a different court, the sixth circuit, which is in cincinnatii i believe, in ohio. and what everyone expects is that this will get appealed to the supreme court. now, given that thee supreme court was not very interested in the biden administration s efforts to stop property owners from being able to evict tenants back in august, it seems quite possible that they will agree with the fifth circuit on this and that these mandates will be tossed before they ever took effect. but there is a couple other points, sorry, go on. tucker: can i ask you the core point, so now, unless i m misreading the science and correct me if i am, it sounds like the vaccinated are at no greater risk from the unvaccinated as vice versa. the vaccinated can spread the virus as efficiently as anybody else. so what the is justification for these mandates, at this point? i i mean, there is no medical justification for this. one of the things that the fifth circuit said, which is fascinating, is if this is such an
afghanistan. there are porous borders and borders many countries. don t go far. we ll need your continueded analysis thisou morning. ali arouzi in tehran. joining us on the phone a kabulph based freelance journalt who is on the ground in kabul. matthew, what is happening right now in kabul. i ve just been out in the streets for most of the day and there was sort of panic in the morning around 10:30 local time when the rumors spread that the talibanre entered the city. and there was rush and panic on the streets. everyonen trying to get home. as it stands, the taliban has not actually entered the city, as far as i can see. i have seen officers taking off theirrs uniforms and putting on clothes and walking away to find loved ones. wow, that s what richard
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
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defending a proceed yurl vote being made d here. above 232 hvotes, this is well beyond the margin for error for democrats here. how does the house floor look to you as they ve just finished the time? we ll jump in the moment we hea the speaker preside. does it look any busier, different, more intense to you on thisou historic vote? members sticking around, the galleries were packed as we got toward the start of the vote. a lot of staff present. there was the feeling that this was ath meant tuesday, not a normal everyday n vote.da to senator mccaskill s point, there s another six votes in this series. for folks trying to avoid the uncomfortable feeling, they have votes to t come if they want to head to the exits. we see the speaker consulting there with the house staff and stepping towards s looks lik