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Me. colonel, just to what barbara was talking, about the five rockets fired at the airport overnight, we learn more detail about what happened with them. three of them landed outside of the airport. one was neutralized by the c-ram and one landed inside of the airport but from the podium they said that it -- that it posed no threat or danger to anyone or any personnel in the airport. is that how a c-ram is supposed to work? the general said that it was, quote/unquote effective. is that a successful -- is that successful? >> well it can be, so there are nuances operationally here but the fact t...

An imminent threat to the airport, and this video from social media shows people gathered at the aftermath of sunday's air strike. a u.s. official said the vehicle targeted contained one suicide bomber. the u.s. military says secondary explosions from the vehicle may have caused civilian casualties. cnn's anna coren joins us now from hong kong. good to see you. let's start with this. i want to find out what more you're learning about these reports as many as five rockets being fired at kabul airport. >> reporter: we are learning the u.s. military has shot down these five rockets, using a count...

The c- ram. counter rocket and mortar. it is for the shorter range rockets. it and from what i understand from military source its was successful tonight. >> since the deadline is tuesday daw, president biden's deadline to withdraw americans and troops from afghanistan. from kabul. do you think in your opinion, does this change what is to come by tuesday? do you think there is a chance that deadline could be extended. seems not to be a lot of opportunity to get out. >> it made getting through the gates more difficult in last 24 hours. we noticed most of the gates have been closed. and even one...

Continuing rocket threat to the final planes leaving and c ram is playing. will it be left behind since it's so vital to protecting the planes, what will happen to the c ram after we go? >> we certainly assess there is still an active threat in various ways that we have to be prepared for. and what i will tell you without getting into specific systems and their availability, which i think you can understand why we wouldn't, we continue to have and will maintain the capability to protect ourselves and defend ourselves as we continue to complete the retrograde. i think that's probably the best p...

Did work. it did engage. and had effect on the the one. and then one did land in a area and it was not effective. >> it didn't -- you intercepted that one. >> that is correct. we intercepted one and it was effective. the c-ram was effective. >> terese. >> i just need to clarify the number you state earlier. of the 122,000, is the 5,400 part of the number of the americans evacuated or is that a separate number from the -- >> 122,000 plus evacuated over the course of this operation going back to late july when we started moving siv applicants back home and then you add in the -- since then, yes,...