chris jansing picks up coverage right now. >>> hi there, i am chris jansing, in for stephanie ruhle. it is monday, august 23rd. this morning, we are following several major stories. extreme weather battering the east coast. in the northeast, henri leaving a path of destruction and thousands without power. flooding killed at least 20 people, leaving behind what one resident describes as a war zone. our reporters are live on the ground with the latest. >>> in afghanistan, violence at the airport threatens an already precarious evacuation plan with thousands trying to escape taliban rule, 18 u.s. commercial airplanes are called in to help. the white house signaling it could extend the deadline to leave the country. we have to start with game changing developments in the battle against the coronavirus. "new york times" reporting the fda is set to give full organization for pfizer's covid vaccine today. at the same time, across the south, icu beds are filling up fast, so bad in five states they're within 10% of reaching capacity. alabama is already maxed out. grim numbers out of florida w

morning, i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. as we come on the air, afghanistan is in chaos. less than a month from the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the taliban once again takes over the country. scores of afghans that are desperate to escape run alongside the u.s. mill mare planes. they're trying to do whatever they can do to get inside one of those planes. in one situation so many people pushed their way on to a plane prevented the pilots from being able to take off. just moments ago, we confirmed from three u.s. officials that officials are going to start at the airport on the military side. meanwhile. they are bracing for the group of taliban rule by removing images of women from store fronts like this beauty salon. the white house says we'll hear from them soon. that's where we start this very busy hour. richard engle is on the ground in kabul. mike memoli is near camp david. we're also joined by doug olivant. he is also a retired army lieutenant colenel in afghanistan. good to have all of you here on a very important day. ric

>>> hi there, chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, august 24th. we start this morning with major breaking news in afghanistan. nbc news just confirmed that cia director welcome burns held a secret meeting with the taliban de facto leader in kabul. it comes as president biden faces growing pressure to extend our troop withdrawal deadline past august 31st. and he needs to decided to if he'll do that, otherwise the pentagon probably won't be able to get u.s. troops out on time. but the taliban is warning the u.s. will face consequences if troops stick around past the 31st deadline, calling it a red line. and later this hour, the president will join an emergency meeting with world leaders to talk about all this. they're expected to put pressure on the president to extend with their own citizens as well as tens of thousands of americans and our afghan allies still scrambling to get out. and growing fears of more violence around the airport. 20 were killed in the past week. the u.s. evacuated 63,000 in july. geoff bennett is at the white house, courtney

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morning, i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin.s than a month from the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the taliban once again takes over the country. scores of afghans that are desperate to escape run alongside the u.s. mill mare planes. they're trying to do whatever they can do to get inside one of those planes. in one situation so many people pushed their way on

chris jansing picks it up right now. >>> good morning. i am chris jansing in for craig melvin. as we come on the air the pressure is building in afghanistan. just a short time ago pentagon officials updating on the disparate mission to rescue americans as well as tens of thousands of u.s. allies from the tightening grip of the taliban rule. >> as part of this force includes, the speed of evacuation will pick up. >> the new goal to get a plane of people out every hour in the next 24 hours, and a maximum of 5,000 to 9,000 people each day, and the other goal clearly is to find order in what has been turmoil. this shocking photo taken on sunday has gone viral and it shows a military plane jam-packed with 640 afghans fleeing their country. according to defense 1, some of those folks pulled themselves up on the cargo's plane open ramp as it was preparing to take off. new photos from the airport showing more order, but no less urgency, and the taliban is holding a news conference. we will keep you posted on that. >>> and an answer to a question people have asked for months, do i need

>> chris jansing, thank you. i'm garrett haake.de the kabul airport. you're looking at live pictures of the airport. it's 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are huddling as we speak. we hope to learn more from them soon. the airport has been under a terror threat all morning. this was going to our top story even before this attack. so, americans have been told to leave the airport gates and to stay away. all of this is happening as the pentagon is set to give an update in the next 30 minutes. we'll see if that remains on schedule and we'll bring it to you live when it happens. meantime w

chris jansing picks it up right now. >>> good morning. i am chris jansing in for craig melvin. as we come on the air the pressure is building in afghanistan. just a short time ago pentagon officials updating on the disparate mission to rescue americans as well as tens of thousands of u.s. allies from the tightening grip of the taliban rule. >> as part of this force includes, the speed of evacuation will pick up. >> the newoa

with my thanks to chris jansing in l.a., for allowing me to thoroughly disappear for a while.thanks to you for being here with, us on behalf of all of our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, goodnight. tonight, on a limb. >> as a former united states attorney and tierney general for 20 years, there's a real potential here for criminal charges. that should be seriously considered. >> harrowing new details on trump's attempt to steal the election through the justice department. is it time for criminal charges against? him then, we will make our own health choices, we will not show you a passport, we will not wear a mask. >> as republicans play political games with a deadly pandemic. >> we are hospitalizing record numbers of childr

i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. day 196 of the biden administration.new york governor andrew cuomo to step down after today's explosive report from that state's attorney general. that ag reports alleges cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including a state trooper. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> do you think he should be prosecuted? >> what i said was, if the investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations are correct, that back in march that i would recommend he

