we've heard as of yet from his administration. let me ask you, kylie, does this coronavirus outbreak at the u.s. embassy in kabul, we hear it's getting worse. is that part of the problem? is that slowing down the process for the approval of these special immigrant visas? >> reporter: well, it's definitely impacted the process, right? a coronavirus outbreak that forced the embassy to shut down isn't a good thing, particularly because earlier this month it forced all of the interviews for visas to be suspended at the embassy. but the state department says that a lot of the folks who have applied for these special immigrant visas in afghanistan aren't actually at the point where they're getting these interviews yet. so they're working on the first part of the process before the interviews happen. as you can see, there's a lot to be done before these folks get out of the country and before these visas get processed. >> kylie atwood traveling with the secretary of state in paris, thanks a lot.