now, what s happened in the interim two weeks? besides, you know, afghanistan falling in its entirety to the taliban. back home in rhode island, major thomas schueman has been in repeated contact with zak in afghanistan, trying to do for zak what zak was asking of president biden. take him out of this crisis, somehow help him flee the country. major schueman had helped zak with his visa applications. he made phone calls, he wrote letters on his behalf. he sent zak money so zak could try to get his family from where they were living and where they were then in hiding to kabul. you have to bribe your way through checkpoints in afghanistan, sometimes with a surprisingly large amount of money. it is just a fact of life. ask any journalist who has ever spent time there. you have to bribe your way through check points. it s just the way things work. knowing this, major schueman sent money to zak to try to help facilitate him and his family getting across the country,
afghanistan, his friend, major thomas schueman, both of them here on this show together two weeks ago today. now, what s happened in the interim two weeks? besides, you know, afghanistan falling in its entirety to the taliban. back home in rhode island, major thomas schueman has been in repeated contact with zak in afghanistan, trying to do for zak what zak was asking of president biden. take him out of this crisis, somehow help him flee the country. major schueman had helped zak with his visa applications. he wrote letters, sent zak money so zak could try to get his family from where they were living and then in hiding to kabul. you have to bribe your way through checkpoints in afghanistan, sometimes with a surprisingly large amount of money. it is just a fact of life. ask any journalist who has ever spent time there. you have to bribe your way through check points. it s just the way things work. knowing this, major schueman sent money to zak to try to help
now, please, president, it s your time to help us, and take us out of this crisis. zak, working as an afghan interpreter for u.s. forces in afghanistan, his friend major thomas schueman, both of them here on this show together two weeks ago today. now, what s happened in two weeks, beside afghanistan falling in its entirety to the taliban s. back home and rhode island, major thomas schueman has been in repeated contact with zak in afghanistan, trying to do for zak what zak was asking of president biden, take him out of this crisis, help him flee the country. major schueman had helped zak with his visa application, he made phone calls, send zak money so he can try to get his family from where they were living and where they were than in hiding to kabul, you have to bribe your way through checkpoints in afghanistan, sometimes with a