. >> reporter: 7,000 miles from the chaos in afghanistan, marine corps major thomas schuman has beentwo time zones. working day and night, desperately trying to get his former interpreter, zach, out. >> zach was with me literally every step of the way through firefights, ambushes, casualties, you name it, zach was there. >> reporter: zach is just one of thousands of afghans and americans caught in a week from hell. >> let me be clear. any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. >> reporter: today, promises from the white house. but the reality on the ground is much worse than anyone could have imagined. including new reports of the taliban harassing and beating americans. >> i actually got whacked with one of these fan belts for not moving fast enough. >> it's been another tense, difficult day here in kabul. people are still struggling by the thousands to get through those checkpoints to the american side of the airport, onto those evacuation flights, and away to some sense of liberation, some sense of freedom, at least release, away from the danger here in the city. >

joining us now to share his story is marine corps major thomas schuman.'re actually using the name zach. it's not his real name. it's for safety that we're using the name zach. he was able, fortunately, to get out of afghanistan and make it to qatar. we appreciate you joining us this morning, thomas, what can you tell us -- we lost him -- unfortunately, we're having technical difficulties and sounds like we just lost thomas schuman. thomas, you can hear me? >> i can hear you. >> thankfully. so, walk us through this ordeal that zach had trying to get to the airport in kabul. at one point, he got a letter from the taliban saying they had ordered his execution. >> many, what we're talking about is the dramatic event getting to the airport. what many afghans are facing is getting from their province to kabul. fortunately, i had a friend ask what does it mean if he's not in kabul, he said it means they're not getting out. july 17th, we had the logistical event of getting his family to kabul. that's after they'd received an updated taliban letter that says we'r

and i just -- >> major -- major schuman, this is a remarkable situation.t for purposes of ow viewers and americans who are wondering about this, can you attest what zak did with this team? >> yes, sir. zak undoubtededly risked life and limb. zak undoubtedly went above and beyond his duties as an interpreter, whether that was running through a minefield to detain an m.e.d.p.w. or picking up a rifle, zak has made more sacrifices for this country and risked more for this kunly than most of our citizens. he has nine months of valorous service with the marine corps. you would think nine months would be sufficient. it's not, and we have not been able to push his case forward for over five years because nine months apparently is not sufficient. >> and you have advocated for him, senator durbin has advocated for him. in fact, in helmand province where you both worked together, the taliban has made great advances there already. there is real danger to these interpreters are who left behind on what sounds like technicals. but for people like zak, major schueman, thi

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. >> reporter: a world apart from afghanistan on a quiet street in i ry marine corps major thomas schumanemains steadfast in his mission. >> i have two points of contact at the abby gate. >> reporter: as taliban forces overtook kabul yesterday, he was desperately trying to find a way out of the country for his friend and former interpreter, zack. >> i can't go to airport. i'm far away from the trappe in th t cpsed around them. >> this is the situation. the taliban just come to kabul. >> he wasn't just my translator. he was a brother. he was basically one of my marines. and i have a lifelong commitment to the people that i serve and leave. >> reporter: their hope, to get zack and his young family to the airport and to safety. major schueman on call after call after the hours tick by. >> those near where zack's staying or are they near the airport? >> how much time is left? i think the time has expired. there is no time left. >> reporter: it's been a stunning failure. within a few short weeks of american troops leaving the country afghanistan has fallen to the taliban. this footage from al

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the battle russian sprinter, christina schuman sky, was to complete the women's, was to compete in the women's 200 meters on monday. instead, she was seen at the airport in tokyo on sunday, asking japanese police officers to help her. she told reuters journalist that she was taken to the airport against her will after making a public complaint about her train as i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o c to get involved in this will add to better assist sports on dar he foundation said that christina is safe and the police officers are looking into a case either because a lot because christina showed indignation, but she was put in a really something that is absolutely not in her program. and because the leadership of the federation, let's say, screwed up. she spoke about this openly, that they should have at least given some warning to allow them to prepare an athlete not competing and her discipline in her distance can get injured. anything can happ

and so schuman rights violation, would be condemning and any other country. these new revelation of blowing such a hole in the narrative by the americans in the entire it's cited in the, on numerous occasions in the judge for rates are ruling on january 4th. which means basically let be in the united states government was misleading a u. k. court. that's very syringe. ok, well the news here in britain is notes about that. in fact, the world global mainstream news had time to talk about jeff bezos going to space. that's a much more important story than the daughter of my name, as publisher in the world. maybe amazon quick to shut down a w s. their web services system for an s. so the israeli pegasus system, after having received the national, started talking about all this spyware. great success then, no problem. i know that we have often talked about amazon's close links to the intelligence services. i mean that so that, so that should not be the end of it. i mean, there must be an outcry in the public. and as we've said for 10 years and those julio's phones

these accusations that are being made about the schuman rights abuses that they have committed. and so members or participants at that meeting at the you and say, continue to be committed by the out about. and this, this into the response that was made with respect specifically to the rights of women and girls. and you know, the women safety and security is our responsibility. sometimes our security teams are not well trained enough in dealing with women. so they do encounter problems sometimes for that reason. so we've requested that women remain in their homes until we develop a procedure, but they won't be terminated. they will continue receiving their salaries even if they're not showing up to work. so incredible pressure, seemingly on the taliban by the international community. huge distrust no matter the rhetoric coming out to cobble by the leadership, and now shoot pressure on the international community to get these thousands of people that still remain in this country that wants to leave. get them out before that deadline expires. cha, stratford live 1st. there in cobbl

we've got to schuman when that's going to blow down across iraq, and that's going to kick up some dust for q 8, focus and into parts of saudi arabia. so there'll be plenty of hazy sunshine come monday. we've got a strong southwesterly breeze, keeping things cool along the coastal areas of amman and yemen, and a few showers across the mountainous region of yemen, trickling into saudi arabia, and those join up with the strongest storms across that band. in central africa, some heavy falls expected for south sudan as well as the cameroon. and my gere by the time we get into monday, we could see more flooding here. now as we head to southern africa, we are seeing the wet weather across pots of mozambique, edging into easton areas of zimbabwe and post south africa. the interior that seems somewhat am windy weather with some of the snow falling in high areas in s what teeny. but as we go into monday, it does ease off to that east coast, and there'll be plenty of sunshine coming through for cape town. and for johanna burg that sh whether sponsored cattle airways, when a military coup overthre