are desperate to get out of this town, who are afraid for their lives and don't know where they're going tonight. it is a chaotic scene and from what we've heard, it is artillery used not airstrikes in this town but artillery, it was a steady stream of artillery. we saw at least six black plumes of thick, thick smoke. we saw a building on fire. now as i said, the streets just choked thick with cars, families. i saw a very elderly woman who had difficulty walking, who was hoisted up by a man and carried along the roadside. this is a truly desperate situation, erica, and important for our viewers to remember that these people, many of them, are if kurds, who have been the most steadfast allies that the u.s. has had in the fight against isis, earic ka. >> just one other point that i want to hit home on, you