troops to kabul to evacuate the american embassy.— troops to kabul to evacuate the american embassy. american embassy. we are reducing our civilian footprint in kabul in - our civilian footprint in kabul in light of the evolving security situation. we expect to draw down to record diplomatic presence in afghanistan in the coming weeks. in order to facilitate this reduction, the department of defence will temporarily deploy additional personnel to the airport. gary o'donoghuejoins gary o'donoghue joins me from washington. do we have any more detail on more trips being needed to be sent to? it detail on more trips being needed to be sent to? , , ., ., ., be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go _ be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to - be sent to? it seems that around 3000 troops may go back to the | 3000 troops may go back to the airport in kabul to facilitate that drawdown as he heard there from n

tonight now says it is preparing to airlift tens of thousands of american embassy staff and afghan interpretersir families. those who bravely worked with the americans over 20 years, now

the war and couple journalist below worry the fact that the americans need almost 5000 us troops just to quit a 1000. so 5 lines in the embassy, it tells you where the sun is after 20 years of massive investment in blood and treasure, not only by the americans, but also by the international community. and every time you hear to these countries tell the citizens to leave us on as soon as possible, especially cobble those type of messages. it is terrorizing of one's already very fearful of what could happen. we heard. busy a lot of gotten fired from the police chelsea area. it's in p d 12 where the biggest president is and everyone thought that this was a tyler bon attack inside the city of cobble. so it did terrorize the local population, especially went to copper's when flying over the prison, then we were told by going to fish and that there was a problem in the counter narcotics wing of the prison. so you can imagine the impact of what is happening around the country. so it's not a success story. and it's also not the time you know, that the americans could blamed africa needed africa. leaders could blame, you know, the ame

embassy now telling americans to shelter in place. with the very latest. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: arthel, this is breaking right now. the u.s. embassy, what's left of it, in afghanistan is calling on americans to shelter in place immediately, not to go the to the embassy or to the airport. according to reports, the embassy staff including the acting ambassador and his team are currently working out of the airport. there are reports of fire on this only facility that people are able to exit the country from right now in afghanistan. the reports, though, are quite broad and i do want to caution our viewers this does not mean that the taliban is attacking the airport. we have not been able to confirm that information. it certainly could be related to something else. during these unfolding events, many things can happen. there were reports earlier of people looting across the city in parts of kabul and there were also reports of celebratory gunfire by taliban fighters when they entered the city. we don't know much about what

on january 20th of this year, kabul was free, the american embassy, afghanistan was free, the american embassy in kabul was working fine. and then what happened after that? 2500 american troops and 5,000 nato troops where they are keeping the peace. and then chaos ensued. >> sean: let me go to you, ari fleischer. you are a communications pro of all pros. so, the president has remained quiet as the world watched, you know, all weekend long, that this was imminent, that kabul was taken over, and joe biden stayed on vacation. he flew in, he gave a ten minute speech that somebody else had obviously written, he took no questions, he went back on vacation again. then he does what i consider to be disastrous interview with george stephanopoulos. and saying "oh, no, no, we did everything right." you know, "there's nothing i think we could have improved on. the chaos was priced into the fact of any withdrawal, and i inherited this." "well, no one is being killed right now" beautiful you know, no one warned him against withdrawing, now we have all ofe contrary. now he is going on vacation again.

we are prioritizing american citizens, americans who had been serving at our embassy who are departing the country, private american citizens, p1, p2 applicants and other vulnerable afghans. we have set up a task force here at maine state. it is operating 24/7, coordinating the department planning, management, logistics related to this rather large, rather complex, and undeniably urgent operation. the acting assistant dean secretary is heading that task force. there are multiple subcomponents. they are all being led by senior department officials. the various lines of effort include siv location, logistics, embassy staff, afghans at risk. this is an aggressive effort to bring to safety as many individuals who might be interested in doing so for as long as we can. reporter: does the 1600 include american embassy personnel? have any of those left? how many are at hamid karzai airport and are there other personnel who do not at the airport but in other parts of the city? i am wondering about a breakdown, how many american personnel are at the airport, how many have left, how many might be

