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i think we may have lost andrea mitchell. we'll check back on that connection with andrea. >>> there is one part right there that she said that absolutely sent chills. she said, it is over. kabul is falling and with stunning speed. after 20 years, you get a sense that you are watching just an unbelievable historic moment taking place right now. >> she reiterated just days ago that the pentagon was still maintaining it could be a matter of months before this happened. yet here we are. we want to bring in nbc chief correspondent richard engel in kabul. we've been watching live pictures, seeing helicopters overhead as well. we caught up with you. what's transpired? what have you learned since then? >> reporter: i'm sorry, could you repeat that? you dropped out for part of the question. you said you saw some of the helicopters and then i lost audio. >> what are you seeing on the ground there, richard? what are you learning? >> reporter: well, i think it's hard right now. you can see one of the helicopters is passing overhead as we

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let's go over to andrea mitchell, among her beats, the state department. hang on, andrea. kelly, you have a news update for us. >> i don't mean to step on our colleagues at the pentagon. john kirby now says we can confirm a number of u.s. service members were killed in today's complex attack at kabul airport. a number of others are being treated for wounds. we also know that a number of afghans fell victim to this heinous attack. our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones and teammates of all those killed and injured. the worst news. americans among the dead. we have not heard from the president yet. this is a statement from john kirby, spokesman at the pentagon. chuck? >> kelly, thank you for alerting us to kirby's tweet. american service members are among those that died in the attack. andrea mitchell, what is the plan c, d, and e that the state department is thinking trying to get the remaining americans out, trying to get afghan allies out. obviously the gates are sitting targets. it is something clearly our own folks were concerned about, warnings were out ther

"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> this is "andrea mitchell reports." the breaking news is out of new york where new york state attorney general letitia james has delivered a withering report on alleged sexual harassment by governor andrew cuomo. >> the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law specifically the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. this investigation has revealed conduct that corrodes the very fabric and character of our state government and shines light on injustice that can be present at the highest levels of government, but none of this, none of this would have been illuminated if not for the heroic women who came forward, and i am inspired by all of the brave women who came forward, but

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and we have andrea mitchell back. om there at that house briefing as ali vitali said and as you said before we dropped, that it was an unclassified briefing. what more can you tell us about the specifics? >> at least as ali was just saying, everyone is spread around the country if not some perhaps even outside on congressional delegations. i don't know. so this was a telephone briefing unclassified for that reason. they were asked for instance whether president ghani has left the country as there have been media reports. that has not been confirmed to my knowledge by nbc and they refused to comment on that. they were also asked -- general milley i believe, let me check my my note, general austin was asked about the airport being closed and again i think i told you that the airport he said is open because house members were concerned, they are hearing reports that the airport was closed to civilian charter flights to try to get people out. they are getting calls from constituents, from women's groups and other human rig

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joining me now is kelly o'donnell, andrea mitchell and ann brown. kelly, let me start with you. we're getting more details about the negotiations that were attempted with the taliban by, we assume, the cia director since he was the one that met with the head of the taliban. they were just looking for four extra days and they didn't get it. is august 31st, hardening or do think still think they can move this? >> well, it's hard to answer that because the definition of what remains in the mission needs to be answered and that's what we'll look to secretary of state blinken for, to know when is the mission complete, you need to know how many americans remain and how many afghans who are in the siv. special immigrant visa category. how many are possible to remove. so that's one calculation. what we understand from talking with senior officials is that the military advisers to the president were firm in saying the august 31st date was important to them. we know there have been threats presented to the president for potential terror acts against the airport or u.s. forces, civilians t

