resources, the aircraft, the personnel, the processing capability, and, of course, the very tough issue of getting afghans through those taliban checkpoints outside the airport. the u.s. continuing to talk to the taliban about trying to get that part of the process moving more freely, getting the taliban to back off from their very violent tactics. but right now it is hard to see where all of this goes. there are less than two weeks to august 31st which continues to be the stated biden administration timeline, deadline for getting out. if they decide they want to stay later for all practical purposes, they are going to have to get the taliban to agree to it. >> david, this is the backdrop as the president prepares to speak to the american people. any moment now, be his second formal address to the american people since kabul fell. he also had the interview with abc this week.