immediately. cnn has learned the u.s. is considering relocating the embassy to the kabul airport. the taliban, as you know, is tightening its grip across the nation and they ve now claimed their 11 provincial capital. it is igniting a growing humanitarian crisis. any minute now the state department is expected to address the crisis. we, of course, will take you there live. with me chief national affairs correspondent jeff zelle evene, oren lieberman, correspondent clarissa ward in kabul and major general james spider marks. let me start with you in the new reporting, oren. fill out for us what is creating the sense of urgency in the administration? it comes directly from the advances the taliban has made in the course of the last few days. it is a 12th provincial capital taken, that news coming out shortly, including the third largest city in afghanistan and they ve put pressure on the second largest city in afghanistan, cakandahar. it has led to a flurry of meetings over
and now the pressure in just hours president biden convenes a secure call with european leaders, and the president weighs on deploying military to europe. the hope that new pressure forces putin to back off a potential invasion, the risk that the are you familiar leader uses more forces as a pretext for invasion. reporter: this call will be president biden and the leaders of europe to talk about the standoff, that it it has escalated in recent days. you now leads us up to this call. it s equally important are now reporting that president biden is considering sending additional troops in the thousands to the baltic states, other allies in europe to increase the troop presence. you can see, of course, where it will be a big deal. he said this would seem to be a shift in how the administration is viewing this increasingly delicate situation. these were decisions that the president was briefed on while at camp david this weekend. 2 doesn t appear he s made a final decisio
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