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>> thank you to andrea mitchell for that report. we'll be learning more about haqqani from ken dilanian later on in the show. we bring in nato ambassador douglas sleuth. thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. as i was taking a listen to the president yesterday evening speak being the events of yesterday, the tragic events of yesterday, it actually reminded me of george w. bush and the speech that he delivered on the eve of 9/11 when he vowed to fight back against those responsible for at tacks here in the united states. i want to take a listen to the president from yesterday and then remind folks what it was like to listen to george w. bush back on september 11th, 2001. >> those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> make no mistake. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts. >> a lot of commonality there to say the least when you take a look at those moments, spa

andrea mitchell, thank you very much. tonight president biden is watching the deteriorating situation unfold from camp david and consulting with his national security team as he is facing fierce criticism for both his decision to withdraw u.s. troops and how it is being executed. monica alba is at the white house. >> reporter: as afghanistan falls to taliban control, the biden administration stands by its plan to leave. >> that is the hard decision the president made. >> reporter: secretary of state blinken insisting there is not much more the united states can do. >> ultimately it's up to the afghans themselves, it's up to the afghan government, up to the taliban to decide the way forward for the country. >> reporter: now conceding the taliban's advances have been far faster than even he forecast in june. >> i don't think it is going to be something that happens from a friday to a monday >> reporter: placing blame on the afghan security forces. >> tragically, they have not been able to defend the country and i think that

andrea mitchell, nbc news, river forest, illinois >>> all right. after the break, a pro hockey player making history and inspiring americans. >>> finally tonight, the first pro hockey player to come out publicly, telling our kate snow he is now living life on his terms. >> reporter: last year, the nashville predators selected luke prokop in the nhl draft. >> prokop, he scores >> reporter: the 19-year-old defenseman plays in calgary for now, but out on the ice he was keeping a secret >> i mean, have i been dealing with this for four -- probably three or four years where i truly knew who i was and was hiding myself. >> reporter: this spring he came out to his sister and other family this summer he told the world on instagram. >> i am no longer scared to hide who i am today i am proud to publicly tell everyone that i am gay. i got to a point where i didn't really care about what anyone else would think. i wanted to live my life the way i wanted to, and not hide from anything. >> reporter: the nhl, hockey has a reputation testosterone-filled, right? fi

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here is andrea mitchell. >> reporter: they often arrive with clothes on their backs, we ary from theirign land. watching the news, reawakened childhood members of feeling lost, displaced as refugees to the u.s. from kabul. you were nine years old when you left as a refugee, did it all come back? >> came rushing back, especially scenes of people hanging on to c-17 as it was taxiing out. >> reporter: a pilot for united, he volunteered for flights, as a translator on crew to reassure frightened passengers. >> i knew what was going through their minds, what they had left behind. i knew what they had endured. a sense of relief overcame them that they knew this was actually really happening and they were flying to safety. >> reporter: you define yourself as a son of afghanistan. what does that mean? >> we are dignified, we are proud, and we will never meet an afghan who is willing to give up. >> reporter: what's your message to americans how welcoming they should be to the afghans? >> please be a good neighbor, be a good citizen, be compassionate. >> reporter: and how many more flights will

reports on this network, andrea mitchell. you heard what the secretary of state said. from your reporting, do you have any clear reason why or how this assessment was so wrong here on how quickly this might unfold? even this morning, earlier this morning on msnbc, you were telling me very clearly, there is an active evacuation going on in kabul, although the u.s. government wasn't calling it that. >> well, they weren't then calling it an evacuation, but after secretary blinken spoke on "meet the press," it was clear what was going on. i think the fact is there was a complete misunderstanding of how well the afghan military force would perform. these were questions that were asked, i was told by a participant, by house members, democrats and republicans, of secretary blinken, general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs, the defense secretary austin this morning in a telephone briefing that nancy pelosi arranged for members of both parties with the top officials. how did we miss this? we missed it because we had been spend

and of course the host of andrea mitchell reports on this network. and sam stein veteran journalist, who is no way out editor for political. andrea giving the news tonight, i want to begin with, you seven days to finish this massive and messy evacuation, give us some idea of what this administration is now up, against with the clock ticking. >> first of, all it's only going to be a few more days, because it's going to take three or four days to lift the military, that are there, and they've already reduced it by 300, today or yesterday, it's going to take a number of days to move out, and if they're going to make the august 31st deadline, basically there are two or three more days to evacuate, and people are desperate to give, out people who still can't get to the, airport can't get past the, gates i was with a woman tonight an afghan woman, pleading with me, to help her husband. and others there addressing a washington obviously women supporters, who have been helping these afghan women, i've been getting calls, emails, i can't tell you how, many fr

