finally, boarding. time for gina, it s a painful goodbye. for most of the afghans on board, this is the start of their new lives as refugees. this was supposed to be an evacuation only of american citizens and afghans who worked for international troops. but because of the chaos now in kabul and people rushing the gates, it s become an emergency airlift of refugees as well. richard engel, nbc news, doha, qatar. and meanwhile the president revealed today that u.s. forces did have to go outside the airport grounds into the city of kabul to help retrieve americans. just yesterday, among the many americans we evacuated, there were 169 americans who we got over the wall at the airport using military assets. late today the pentagon confirmed this incident, saying three helicopters picked up the americans from a nearby hotel
i don t know how much longer it s going to be there, but this is really sad. i don t know if i m going to be back i m hoping, but i don t know if i ll ever be back. reporter: eventually the c-17 arrives and taxis in to position for boarding for gina, it sinks in. this is it these are moments that change the trajectories of families for generations. gina s relatives say goodbye to the only home they ve ever known, forced out because they don t want to live under the taliban. finally, boarding time for gina, it s a painful goodbye. for most of the afghans on board, this is the start of their new lives as refugees. this was supposed to be only an evacuation of american citizens and afghans who worked with u.s. troops, but because of the chaos now in kabul and people rushing the gate, it s become an emergency airlift of refugees as well lester all right, richard, thank you. now to breaking news in the fight against the
Klamath County search teams rescue two women stuck in remote area overnight
The Klamath County Sheriff s Office says that two women were out on a sight-seeing drive when they got stuck in a remote area of Lake County near Willow Valley Reservoir.
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 10:05 AM
Updated: Feb 19, 2021 10:07 AM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
MALIN, Ore. Search teams were able to locate and rescue two women who became stuck on snowy roads in a remote area of Lake County earlier this week, according to the Klamath County Sherrif s Office.
KCSO said that the women, ages 89 and 59, had been out on a sight-seeing drive when they got stuck near Willow Valley Reservoir an area due east of Malin, but far from civilization.
the hour here in houston. where floodwaters from hurricane harvey may have peaked but new dimensions of the disaster are coming into view and others exploding back to light. late today the arkema chemical plant in crosby was rocked again. you see the fire there s. what began as flooding became a power outage. cooling equipment shut down. chemicals heated up and erupted in flames. thankfully that fire has died down. officials warn new explosions are about certain. we ll have more shortly. it is just one of the string of different developments here tonight that should signal loud and clear this is not over. i know people think the weather is fine and the the rest of the country is moving on. folks here can t move on. this is not over by any means, including at the airport where gary tuchman discovered an airlift under way. take a look. it is an emergency airlift. hurricane victims who have lost their homes, their belongings, everything, bussed to a tarmac at a airport that serves por
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