Pentagon: last U.S. military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States’ longest war; Rescues underway as flooding inundates Louisiana towns

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

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U.S. races to complete evacuation as deadline looms; Parts of Louisiana unreachable, extent of Ida’s damage unclear; Energy company: 2k+ miles of transmission lines out of services, 1m+ customers have no power; Pentagon: every single U.S. service member is out of Afghanistan To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It looks as though America's longest war will be over in hours.
0:06.6	The lead starts right now.
0:09.1	Rockets fired at the Kabul airport as evacuation flights are coming to a close.
0:14.0	So what happens to any Americans left behind?
0:18.7	People trapped in addicts, buildings ripped apart boats to the rescue.
0:22.8	It is deja vu of the worst kind as Aida slams Louisiana, 16 years to the day after Hurricane
0:30.6	Katrina and hospitals across the south are now running out of oxygen as people who still
0:36.5	are not vaccinated push ICUs to the limits.
0:45.1	Welcome to the lead.
0:46.1	I'm Jake Tapper and we begin this hour with breaking news in our world lead hours before
0:50.7	the U.S. is due to leave Afghanistan completely.
0:55.0	There are still some 250 American citizens in the country who want to leave and have not
0:59.9	been able to.
1:00.9	That is according to a senior State Department official.
1:03.4	The 20 year long war in Afghanistan, America's longest war does appear almost over.
1:09.9	It is now August 31 in Kabul and the massive evacuation operation is coming to a close.
1:17.1	The Pentagon claims that the U.S. has evacuated or aided in the evacuation of more than 116,000
1:23.8	people from Afghanistan since August 14th.
1:26.6	A huge number, but the danger there remains very real.
1:30.6	The U.S. carried out a drone strike in Kabul to eliminate an imminent threat believed to
1:35.0	be a suicide bomber.
1:37.0	The strike inadvertently killed as many as 10 Afghans civilians, including six children
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