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Of brutality that makes many afghans scared to stay in the country. on friday, the pentagon confirmed it had flown 169 americans by helicopter from a hotel near the airport after large crowds blocked access to the gates. its the first-known rescue of americans outside the airport perimeter. the first flights of evacuees have begun arriving in the united states. now, we dont know how many americans were among the passengers. but a source tells cnn that about 1,500 people who evacuated from kabul ...

Finally, boarding. time for gina, its a painful goodbye. for most of the afghans on board, this is the start of their new lives as refugees. >> this was supposed to be an evacuation only of american citizens and afghans who worked for international troops. but because of the chaos now in kabul and people rushing the gates, its become an emergency airlift of refugees as well. richard engel, nbc news, doha, qatar. >> and meanwhile the president revealed today that u.s. forces did have to go outsid...

Or four weeks ago, some of those strikes targeted u.s. military equipment that as the taliban was making this advance the u.s. didnt want it falling into the hands of taliban. but a perfect answer to that question, what does the taliban have, not likely to get that one. >> thank you. john kirby also gave an update on the baby that was handed to marines at the airport. he says the child was ill -- was returned to the father. kirby said he did not know whether parent or child or special immigrant ...

>> 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 communication between representative for taliban commanders and u.s. commanders helps to move that along and make sure americans can get through. the pentagon acknowledges they have seen limited reports of that bec...

But a perfect answer to that question, what does the taliban have, not likely to get that one. >> thank you. john kirby also gave an update on the baby that was handed to marines at the airport. he says that the child was ill and was returned to the father. he said he did not know whether parent or child or special immigrant applicants. general, first of all were you surprised to hear the president talk about rescuing 169 americans from an area outside the perimeter of the hospital? i mean, i --...

The airport can occur. right now it cannot. and you see chinook helicopters to a hotel to evacuate 169 americans and then you have the reports of taliban fighters simply beating people outside the airport and continuing this process of making it extremely difficult for everyone, american citizens included, to get there. charles. charles: to that point, i want to stay with you on this, because it was tough. it was frustrating and again, it feels like the spin goes before the facts. again, john ki...

Delaware for the weekend and vice president harris heads and 50s asia. guys? pete: lucas, thank you for that report. real quick question here. what do you make of that discrepancy? you have joe biden saying you can get through the gates. you have other officials saying otherwise. and then you had the evidence of the fact that we had to rescue 169 american citizens. these are not siv applicants, american citizens less than a mile from the kabul airport yet we were told from the podium by joe bide...

President biden says this evacuation is going very well weempleght have no indication that they havent been able to get into kabul in the airport. we made an agreement with the taliban this far. they allowed them to go through. its in their interest for them to go through. so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american pass poured are trying to get through to the airport. >> but late yesterday the pentagon announced it was forced to rescue mission and grab 1 of 9 ame...

Qua tar. and meanwhile the president revealed today that u.s. forces did have to go outside the airport grounds into the city of kabul to help retrieve americans. >> just yesterday, among the many americans we evacuated there were 169 americans who over, we got over the wall and into the airport using military assets. >> late today, the pentagon confirmed this incident saying three chinook helicopters picked up the americans from a nearby hotel because of concerns for their safety. the pentago...

Airlifted this week. the u.s. relying on the taliban to let evacuees reach the airport. today the president revealed 169 americans were rescued when u.s. forces went outside the perimeter at kabul airport to bring them in the president also claimed americans trying to leave are not being blocked. >> we have no indication that they havent been able to get in kabul to the airport. >> reporter: not so according to american david fox, who moved to afghanistan eight years ago. >> i can say definitive...