that tajikistan renting a helicopter, officials believed was an attempt to use the border between tajikistan and afghanistan to try to get american citizens out. a really extraordinary turn of events, hallie. i know you've covered washington for a long time. i would challenge anyone to come up with similar scenarios, where you have congressman trying to enter a country recently taken over by the taliban to try to rescue american citizens. it's an extraordinary turn of events. >> one quick note we've been showing our banner at the bottom of the screen. congressman mullen said is he on his way home, that what he's saying in the instagram post. when you talk about this, what was the reaction you got? you had congressman moulton and mier who took that very sort of now well-known trip to