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The last british plane carrying troops and diplomats has now left kabul airport. it brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan. in the past two weeks more than 15— thousand people were evacuated from the country. an estimated 11—hundred eligible afghans and 150 uk nationals were unable to leave. here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plane carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning...

Hello and welcome to the programme. the last british plane carrying troops and diplomats has now left kabul airport. it brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan, culminating in the evacuation of more than 15— thousand people from the country in the past two weeks. an estimated 11—hundred eligible afghans and 150 uk nationals could not get out. here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plan...

Didn't technically mean it with the men an women in uniform, spicer saying it's -- to define what a crime is use this kind of language. >> i think in trying to read donald trump's mind -- >> good luck. >> which is not easy, maybe he's referring to the 10-15 thousand border agents they're going to have to hire at a cost of millions and millions of dollars to enforce immigration laws. and that is i think maybe, i have no idea, what he was talking about. again, they're not the military. they would be border enforcement people. >> sure. >> so they're not, to barbara starr's point, not military -- ...

My daughter was a server at a restaurant in the mall of america that saturday. she was counting as a student on bringing home lots of tips that very busy day. and she went home with empty pockets because the mall had to be shut down in part during prime time. so it isn't just about mall of america. it isn't just about the tenants. it is about 15 thousand people who work there and it is about people who want to come and finish their christmas shopping. >> i'm just curious. i don't know how in tune she was with the cause behind black lives matter but since she didn't make any tips, what does she...

I don't believe it for a minute. because i think what we're looking at is a seat change in the voter population. if you got time i got a quick anecdote. >> go ahead. >> up in spencer iowa recently in clay county event. clay is a very prosperous county in our part of the state. we went to an event with 1500 people. the population of clay county is only 15 thousand. so we had 10% of the population in at 10:00 in the morning on a saturday morning. i went out and introduced mr. trump and did the warm up and i asked the crowd, i said how many of you in here have never caucused and about 20% of the ...