party. we don't know what thata means and we don't know who the third party is. we don't know exactly what the government of afghanistan is doing right now. nbc news reports that the u.s. embassy int kabul will be closg once all personnel are transferred out. that's supposed to happen within 72 hours and there have been images of 47 helicopters departing from kabul headed to the airport. the distance between the airport and the u.s. embassy, the u.s. embassy is in the north part of the controlled area of kabul and a straight shot to the airport and thereho are hundreds, actuay thousands ofhu u.s. troops just keeping those two places safe right now. we're also learning there have been erintense negotiations between the government and the taliban for safe passage of government officials and others out of the country. in fact, the u.s. ambassador basically to the taliban negotiations has askedal the taliban, do not come into kabul under strength under the