Watch Live: Biden speaks as Americans and Afghans flee Kabul
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President Biden is speaking Friday about the evacuation effort in Afghanistan, as tens of thousands of American citizens, legal residents and their families and vulnerable Afghans struggle to flee the country following its takeover by the Taliban. What: President Biden addresses the nation on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan Date: Friday, August 20 Time: 1 p.m. ET Location: White House Online stream: Live on CBSN in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
On Friday, the U.S. military was forced to pause its evacuation flights out of Kabul because the current processing facility in Qatar reached its capacity. The U.S. hopes to lift the suspension soon by the opening a new flight option to a base in Bahrain, which is expected to begin receiving flights from Kabul Friday. On Thursday, the U.S. military evacuated 3,000 people from the airport in Kabul on 16 flights, including 350 U.S. citizens, according to the White House. That's still below the 5,000 to 9,000 per day the Pentagon has said it will be able to fly out of Kabul.
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