capital has fallen under tabl control. all of this happening since last friday. and the taliban now appear to be closing in on the capital of kabul. one senior official telling cnn the city could be cut off in 30 to 60 days, dooming the u.s. backed government there. kylie atwood and barbara stair and clarissa ward in kabul with the latest. and what are you hearing from state department this hour? reporter: we are highwaying that there is a growing sense ever urgency among biden administration officials over these taliban games that are happening at an accelerating pace in afghanistan. this is prompted a number of meetings and phone calls to happen this morning. we know that secretary of state tony blinken spoke with his counterpart at pentagon earlier today. we know that he had a phone call at least last night with national security adviser jake sullivan. all about afghanistan. and this comes as we have reported that there have been ongoing discussions within the state depa
i am ayman. let s do it . we begin tonight with the very latest from capitol hill. the major headline from his speech is the senate has not passed a funding bill to keep the government open by a vote of 88 votes in favor, nine opposed. i have enough republicans where this point next week, one of two things will happen. kevin mccarthy won t be the speaker of the house or he will be the speaker working at the pleasure of the democrats per and historic moment. for the first time in the history of the united states, the speaker of the house has been removed. the government shutdown averted at least until mid- november. the deal will keep the government funded for another 45 days. the bill we passed on saturday kicks the can down the road per i know, i know. if watching that makes you feel like it is groundhogs day, don t worry. you are not the only one. in fact i am wearing a blue shirt as well. all of those clips you just saw there were actually from back in the fall
gun safety legislation in the senate tonight. it is minimal legislation by anyone s score. but it is the only legislation that has moved through there they are in the last 30 years. 14 republican senators voting for it, including senator mcconnell, and john cornyn, after he got booed in texas this weekend, for exactly this, either publican state convention in texas. so, something is definitely gonna happen and everyone who was advocating for this cause we ll go back to work advocating for more. as soon as this passes. but it is a very big moment in the history of the subject, and the senate tonight. literally, it s been decades of nothing. and this may be a small something that it is not nothing. and that is big news when it comes to that issue. thank you, lawrence. rachel, you ve worked too hard. get out of here. i ll take it for the rest of the day. thank you, rachel. tonight s other breaking news is that the january 6th committee has secured the cooperation of a docu
plea for reform in wake of the mass shooting in his hometown. we ll have an exclusive interview with mcconaughy in just a bit. we start with mark meredith. good evening, mark. the white house is optimistic that congress can reach a compromise when it comes to new gun control laws. the actor matthew mcconaughy is urging both washington and the country to act. these regulations are not a step back. today from a white house podium texas native american and hollywood activist matthew mcconaughy delivered an impassioned plea urging the country to support efforts to curb gun violence. we have a chance to reach for a higher ground above our political affiliations. the actor s white house visit comes after the tragic shooting at rob elementary school in his hometown of uvalde, texas. today the president ignored reporters questions about gun control, while on capitol lawmakers pressed the administration for answers on another urgent matter, the u.s. economy. we re seein
is immune from prosecution. we will be airing the full audio of the arguments starting live at 10:00 a.m. during the arguments trump himself will be sitting if for the third day of testimony. tomorrow night is a bonanza. we ll have special coverage of both trump trials led by my colleague rachel maddow starting at 8:00 p.m. do not miss it. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. just when we thought the big news from arizona today was the house of representatives repealing the 1864 bill, we now have 11 republicans in arizona indicted. it is 7:00 p.m. in arizona right now. alex. and there s 11 indicted fake electors there who may be struggling. maybe thinking about? what they want for dinner. maybe thinking about what they should do in the medium term. maybe thinking not be on the stand. maybe being witnesses for the prosecution maybe. maybe, just maybe. and we all discovered tonight that in arizona law, coconspirator is written without a hyphen. ne