mike belshe is the ceo of bitgo.e -- before he had to break, president biden is expected to speak at 2:00 p.m. new york time. we will see if he makes it to that point, on the evacuation efforts in afghanistan. you can also watch on your terminal through our website. this is bloomberg. mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg's first word news. president biden is sticking to his august 30 first deadline for evacuations from the kabul airport according to a senior administration official. that means one week to fly out thousands of people. readers of other g-7 nations try to talk mr. biden into leaving troops in afghanistan later to keep evacuations safe. in a news conference following the g7 meeting, the european council president expressed concern. >> let's be clear -- let's not allow the creation of a new market for smugglers and human traffickers that are determined to keep the migratory flows and the eu borders protected. mark: the european commission president says the european union is ramping up aid to afghanista