Were inaccurate. WhAt The president said was there could be cases where on the ground commanders coordinating with the taliban to get people through checkpoints and get them evacuated were saying heres individuals we need to get through and in any case that were aware of, those individuals got through. But, again, these are this is coordination thats happening on the ground and i think we can all agree theres a difference between providing a list of people that want to depart pro actively and working At The moment on the ground in a coordinated tactical way to get people out and evacuated and save their lives. Reporter decisions on the ground rather than a general massive list . Absolutely. Thank you, everyone. Ill be back tomorrow. Good afternoon, everybody. Youre watching the 3 00 p. M. Hour. We were watching the white House Press Briefing covering the two major studies that were going to cover this hour as well. One is the withdraw from afghanistan as we near the final hours of that
To blackhawk Helicopters. That equipment is in tHe hands of tHe taliban now. THe concern that it could end up with isis, Al Qaeda, otHer factions operating in tHe region. So it would not at all be a surprise if given tHe high concentration of troops and material at Kabul Airport, tHe u. S. Is looking around saying what is it that we cannot take with us . That we do not want to fall into tHe hands of tHe enemy. So well destroy it ourselves. We know at tHe u. S. Embassy in Kabul Diplomats burning sensitive files. THey did not want tHem to obtain for propaganda purposes. We Heard tHe british Defense Secretary saying, listen, we left humvees and various bits of equipment left behind in Al Qaeda to make tHe maximum amount of room on our Transport Planes to get people out. We havent been told that anything was scHeduled for destruction at Kabul Airport. It is a possibility as we wait to learn more about this explosion in kabul. Okay. Thank you so much for that. And for All Of You just joinin
Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening. Im Peter Alexander in for lester we begin tonight with two major headlines in the fight to combat covid. The cdc releasing new guidance for schools, urging them to fully reopen this fall for Inperson Learning, saying those who are vaccinated do not need masks, and those who are not should wear them after the ne we told you about last night, Ththat Pfizer is developing a Booster Shot to target the Delta Variant, the Fda And Cdc now say those who are fully vaccinated do not need a booster. I just asked dr. Anthony fauci about all of it. We will have that in a moment but we begin with latebreaking details from miguel almaguer. How you doing reporter when fully vaccinated students and teachers return to the classroom, they wont need a face mask, says the cdc. The new guidance, which several states stopped enforcing weeks ago now mirrors the same guidelines for inoculated adults. But vaccines are not yet available for childre
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening just a minute past 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific. we have more breaking news related to that hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas. the fbi has released the identity. president biden is giving some new details after talking with attorney general merrick garland. and we are also hearing from the suspect s family. let s go to msnbc s sam brock. i think it was his brother that spoke, sam? reporter: that s correct, alex. the suspect s owner brother expressing heartache and also suggesting that mental health issues may have played a role here. now, there s been a lot of developments over the course of the afternoon, alex, including, as you said, the revealing of the identity of the suspect. that came from the fbi s dallas office here just within the last couple of hours. his name is malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a british
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday. may 6th. vladimir putin s most embarrassing loss to ukrainian forces came out of shared intelligence from the united states. the moskva, russia s premiere war ship in the black sea sunk three weeks ago after it was hit by missiles fired by the ukrainians, moscow says the fire on board caused ammunition to explode. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the attack happened after ukrainian forces asked the american intelligence about a ship sailing in the black sea. the u.s. confirmed it was the moskva and gave the ukrainian location. and the u.s. says it was not involved in the decision to strike the war ship. it comes a day after senior officials from the new york times and american intelligence has been used to help ukrainian forces kill several russian generals. ukraine claims to have killed 12 generals on the front line. american officials did not give a specific number of deaths as a result of the shared informati