Good afternoon from msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We begin this hour with new reporting from nbc news. Senate democrats close to an agreement on updating voting rights legislation. Three sources telling compromised legislation that can get the support of all 50 democrats could be released tomorrow of tuesday. We ve been talking to quite a few different republicans who are very interested in doing something that makes sense. But an agreement on reconciliation and infrastructure, not so close. Manchin insisting the democrats need to pump the brakes on spending. Need for this, the emergency to do something in the next week is not there. We ve done 5. 4 trillion, george, over the last year and about a year and a half. 5. 4 trillion. A lot of that money is still going out the door. There s no one going to be left behind for the rest of this year and most of next year. So the urgency, i can t understand why we can t take time to deliberate on this and wo
Conflicting reports at the moment, the leaders of the national resistance saying they still hold key parts of the valley, so in their eyes at least the battle is not over. Now to the other news, this worrying news that there are americans trying to escape from afghanistan who have been prevented from doing so. Congressman mccall saying yesterday that the taliban is holding american citizens and allies hostage for demands by blocking six plane from leaving northern afghanistan. He says those americans are sitting onboard but unable to leave. This is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they re not going to allow american citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the united states of america. They re going to demand more and more whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of afghanistan. Reporter: and as reports of taliban brutality continue to grow, including the murder of a pregnant police woman in front of her own family, on thursday both the whit
United states behind enemy lines, hostage to the wims of terrorists, would you want your president and your country to move on and pull up stakes and say you re on your own because that s what the state department has up on their web site. On this show we re not moving on. We will cover every stories but we re not moving on until every american is hope safely. Every day that goes by the risk gets higher and higher. The terrorists and the taliban, they have not been keeping their word. Well, that is, ever since joe biden became president. And they re, in fact, now going door to door, as we speak, executing anyone and everyone that they know that worked with the united states in the last 20 years. Congressman michael waltz said that afghanistan is about to make 1979 in tehran, 52 hostages, 444 days, look leak a sleepover. It s that bad. Sadly, i agree with the congressman. And i pray to god we re both wrong. But joe biden, he can t seem to be bothered. The withdraw was a circus parade of
Thousands of refugees arrive in the us. Lawmakers losing patience with the president. A group of 2 dozen republican senators pressing the biden administration for answers as to who was left behind in afghanistan, who was not able to make it out before us forces left and we are hearing from afghans loyal to the us cause who remain in the country. We feel abandoned because we are fighting a war against terror but we have no allies, the last are many us allies, not being supported, no one by our side to help us against transnational terrorism. Todd: standing for freedom, standing against extremism, they know the taliban equals al qaeda and terrorism that happens in afghanistan doesn t stay in afghanistan. Reporter: is more afghans arrive in the us we are learning more from the department of homeland security about the vetting process. Is forgetting americans another afghans out without us forces on the ground the white house is focused on help from the taliban and. Did not reduce sanction
Texan who has a heart beat. Biden administration is helping a country secure a border with afghanistan. But is fine with the southern border being wide open. It should offend every american taxpayer spending millions of dollars in afghanistan to secure their border while the cartels control our border. Grew up military man way of life and i understand and i m so proud to say it led me who i am today. Steve: live from washington, d. C. , it is friday, september 3rd, because it s a friday, technically still the summer, today is our allamerican summer concert series and today that woman who is singing jessie james decker going to be singing three hours from right now on the channel you trust for your morning wakeup news. Ainsley: she has done so well with her life. She has written all these books. She has the commercials, weight loss commercials. Steve: south beach. Ainsley: she married a physical player and relate show and a singer. Brian: she looks really happy in the music videos. I ca