we are working to co—ordinate to get american citizens to get afghan partners and to get legal permanent residents out, and we are hopeful to ensure there are additional flights. journalists in afghanistan say they've been beaten, detained and flogged by the taliban when covering protests. i should warning you the pictures we're about to show are distressing. this is nematullah nakdi and taki daryabi. they had been covering a women's protest in kabul on wednesday when they were taken to a police station. they say they were beaten with batons, electrical cables and whips. nematullah told the afp news agency "0ne of the taliban put his foot on my head, crushed my face against the concrete. they kicked me in the head. i thought they were going to kill me." here's more from yogita limaye.