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Five aircraft that happened to be on the ground. we had actually 20 aircraft in support rolls in the air. c-17s on stand by in case anything went wrong. the plan leading up was fairly detailed and complicated. but you do that so that the execution can go as smoothly as it did that night. >> bill: kabul fell august 15th, a sunday as you know. our marines and soldiers and navy corpsmen were blown up on the 19th. were you on the airport on and around that day or did you come later? >> we were there. we were there from the beginning. we had -- by the time it was over 80 c-17s were committed to eva...

Sunday, august 15th, 2021. he produced this letter. it's about six or seven paragraphs in length and he addresses the following. had he stayed, the bloodshed of the civil war from the 1990s would have come back. he addressed the allegations he stole millions of dollars. he calls that categorically false. at the conclusion of his letter he said i apologize i could not have made it better for the afghan people. we believe he is in the united arab emirates. that was the first official statement we've heard from the former president ghani a short time ago filing that online. so a couple headlines ...

Uncertainty. and the weaponization, the political weaponization of this information. because the challenge is that all of those things, covid in the vaccinated, colds and flu will all start like cold and flu symptoms. you'll have fever, you'll have fatigue and you won't know what you have. you won't know what's circulating in your area. and going to the doctor is a challenging thing right now. people are trying to avoid that. so it's the uncertainty around what's going around i'm most concerned about. and the second thing i'm really, really concerned about, children cannot be vaccinated and we...

Concerned about. when u.s. troops left afghanistan, the american citizens left behind would be at the mercy of the taliban as to whether they can leave the country and now that the taliban is the government they can say we're not stopping anybody from leaving, they just need to have the right paperwork. the secretary did say the united states is engaging with the taliban on this issue including in the last couple of hours. also this morning we are seeing what appears to be the largest protests yet in kabul since the city fell to the taliban back on august 15th. we're seeing large groups of men...

They can say, look, we're not stopping anyone from leaving, they just have to have the right paperwork. the united states is engaging with the taliban on this issue at majari sharif, including in the last couple hours. this morning we are seeing what appears to be the largest protest yet in kabul since the city felt the taliban on august 15th. we're seeing very large groups of men and women on the streets together protesting against the taliban. taliban gunmen have been firing in the air trying to disperse those crowds. there are no reports yet of any injuries. guys? >> nbc's raf sanchez, than...