>> ali arouzi joining us once again from teheran. ali, thank you for your perspective on that and the situation that continues to unfold there. want to go ahead and bring in former deputy assistant to the secretary of defense evelyn farkas again as we continue to monitor these lives pictures that are going in and out over kabul. evelyn, since we've been talking, nbc news has confirmed that bagram is now in the hands of the taliban. they're emptying out the prison there which contains 5,000 to 7,000 of the most hardened taliban and al qaeda fighters. what's your response there to bagram air base falling and really just the trajectory here of this day? >> yeah, i have to say, lyndsay, this does not bode well for what will happen next in the capital because, you know, we have been sitting here waiting to see what kind of deal gets worked out between the afghan government, the u.s. government, the international community, and the