their military counterparts in the taliban and talking about safe passage to get to the airport and potentially have safe passage to afghans and that opens up an entirely new set of problems with having the afghans move through as general mccaffrey was explaining can they move through the taliban check points and it doesn't appear to be the case yet. >> i'm glad you mentioned those conversations in theater and that was one of the most fascinating things we saw in the briefing. peter, the biden administration is trying to send the right messages responding to the circumstances on the ground including a joint statement today calling on afghanistan's new leaders, the taliban to protect women and girls. you know how it is, the politics of this when you are responding you're shally losing and the president is trying to respond to pretty rough politics at home and take us through what the white house is reviewing these developments and what they'll do next. >> the white house has said that politics is a side issue and that's yet president, we know in