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Admiral and the general aren't working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans haven't gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out after the 31st if they haven't made it to the airport by then? and then just to follow on jeff's questi...

Negotiation space, something is happening behind the scenes that is helping some people get through, can you talk about that too to some extend? i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning the check points, what they need to look like, the details of that. as we know there are reports that some that are not able to get through there. i can tell you that the department of state, the consoler affair officers there are working there to ensure that

Taliban to maybe find some negotiation space for -- they've said no more afghans can leave. clearly there's 10,000 at the airport. so something is happening behind the scenes that's helping some people get through. can you talk about that to some extent? >> i'll turn it over to the general. >> i'll start with that last question first. it kind of comes off of some things that mr. kirby just said with that constant communication. i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning these checkpoints exactly what the documentation needs ...

0 admiral and the general aren't working in in a very personal way with taliban authorities outside the airport. let me go another one on the phone. tara. >> thank you for doing this, john. yesterday the president mentioned also that he was calling upon the department to create contingency plans in case the number of americans and afghans haven't gotten out by the 31st. can you just explain kind of what the department is thinking about what its options might be to continue to get americans out after the 31st if they haven't made it to the airport by then? and then just to follow on jeff's ques...