sifton is the asia advocacy director at human rights watch. currently? there are many afghans _ concern to you currently? there are many afghans at — concern to you currently? there are many afghans at risk _ concern to you currently? there are many afghans at risk of _ concern to you currently? there are j many afghans at risk of persecution and harmed by the taliban but the most immediate risk are those who the taliban has no intention of allowing refuge, people who they associate with the foreign government and those people are still trying to flee. the airport evacuation is essentially over but people will seek to stay in hiding and look for a resumption of civilian flights perhaps but more likely take over land routes to third countries. it is vital that european states and the uk is the leader of the g7 right now, come together and have an emergency summit if necessary with a broad global resettlement plan for the people most at risk. thousands of people most at risk. thousands of people are presenting themselves at embassies for differe