to meet slirvirtually with goves to talk about resettling refugees from afghanistan. that has been cancelled. the briefings have been delayed. a lot is fluid as they re monitoring the situation, monitoring what has happened to service members on the ground, what is going on with the afghan allies still standing out sside the gate. president biden spent the morning in the situation room monitoring with top aides. several aides are calling lawmakers to talk to them about what they know. senate majority leader schumer said in his first statement since the attack happened that he has spoken with lloyd austin. essentially a lot of communication is happening right now. it is not clear if we will hear from the president at some point today. i imagine it is on a broad rang of options the white house is considering. but oren is right, what has to come next are decisions in