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0 power, it can hit 65 miles an hour in a year. >> wow. solar trains. >> thank very much for watching. "nightly news" is next. were back at 6:00. hope to see you then. tonight, the historic hurricane speeding to the northeast. henri at hurricane strength, growing more powerful. on track to hit long island and new england. which havent seen a hurricane in 30 years, tomorrow. coastal areas now evacuating the rush to board up and stock up lines for gas. empty store shelves. governors calling up t...

Americans were at a hotel in kabul and were extricated from the hotel by u.s. forces. i mean, i assume those are the kind of things you usually wouldnt necessarily announce because it makes it more difficult to do that in the future. what more do we know about it? >> we were surprised as well that biden simply came out and said that during the press conference earlier today. but we have learned more information about that. there were 169 americans at the baron hotel, which is very close to the a...

Oren liebermann joins us with more. you heard what clarissa said about americans trying to get to the airport, which is different than what president biden said today. whats the latest from the department? >> president joe biden saying americans can get through, the pentagon says, look, the vast majority of americans as far as they know are able to get through. there are some limited reports of the taliban giving americans problem. and thats where the on the ground daily almost constant communic...

Up an afghan baby being held aloft by its desperate parents in the crowd below. the marines say that baby is safe and well. it was treated inside the airport, and has been reunited with its family. now president biden yesterday speaking from the white house said both american citizens and afghan allies need to get themselves to the airport in order to be evacuated. the u.s. military cannot go out into kabul, or further abroad, to pick them up. but that is proving more difficult than it first app...

Much different today, well, that has to be proven. >> it does. in fact, it was the old saying trust but verify. we get to see any verification of that and general clark, you talked about the strategy, right? were learning that the u.s. military used helicopters to evacuate 169 americans from a hotel near the kabul airport. so are u.s. forces going to need to carry out more missions just like this to get people to the airport to have the idea of the one foot in front of the other, the really meth...

To send in three large helicopters to get these 169 americans from where they were at the baron hotel, an area that is secured by a third country that the u.s. wont identify and bring them back to the airport. it was done quickly and safely according to the pentagon. it was a decision made on the ground and not one that was checked all the way up the chain to the white house. as far as what we know from the pentagon, that is the first and only time that chinooks, these helicopters, have left kab...

The white house doesnt even know how many americans are still in afghanistan let alone how to get them all out. listen to the presidents answer to an obvious question of if americans are getting through. >> we have no indication they havent been able to get in kabul through the airport. we made an agreement with the taliban thus far. theyve allowed them to go through. its in their interest to go through. so we know of no circumstance where american citizens carrying a american passport are tryin...

People have been evacuated, bringing the number up to 13,000 since the official operation began on august 14th. were also learning about a dangerous rescue mission that happened outside the kabul airport where u.s. forces are stationed, as you know. were joined right now. our reporter is following everything. welcome to both of you. what can you tell us about that evacuation mission that took place outside the u.s. perimeter? >> yeah, kendis. this was an unusual operation. it happened on thurs...

Kind of things you usually wouldnt necessarily announce because it makes it more difficult to do that in the future. what more do we know about it? >> we were surprised as well that biden simply came out and said that during the press conference earlier today. but we have learned more information about that. there were 169 americans at the baron hotel, which is very close to the airport, but its on the south side, where the u.s. military are on the north side. the original plan was for them to s...

Military and intelligence agencies have been able to pick up and ferry them to the airport to get out. as i mentioned it seems a little contested. it seems theres no on-the-record agreement as to what is the extent of this. is this your sense it is actually a resource being employed to get people over the wall and through the gate? >> reporter: and we heard from president biden for the first time today this was a possibility. after asking this question all week and being told, well, you know, at...