that ultimately they're going to be looking at judging him by the success of getting our american citizens, everyone that wants to leave, out, as well as those who we made commitments to and promises who supported and helped save lives of american citizens, whether it be translators, working for ngos and those we can't leave behind because they know they would with focused for retaliation by the taliban. so we got to do that and do it well. you know, something like the air lift that happened in berlin. >> what the president said doesn't square with what happened on the ground yesterday. people are lacking confidence. i want to ask you about just the imagery of this. you know, i'm watching this and i wonder how this looks on the world stage, that the united states military is asking permission from this terrorist organization, the taliban, to evacuate allies and american citizens safely.