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Qatar. when the evacuation was formally directed on august 14, we began too carry out our plan. based upon the initial assumption that the afghan security forces would be a willing and able security partner in kabul. defending the capitol for a matter of weeks or for a few days. within 24 hours of course the afghan military collapsed completely opening kabul up to the taliban's advance. on august 15, many a meeting with taliban senior leadership in doha, our mission was to evacuate personnel and our partners. the taliban's response in that meeting was in line with what they said publicly. whil...

Killed in action. 13 of them in just the last week as they were carrying out this humanitarian mission to bring humanitarians and allies to safety. 6,000 evacuated since august 14. more than 20 american service members were wounded fighting against the taliban. the very same group that harbored the al-quaida terrorists that struck the united states on september 11th. the same group marched into kabul 20 years later. today they're back in control of kabul. neil? >> neil: so jennifer, the last plane left today. do you know how many were evacuated today? >> we do not have any of those figures. i ...

Sacrifices and accomplishments of those that served and nor the emotions that they feel. i'm proud that both my son and i have been a part of it. before i opened it up for questions, i do want to provide some important context to the evacuation mission that we just completed. in what was the largest noncombatant evacuation in the u.s. military's history. since august 14, u.s. military aircraft evacuated more than 79,000 citizens from hamed karzai international airport. 6,000 americans and more than 73,500 third country nationals and afghan civilians. this last category includes special immigra...

Evacuees they'll get out. we heard from the white house press secretary that 6,000 americans have been evacuated as part of 122,000,000 since august 14. she suggested there's a handful, maybe 100 or so americans left in the country. it's not clear how many of those still want to get out. we know from reporting last night there were americans that were not able to get through the gate. she said arrangements will be made with partner countries like qatar, turkey who will remain in afghanistan. the u.s. will not have a diplomatic presence after the u.s. military withdraws. but she said that those...

0 tonight before dumping rain in tennessee and ohio river valleys tomorrow. there's flash flooding and mudslides along the way. we wish those people well and a quick recovery in a very difficult situation. thanks nor being with us today for "the story," august 30, 2021. the "the story" continues tomorrow. see you back here. >> neil: thank you, martha, very much. we're on top of two storms gripping the world right now. certainly our part with the flooding and damage and winds and still more flooding and damage and winds to come from hurricane ida, now tropical storm ida. also following what's g...