welcome back to our breaking news coverage of the evolving situation in afghanistan. nbc news now reporting the taliban has ordered armed fighters into the capital as night falls on kabul. want to bring in two people who have reported extensively about living under the taliban regime. david road, from new yorker.com who was kidnapped by the taliban in 2008. and also senior fellow of the council on foreign relations and author of the daughters of kobani. thank you both for being here. david, one thing that struck me in the interview that i did in the last block with matthew akins who is there in kabul is how he said that so far he feels safe. am i wrong to think that or am i right to pray that his
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Bay Area political events: Support for Amazon workers, $15 minimum wage rally
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
SATURDAY
Support for Amazon workers: A car caravan to support Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., who are voting on whether they want union representation. Caravan will circle Hilltop Mall in Richmond, an Amazon distribution center. 4 p.m. More information is here.
SUNDAY
New Black reconstruction: A webinar on the components of a new Reconstruction through a multiracial anti-capitalist and feminist movement with militant Black working-class leadership. Hosted by the National Comrades of Color Caucus of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. 1 p.m. More information is here.
Bay Area political events: Alice Walker, Condoleezza Rice
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
MONDAY
Alice Walker: Writer and activist reflects on freedom, Black feminism/womanism and writing in community. Hosted by UC Berkeley Department of African American Studies. Noon. More information is here.
TUESDAY
‘Kamala’s Way’: Journalist Dan Morain on his new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 10 a.m. More information is here.
WEDNESDAY
Condoleezza Rice: A conversation with the former secretary of state, hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here.