the ground. do you expect troops will have to past the deadline to get everyone out? >> absolutely. look, we can get out by august 31st but i suspect we'll be leaving a lot of people behind. i couldn't tell you how many american citizens would be left behind but we'll be certainly leaving a lot of afghan allies behind if we abide by this arbitrary date. i understand the seriousness of the scircumstance on the ground. for the life of me, don, i can't understand why we're been in the middle of the night in july would have been an ideal place i would think to evacuate thousands of our citizens and allies. there are so many decisions. it's so disturbing to watch this. this is a strategic humanitarian and diplomatic disaster unfolding. there will be long term consequences. we can go home but it doesn't mean the war ends. i'm fearful we'll have another base for these jihad terrorists