embassy. the those old enough, this might bring back the american departure in 1975 with helicopters on the saigon embassy rooftop. listen to ned price saying this is neither an escalation nor a retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. >> this is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale withdrawal. what this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn't be read as any sort of message to the taliban. >> whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it's certainly falling. cl clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. what's the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has put into motion about the american embassy? >> the situation is really going from bad to worse. 12 provincial capitals now under the control of the taliban. among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling. this would be a huge

embassy is urging all americans to leave the country immediately. cnn has learned the u.s. is considering relocating the embassy to the kabul airport. the taliban, as you know, is tightening its grip across the nation and they've now claimed their 11 provincial capital. it is igniting a growing humanitarian crisis. any minute now the state department is expected to address the crisis. we, of course, will take you there live. with me chief national affairs correspondent jeff zelle evene, oren lieberman, correspondent clarissa ward in kabul and major general james "spider" marks. let me start with you in the new reporting, oren. fill out for us what is creating the sense of urgency in the administration? >> it comes directly from the advances the taliban has made in the course of the last few days. it is a 12th provincial capital taken, that news coming out shortly, including the third largest city in afghanistan and they've put pressure on the second largest city in afghanistan, cakandahar. it has led to a flurry of meetings over the day, and also a decision to pull some staf

city to powerful a place in the top of course, may be hard near the presidential protest and american embassy, the islamist groups, all the forces to enter the capital to quote, prevent looting and violence laughed on your enforcement fees to see. on verify, switching online shows people throwing rocks at secure security officers, leaving couple without to fight $910.00. the coffee came and remained some place. the medicines claimed they now control the whole country, you will soon decline and islamic camera 2 of our finest on to right now, what you're looking at is putting to show inmates released by the ton of bond from the country's largest jail on it. a $65.00 gra, military prison, located to just 25 kilometers north off the capitol reports claim about $5000.00 convict. free mostly taliban fighters, ready to join the tennessee? ah, couple residents have been seeing the city and huge number of days. you can see hundreds of cars were stuck in traffic jams with some locals even running away. that had been massive cues at bank. some people tried to take out the money before the city updates o

i mean. _ the americans and other embassies. i mean. is _ the americans and other embassies. ericans and other embassies. i mean, is very interesting, because this article — mean, is very interesting, because this article in the telegraph, ben wallace — this article in the telegraph, ben wallace the defence secretary actually says, we are watching afghanistan's sliding slowly toward civil wan _ afghanistan's sliding slowly toward civilwar. it afghanistan's sliding slowly toward civil war. it is not slow, and that is this— civil war. it is not slow, and that is this thing _ civil war. it is not slow, and that is this thing that has cut, lords know_ is this thing that has cut, lords know why. _ is this thing that has cut, lords know why, so many people i surprise. it is know why, so many people i surprise. it is been _ know why, so many people i surprise. it is been a _ know why, so many people i surprise. it is been a matter of weeks the taliban— it is been a matter of weeks the taliban have managed to take control of so many— taliban have managed to take control of so many cit

s. embassy and couple as those are all americans to leave the country immediately. and so far as to offer loan to those unable to afford plane tickets home and to use any available commercial carriers on the map, you can see the situation in the right now. currently, visa must have taken hold of strategically crucial locations very near the capital . that's out of out and around the top and offensive back in april, off the us president announced he was pulling out troops at the time the militant group held less than a 5th of the country. now they control more than half. we spoke to people on the streets of cobble under the taliban rule here before and they didn't rule in the people's interest. what people think that they will act the same. we will read there is fighting everywhere in getting them the province is fooling day by day. the government should do something. the people are facing the problem with the taliban taking hold of multiple provinces and a single day us troops. so back to work and going to song though, with a slightly different mission of getting am

