involvement in this. obviously that's at this time. if that changes, we will let you know. >> does the president think they will be reliable partners if we're already getting reports that they're not letting afghans to the airport and the u.s. is still at the airport. >> well, i think -- you mean after the 31st or moving over the next couple of days. >> we heard it's already happening. >> i note also that as the president said, more than 7,000 people have been evacuated over the course of the last 12 hours. that was while there were active attacks that were happening. those were individuals who were let on to gates, let on to planes. again, this is not about trust. this is not about relying on the taliban as in equal partner. no one is suggesting that. but because they control large swaths of the country, including a lot of security perimeters around the airport, we have to coordinate with them in order to get people out. we will continue to do that. one more thing i would say is that we have an enormous amount