hand. the state department concedes that that can't be guaranteed. in moments, jack carr says going forward in afghanistan, we would be wise to remember the past. first to rich edson with breaking news out of the state department. hi, rich. >> good afternoon, martha. sources on the ground in kabul tell us the idea, the trip of getting to the airport is extremely tenuous right now. there's taliban checkpoints they say throughout the city, around the airport and it's really hit or miss on who the taliban is going to let through, when they're going to let them through and reports of the taliban beating people trying to get to the airport. the state department told american citizens to shelter in place for some time. around 11:30 east coast time, this went out to american citizens in kabul "all is government provided flights are deporting. u.s. citizens should consider