amy: monique verdin, thank you for being with us, citizen of united houma nation.evacuated to pensacola, florida. she is with the group "another gulf is possible." antonia juhasz is an oil and energy investigative journalist. 2020-2021 bertha fellow. recent investigation for the guardian is headlined "exxon's oil drilling gamble off guyana coast 'poses major environmental risk." next up, afghanistan. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to afghanistan, where u.s. troops are continuing to leave ahead of tuesday's withdrawal deadline. earlier today, the u.s. military intercepted five rockets aimed at the kabul airport where the u.s. has evacuated 117,000 people fleeing taliban rule since august 14. today's rocket attack came four days after over 175 people died, including 13 u.s. troops after a suicide bomber detonated a large explosive outside the airport. the militant group isis-k claimed responsibility. "the new york times" is reporting the pentagon is now publicly acknowledging that