i'm chris jansing in for nicolle wallace.he president to deliver those remarks. we've been waiting for them much of the day, on the situation in afghanistan. president biden expected to officially announce he is maintaining the august 31st deadline to withdraw the last american troops, ending our 20-year involvement in afghanistan. but white house officials did tell nbc news the president told them to continue to have a contingency to stay longer if needed to finish the mission. for example, if the taliban stop cooperating. biden's decision is a momentous one with the deadline only a week away. as nbc reports, quote, the military advised biden he needed to make a decision on whether to extend the withdrawal deadline by tuesday in order to allow enough time for the roughly 6,000 troops and the small number of embassy staff to leave, according to two u.s. officials. although biden has committed to evacuating all americans who wish to leave as well as afghan allies, it is unclear if he will be able to up hold that promise on suc

i'm chris jansing in for nicolle wallace. the u.s. military involvement in afghanistan as he and his administration are beating back heavy criticism coming their way. right now the situation in kabul remains volatile and at times violent. from our nbc news reporting, a deadly fire fight brought renewed chaos to kabul airport on monday where thousands of afghans were waiting to flee the country as the taliban faced down a resistance movement in the north. one afghan soldier was killed and three others were injured in the fight between afghan security forces and unknown attackers at the north gate of the airport, the german military said in a tweet. according to the latest numbers from the white house, in just the last 24 hours 16,000 individuals were evacuated and the administration's focus remains on maintaining the steady stream of removals. but president biden acknowledges there is still much more work ahead to get the rest of the americans and our afghan allies safe from taliban rule. with the august 31st deadline for withdrawal fa

i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. day 196 of the biden administration.ight the president has joined the chorus of voices from both parties calling on new york governor andrew cuomo to step down after today's explosive report from that state's attorney general. that ag reports alleges cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including a state trooper. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> do you think he should be prosecuted? >> what i said was, if the investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations are correct, that back in march that i would recommend he resign, that's what i'm doing today. >> biden is just one of many democratic politicians in federal, state and local positions who now say cuomo can no longer remain in office. state attorney general letitia james issued her report following a five-month-long investigation. it paints a picture of inappropriate behavior. >> he sexually harassed current and state employees in violation of both federal and state laws. the independent investigation found that governor cuomo sexua

good evening i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. 223 day of the biden administration and as we come on the air, tonight we're following two major stories. the u.s. has officially ended its 20-year war in afghanistan. it is now tuesday august 31st there. the deadline president biden set for all u.s. troops to be out of the country. afghanistan is now run by the taliban. we'll have much more on that in just a moment. also tonight, millions of people across louisiana are coming to grips with the scale of damage from hurricane ida. the storm made landfall in the port for sean sunday as a category four, slamming into the coast with devastating wind and rain. it's one of the most powerful hurricanes ever hit the u.s. mainland officials say at least two people were killed. search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf i became unsure with everything that was advertised. all of our levee systems, particularly our levee system performed magnificently. having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. >> catastrophic. the storm devastated more than 1 million

we heard from representative smith speaking to chris jansing.when troop withdrawal is complete the evacuations will continue. what would that look like? >> it will not look like what we're seeing right now and instead we have to rely on special forces, we have to rely on other organizations like the cia to basically track down and surgically remove these evacuees from other parts of the country. clearly we're not going to have the capabilities that we do, the men and women who were there at the airport. we can't rely on the taliban now, how are we going to rely on them after a date which they said we want you out of the country and so we have to rely on ourselves and making sure that we continue to have the intelligence necessary and the assets necessary in order to find but also then extract the evacuees that are necessary so it's not going to be easy. it's going to be complicated and it's unfortunate that we're in this place that we are right now but doesn't mean we can't get it done. >> the president rejecting the notion that a mistake was ma

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>> chris jansing, thank you. i'm garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. you're looking at live pictures of the airport. it's 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are huddling as we speak. we hope to learn more from them soon. the airport has been under a terror threat all morning. this was going to our top story even before this attack. so, americans have been told to leave the airport gates and to stay away. all of this is happening as the pentagon is set to give an update in the next 30 minutes. we'll see if that remains on schedule and we'll bring it to you live when it happens. meantime we'll try to stay on top of this with our reporters. courtney kube is at the pentagon. geoff bennett remains at the white house. and sanchez is in london. what do we know so far, courtney? >> reporter: we know very little

good evening i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. 223 day of the biden administration and as we come20-year war in afghanistan. it is now tuesday august 31st there. the deadline president biden set for all u.s. troops to be out of the country. afghanistan is now run by the taliban. we'll have much more on that in just a moment. also tonight, millions of people across louisiana are coming to grips with the scale of damage from hurricane ida. the storm made landfall in the port for sean sunday as a category four, slamming into the coast with devastating wind and rain. it's one of the most powerful

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chris jansing picks up the coverage. >>> and that ends the sports portion of our coverage.eople from the kabul airport. right now the airport is on high alert after the state department warned americans to leave the gates immediately because of a