americans will be gone. this is a hostage crisis of the biden administration construction and yesterday we heard tony blinken saying 1500 americans is in conceivable that they would be evacuated by august 31st. under any circumstance. and that doesn't -- let's not forget the green card holders and the siv 1 visa holders and others. so it seems that the evacuation surely will be halted or suspended and maybe it is over. >> peter burgen, one final question, the taliban, the u.s. one evacuationplace plan is dependent to the taliban. you've heard the taliban say they will allow access to the airport. thoughts about evacuations post august 31st and u.s. officials have said we hope to be able to negotiate a arrangement with them to get people out after the deadline. but we should remember, folks at