number but yeah. bill: what kind of day was this? it was pretty much the middle of the night. bill: how many people were unable to get on board before you closed the door? we don t know about that. we were focused on our aircraft and mission at that time. we were focused making sure we could get the people out of there to the expertise that we had and trained to. we can t speak to that. we know we were focused on the mission to deliver hope and freedom to these folks. dana: i wanted to ask you about your flight was not the one we have seen that was during the day where you had people running on the tarmac. what was the scene on the tar pack for you and tell us where did you fly to? where was the destination? so the situation like i said we were doing what we were trained to do. focused on crew position and making sure everything in on checklist and assess the
taliban go door-to-door. other countries aren t waiting. the u.s. said its forces are under strict orders to stay in the airport and they rely on the taliban. how long will the safe passage be allowed to remain? bill: my next guest here with reaction to the chaos overseas writes in the new york post afghanistan was a gasly display of how wokeness weakens america. vivek ramaswamy is with us today. good morning. address this. i think there is exactly one way that we could have prevented the catastrophe that unfolded this week. it was if the taliban perceived a credible threat of total annihilation. if they renegeed oh prior agreements they wouldn t have taken over kabul. they would not have gone for kabul. here is the problem. they knew president biden could never make good on that threat
cargo and load all the cargo. i made sure all the passengers were on safe tloi evacuate them to safety. bill: when you were trying to do that, those not familiar with the c-17 has a giant back door that folds down and you could put tanks inside or humvees inside or line up human beings on each side of the c-17 and they buckle up and take off for flight. that wasn t the case here. you don t have seat belts for 850 people. can you explain what you were thinking about at what point you closed that door and said let s go? well, i made sure that everybody was safely on board when we closed up. made sure the ramp was definitely free of everybody and the idea of seat belts was out the window when we put 823 people on there up to the 850
though the embassy now acknowledges the airport gates may open and close without warning and advises use your best judgment in getting to the airport. then there are the tens of thousands of afghans who worked with the united states over the past two decades. we spoke to a former interpreter who says he is trying to get his family to kabul and then through to the airport. we obscured his face to protect his identity. now we are in afghanistan. i m hiding in my friend s house. two or three times the taliban came and asked at my door. this is very upsetting for me. i wish i didn t work with the united states. the pentagon says flights are picking up over the last 24 hours. 5700 people getting evacuated bringing the total to 12,700 since saturday. bill: fox news alert now. tried to do this 20 minutes ago
bill: there is breaking news now. we showed you this image a short time ago of all the afghans and westerners crammed inside the c-17. it is one impressive aircraft. we were told normally you put 150 people inside, cargo as well. they line the sides of this plane and you can strap on with a seat belt and safe for travel. however, in this situation, the americans who were operating this plane were so overwhelmed by the afghans who showed up at the airport that they had a decision to make. they can close the door in the back of the c-17 and leave or they can get everybody out, or they can stay. and the pilots who made the decision flying this aircraft said we re out of here.