allowed some 5,000 taliban members to be released from prison here. this is a continuation of that. but very much on the ground they were working together here to get some of those afghan allies and the americans out. >> jeff, appreciate it. president biden has a personal connection it turns out to one afghan still trying to get out. an interpreter named muhammad who helped rescue three senators including then senator biden back in 2008 when their helicopter was forced down in a remote part of the country in afghanistan during a snowstorm. the interpreter, muhammad, is now in hiding, pleading for the president's help. the "wall street journal" broke the details of the story just before the president spoke today. white house press secretary jen psaki was asked about it a short time later. >> he told the "wall street journal," "hello, mr. president. save me and my family. don't forget me." what's your response to him and why is he and other afghan allies like him still in the country if the president believes as he said today that the mission was an extraordinary success? >> well, i would say first our