cooperate and allow access to the airport. thus far the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. >> there's a reality that the taliban is currently controlling large swaths of afghanistan. >> the taliban has made public and private commitments to provide an permit safe passage to americans and work with them. >> greg: reports from the ground show little desire for cooperation. antony blinken doing more damage control the day. >> there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enroll in the embassy, who ignored public evacuation notice and have not yet identified themselves to us. we also found that many people who contact us and identify themselves as american citizens including by filling out and submitting repatriation assistance forms are not, in fact, u.s. citizens, something i