airlift 11,000 people from kabul the biden administration negotiating agreements with two dozen countries on four continents to serve as transit points military planes touching down regularly at ramstein airbase in germany the pentagon activating emergency use of 18 commercial aircraft to fly evacuees from third-party countries to america saying it won t impact u.s. flights. once refugees arrive many will be temporarily housed at the dulles expo center in chantilly, virginia, before being transported to army bases across the country. monica is with us now. monica, local staff at the u.s. embassy in kabul is losing faith in the u.s. government what can you tell us? reporter: those employees say they are, quote, deeply disheartened by what they have seen on the ground writing in a cable to the state department about their harrowing experiences trying to get to the kabul airport. one saying it would be better to die under the taliban s bullets than face those crowds again. kate moni