discussion with governors about the arrival of afghan refugees. it stands to reason that it will be in a different and the casu americans and others as well on the ground there. this is a significant setback from the white house that obviously in these early days was struggling to gain its footing as kabul fell much more quickly than anyone had anticipate, but in the last few days we've seen a steady tempo of announcements of the accelerated pace of evacuations. we've seen briefing after briefing at the pentagon from the state department from the white house with people trying to flood the zone with anticipation and it appeared the white house was on track to meet that deadline with the -- and the president asked for contingency planning. the question is now, when we hear from the president today does he indicate whether the