that can change. about the conversations with the taliban, we know that the u.s. military commanders there on the ground are speaking to who are essentially the counterparts in the taliban. and it's -- they're described as regular conversations. many of them are awe more tactical level. so they talk about safe passage of americans. they're now talking about, you know, even more specific things as far as specific groups of americans allowing them it safe passage to get to the airport. there is real coordination on the ground with the taliban right now. but nobody will tell us with any certainty whether that includes any real conversation where the u.s. military said made them an assurance they would be out on the 31st of august. no one wants to talk about that specifically in the pentagon. and it seems that they want that to be a fluid conversation. more of an on going discussion about, you know, every single day what is going on there on the ground. and then i just have to mention one other thing. there say lot of interest in a