they're completely dwarfed by the number of afghan evacuees there now and most of them have been very welcoming, you know, a lot of them really want to help out. there's been donation drives, church drives, a lot of volunteers distributing clothing, but there's also been quite a bit of pushback, which seems to be more recent than when they arrived because local politicians and national politicians have really been raising a lot of fears about, you know, the vetting, the safety issues, even though they're not really leaving the base. a lot of them were very welcoming at first and then after weeks and weeks of seeing a lot of coverage of, you know, politicians, republican lawmakers kind of raising all these fears about their vetting, some of them kind of -- many people that i spoke with seemed to be kind of concerned about what would happen. >> really quickly, you talk about the hurdles they have to face. congress is nearly passed a short-term spending bill that includes $6.3 billion for the afghan refugees but republican lawmakers, led by tom cotton, wanted an agreement cuttings off housing, medical support, food