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Flash back to 9/11, how we got here. i was 13. a lot of my friends went and served their country. thank you to them for all they lost and sacrificed for our country. you know we knew it would happen. it's the reality of it, it's a lot to take in and process. i'm deeply grateful for all of the americans that put it all on the line including the 13 last week to keep us safe. >> we add our voices to that and lift them up and their families. jennifer has been with us at the pentagon reporting. incredibly well, jennifer, through the war. let's get your thoughts as this has come to an end on august ...

Think some have described as the worst capitulation of western values in our life times. i went to afghanistan and iraq couple weeks ago, it was a republic backed by the united states, backed by the west. now it is an emerging islamic emrat. >> we'll talk much more with you tomorrow on the official august 31st withdrawal. that does it for us. i will see you tomorrow morning. for now, stephanie ruhle picks up coverage. hi there. i am stephanie ruhle. it is monday, august 30th. we are following breaking news on now tropical storm ida, continuing a punishing track across the state of louisiana,...

Tonight, right? the prime time address came from the secretary of state antony blinken, not from the president. >> reporter: yeah, even though this is a decision completely driven by the president because he made the decision to withdrawal the u.s. presence from afghanistan, one he announced in april and come full circle by august 31st in kabul, still august 30th here on the east coast and the united states and it's notable we have not heard from president biden yet but we'll hear from him tomorrow around at 1:30 east herb. he did issue a statement earlier today toting the huge effort it took ...

Over. after almost 20 years. >> the last c-17 lifted off from hamid karzai international airport on august 30th, this afternoon, at 3:29 p.m. east coast time. and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the air space above afghanistan. >> reporter: nearly 20 years since the attacks of 9/11 and the killing of osama bin laden in 2011, troops staying on the ground for another decade. the general speaking of the human cost of war, the american service members lost, too. >> it was not a cheap mission. the cost was 2,461 u.s. service members and civilians killed and more than 20,000 who were injure...

Leave. the state department in the last 24 hours putting that number around 250. courtney kube is at the pentagon for us. talk us through what your biggest questions are for defense officials here when they brief in about ten minutes. >> reporter: the biggest is what is going on at the kabul airport. we heard saturday morning from john kirby that the withdrawal what they call the military retrograde has begun. the deadline, if we are looking at midnight tonight from august 30th into the 31st in kabul, that deadline is only a few hours away, hallie. it's not clear if that means that all u.s. tr...