will have to shift to getting u.s. troops off the airport. not to say they won't put evacuees on if they show up. there's still an outstanding question how many americans they're looking for. i was told yesterday, frankly if you're american and you haven't come forward, it's questionable whether you want to leave. the window for this is getting increasingly dangerous and small. phil. >> nick, great reporting as always. thank you very much. mike rogers is with us cnn national security commentator and chairman of the house intelligence committee. thank you for being with us. it's good to be here. i want to ask you about the reporting here that u.s. intelligence officials say that got the target, that they were going for. if that does turn out to be the case, how disruptive might that be to isis-k at this point? >> yeah. so, a., any day that you can take an s isis planner off the