President Joe Biden on House pushing through budget, developments in Afghanistan

President Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda as the House moves forward with a $3.5 trillion budget and $1 trillion infrastructure plan. He also provides an update on developments in Afghanistan. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

President Joe Biden told G-7 leaders during an emergency meeting on Tuesday that he will keep the timeline previously set for the full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, though the U.S. is also making contingency plans should an extension proves necessary.

“We are currently on pace to finish by August the 31st,” Biden said from the West Wing of the White House, in his third televised address on Afghanistan since the country fell to the Taliban.

“In addition, I’ve asked the Pentagon and the State Department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary,” Biden said.

The president has faced political pressure to extend the withdrawal deadline from U.S. allies in Europe, such as the United Kingdom, as well as from his own party in Washington. However, Biden made clear Tuesday that he believes the sooner the U.S. can finish the evacuation operation the better.

The president warned that staying longer carries serious risks for allied troops and civilians. ISIS-K, an affiliate of the terror group based in Afghanistan, presents a growing threat to Hamid Karzai International Airport, the president said.

“Every day we’re on the ground is another day we know that ISIS-K is seeking to target the airport and attack both U.S. and allied forces and innocent civilians,” he said.

Biden also described the U.S. relationship with the Taliban on the ground in Kabul as “tenuous.” The militants have cooperated with the U.S. on the evacuations, the president said, but the longer the U.S. stays the greater the risk that fighting will break out.

The U.S. has evacuated or helped to get approximately 70,700 people out of Afghanistan since Aug. 14, according to figures released by the White House Tuesday evening. Since the end of July, the U.S. has relocated nearly 75,900 people.

As of Tuesday, approximately 4,000 American passport holders and their families have been airlifted from Afghanistan though there are still several thousand Americans believed to be awaiting evacuation.

Biden said that the leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized democracies, the European Union, NATO and the United Nations have agreed to “stand united in our approach to the Taliban.”

“We will judge them [Taliban] by their actions and we’ll stay in close coordination on any steps that we take moving forward in response to Taliban behavior,” Biden said.

The G-7 leaders, in a joint statement following their virtual meeting, expressed “grave concern” about human rights, particularly for women, in Afghanistan and called for countries around the world to support efforts to relocate vulnerable Afghans.

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