we all remember their growth and rapid acceleration across iraq and syria. this is a isis is not the threat of the same significant nature that they were back then but they still remain a viable threat. we've talked about that many times. this is a group that wants to reconstitute its strength. wants to continue to attack and kill and maim and terrorize. and hajji abdullah was very much involved in trying to resuscitate the group and grow their capabilities. they remain dangerous. they remain a threat to our national security, to the lives of other innocents. and we're going to, as the secretary said in his statement today, we're going to stay at it. travis? >> hey, john, thanks. a couple of quick questions. first on the efforts to get civilians out of the building, you said they had called out to