, embassy staff racing to destroy sensitive documents. the american flag no longer flying overhead. french embassy officials as well leaving their posts, forced to relocate. at home here, president biden was briefed at camp david over the weekend as criticism mounts over his administration's handling of this crisis. he is expected to address the nation within a few days we're told, but for now, secretary of state antony blinken is handling the blowback. >> fact of the matter is we've seen that that force has been unable to defend the country and that has happened more quickly than we anticipated. remember, this is not saigon. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission, and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. and we've succeeded in that mission. >> there is deep concern this morning over the fate of women and girls in afghanistan. two decades of progress fighting for their rights reversed in the blink of an eye. it has to be agonizing of the family and friends of the loved ones of the more than 2400 americans who

last, near the american embassy in kabul on the presidential palace. obviously we're going to wait to see what happens if there were any faith. how does he hopefully not, i want to ask you though in terms of violence throughout the city. do you think that we all going to see move on as the taliban continues to move in through couple was called about and so now they have the control of the government officials, governors on the people that have done is done on governance or running a country with a case that was aggressive actions will not take place. the title of an all know the owner of this, that there is an administration entry the are leading just simply addition. i don't think that there will be there will be a problem for the they are the brother of the call about, you know, all from one and 3. i don't think that to tell about this, where we have a box behavior with the people of the country that the people of cobble, i think people will be good and people will have a good life with the taliban. and the final thing i want to ask you is are moving

the first person you see when you visit an american embassy is a marine. they guard our diplomatic missions and keep us safe around the world. we could not our jobs without them and we will never forget their sacrifice, nor will we forget what they have achieved. the most exceptional among us perform a lifetime's work and service in a short time on were -- on earth. so it was for our exceptional brothers and sisters who died last week. finally, i want to thank our allies and partners. this operation was a global endeavor in every way. many countries stepped up with contributions for airlift, including working biocide at the airport. some are now serving in transit countries, allowing evacuees to be processed on the way to their final destination. others have agreed to resettle refugees permanently and we hope more will do so in the weeks ahead. we are truly grateful for their support. now u.s. military flights had ended and our troops have departed afghanistan and a new chapter has begun. it is one in which we will lead with diplomacy. the military mission

the american embassy in kabul has been evacuated, we're told, and american citizens ordered to stay in place. there's chaos, reports say, at kabul airport at this moment as people try to flee and the world waits for the next step. hello, everyone, ask and welcome to "fox news live," i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arkansas hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. the situation is getting worse by the hour. president ashraf ghaani has fled the country, and the american flag has been lowered from the u.s. embassy. the biden administration continues to defend the withdrawal of u.s. troops. we're going to get the latest reaction from the if white house in just a minute. but first, we'll go to trey yingst live in jerusalem with more on the situation of on ground in afghanistan. on the ground in afghanistan. trey. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. we've got a number of updates for you. according to afp, a defense official says a couple hundred american embassy staffers have been evacuated safely from afghanistan. one piece of good news. on the flipside, a lot of bad news. we know taliban has take

are leaving there and going to the airport. >> an internal document that went out to embassy personnel instructed american personnel at the embassy to reduce the amount of sensitive information on the property. it also said please include items with embassy logos, american flags or items which could be misused in propaganda efforts. clearly the concern is that the taliban -- this is also i assume why you're relocating people to the airport -- that the taliban would overwhelm and take over >> this is standard operating procedure in any such situation. there are plans in place if we're leaving an embassy compound, rel relocatingcatingci to another place, to take all these steps. the ones you just listed. this is exactly what we would do in any of these situations and, again, this is being done in a very deliberate way, orderly way. it's being done with american forces there to do iinuc nh abo seeing seems orderly or standard operating procedure. just last month president biden said that under no circumstances -- that was his words -- under no circumstances would u.s. embassy personnel be air lifted out of k

embassy urging americans to shelter in place.he taliban releasing video claiming it shows the militants arriving in eastern afghanistan. stunning developments in america's longest war as we approach 20 years since the terror attacks on 9/11. the white house releasing

