airport. anything you're hearing from folks at the white house that suggest there's any wiggle room on the august 31st deadline? >> to this point not at all. the president as you noted made it clear the u.s. is undeterred in its mission. he will stick to the august 31st timeline. they have effectively stayed the course, doubling down, not apologizing for it from the beginning. the president did make significant acknowledgments yesterday, acknowledging among other things it was unlikely the u.s. would be able to guarantee all the afghan allies would be out by the end of the month. clearly that didn't seem like it was going to be possible from the start, now saying that publicly here as well. to courtney's point, he acknowledged there are real dangers that exist for the united states. as relates to the relationship between the taliban and the united states, you remember in july the president said no, he doesn't trust the taliban.