control here of the capital, today in a dramatic twist, we also heard from the former vice president amrullah saleh, releasing a statemenvia twitter, saying that he considers himself to now be the predent of afghanistan because the former president has stepped down and left the country, that he is still in afghanistan and plans to oppose the taliban rule. >> i am standing for my country and the war is not over. jane: in january, saleh told the "newshour" he'd rather die than submit to the taliban. he and the son of famed militia leader ahmad shah masoud are apparently trying to organize armed resistance in the panjshir valley, north of kabul. in washington, u.s. military officials say order at the airport has been restored, at least for the moment. >> we are confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe and orderly operations at the airport. jane: at the white house this afternoon, national security adviser jake sullivan again defended the president's withdrawal decision. he also said a deal was struck with the taliban to ensure safe passage to the airport, but he expressed fear for