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andrea mitchell. joining me, now, a senior fellow at -- she's got three decades of experience as a war reporter, one of the finest you will ever meet. back with us, matt rosenberg, "new york times" reporter covering national security, expelled from afghanistan in 2014. janine. >> good morning. >> you have seen this up close. it is something else to be watching what's going on. we very rarely in real time see this, theim invasion and collap of not just a city, a major city of 4 million people, but of a government. it looks like the afghan government has foldsed. >> -- folded. >> yes. absolutely. it is sad, predictable. the real worry is what is going to happen next. my fear is the humanitarian catastrophe that could ensue. i am worried about how the country will revert very quickly to what it was when i first witnessed it when the taliban had fallen in 2001 n. those days my n colleagues and i walked in kabul right after the northern alliance which was back booed i the u.s. had basically toppled the tal

. >>> joining me now is andrea mitchell. good morning. you have been reporting and talking to your sources about what is going on. the most amazing thing about it is that the request from g outh american officials to the taliban right now is please don't come in until our people are out.ti there is noop longer any conversation about holding kabul or holding afghanistan. >> absolutely. this is a transition that is being intensely negotiated, i'm told. a transition where contrary to everything the u.s. has been saying all along that the embassy would not be evacuated and then scaled down and then drawn down. they were freezing to call it an evacuation. as of this morning, it is a complete shut down of the embassy. they are saying in 72 hours and that is what they have been trying to henegotiate, which is peaceful transition, as well, as the afghan government. we're not sure who the afghan government is dealing with the taliban officials, presumably to get the president not trusted by the u.s. and trusted by the u.s. negotiators to step down

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington where president biden, a longtime friend and politicalw calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> i would recommend he resign. that's what i'm doing today. >> a chorus of top democrats joining the president including house speaker pelosi, democratic majority leader schumer. the entire democratic new york congressional delegation and democratic leaders of the

and for more on that, i want to bring in chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell andrea, what are you hearing? >> lester, the u.s. withdrawal is fast becoming a nightmare for afghan women and girls. we're getting reports that the taliban is targeting them at alarming rates kidnapping and raping, taking girls as child brides they're being targeteddog whae u.s. encouraged them to do for the last 20 years, get an often in defiance of their fathers and village elders state department spokesman ned price told me today the answer is not to relocate everyone who faces danger, but as he was speaking, a colleague was getting desperate pleas, emails from girls begging to be saved from what they say is a humanitarian disaster lester >> andrea, thank you >>> in just 60 seconds, what could be a game-changer for millions of americans trying to protect themselves against covid. >>> the cdc has cleared the way for a third covid vaccine dose for those with compromised immune systems. it comes as 143,000 new cases were reported, and more than one thousand deaths in a single day for the fir

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this is "andrea mitchell reports," and we are following breaking news in washington. bomb threat investigation after an alert from the capitol police of a suspicious vehicle at the library of congress. joining me now with the very latest nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and garrett haake, terrorism analyst and retired atf special agent jim cavanaugh and msnbc national security analyst clint watts, former fbi special agent. pete, bring us up-to-date with the latest you've learned from police. >> so this has been going on for about an hour and a half, andrea. it happened when the driver of a black pickup truck stopped the vehicle in front of the library of congr

this is "andrea mitchell reports."in washington where president biden is feeling intense political pressure two critical fronts. first, on afghanistan the president getting a briefing from defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chiefs chairman mark milley this morning as the mass exodus of americans, foreign nationals and afghan citizens with visas continues. with some people arriving at dulles airport in northern virginia. and new from the u.s. embassy in afghanistan, a message from kabul that they cannot ensure safe passage to karzai international airport for flights departing the country. there are serious concerns over whether taliban forces will allow thousands of u.s. citizens and afghans outside of the country before the august 31st withdrawal deadline. on the coronavirus we will hear from the president this afternoon as the delta variant is fueling the largest seven-day average in cases in six months, spurring the nation's top health

