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That you will be able to best the operation frequent win 1975 saigon evacuation where 131,000 people were evacuated by air and sea? >> we're not competing with history. we're trying to get as many people out as we can as fast as we can. and when it's all said and done we will take a look at what we were able to accomplish. this isn't about trying to beat some sort of historical record. i will only add that 88,000 in the course of just a week, week and a half, is no small feat. and you have seen us over the last three days alone exceed what we thought was going to be a maximum capacity. we cert...

Far, 88,000 i think you said have been evacuated. are you pretty confident that you will be able to best the operation frequent win 1975 saigon evacuation where 131,000 people were evacuated by air and sea? >> we're not competing with history, tony. we're trying to get as many people out as fast as we can. when it's all said and done, we'll take a look at what we were able to accomplish. this isn't about trying to beat some sort of historical record. i will only add that at 88,000 in the course of just a week, week and a half is no small feat. you've seen us over the last three days alone exce...

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...

There was no answer. let's bring in dan hoffman. i am not sure if you heard that. i want to talk about the president saying on july 8th that the afghanistan government was unlikely to fall. there would be no saigon evacuation. the "new york times" said the intel agencies predicted this back in july. where is the disconnect and what do you make of this? >> yes, i caught the press conference. i have a few comments. the intel picture. it was clear we knew that the taliban was mounting 120 attacks on the afghan national army. their strategy was to target the border areas and then the capitals and ...

Contingencies for withdrawing them safely. >> how worried should americans be that the 4 our 5,000 americans who are there could get caught up in a saigon evacuation. >> i think we have learned the lessons of benghazi. i don't really see isis taking baghdad. i do think t urgent business to help convene a regional meeting. this could easily be done. a meeting is going on in vienna right now between iraq and the united states. it can be and should be done. the action taken, there needs to be a political track and a military track to stop isis.