and accosting cnn. taliban controlled that road, the entrance at the end of it, and the road to the left. now, many are trying to get in from the north road but that's led to devastating scenes at the north gate. when i was there, the crush was dangerous. but the numbers have just grown further still. at night, stun grenades have been thrown when huge crowds still brave roaming taliban in the dark in the hope the numbers the gate have dropped. and in the day, it got nastier still. there were moments of hope but they carry risk. when people see one success, they might want to try the same thing en masse. later in the day, u.s. troops had to repel the crowd. at the gate, what seemed to be british soldiers struggled to push back crowds. and huge queues have formed blocking the streets. america has a numbers problem. getting enough people on. but also, claiming huge progress