now democratic senator ben cardin says, quoting "it is disheartening that so many professional journalists employed by american-funded news organizations have not been left behind." and journalist from radio free europe and radio liberty did not make it through the airport gates. finally, an update on those 27 students from sacramento we told you about last night who were stranded in afghanistan. now their school district says it believes some of the students and their families are in transit out of afghanistan, but it's hard to get a number because they have not been able to reach many of them. the school district and a number of congressional representatives are now working to coordinate information. shannon grade >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. in the wake of the u.s. withdrawal of afghanistan, there is still an unknown number of americans to get out along with thousands of afghans who assisted u.s. forces and thought they were going to be released as well. now the task of resettling more