air lift operations in history. since the mission began, over 111,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan, including 5,400 americans. over 20,000 afghans have come through ramstein, many fleeing their homeland with whatever they could carry. we had no other choice. we had to leave because our life was in danger. reporter: families, young children, even newborns. buses bring them to this processing center. after they ve been processed, the afghan evacuees come here, to the temporary living facility. there are over 440 of these tents. the afghans you see walking through the rows here, waiting until they can get on a flight to the u.s. the base nearly at capacity. the airmen stationed here pushed to the brink, grappling with an immeasurable humanitarian crisis and the carnage of war. within minutes of that catastrophic attack on kabul s airport, an air force c-17 departed ramstein with
the taliban. meaning thousands of americans and will be left behind. the department of state you updated number of americans evacuated safely out is 5400. the number of americans trying to get out they say 350, which they say are nearly are already out of the country but only time will tell. will, pete, rachel. will: thank you so much, griff. rachel: 2000 people were evacuated just last night. pete: it s a scene of desperation right now, especially for american citizens. taliban not letting people through the gates. most of the gates are closed because of the threat assessment. it was 36 hours. we re within 24 hours of an imminent attack. we have more questions than answers. friday night we reported about the isis-k drone attack. great, as john kirby said, two guys are dead. i never heard the title used. they are certainly not
forward. maria: can you say anything about your classified briefing on afghanistan to share with us? those are classified briefings. one thing i will tell you is we should have the members of congress back for another classified briefing before they bring our men and women out of there. they have americans knowing the state department talked about 11,000 americans there. they said they moved it 5,400. that means thousands of americans are still there. we know from the state department that there are thousands of isis-k people, terrorists that have now left the prison in bagram. we are less safe today than we were in the places if you look before 9/11, because now they have our weaponry. taliban now has more blacking hawk helicopters than australia. they have our drones and others. we need to focus on protecting america, and that s something that this administration is not doing, but putting more americans that could be held hostage stuck in afghanistan. maria: congressman, we are g
wounded. i condemn these terrorist acts. and i hope and pray we can continue our mission. i have to say, i m so proud of our military. as of yesterday, i read that we have evacuated, airlifted more than 113,000 people out of afghanistan since the fall of afghanistan. that is extraordinary. 5400 of them are americans. and, of course, now we ll be watching shortly as the president needs meets the fallen service members. it is the president s worst and solemn duty. but i honor the president for doing what he has to do in recognizing and honoring the extraordinary sacrifice our service members make every single day in order to save lives. amen to that. and we do know the president is en route now on air force 1. he took off from andrews heading
battlefield. reporter: this comes as the race against the clock winds down, just 48 hours left before we expect the last u.s. flight to depart, turning the airport over to the taliban. the last british flight departing yesterday with british prime minister boris johnson praising the efforts. u.k. troops have worked round the clock in harrowing conditions. they ve seen firsthand barbaric terrorist attacks on people they were trying to comfort as well as on our american friends. reporter: it s a stark realization, guys, that very soon undeniably some is americans and thousands of afghan allies will be left behind, dependent on the taliban to get out. we don t know what that s going to look like. meanwhile, the department of state says since august 14th, some 5400 americans have been