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says i want to get out and get on a plane, we will make that happen. nato allies holding an emergency session today about the rapidly deteriorating situation for allied troops and diplomats on the ground. we discussed our approach to those in power in kabul. the eyes of the world are on afghanistan. we expect the taliban to uphold their commitments and assure that afghans that afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for international terrorism. and today my interview with the parents of a brave young foreign service officer killed by a taliban ied just outside the afghan capital in 2018 while working to give afghan children a chance for a better future. i think a lot about all of the different work that ann was doing especially with afghan women. she was reading books to the children when this terrible thing happened. she knew that that was the key, to educate the children of afghanistan. joining me now nbc national security correspondent courtney ....
pentagon revealing a briefing a short time ago there are regular communications with the taliban. our commanders at the airport are in communication with taliban commanders on the ground outside the airport. there have been discussions, there s communication between them and us. and i would just let the results speak for themselves. i m not going to get into the details of how those discussions are progressing. great to see. barbara starr is at the pentagon. reporter: john, it s remarkable enough that the u.s. military on the ground is talking to the taliban because job number one is to keep that airport secure, not see the dire scenes that the world saw yesterday of thousands of afghans rushing to aircraft, rushing the airfield. much calmer today and that s why they believe they can make progress in getting americans out. the estimate is 5 to 10,000 americans still in average. many in kabul. but it could be even more than that because they are not at all certain ....
in. however difficult this vote may be, some of us, must urge the use of restraint. plus, as kids head back to school, and covid deaths or in texas, meet the superintendent myth defying the republican governor s ban and mask mandates. when all in starts right now. e good evening from washington d.c.. i m in for chris hayes. just ahead of the 18th anniversary of september the 11th, and nearly 18 years after start of the war in afghanistan, then president donald j trump was working on a secret plan. to bring leaders of the taliban, to camp david, for peace talks. it was a wild and grossly offensive idea. as the new york times described a quote, the leaders of a rugged military organization, deemed terrorist by the united states, would be hosted in that mountain getaway, used for presidents, prime ministers and kings. just three days before the anniversary of the september 11, 2001 attacks, that led to the afghan war. donald trump was determined to hold this dramatic s ....
country. joining me now, ali arouzi nbc correspondent. ali, thank you for being here. to start things off, could you tellrt us the reaction in teher to what s happening on their border? reporter: well, it s a mixed bag, jonathan, from teheran. traditionally iran is ideologically opposed to the taliban. they are suni, the iranians are shi a and they never read off the same hymn sheet. as history has always told us, your enemy s enemy is your friend, and they are an enemy of the united states and iran is welcoming a large swath of u.s. troops disappearing from their border. and we ve also seen extraordinary scenes, jonathan, of afghan military personnel pouring acrossta the border int iran in advance vehicles with advanced equipment. no doubt provided to them by the united states which the iranian defense ministry will be very happy to get their hands on. that s the military side of it. the humanitarian side of it is that the iranians have opened up three border crossin ....
require 25,000 workers, at least, in his department to get that covid vaccine. what happens if they don t? also, they are remembering the kids going back to the classroom as the delta variant fuels more hospitalizations. what dr. fauci is saying about keeping kids safe in school. kerry sanders is following the growing controversy over masks in school. and also we re at the iowa state fair that is back after being canceled last year. that is in direct defiance. . there was a protest for mask mandates in south florida. take us through what you re seeing. you know, craig, it is really turning to say they would like to see a mask mandate. that would be in defiance of what the governor here has stated in the state. that there can be no mask mandates. we have seen several communities saying that they don t care what the governor says, they re going to put a mask mandate in. and the forth largest school district is miami-dade. the governor said anyone that defies this, the s ....