how many americans are left if the embassy. didn't we see the writing of on the wall? nounced yesterday they're going to leave a core group, a core di employ c group in afghanistan, heavily guarded around the embassy. really? how many combat troops will be doing that? they have a target on their back. this was never going to end well. the taliban were always going to prevail. we should have left afghanistan in december of 2001 after we destroyed al-qaida and gone into the northwest region of pakistan and killed osama bin laden but we didn't. nation building fails. it failed in vietnam, iraq and it failed in afghanistan. maria: the intelligence community is expecting kabul to fall within a month. what do you think the implications of all a of this are as afghanistan falls? who wins and what does that mean for the rest of the middle east? >> well, i think as the region becomes unstable, as iran tries to peel off part of western afghanistan, pakistan will try to peel off parts of eastern afghanistan, the chinese will be in there because they want the natural resources and

in 72 hours or less the american embassy will be closed. the americans told taliban stay out of kabul until her gone, which tacitly means you are coming in after we are gone. what happens? >> i know the secretary of state is planning to brief a bipartisan group of members of congress later this morning, here short lesion actually.he so we will continue to have these conferrings about what our role is moving forward. the house foreign affairs committee, you know, will dig in and ask these questions as well as well as the appropriations committee, when it comes to -- as my colleague, mr. krishnamoorthi mentioned, future aid as well. those will be the discussions we will have in the near term here. but clearly, the focus is on safeus passage for those folks o are in the country and need it. and so to the extent that we can help with that is something we should be focused on here in the short-term. >> would you be supportive of -- the president announced more troops going into afghanistan to help with the exodus of people who are leaving that co

special immigrants were applying for visas at the american embassy. there is no american embassy. what kind of plan something going on here? these special americans, citizens are in harm's way, are a priority and our government has to step up. charles: right. >> they breathed a little sense of the precious freedom we have. we should honor their commitment having gone to a war-torn area. charles: michael, i hate to cut you off, i have to hop. i want to get a chance to get back to you, 250,000 afghans risked their lives for america, featured on the front page of "the new york times." what will happen to them? is there reality most may not get out? >> general immigration process now through a pandemic has been bureaucratic and inefficient. this is something we should have planned well in advance. it's a multistep burdensome process where we get special immigrant visas for them. i hope and pray they get out but what we're seeing right now is something deplorable and very shameful. we are again not the world's cop but these are people who walked the beat with us. we owe them an obligat

president biden now increasing troop deployment to 5000 to evacuate the american embassy and personnel. as well as allies >> -- all right, we're going to go straight to nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard angle who is live on the ground in kabul. we're also going to discuss with shannon petty and some other guests as well. >> including the congressman jake auchincloss, who is a military veteran and served sometime in afghanistan. thank you guys all for being here and get me started. richard, we're gonna start with you here. this is story that is literally developing by the minute. the taliban claims it captured the key northern city of -- and then the eastern city of jalalabad. is the question right now homage time kabul has left? >> it does feel like this city is falling. it's a question of when it falls and how it falls. there are already today numerous witness reports that there was a small foray into the city by a taliban cell. it may have been a sleeper cell that was already in the city. and there are negotiations happening right now at the presidential palace with a seni

the american embassy advised u.s. ely because of the security threats. secretary of state antony blinken spoke about the real danger to americans who remain in afghanistan. >> it is hard to overstate the complexity and the danger of this effort. we're operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isis-k attack. we're taking every precaution but this is very high risk. >> a defense official says the concerns are based on a very specific threat stream from isis-k about attacks against the crowds outside the airport. we are expecting new numbers on yesterday's evacuations any moment. international security editor nick paton walsh back with us. nick, this is winding down quickly. i want to step back for a second here because so much has been happening, you've got these planes leaving every 45 minutes i guess on average here. they are filling the planes with people, warning americans to stay away, they are worried about the threat of isis-k agains

