mark mitty says the group has strategic momentum, as it takes over new areas. all this says us troops pull out. i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212213.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the $41900.00 that are out there. you've got 34 provincial capitols in afghanistan. none of them have been seized as of today by the taliban. although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably half of them, 17 of them in fact. and what they're trying to do is isolate the major population centers. at least 25 people have died in severe flooding and china's central and on province of the heaviest rainfall. since records began 200000 people. as they moved to safety and this concerns the dam could collapse. the trinity red crescent says at least 17 migrants from bangladesh of drowns, trying to cross the mediterranean sea. the boat sank of the setting off is lee from the water on libya as north west coast. $380.00 people were rescued by the trinity and coast guard drug

general mark mitty says the taliban now controls nearly half of the countries, $400.00 plus districts. all this is, of course, happening as us troops pull out the fighting between africa and government forces and the taliban is intensifying. the 7 people were killed in the southern province of canada hall on wednesday. that happened during shelling between the military and taliban fighters in a separate incident for telephone fighters were killed when the vehicle had a roadside bomb and done to district or mike hannah joins me now live from washington d. c. and mike concerns about these gains by the taliban really being expressed at the most senior level for the military and senior levels. indeed, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some 8000 troops have already been moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them have already been removed