mission to support of afghan military with air strikes and that was supposed to continue until august 31st so it stands to reason i know the situation has changed a lot in the last week, but stands to reason that the u.s. military would still have the authority, if not at-- to carry out strikes if requested by the afghan military. i guess at this point they have not been requested to this point, i guess, right? >> the general says. and the military mission that we're executing now is noncombatant operation, that's what we're focused on. >> in the last 24 hours, to taliban leadership has named haqqani's in the city of kabul. has that been part of the changing situation on the ground making it less safe for americans to try and travel to the airport? >> again, i'm not going to detail the threat assessments and what the intelligence is saying. it's very fluid and very dynamic. what i would tell you is that we continue to have regular