the outflow of americans and embassy staff, it is in the hundreds. i don't have an exact number, but reinforce, this is available space on aircraft coming in, configured not to load up completely. there are equipment that calls and other things occurring on these aircraft, so think about it as a space available with aircraft going out. as mr. kirby said, as soon as we get all of the forces and, you will have aircraft coming in solely for ramping up evacuations, getting up to the 20, 30 a day and up to the 5000 per day. reporter: right now, it is still in the hundreds? mr. reed: yes. sec. kirby: we talked about that earlier in the day. reporter: can you tell us how the u.s. will keep afghanistan from becoming another terrorist safe haven, since arguably the are in a worse position than we were pre-9/11? sec. kirby: we talked about this , we have robust antiterrorism in the region. can fly from ships at sea, from bases in the region. from the support we were able to give to the afghans just in the air strikes we did in support of them, there were multi

the american embassy in kabul has been evacuated, we're told, and american citizens ordered to stay

the post august 30 one presents for diplomats, would the american embassy stay open?y were exploring many options and would make that decision. ross: i was interested to hear him saying he feels the u.s. will have an option to exert some influence over afghanistan after the end of august, but he didn't really explain how the u.s. would do that. >> he says the same thing other western countries are saying, that they have various ways to put pressure on the taliban. development assistance, economic assistance. the country depends on financial aid. that's a big one. as far as the u.s. is concerned, it has a fair bit of leverage on that score. they have a fair bit of economic clout if that makes a difference to thealiban. they have said all along they don't want to be a pariah state. in fact, they have that to wield as pressure as well. those are the types of things he has talked about more specifically. he has made the point that americans have been talking to the taliban for several years with this peace, so to speak. they hava process in place. as you have reported you

embassy urging americans to shelter in place. the taliban releasing video claiming it shows the militants arriving in eastern afghanistan. stunning developments in america's longest war as we approach 20 years since the terror attacks on 9/11. the white house releasing this photo of president biden receiving a briefing at camp david. our extensive coverage tonight. ian pannell is in afghanistan. rachel scott and martha raddatz standing by. >>> also breaking tonight, the death toll rising from the catastrophic earthquake in haiti. hundreds more dead. thousands of others injured and many still missing at this hour. the powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake stronger than the quake that devastated the country back in 2010. the acting prime minister declaring a state of emergency. homes and buildings reduced to rubble. some residents staying in makeshift shelters. the u.s. joining the recovery effort. matt gutman is in haiti tonight. >>> we're also tracking grace. rapidly approaching haiti threatening to bring flooding rains and triggerin

couple journalists below sar. worry the fact that the americans need almost 5000 us troops just to quit, you know, thousands of 5 lines in the embassy. it tells you where my son is after 20 years of massive investment in blood and treasure, not only by the americans, but also by the international community. and every time you hear to these countries tell the citizens to leave us on as soon as possible, especially cobble those type of messages. it is terrorizing one. so we're already very fearful of what could happen. we heard a lot of gotten fired from the police. chelsea area, it's in p d 12 where the biggest prison is and everyone thought that this was a toddler, bon attack, inside the city of cobble. so it did terrorize the local population, especially when i had a couple years. we're flying over the prison, then we were going to officially that there was a problem in the counter narcotics wing of the prison. so you can imagine the impact of what is happening around the country. so it's not a success story. and it's also not the time you know, that the americans could blamed africa needed africa. leaders could blame, you know, th

s officials say the evacuation of the american embassy in kabul has been completed commercial flights at the airport have been suspended. all of this follows images circulating around the globe showing taliban fighters inside afghanistan's presidential palace. they promise afghanistan will soon be called. the islamic emirate of afghanistan. they spoke from president ashraf ghani's desk and just hours before that cameras captured images of president ghani at that same desk, fox news tray yanks tells us the president fled the country today to an unknown location. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country along with a number of top advisers images from the capital city striking and disturbing to many around the world as you see taliban fighters carrying machine guns walking through the halls of the presidential palace this after evacuations took place all day, the only airport in kabul over whelmed by us military flights as the u. s military worked to evacuate embassy personn

