and taking off, that was, you know, that's what happened. that's simply what happened. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, has more on what presidnet biden had to say. and the president making the point he is committed to keeping us forces in afghanistan until every american is evacuated. even if that means maintaining a military presence in afghanistan beyond august the 31st deadline that he himself set for a full american withdrawal. he said if there is american citizens left, we are going to stay until we get them all out. given the current pace of the withdrawal it does seem as though the us is not going to make the deadline, which is less than two weeks away. it might still do, but at the current pace it's probably not going to do so. that and the declaration by mr biden today in the same