they have taken three capitals just this week. today president biden authorized troops to the legion. kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. reporter: well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating embassy staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. today the u.s. ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. a special forces commander from the afghan army has now been put in control of defending the capital city as we are starting to hear reports of taliban fighters inching closer to kabul. there were reports earlier today of fighting about 20 miles away from the city. more provinces falling and also reports, unconfirmed by nbc ne
of redistricting. how that plays out out could decide who controls congress. in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. we begin in northern afghanistan, where the taliban have taken its last major city. the collapse of mazar-e-sharif they have taken three capitals just this week. today president biden authorized troops to the legion. kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. reporter: well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating embassy staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. today the u.s. ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. a special forces commander from the afghan army has now been put in control of d
you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is. you didn t pay tax. or education for your grandchildren. i don t even know, do you have does anybody know the answer to that stuff? let s be clear, the charges against trump s company and his longtime accountant allen weisselberg are a bit more serious than simply not paying taxes. a 15-count indictment reached by a grand jury accuses the trump organization and weisselberg of tax fraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and other criminal charges. so, yes, you do have to pay texs on what is essentially additional salary converted into luxurious benefits and, yes, allen weisselberg was required by law to pay taxes on more than $1.7 million in untaxed income in the form of mercedes-benz cars, free rent, private school tuition in manhattan and thousands of dollars in cash. according to prosecutors, people inside the trump organization knew that. that s why they allegedly kept records of all the salary they
verdict. we ll have the preview of the exclusive interview. let s get started. we re headed for yet another decisive week in washington. on monday the white house will host a signing ceremony for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. president biden expected to tap the benefits of the legislation that marks the largest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a decade. on capitol hill house democrats will move forward this week with plans to vote on the $1.75 trillion build back better social spending bill. while that number is intimidating, if considered annually which is what you should be doing over ten years. the cost of the bill equals just $175 billion per year. new polling from the washington post shows that it remains very popular. nearly six in ten americans express support. given the deeply divided reality of the politics that s an extraordinarily high level of support to have 60% on anything these days. we continue to fight a lingering pandemic