escape taliban rule. the big six nato allies have now ended their evacuation missions. brittain, in fact, last to fly their troops out of kabul earlier today. u.s. forces committing to evacuation efforts until the withdraw deadline on tuesday. officials say they are getting the job done. >> 66 flights left out of kabul yesterday in that 24-hour period, with 6,800 evacuees. today i can report an updated total evacuation that is more than 117,000. the vast majority of which are afghans. of this total number, approximately 5,400 are american citizens. >> and just moments ago state department officials said they have heard from 350 americans who are still trying to leave the country and 280 americans who are not yet ready to leave. conditions on the ground remain treacherous. the airport is still under that