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in afghanistan the taliban has undertaken an extreme offensive and regained most country in surprising speed taking over virtually every major city. those orange outlines is what the taliban now controls. also moving in on kabul which is here. there s taliban control outside of kabul but not in the capital city. kabul could fall in the next couple of weeks or perhaps even days. joining me now from kabul, afghanistan, nbc news foreign correspondent. reporter: the fighting is moving closer to kabul. today there are reports of heavy fighting in a province to the south, about 20 miles away. the fighting is. there s also fighting still ongoing in logard province, about 50 miles from the capital. again, also to the south. in that region we one that a battalion of afghan forces are still in the region and are still trying to fight off the taliban. there are also some reports of fighting in the far north, the last large city in the north to remain in government hands at this ....
it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that entirely too often uses the doggy paddle. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, july 29th. let s start with the news. folks, they ve got a deal. senators celebrated yesterday after finally coming to an agreement on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the break came after weeks of disagreements over sticking points such as transportation funding and how to pay for it. chuck schumer held a vote exactly one week after the previous vote failed. it passed with every democrat and 17 republicans including minority leaders mitch mcconnell signing on. despite the popularity of it and the need for it, washington hasn t been able to get it done. this time we re going to get it done. it s a matter of building a relationship and having trust. i trust each one of them with my political life, i really do, because i know we want the same thing, what s best for our country. this ....
covid s origins. jillian: kyle larson can t be stopped, the overtime finish in sonoma. fox & friends first continues right now. all night on the beach until the break of dawn. i m going to miami. welcome to miami. jillian: there s something about seeing this shot, hearing the song, it just gets you going at 5:00 here on the east coast. by the way, griff, i checked the handy weather app, it s 81 degrees and partly cloudy in miami. i would take that any day of the week. griff: absolutely. i love it. cranking a little will smith. good morning. jillian, i m coming to you from del-rio, texas, this is the border wall behind me. we re here of course because of the vie president s trip vice president s trip. but in this specific area of the border which vice president harris has not visited any of the 2,000 miles along the southwestern border, the specific area in the last seven days they had over 5800 encounters with migrants crossing from many countries. jillian: la ....
our coverage continues today of storm idalia. that s the storm that s wreaking havoc across large sections of the country tonight. i am abby phillip. and right now, idalia is a tropical storm after making landfall as a hurricane. the storms rain is now covering four states, stretching 600 miles from florida all the way up to north carolina. and that wind is now impacting half of that area. now, the danger remains as idalia continues to move north into the carolinas this hour. and the record storm surge threatens communities in those areas. now, homes are still underwater. and some of the damage is catastrophic. cnn s live across the southeast, including in charleston, where there are reports tonight of flooding right in the city center. we will go right there in a moment. but i want to start first with our meteorologist chad myers. he s over in the cnn weather center. chad, what is the condition right now of this storm? and where is it headed? we are losing some win ....
last 60 years because they understand the power of incrementallism. i think part of the problem with republicans is that we are so often focused on hitting the hail mary pass we forget about the power of incrementallism. this is going to spend less money next year. that is not sufficient. it s a big win. let s put in our pocket and get another win tomorrow. republican dusty johnson of south dakota with a plea to house gop hard liners who are criticizing the debt limit bill. we ll have the latest on where support stands for members of both parties as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages, and also ahead we re following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacked residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. w ....