The Situation Room. And we begin with the Breaking News, the pentagon just announcing that some 3,000 u. S. Troops will be deployed to the afghan capital within 48 hours to help americans leave as taliban forces seize more territory. Were covering all angles of the story with Cnn Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward on the ground in Kabul And Cnn seen for white House Correspondent Phil mattingly over at the White House but first lets start with Cnn Pentagon Correspondent orrin liebman. The situation in afghanistan is clearly deteriorating rapidly. What have you learned about the mission for these 3,000 u. S. Troops . The taliban has swept and gained control of 12 provincial capitals with an advance that clearly has momentum as they move forward here. The u. S. Is sending in 3,000 additional troops specifically to Hamid Karzai international airport. That is the International Gateway To Kabul to secure the airport and to assist in the evacuation or partial drawdown of some sta
This is exactly what President Biden did not want to have to do, but he is sending u. S. Troops back into afghanistan even as hes still trying to withdraw the troops that were there. Now about 3,000 u. S. Troops, army, marines, some Air Force will go into afghanistan to help secure the capital of kabal to help withdraw u. S. Diplomats from the embassy. Theyre trying to get the number of americans down to the bare minimum there because of the unfolding violence, the deteriorating Security Situation as the taliban continue on the march. Many of these troops already in locations in Kuwait And Saudi arabia. Also, there will be an elite unit from the 82nd Airborne here in the united states that will go to the region on standby. Some 3,000 additional forces on standby in the region if the Security Situation deteriorates even further. We asked the Pentagon Press Secretary today if all of this amounts to now u. S. Troops being back in combat. He sidestepped the question. But listen to what he
Jessica schneider. Were learning more and more right now about former Attorney General Barrs Role in the trump Administrations Targeting of democratic lawmakers. Reporter we are. My colleagues are hearing from people familiar with Barrs Role in these investigations and theyre stressing that this probe targeting democratic lawmakers, it was more than a year old when barr became Attorney General. They say that barr came in urging prosecutors to complete investigations quickly, but that barr does not recall the specifics of this probe involving democrats Adam Schiff and eric swalwell. Tonight, though, lawmakers want answers directly from barr as several investigations are being launched. Tonight, democrats are demanding former attorneys general Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr testify under oath after revelations of secret subpoenas served on apple to obtain meta data. The justice Departments Inspector general issuing its own review of records of two of former President Trumps most outspoken a
will: more comfortable than what we are wearing in studio. rachel: i know. will: we are glad to have you with us, rachel. we have a lot of news to get to. what a day for this country. pete: some days you wake up and say what are we going to talk about today is one of those days. a lot of great guests as well. we start this morning with a fox news alert. the fda approves pfizer s covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the u.s. officially. paving the way for widespread distribution. lucas tomlinson is live outside the fda in maryland as the first dose is set to be administered in less than 24 hours. lucas, good morning. good morning, guys. normally it takes years to make a vaccine let alone get it approved. this one done in record time. president trump touted the achievement last night from the oval office. our nation has achieved a medical miracle. we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just nine months. this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in h
why your favorite stores may not have the gifts you are shopping for this year. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening breaking tonight, the fda authorizing covid booster shots of the pfizer vaccine, but keeping with an outside advisory panel s recommendation only giving the green light for that third shot for people 65 and up or at high risk currently there are 182 million fully vaccinated people in the united states. though, adding boosters potentially changes the definition of fully vaccinated the late-day decision by the fda still leaving some confusion as it only pertains to the pfizer vaccine. for now the j&j and moderna vaccines are not up for review the white house first raised expectations of boosters for everyone, getting ahead of the fda. stephanie gosk reports. reporter: tonight a decision on the pfizer booster. the fda authorizing a third shot for people over 65 or at high risk it will only apply for those who received the pfizer vaccine,