so the fact that the americans need almost 5000 us troops just to, you know, thousands of 5 lines in the embassy. it tells you where the sun is after 20 years of massive investment in blood and treasure, not only by the americans, but also by international community. and every time you hear these countries tell the citizens to leave understand as soon as possible, especially cobble those type of messages. it is terrorizing, have ones who are already very fearful of what could happen. we have to really put this into the context of what the americans started doing and when they had their own exit deal with the taliban and call it the peace process. problem is the people of understand that there would be a credible piece process that there would be a permanent and comprehensive she's flat. that has not happened. there has been bloodshed, there's been carnage. and you now have a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. you know, a lot of brutal events, a lot of brutality. have one people have suffered. we don't know the full story yet because we cannot be an areas where there's either fighting or th

if i q, 18, american embassy staff. while warning that any action against us personnel will receive a military response, the new total almost doubled the original number by and said he would send to $3000.00. and it comes as unconfirmed reports say the taliban is now just 11 kilometers from the capital. the decision to increase the number follows another day is gained by the ton of bond seizing scanner stones. second largest city of come to hong. meanwhile, the u. s. embassy in the capital. cobble is all americans to leave immediately go so far as to offer loans to those unable to afford plane tickets home to use any available commercial carriers or here on the latest pictures from cobble, while local desperately seeking shelter. after paying the ton of bonds, rapid fonts, men, women, and children are struggling with hearts living conditions and an acute shortage of food and maza tamala. i came from the northern jose gen province. there was ongoing, brutal fighting and we could only save ourselves and fled to cobble, an

the american embassy warning all citizens to get out now. we're on the ground. >>> and a hero' welcome. the epic homecoming as america's athletes return home. >> i just feel so honored and blessed to be able to represent this amazing country. >>> the emotional reunions weeks in the making. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news with kate snow." >> good evening. i'm hallie jackson in for kate. as we come on the air, the covid cries sis deepening in parts of america. hospitals in some places overwhelmed again. we will get to all of it tonight, but we very least a reason to exhale with the olympics coming to a close today. athletes from around the world pulling off what at times seemed impossible in the shadow of a global pandemic. the olympians themselves, especially those from team usa, delivering under the most challenging of circumstances. keir simmons starts us off tonight from tokyo. >>> the closing ceremony bursting with pride and gratitude for athletes who overcame the odds just to take part. a japanese drummer center stage. each beat

people who have been unable to get out to the stage in protest at the british embassy at the american embassies, the other nato, country embassies. there are also people who are unable to get money out of the atm to pay for groceries to pay for, for whatever they need for basic necessities. obviously things just heck, because they were a few days ago, but he still renders a desperate situation here in capital. now. okay, well we know you're heading off to try and get more of those on told stories of what his life like there for the african people right now. okay. for the senior correspondent, right. garcia, thanks for updating us. here's another side to a billions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry and heavy armor is being abandoned in the country by the us and its partners. that's pretty or you see here, it shows a former nato bass and the pentagon rushes to retreat. the years president admit that the success of the evacuation relies on taliban cooperation. police bargains 31st depends upon the tale bond continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport for those who are trans, we're

the us embassy in afghanistan is advising americans not to travel to kabul airport unless they've beeno so, because of "potential security threats" at the gates. it comes as the taliban's co—founder and head of its political wing, mullah abdul ghani baradar, arrived in the capital for talks on forming a new afghan government. thousands of people are still massed at the perimeter of the airport, anxious to board flights out of the country, and the crush of people in sweltering heat left some needing medical help from us troops. since the taliban took control of the country last weekend, they've set up checkpoints on the main road from kabul to the airport, making it difficult forforeigners, and those afghans who worked with us and nato forces, to leave. ourfirst report tonight is from our security correspondent, frank gardner, and a warning, you might find some of the images distressing. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. gunfire. taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, b

american troops expected to help remove personnel from the u.s. embassy. and tonight we have learned americans at the embassy have been told to destroy sensitive material on site. and teanosontrkidevelo priden here at home, the the third day of albuquerque. and what authorities have just revealed. >>> tonight, the track has now shifted. the tropical storm warnings now up at this hour. where this system will hit the u.s., and when. and in the east, the severe storms from virginia, washington, d.c., up through new york. rob marciano times it out. >>> the major headline involving new york governor andrew cuomo. >>> the building collapse at a supermarket. reports of people injured. >>> and news on the legendary singer tony bennett. at the age of 95, what his family has revealed. >evenin here. we have several developing stories. u.s. troops arriving in kabul. and the deadly school shooting here at home. but we will begin with the coronavirus and the key decision that will affect millions of vaccinated americans. the cdc director signing off on a third doze of th

