good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. welcome in to alec wit reports. i m richard lui in for alec. here s what s happening 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11 a.m. pacific, 10 p.m. in afghanistan. we have fast developing happenings in afghanistan. as night falls, new report the airport in kabul taking gunfire. that is after u.s. troops spent the day moving americans and allies from the embassy to the airport. the embassy is now advising all u.s. citizens to shelter in place instead of heading to the airport. 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
a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome, every, to alec wit reports. breaking news the tell you about. it is relative to iran and an attack on an israeli linked oil tanker. let s go to jeff ledman at the white house. what do you know about this? israel had already accused iran of being behind the attack using drones on an oil tanker that was managed by an israeli company. they said they believed that was the reason behind that attack which actually killed two people aboard that vessel. now, we have both the united