returning to afghanistan they understand it's likely to be a safe haven a greater safe haven than it has been in the past. the media is appropriately focused on the crisis of the moment which is evacuating americans and our allies the looming problem on the horizon is a significant one and one that we will be dealing with for years as the taliban spokesman quote suggests. >> bret: yeah. mara, senator cotton pointed out the disparity between the briefer on capitol hill and what secretary blinken said about the number of americans on the ground an confusion there, 4100, 1500 are from the secretary of state they later corrected the briefer. it's been a mess as far as getting the facts out there. >> one level is you have got to figure out how many americans are still there. then you have got to get them