I m pamela brown in washington. You are in the cnn newsroom on a very busy saturday evening. Additional u. S. Troops heading to afghanistan this weekend, at the same time taliban militants there appear on track to retake the entire country. President biden is sending 5,000 more forces to afghanistan. He says the added troops are to ensure, quote, an orderly and safe drawdown as they help americans get out. But millions of afghans are desperate to escape the escalation of violence in their country. As the taliban take over more ground at a speed that has jolted officials in the biden administration, five more capital cities fell to the taliban in the last 24 hours. Now 22 of the country s 34 provincial capitals are under taliban control. Only two major cities, kabul and jalalabad, remain under the afghan government. Take a look. This timelapse shows the speed the taliban gained territory. See the red spread starting in midapril after the president announced the u. S. Withdrawal. Last ho
Widespread destruction. Hospitals overwhelmed by seriously ill patients as the delta variant tears across the country. The situation is dire. We are simply out of time. We have zero icu beds left for children. I m pamela brown in washington. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Our breaking news tonight, president biden is authorizing 5,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. A mere four months after he announced the u. S. Was pulling out. It s the latest sign the afghan government is on the edge of collapse, after 20 years and a trillion dollars the u. S. Has spent backing it. These images show afghan civilians on the run from the fighting. Five more capital cities have fallen to the taliban in the last 24 hours. Now 22 of the 34 regional capitals are under the militant group s control. Only two major cities, kabul and jalalabad, remain under the afghan government. This time lapse from the long war journal shows the speed that the taliban gained territory. See how quickly the red spreads, start
welcome to our special coverage of the inauguration of joe biden. i m aaron burnett along with wolf blitzer. it is an inauguration day unlike any other in american history, amid a pandemic, in a city that s become a fortress because of heightened security threats. kamala harris sworn in as the first woman and the first woman of color to be the vice president of this nation. her husband, of course, the first-ever second gentleman. and joe biden sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. his clarion call for unity, vowing to be a president for all americans. just a short time ago, vice president harris swearing in three new democratic senators moments ago on the senate floor, officially giving democrats the control of the senate floor since 2014. president biden is wasting no time. in a few minutes, wolf, of course, he is expected to be at business, signing up to 17 executive orders. a true, true, historic first day in the white house. those 17 executive actions, er
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