Now, we dont know who the soldiers are or who is doing the shooting here but we do know this is apparently happening multiple times a day outside the airport. You see children in the area as well. President biden says as many as 65,000 afghan allies and families are still stuck in the country, along with up to 15,000 americans. The big problem, of course, is while the u. S. Controls Kabul Airport, the taliban controls all the roads leading into the area, leading to scenes like this with crowds gathered just beyond the walls. On wednesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin said there are no plans to use american soldiers to open a path to the airport. That left many afghans at the mercy of taliban fighters that control the roads, beating and whipping people trying to get in. Some cases, people managed to access the airport by climbing walls. You can see american soldiers helping a woman over the top, onto the airport grounds. As for evacuations themselves, the u. S. Says it is running abou
Security council about to start an Emergency Meeting on the Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan. That is what youre looking at on the left side of your screen. That is going to begin any minute. As scenes like this one youre about to see unfold at the airport in kabul. Desperate afghans literally running after planes to try and get out. The Evacuation Operation suspended as the u. S. Tries to clear the runways. A lot of them are stuck at the airport waiting for their ride home, along with afghan helpers like interpreters, looking to get out, in fear for their lives, after years of cooperating with America Helping Us as the taliban takes hold. We have our team inside kabul and take you there live. Here at Home Silence so far but maybe not much longer from President Biden. We have new reporting this morning on the conversations happening inside the White House, what sources are telling our team about a potential president ial address to the nation as the administration faces some criticism f
And give everything ive got to my company, and my community. I got you. For the love of people. For the love of community. For the love of progress. Citi. We begin this hour with our Breaking News out of afghanistan. Americas 20year presence in the country is ending. As our dreams of democracy in afghanistan. Taliban fighters entered the capital today. This video from Al Jazeera shows Taliban Fighters in the president ial palace. Richard engel reports the taliban is effectively in control of the city. Nbc news has confirmed that afghan president Ashraf Ghani has left the country. He issued a statement he had a difficult decision to make and chose to avoid bloodshed. Now, afghan civilians are trying to get out however they can. This video posted on Social Media appears to show a crush of people at the international airport in kabul. All day, people have been being shuttled to the airport. The embassy told people not to come to Kabul Airport and instead shelter in place. Meanwhile, Presi
People, afghan citizens trying to withdraw whatever cash they have in atms, banks, trying to also secure flights out of the country. As all of this unfolds, the u. S. Is sending troops into afghanistan. 5,000 to ensure what President Biden calls an orderly and safe drawdown. We have yet to hear from the president today. But his Secretary Of State this morning defending the decision to withdraw forces from the country. When the president came to office, he had a decision to make. The previous administration negotiated an agreement with the tall wan that said our forces, only about 25 00 would be out of the country on may first. And the idea that the Status Quo could have been maintained by keeping our forces there, i think is simply wrong. Lets go straight to Kabul Afghanistan Cnn international Security Editor Nick Paton Walsh is there for the breaking developments. Nick, while we have reported from our State Department Correspondent that all u. S. Personnel have been evacuated from the
Criminal systems in russia, china and elsewhere. And another good day to all of you from Msnbc World headquarters in New York. Welcome, everyone, to Alex Witt reports and well begin this hour with breaking news. The White House announcing just now a record 31 Million americans covered by the affordable Care Act. President biden revealing a brand new video of a conversation he had with former President Obama as they marked the achievement. Joe biden, we did this together. We always talked about how if we could get the principle of universal coverage established, we could then build on it, and i just want to say how proud i am of what youve done now with the american rescue plan. When we opened up the Enrollment Period again, and reduced the cost, 1. 2 million people signed up on top of the 30 Million and look how many times they decided to feat your legislation . How great to see those two together again. Well have more on that in just a moment. Another talk on President Bidens Infrastr