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Needs air cover. it's modeled on the american ri model. it needs air coverage for strikes, for the wounded and so on and when we left bagram, the afghan army was vulnerable and he was askingin joe biden for help. joe biden tells him in that phone call, we may give it to you if you stage this fake event for me, and -- but it will only last until august 31, when his self-imposed deadline to withdraw. after that who knows. all joe biden wanted, was he wanted a big event for himself for 9/11, to pose as the president who pulled us out of the endless war. after that he didn't care what happened. he...

Rescued. what do you say? >> you know, this is a consistent theme. biden will create the worst possible mess and then act like he's a hero, as the arsonist tries to put out the fire they created and left people inside the house, so a few things. prince when he said that the military wanted to stick with the deadline of august 31, the only reason that is is because biden put them in such an awful position that it was becoming a problem for the protection of the force, and also, biden didn't even give the military a mission of getting everybody out. it's also worth noting yeah, you could have st...

And safe and deserve to find a new life here in the united states. some could slip through the cracks and that has gotten the government's attention to look to exactly who is getting through and who is not. griff jenkins with more on that at the state department. griff? >> good afternoon, neil. they're trying to make sure no one sneaks through the cracks. the state department spokesman ned price just completed his press briefing. he said 31,107 people arrived between august 17 and august 31. broke it down saying 14% were it is citizens, 9% were lprs, legal permanent residents of the u.s. and 7...

There is a lot of fear and anxiety among people in afghanistan that their safety is not sure. that is why they are fleeing from this country, thinking that remaining in this country will be a bigger challenge for them. among the people who remain in afghanistan are some us citizens. here's the us secretary of state. we believe there are still a small number of americans, under200, number of americans, under 200, likely number of americans, under200, likely closer to 100, who remain in afghanistan and want to leave. we are trying to determine exactly how many. bear in mind, president biden had ...

With a bloody cost leaving plenty of questions unanswered and big challenges ahead. >> tonight, the u.s. retreat from afghanistan is complete. the last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above afghanistan. >> reporter: the final american flight lifted off out of kabul airport just after midnight local time, where it's now august 31, the president's deadline for withdrawing after a bloody and costly 20 year war. >> it is a mission that brought osama bin laden to a just end, along with many of his al-qaeda co-conspirators and it was not a cheap mission. the cost was 2,641 service membe...