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Questions but probably your patience with me is wearing thin so i'll leave it at that and get back to work. thank you. >> thank you, jake. >> thank you, jake. i just have a couple additional updates for you. some of which was provided by the department of defense this morning but i wanted to make sure you-all had this info make, as well. the airport is open for military flight operations and limited commercial flight operations and throughout the ninth, nine c-17s arrived with i equipment and 1,000 troops. some departed that lifted 700 to 800 passengers and 165 of these passengers are americ...

Let them do that and get as many afghans as they could on the plane and take off. it really was an extraordinary decision. the airfield was not secure at the time. there were people running all over the place. the crew was able to successfully get this flight off. there's two images of c-17s out there. the one taking off in the daylight is not the same one. the shot has now been released by the air force. we obtained it confidentially yesterday. the amount of interest world wide in seeing the faces and seeing the pictures of just how desperate some of these afghans are to get out i think has

That's at least a partial answer to your question. i know you guys have many more questions, but i think probably your patience with me is also wearing a bit thin. so i will leave it at that. [ inaudible question ] >> i just have a couple of additional updates for you, some of which was provided by the department of defense this morning, but i wanted to make sure you all had this issue as well. the airport, as jake noted, is currently open for military flight operations as well as limited commercial flight operations. throughout the night nine c-17s arrived delivering equipment and a thousand ...

Will be more than approximately 4,000 troops on the ground in kabul. forces will continue to flow in and reinforce the state department and d.o.d. effort there. the operation is ongoing and i'd like to give you a few more details on that operation. h kai remained secure. it is currently open for military flight operations as well as limited commercial flight operations. throughout the night, nine c-17s arrived delivering equipment and approximately 1,000 troops. additionally, seven c-17s departed. these flights lifted approximately 700 to 800 passengers and we can confirm 165 of these passenge...

And the airport resumed military and some civilian flights overnight. >> thought the night, nine c-17s arrived, delivering equipment and approximately 1,000 troops. additionally seven c-17s departed. these flights lifted approximately 700 to 800 passengers. >> the situation remains tenuous and dependent on the taliban who have been seen in videos like these intimidating those trying to make their way to the kabul airport. >> the taliban has informed us they're prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport. we intend to hold them to that commitment. >> the u.s. military is in...