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and at least 113 afghans. almost 200 more people were injured including 18 u.s. troops. president biden vowing revenge against the terror group isis-k for the attack. to those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. and more concerns today that isis could attempt another bombing. we certainly are prepared and would expect future attempts. absolutely, but i won t get into the specifics of what those are. we are monitoring these threats very, very specifically, virtually and in real time. joining me now, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in doha, qatar. nbc correspondent courtney kube and nbc correspondent peter alexander. what is the security situation on the ground? so the security situation has improved. it has improved for the people on the base, the taliban have pushed out their perimeter. they are now set up with checkpoint ....
biden referred to the threat at the airport from this terror group known as isis k and he details his decision to stick with that august 31st deadline to leave afghanistan. that deadline just six days away now as the scramble to get out intensifies, one critical question has been, how many americans remain? this afternoon, the secretary of state put the number at about 1500. officials are in touch with about 500 of. them but are still reaching out to others. for the remaining roughly 1000 context that we have who maybe americans seeking to leave afghanistan, we are aggressively reaching out to the multiple times today. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave, along with many afghans. that effort will continue every day past august 31st. now the secretary said about 6000 americans we are in afghanistan when the taliban took control about two weeks ago he said over the past ten days over 4500 of those americans were e ....
companies to step up the vaccine requirements. the highly anticipated intelligence report on covid-19 s origin may be just days away. nevada evidence says this was a naturally occurring virus not to stay could not have been under study secretly at the wuhan institute and gotten out. ainsley: we start with the urgent deadline looming as president biden decides whether to keep boots on the ground in afghanistan. steve: the president is going to meet with his national security team before joining world leaders for a virtual g-7 summit to see how the world feels about what s gone wrong in afghanistan. brian: his own military calls and says if you want us out you better tell us today. griff jenkins from washington as the military leaders warn the president you have got to listen to us for once. griff: that sounds like the situation. america s closest allies like britain, g-7 over extending this august 31st deadline which the taliban calls a red line. extended that ....
farewell speech today, which if you came in late, if you missed the part where he attacked the state attorney general. you would think it was a campaign speech for his campaign for governor, which he has $18 million to finance if he chooses to run for governor next year. which as of now, he can do. we have the the chair of the state democratic party joining us at the end of the hour. that s going to be one question. is andrew cuomo running for governor? among many others. lawrence, do you know offhand or will this come up in the interview, i guess, if he decided to try to play kingmaker and shunt that $18 million over to some other candidacy that he then blessed. does he have the ability to do that? or would that count as or would that be treated as like a campaign donation, you are not allowed to move it between candidates? the place where he could move that much money is to the state democratic party. and i m going to ask the chair if andrew cuomo should do th ....
democratic party joining us at the end of the hour. that s going to be one question. is injured cuomo running for governor? among many others. lawrence, do you know offhand, will this come up in the interview i guess, if he decided to try to play kingmaker, and shunned that $18 million over to some other candidacy that he then blessed, does he have the ability to do that? it is that be treated like a campaign donation you re not allowed to move it between candidates? the place where he could move that much money, is to the state democratic party. i m going to ask the chair if andrew cuomo should do that he. cannot move it to federal candidates because it s raised under different laws and regulations in the state of new york. they have higher contribution limits. but he has $18 million there that he raised. on a premise that you could now say, was either fraudulent, you could, he s not any longer capable of doing the job that he raise the money for. so the question o ....