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You said there won't be a military presence guarding an embassy. -- >> the embassy compound. she specifically asked about the embassy compound which we're not operating out of. >> post august 31st, after that date, can you say there will be no u.s. diplomatic presence post august 31st? >> i can't speak for that. that's a state department issue. >> to follow up, there's been reports that somebody affiliated with isis got on one of the flights. what's going on with that? >> i've seen similar press reporting on this. i just don't have anything to update you on. i don't have any information. what ...

She asked about the embassy compound which we aren't operating out of. >> after august 31 after that date you will say there is no diplomatic presence of that? >> i can't speak for that. that's a state department issue. >> to follow up there is a report that somebody affiliated with isis got on one of the flights. what's going on with that? >> i've seen similar press reporting on this. i don't have anything to update you on that. i don't have any information. and what i should have said to jen was it's really a better question for the department of homeland security but we'll see if we can tra...

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...

Capacity if we need it. >> secondly, i had asked about this yesterday. the investigation into the civilian casualties. can the u.s. defense department confirm the number of civilian casualties that happened when that c-17 took off? what the total number of tragedies at the airport. you mentioned the two. >> we know there were two security incidents two armed individuals with hostile intent were engaged by troops and killed. i don't have a firm number of additional casualties that we know have been reported at least in press reporting. certainly by this incident with the c-17 that took off as y...

This yesterday, but the investigation into the civilian casualties, could the u.s. defense department confirm the number of civilian casualties that happened when this c-17 took off, what the are total number of casualties that you're tracking at the airport. you mentioned the two -- >> well we know that there were two security incidents in which two -- [ no audio ] [ technical difficulties ] -- that have been reported in press reporting and certainly by this incident with the c-17 which took off as you saw as taxis with people running alongside it and even attach themselves to the aircraft. t...