august 31st deadline saying that the completion of our mission will end based on the achievement of our objectives. what those objectives are. whether it's getting all the americans home, getting the majority of afghans. we will see how long that sticks. but completing by the 31st they said is contingent upon cooperation with taliban. listen. we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 1st. the sooner we can finish the better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. i have asked the pentagon and the state department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable, should that become necessary. >> now, what those contingency plans look like is a big question mark. jen psaki confirmed yesterday to adhere to withdrawal date the military would need to start pulling out before the 3 st. meantime unclear how many americans are left in the country. the pentagon confirms approximately 4,000 american passport holders and their families evacuated as of august 24th. that's not even half of the