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Is unclear. with the kabul airport shut down, dangerous ground routes appear to be the only option. the state department also won't say if any american citizens have gotten out since the last flight out of kabul on august 30th leaving behind 100 to 200 americans, tens of thousands of afghan allies, including the majority of siv applicants and even the state department's only journalists. also among those stranded an interpreter known as mohammed who helped rescue then senator joe biden in 2008 when his helicopter made an emergency landing in the snow covered mountains of afghanistan. >> if you...

>> gentlemen gets bipartisan support. >> we question facebook's motives but the latest move. >> one of the servicemembers who died in afghanistan last week, his mother, hope i'm pronouncing her name correctly, instagram deleted her account. a really touching post about her son's death and criticize the biden administration on august 30th she wrote my son's. on your hands, all 13 of them, their blood is on your hands, she said instagram then deleted the account and instagram responded it was a mistake. we express our deepest condolences to ms. chapelle in the family, tribute to her growing son ...

Resettlement of tens of thousands of people at risk coming here. now, i pressed ned price about a specific incident that is an american citizen that says his parents, his sister and grandmother could not get out amid the chaos to get out. here's price's response. listen. >> they will receive specific tailored messages from us as we develop and start to operationalize these plans. >> price would not say whether in i american citizen has gotten out since the last flight on august 30th. now, as for the continued evacuation, we know the airport is closed. there's no agreement for anyone to set it ...

The name of today's military operation is enduring freedom. we will not waiver. we will not tire. we will not falter. and we will not fail. peace and freedom will prevail. thank you. may god continue to bless america. >> the american news media and the political class found nothing to criticize in that speech, not one word. but we did waiver. and we did tire. and freedom didn't not endure in afghanistan. here is how it ended. >> i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan in the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, third country nationalists and...

We end tonight with this image. the last american soldier leaving afghanistan. it was tweeted out by the defense department a few minutes ago. it shows major general chris donahue, commanding general of the 82nd airborne america's division, the last soldier boarding the last c-17 departing kabul. which again, took off one minute before midnight on august 30th. it is -- i mean, striking image. america leaving afghanistan after two decades, four presidents, and 2,461 u.s. service members die -- dying. let me say that, again, because tonight we also want to remember the soldiers and their familie...