another 10,000 individuals. there is a window for special immigrant applicants to get on the base but they have to get through taliban checkpoints on the way up. taliban filtration around the base. and then we have to avoid the awful scenes of overcrowding and fatalities that causes at the gates. a huge challenge ahead here. i should say, too, there's a lot of concern about possibly thousands of local employed afghans who work for the u.s. embassy. they're almost certainly eligible for special visas. these are who diplomats work with face-to-face day in and day out. they are still, many of them, in kabul, hoping to get to that airport. that's a very urgent task in the days ahead. >> absolutely. absolutely. we continue to monitor that whenever we can. i'm not sure we have with us -- we do -- yes, let's bring in journalist connor powell. he spent four years working and living in kabul. connor, great to see you. what did you hear?