annmarie: we see them moving on trying to extricate and get home american diplomats at the embassy. 3000rican troops are going there. but it has been like this over the past week. last weekend was critical. now that the taliban controls more than two thirds of the country the administration has been quite resolute and confirm what their decision. the president has wanted to do this for years. another has been done to train an advance the afghan military and government. it is time for american troops to come home. it is going to be messy for them, especially in the public eye. tom: i read every word from senator mcconnell. he was measured in his criticism. he did allude to saigon in 1975, same as hubert vanness photograph to the helicopter and the exit out of what became ho chi minh city. what is the pressure here from capitol hill, or is there a silence as we try to get to monday? annmarie: i think the pressure is that they want to make sure americans to come home. it is a little more on the silent front given the fact that this was expected. tom: i agree with that. annmarie: we are shoc

s. embassy and cobble is urging all americans to leave the country immediately go against far as too often loans because i was unable to afford plane tickets home and use any available commercial carriers. well, here's the situation as it stands right now, but it's changing expert and the the medicines control around 2 thirds of the country right now. you can see their areas marks in red. the government forces a much diminish territory for them out there in green. what's left of those contested regions? now currently the islamists have taken hold of strategically crucial locations very near the capital to 50 kilometers away. as i said earlier, the tell about any ramped up it's offensive back in april after the us president announced it was pulling out troops. at the same time, the taliban then help less than a 5th of the country. but you wind forward to this week and now they control while over half with the taliban taking hold of multiple provinces in a single day. us troops back to work and afghan. stan, albeit with a slightly different mission of getting american embassy stuff out

it's sending troops to the afghan capital, kabul, to help evacuate some civilian staff from the american embassyeorological organisation has voiced concern about the effects of climate change in the mediterranean region, after italy registered what's thought to be a record temperature of a8.8 celsius. there's also been extreme weather in turkey. kastamonu, a city in the north of the country, has been hit by flash floods after heavy rainfall. 17 people have reportedly died, with more than 1,a00 people evacuated from the areas affected. this is bbc news.

s officials say the evacuate of the american embassy in kabul has been completed, but commercial flights at the airport have been suspended. all of this follows images circulating around the globe showing taliban fighters inside afghanistan's presidential palace. they promised that afghanistan will soon be called the islamic emirate of afghanistan. they spoke from president ashraf ghani, his desk just hours before that cameras captured images of president ghani at that same desk tray inks reports. the president fled the country today to an unknown location. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country along with a number of top advisers images from the capital city striking and disturbing to many around the world as you see taliban fighters carrying machine guns walking through the halls of the presidential palace this after evacuations took place all day, the only airport in kabul over whelmed by us military flights as the u. s military worked to evacuate embassy personnel, alo

s. embassy and cobbler has lowered the stars and stripes off the staff was transferred to the airport. okay, the more open it's in new york and following the american reaction, knocked off on don rapidly unruffled. well, the flag is down, the u. s. embassy is evacuated, and the staff is at the cobble airport. and from what we understand, they were ordered to burn sensitive documents before leaving the embassy. and now the voices are comparing the situation and cobble to the situation in saigon, in 1975. the famous photograph of the us helicopter, pulling out as the government of south vietnam bell. well, here's some of what's been said, the mitigated disaster enough. again, histone the shameful, saigon, like abandonment of cobalt. the brutalization of african women. and the slaughter of our allies is the predictable outcome of the trump by the doctrine of weakness. now, republican senator ben sas also said the united states would regret its action that afghan as dan, and that this would hurt the international community. and it would weaken the alliances of the united states around the world. however, anthony, blinking the u. s. secretary of state d