and his family weigh their bagbags, all they were able to bring. and then they wave good-bye to board their flight to a new life in america. now, i just have new numbers coming in here, more than 4,100 evacuees have departed for the united states on approximately 18 flights from ramstein air base which sounds like a lot, but keep in mind in the next 24 hours as the evacuation out of kabul airport continues, they are expecting as many as 10,000 evacuees to arrive at the ramstein air base and at the moment, we re averaging about one plane an hour. so it really is an incredible logistical operation that is happening at the base. michael. absolutely is. atika shubert there in germany, thanks so much. and to find out how you can help afghan refugees or if you are a veteran troubled by the events in afghanistan, go to