0 latest on the situation. thank you. the fall of kabul appears to be imminent is the headline. we re sure courtney will be with us throughout the day, as well as our steam of correspondents to follow the latest. thanks for watching msnbc reports, velshi starts right now. i m ali velshi, we re departing from our normal format for the news out of afghanistan where the taliban is closing in on kabul. the biggest city in the country. it does appear to be surrounded. this map is the latest we have, but it is not fully updated because this shows mazar-i-sharif under government control and it s not. jalalabad is not under government control any more. kabul appears to be completely surrounded. this is a live look at kabul right nowk and here s where things stand. bagram air base which is typically 45 minutes north of kabul today because of traffic isl about two hours and now in the hands of the taliban. this ishe the base at which all americanic troops were headquartered in taliban. it
required medical attention and happened after schneiderman had been drinking. each woman said schneiderman hit her, slapped her hard, choked her and threatened to kill her if she broke up with him. one other claimed schneiderman threatened to have her phone tap. the attorney general said in a tweet he engaged in role playing and other consensual sexual activity. non-consensual sex is a line i would not cross. as the uproar grew, top officials including kirsten gillibrand and governor cuomo requested that he step down. he said these allegations are unrelated to my professional conductor operatio conduct or o my office. he was a vocal advocate for
stop shooting animals! you guys are outrageous! you are looking like [ bleep ] on national tv. we couldn t do anything but tans the phone, hang it up, and it would be lit again with people from around the world wanting to wish ill will. do you require an i.q. test for the officers. sir, i m not going to debate this issue with you. well, i m going to make a bill for that. it was just accusations that we were having fun killing these animals, and we current having fun. it was a professional police operatio operation. it was in the back of my mind all the time. how were people going to portray me? i don t want to be portrayed as some kind of monster. you know, animal killer.
the initial attempt to get rid of the law came in january of 2011, two weeks after the gop took control of the house. that vote passed and died in the senate however as it has every other time that the house has tried to repeal the law. president obama says he has a sure-fired way to help middle-class taxpayers to help families making less than $250,000 a year, and get rid of tax breaks for the wealthy. i want to bring in jessica yellin who is in new york today. he talked about this and talked about it from the white house and clearly laying down the gauntlet, if you will, and he says, okay, i want to put this before congress again and this is going to be an issue that is going to be hot and heavy for the next four months, and do they think that this is going to catch fire, if you will, as a campaign slogan? as a campaign issue certainly. we will see this on the trail no doubt, suzanne, because it is a battle for the next four months. in congress, don t expect it to go an
the world. the area highlighted is just off the coast of south carolina pap concentrated area but it has been rapidly developing. that s why the national hurricane center is keeping a close eye on it. the latest advisory says this could develop into a tropical depression or maybe even a tropical storm as early as sunday. possibly later tonight as we see we ve had a lot of convection, meaning thunderstorm activity developing with it and enhanced here. you can see areas here in red and yellow. those are the higher topped thunderstorms. something to keep watch on and the first name of the season is alberto. we ll keep a close look at this already active season that hasn t officially begun for 2012. this potentially could get a name. it. william to intensify eve before the season begins? absolutely. if it becomes a hurricane, it gets a name. thank you. keep us posted. terrorist charges brought against three anti-nato protesters have taken place. chicago announcing felony