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That you will be able to best the operation frequent win 1975 saigon evacuation where 131,000 people were evacuated by air and sea? >> were not competing with history. were trying to get as many people out as we can as fast as we can. and when its all said and done we will take a look at what we were able to accomplish. this isnt about trying to beat some sort of historical record. i will only add that 88,000 in the course of just a week, week and a half, is no small feat. and you have seen us o...

Far, 88,000 i think you said have been evacuated. are you pretty confident that you will be able to best the operation frequent win 1975 saigon evacuation where 131,000 people were evacuated by air and sea? >> were not competing with history, tony. were trying to get as many people out as fast as we can. when its all said and done, well take a look at what we were able to accomplish. this isnt about trying to beat some sort of historical record. i will only add that at 88,000 in the course of ju...

0 admiral and the general arent working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans havent gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out aft...

There was no answer. lets bring in dan hoffman. i am not sure if you heard that. i want to talk about the president saying on july 8th that the afghanistan government was unlikely to fall. there would be no saigon evacuation. the "new york times" said the intel agencies predicted this back in july. where is the disconnect and what do you make of this? >> yes, i caught the press conference. i have a few comments. the intel picture. it was clear we knew that the taliban was mounting 120 attacks on...

Contingencies for withdrawing them safely. >> how worried should americans be that the 4 our 5,000 americans who are there could get caught up in a saigon evacuation. >> i think we have learned the lessons of benghazi. i dont really see isis taking baghdad. i do think t urgent business to help convene a regional meeting. this could easily be done. a meeting is going on in vienna right now between iraq and the united states. it can be and should be done. the action taken, there needs to be a poli...