tanks and artillery and armor vehicles and open planes and they re extremely familiar with the train there having fault there since 2014. it is not to say that the ukrainians can t win. we are getting equipment to them. as equipment arrives in ukraine is one thing. equipment has to get into the hands of the soldiers so they can use them. there is a different story. and so as we talk about it arriving in ukraine, let s talk more so about arriing in the hands of soldiers so the soldiers can take that equipment and be prepared to fight. what kind of weapons do the ukrainians need to stand a fighting chance against the russians in the east and to pick up on what you were talking about, are there concerns that eventhough the weapons get into ukraine that those weapons are not getting to the soldiers?
ana geardadas filling in for the one and only ali velshi. we re live in new york where members of the u.n. are arriing in a few hours. in a little over 24 hours, president biden is set to travel here for the first united nations assembly of his president. could be a contentious few days. in addition to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, which is once again taking the lives of more than 2,000 americans per day, this year s general assembly comes just weeks after the calamitous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. and days after the biden administration admitted, calling it a, quote, mistake, that a recent drone strike in afghanistan intended for isis-k members killed zero terrorists, but instead, ten innocent civilians, including seven children. things also remain contentious on capitol hill. if you want to get a sense of what s at stake in the days and weeks ahead, the new york times sums it up pretty well with this headline this morning. quote, biden s entire
camp david at least until wednesday. jon? jon: kevin corke from the white house, kevin, thank you. uh-huh. jon: a second group of u.s. marines arriing in kabul to assist with evacuation of american citizens and afghan interpreters. this as we learn our military is preparing for the possibility of closing the u.s. embassy there for good. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more on that. lucas? good evening, jon. let s break down the 5,000 number. 3,000 u.s. marines and soldiers were already rushing to kabul to join a thousand u.s. troops already on the ground. the extra thousand, paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division part of the alert brigades in the 18th airborne corps based at fort bragg. afghanistan s fourth largest city and the big nest the north fell biggest in the north fell to the taliban. not long after 9/11 attacks this was the city with u.s. special forces on horseback teamed one the northern alliance to crush
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