also, we can now report that msnbc now has confirmed afghan president asgraf ghani has fled the country. earlier today a spokesman for the taliban told nbc news they ordered fighters to enter kabul to prevent looting since their predecessors fleed. smoke rising from the u.s. embassy grounds as officials scramble to burn sensitive documents no they are destroying classified documents as i speak. the visa process is stopped. and now -- you know, president biden said in july, this is not going to be a saigon. it is not like south vietnam. but guess what? when i talked to ambassador crocker, we think it is going to be worse. >> president biden has increased the deployment of u.s. troops to kabul to 5,000 now to help with evacuations. and debate continues over which administration is responsible for the fall. >> there is no question that trump, his administration, secretary pompeo, they also bear very significant responsibility for this. president trump told us that the taliban was going to fight terror. secretary pompeo told us the taliban was going to denounce al qaeda. none of it has happ

also, we can now report that msnbc now has confirmed afghan president asgraf ghani has fled the countryearlier today a spokesman for the taliban told nbc news they ordered fighters to