Take a listen. We are engaging with the tal began, consulting with the taliban on every aspect in kabul right now. On what s happening at the airport, on how we need to ensure there is facilitated passage to the airport for american citizens, sivs, third country nationals and so forth. We ll continue those conversations with them. Ultimately it will be the president s decision how this proceeds, no one else s. Yes? you said we have the wherewithal to get americans out, but you didn t forgive me if i didn t get the quote right in your statement you didn t say we have the ability to get them out, didn t set a time frame by august 31st. As i ve said before, as the president has said before, we believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any american who wants to get out. A steady stream of americans and afghan refugees are making their way across the world, some arriving here in the united states. Nearly 6,000 have flown to ramstein air base in germany. Here is how one g
Plus wearing masks in schools. If i get to see my friend, i ll just wear a mask. Politics are standing in the way. We want to protect our children, keep them in school. Parents understand what s best for their kids. And pfizer vaccine is poised for full approval. Will that win over any skeptics? the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. Welcome to inside politics sunday. I m kaitlan collins in for abby philip. Henri is expected to make landfall later today. Sustained winds of 70 miles an hour just a little bit below from becoming a category 1 hurricane. Hurricanelike conditions, dangerous storm surge and flooding are all expected before the day is out. We ll have more on that in a bit. We start with a desperate situation in afghanistan. The state department is warning americans not to travel to the airport unless they are individually told to do so after some were beaten by the taliban. Threats of poe tngs isis attacks at the kabul airport are forcing the u. S. Military t
And donald trump is holding a rally in northern alabama where a covidemergency declaration is in effect. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. We begin with the rapidly shifting situation in afghanistan. Two defense officials tell nbc news that the u. S. Is tracking specific threats from isis. The threats target americans and others who are trying to reach the kabul airport. That is forcing the military to work on alternate ways into the airport. One aspect of this threat comes from an isis offchute known as isis k. One white house official described the threat from isis k in afghanistan as, quote, not insignificant. President biden remains in washington today. He met with his national security team this morning. Also, this morning, the u. S. Embassy in kabul issued a new security alert urging americans not to come to the airport unless instructed to do so. The alert warned of potential security threats outside the airport gates. That wa
Because president biden met with his national security team today. They discussed the security situation there and counterterrorism operations. Pennsylvania congresswoman susan wild will join us to consider what happens now. Plus, covid remains a critical situation in alabama. And also, in florida. Today, that state passed 3 million confirmed cases. Florida s governor is giving some school districts 48 hours to drop their mask mandates or face losing some funding. And donald trump is holding a rally in northern alabama where a covidemergency declaration is in effect. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. We begin with the rapidly shifting situation in afghanistan. Two defense officials tell nbc news that the u. S. Is tracking specific threats from isis. The threats target americans and others who are trying to reach the kabul airport. That is forcing the military to work on alternate ways into the airport. One aspect of this threat comes
How the operation played out. When asked today, the president said he s considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the country s sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal state department memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as american forces withdrew. We re going to have more on all that coming up. First we want to get to the reality, the reality on the ground for so many people. Clarissa ward and her team were among the evacuees today, taking their place aboard crowded air force c17 transport. Our producer took these photos, an estimated 400 people on board, most of them afghan nationals. Their destination tonight, doha, qatar. We spoke to clarissa a few hours before she departed on that plane. Clarissa, you re at the kabul airport. What are you seeing there? i mean, anderson, it s just chaos. Right now we re actually on the airfield, which is th