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"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> this is "andrea mitchell reports." the breaking news is out of new york where new york state attorney general letitia james has delivered a withering report on alleged sexual harassment by governor andrew cuomo. >> the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so

embassy dealt with two new cases of that mystery illness known as havana syndrome andrea mitchell joins us now andrea, this is very unusual. >> that's right, lester it was a last-minute delay on the vice president's high-profile trip to vietnam after embassy staffers reported acoustic symptoms similar to the so-called havana syndrome over the weekend. at least one to be medevaced for treatment. security officials decided there was no threat to the vice president since th embassy staff was working at home due to covid. nbc reported as many as 200 reported cases at posts all over the world of a still mysterious ailment three hours late, vice president harris arrived in hanoi where we are told she'll be carrying out her full schedule lester >> andrea, thank you >>> with cases of the delta variant of covid rising, americans are once again cutting back on travel, and hawaii is telling residents of the other 49 states, don't come here more now from tom costello >> reporter: with overflowing hospitals resorting to outdoor tents, the tourist dependent aloha state is asking tourists to stay away

, andrea mitchell reports, on this network. and retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey. a decorated combat veteran of vietnam. former cabinet member, former member of the national security council. good evening and welcome to you all. andrea i would like to begin with you. biden was forceful in defending his decision, was he forceful enough about the debacle portion, that we've watched unfold? >> critics certainly and both parties say not. you're hearing in fact, finally from the chairman tonight, who's been strangely silent as such a key player, he and others, tim kaine, jackie speier, people who have always been very strong defenders of his foreign policy, feeling strongly silent. or critical. saying that they are not at all happy, the way that it took place. in getting afghan colleagues, comrades who have been translators, and drivers, and really on the battlefield with our troops. and had these people with them every day. and we're under fire. and for them to have it so backed up by red, tape despite the fact t

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington with breaking reports out of afghanistan. two separate bombings one near the southeastern abbey gate where thousands of people have been waiting to gain entry and escape taliban rule and the second at the nearby baron hotel. taliban news saying 13 people were killed

andrea mitchell joins us now from the state department andrea, the administration is facing criticism what's being done to help >> lester, tonight democrats and republicans in congress say the u.s. did not move soon enough to evacuate afghans who worked with the u.s. military even as women are flooding human rights groups with pleas for help, desperate that after 20 years of freedom, the taliban are in some cases already going house to house, looking for unmarried women and girls. but after today's chaos at the kabul airport, the state department is telling even those who qualify for flights out to shelter in place until they are notified. and that will include only a small percentage of those desperate to get out lester >> andrea, thank you >>> retired four-star general david petraeus commanded allied military forces in afghanistan midway through the war. today i spoke to him about where the taliban takeover leaves us. >> certainly the outcome i think is catastrophic it's also heartbreaking. it's tragic, and i do think there were alternative approaches, options that we in fact should

on msnbc, andrea mitchell.rea, it's great to see you. it's been too long, my friend. >> thank you. it's great to see you, rachel. >> we heard a lot from secretary blinken about america's commitment and thanking our partners and talking about what has just happened. what's the nitty-gritty in terms of the plan going forward to get additional people out who the u.s. has committed to get out if and when they want to leave? >> this is very, very tough. it depends on relying on some very uncertain people, especially the taliban. they say that they don't rely on them, that they will trust them once they prove that they are living up to those commitments, commitments they have made not only to the u.s. but to 100 other countries that have demanded this and the u.n. security council with, importantly, russia and china both abstaining, the rest of the security council, as well as the g7 says today that they have to live up to this commitment, to let there be freedom of movement, no reprssion of women and girls. freedom

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