breaking overnight, the last u.s. troops have left afghanistan ending the american presence it compound once of course the center of mediilitar power. and anna coren is live for us. this is a hugely. reporter: when they boarded those aircraft carriers and flew out of here, two overnight, one at 6:30 a.m. this morning, they had troops and equipment on board. there is nowhere also for those u.s. forces to go other than back to the united states. so you will have your troops home by the fourth of july. we also got confirmation that they have handed back bagram area base to the afghan national security forces. they are now in charge as of today. but this really does acsymboliz the very end of the 20 year war here. yes, they are going to leave, perhaps up to 1,000 troops will remain in country to protect the u.s. embassy as well as to secure the international airport until turkish forces get into place. but as far as america s physicl footprint training, assisting, advising a
surge. it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early the show that is declaring its independence from cleaning in. i m jonathan in for kasie hunt this friday, july 2nd. rescue crews are once again back at the site of the partial condo collapse in surfside, florida after having to stop for 15 hours due to safety concerns. the work was stopped thursday morning over fears about the structural integrity of the part of the condo still standing. our monitors went off where we re monitoring the cracks. we had three that signaled there was some expansion of those cracks and we immediately removed as well as shifted with the column six to 12 inches. it was later discovered the debris pile started to move and caused the sensors to go off. while rescue efforts are once again back on for the search for the 145 people who remain missing officials say they believe the best way to keep the more than 300 people who are working at the site safe is the likely
it was the jumping off point for countless operations and missions over the last two decades. the full withdrawal is expected to be completed well before president biden s deadline of september 11th. sources tell cnn that the white house is confident this is the right move, but the pace of the draw down is raising some serious questions about the national security ramifications in that country and beyond. experts expressing concerns about the potential of a taliban take over and the resurgence of terrorism in the country. up to 1,000 u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan to guard the u.s. embassy in kabul as well as the city s airport. some 2300 u.s. service members, men and women, died in afghanistan since the war on terror there began in 2001. cnn s anna coren joins me now from kabul. this is a big moment for the country. tell us what the country looks like right now and afghans you re speaking to, what are their worries today? reporter: jim, this is a deeply divided and
show july fourth. that big, that eventful, that now. that much relief to a country that wanted to get out of this pandemic and in this particular weekend they re doing so. some people say this could be back to prepandemic levels. it comes at a price. we re following that with 48 million americans that are hitting the road. if you combine that with those that are flying. and then the price you pay when you do get on the road. gas prices are moving up. anita vogel covering that and jeff flock on the road. keeping track of what is happening at the pump. we ll go to them momentarily. first, anita vogel on this great rush that is on and a record number of americans, at least records post pandemic, getting on to it as well. anita? hi, neil. the skies are expected to be very crowded this holiday weekend. we re not just talking about with roman candles and other kinds of fireworks. according to the industry experts that track these figures, air travel is already at 85% of precovid
100,000 civilians have been killed in afghanistan from this conflict. cnn s anna corinne is live in kabul. what happens as the u.s. officially hands over bagram to the afghans? reporter: it has happened. the afghans are already in charge of bagram air base. that happened early this morning when the last plane load of u.s. and nato forces left around 6:30 a.m. it has now been handed over to the afghans, as has really the security of this country. we heard from president biden when he addressed the media a little bit earlier today, and he said, we are bringing our troops home. those troops will be back by the fourth of july. whilst this might be the end of the forever war for america, for afghanistan, it s just another chapter. the people that we ve been speaking to, you know, local afghans, they knew this day was coming, but they didn t think it would happen now when the situation on the ground is as precarious as what it is. we are seeing advances from the taliban. they ve