[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three weeks in Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we join the crowds at Kabul Airport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the only way \Nout of the country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a huge block here.\NLots of cars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds of people wait\Nin the blistering heat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping for a flight out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we just managed\Nto get into the airport compound,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uh, I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was pretty intense.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just, like, \Nthis crush of desperate people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and screaming children,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and women and babies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and um, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not often you see\Ndesperation like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The few people that do make it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are exhausted and scared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they are the lucky ones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've made it past\Nthe Taliban checkpoints,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afghan security guards,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, finally, the airport gate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they can't forget those\Nwho they left behind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are getting out.\NWe are happy for that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are heartbroken\Nfor our country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially those who can't get out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who are stuck here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are really heartbroken.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our heart bleeds for them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you feel for all the mothers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with young daughters who will now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be growing up under Taliban rule?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pain. Lots of pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Airplane engine roars.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The back of a pretty long line now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, transportation is under strain,\Nthey said.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, the priority
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is getting children and babies\Nout, as soon as possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I think we will probably\Nbe here quite a while.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you work for the U. S. military?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not military, but we are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with the Ministry of Defense\Nin Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also work with\Nforeign people, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have a visa?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes. We have documents,\Nand a visa, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we interview this couple,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly (there are)\Nshouts behind us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A vehicle speeds through.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Car engine sputters past.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a newborn baby.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That just flew past,\Nin that vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a newborn.\NDid you see the baby?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was this big.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baby, we find out,\Nhas heat stroke,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and needs treatment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A reminder, for these families,\Nthat they are close to safety,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not there, yet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stand in the blazing hot sun\Nfor hours,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone seeking what shelter they can.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Child screaming, crying.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patience wearing thin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an agonizingly slow process,\Nbut finally, we're allowed inside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out on the tarmac, now safe,\Nbut the chaos continues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been waiting for two days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday, since 3 a. m.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday since 3 a. m.?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me what the situation was like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to get in to the airport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really busy, and a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were just fighting, and trying to \Nmake way for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we pushed through.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are certainly some of\Nthe very lucky ones, here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others, as you heard\Nfrom that young man,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been waiting for two days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others we saw getting turned around,\Nsent back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Told, "you don't have the\Nappropriate paperwork."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no question: \Neverybody here is doing their best.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, it's not clear\Nif it's fast enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If enough people can get out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how much longer they have,\Nto finish this massive operation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to bring in CNN's\NClarissa Ward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is on the phone,\Ninside the Kabul airport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clarissa, the Pentagon, today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put out several images
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really get at the humanity,\Nthe sea of humanity there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the compassion of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the U. S. service members\Nat the airport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You saw, of course, the Marine\Nholding the baby.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another, 'fist bumping' the child\Ngoing through processing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lines of Marines on guard,\Ndirecting a woman and child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to go for processing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, everyone doing\Nthe best they can, as you noted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scene inside the perimeter,\Nstrikingly different
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the one outside the gates.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, Jake. I mean, there is no question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everybody here is just \Ndoing their level best
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to mitigate the \Nsuffering and misery
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also saw, I saw,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young female soldier
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying an Afghan toddler boy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen people \Nhelping those in wheelchairs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All sorts of acts of kindness\Nand gentleness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the reality is\Nthat this situation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is horrifying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking around now,\Nat a sea of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lying on the floor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are lying outside\Non the gravel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nowhere \Nfor them to sleep
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than a cardboard box.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are cold. It's very chilly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no blanket.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bathrooms here are \Nin a very bad state indeed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is no sense\Nof how long these people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For over eight hours today,\Nno U. S. planes even left.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there is now \Neven more of a backlog,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a bottleneck, than there was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any sense of order,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to\Nthe effort to determine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gets to come into the gates,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that last perimeter\Nwhere the U. S. is?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who does not?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, in the initial process...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, there is so many\Nnodes, along this chain...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initially, it's sort of like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can flash a document\NIn the air,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who can push the hardest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has a young baby,\Nand something like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or (who) is vulnerable,\Nand at immediate risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, as you get further\Nalong the chain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and closer to the air field,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go to State Department\Nprocessing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you really do have to show\Nthe appropriate paperwork.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is where we saw
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite a few people\Nbeing turned around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all sort of manually\Nescorted off the base.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does break your heart\Na little bit, to see that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, you can imagine,\Nyou know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have all your paperwork\Nin order,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are still petrified \Nof the situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ugh! To get that far, \Nand get in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still not be able to get out\Nof the country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after all of that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a heartbreak.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jake, I'm walking outside now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am being told\Nthat our birds, our flights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are taking off soon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, forgive me if I'm a little loud.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. That certainly takes priority,\NClarissa.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen images\Nof armed U. S. forces,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the perimeter of the airport,\Nand all week,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Pentagon has said,\Nthat U. S. troops
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not been involved in\Nany hostile interactions at the airport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, of course, any wrong move\Ncould quickly change the situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to believe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that is one of the considerations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to why U. S. service members have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically told to stay where they are,\Nwithin the perimeter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the real, legitimate risk\Nto service members,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from not just the Taliban,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but any one of\Nthe terrorist groups in the area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clarissa] There are so many\Ndifferent threats, here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many different\Npotential scenarios,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where things could rapidly escalate\Nto a very, very bad place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why there is\Na lot of tension in the air.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everybody knows\Nthat this moment cannot last.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is going to be short-lived.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have got to get it right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have got to get out\Nas many people as they possibly can.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they can't just\Ngo outside the wire,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start bringing people in manually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why the negotiations with\Nthe Taliban are so important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Taliban has a limit\Nto how much they will tolerate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a limit to how much those\Nsurly, surly fighters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the outer perimeter \Nwill tolerate.