Immediately. Cnn has learned the u. S. Is considering relocating the embassy to the kabul airport. The taliban, as you know, is tightening its grip across the nation and they ve now claimed their 11 provincial capital. It is igniting a growing humanitarian crisis. Any minute now the state department is expected to address the crisis. We, of course, will take you there live. With me chief national affairs correspondent jeff zelle evene, oren lieberman, correspondent clarissa ward in kabul and major general james spider marks. Let me start with you in the new reporting, oren. Fill out for us what is creating the sense of urgency in the administration? it comes directly from the advances the taliban has made in the course of the last few days. It is a 12th provincial capital taken, that news coming out shortly, including the third largest city in afghanistan and they ve put pressure on the second largest city in afghanistan, cakandahar. It has led to a flurry of meetings over the day, and
2020 election. cnn s sara murray is joining us now. what have you learned, sara? well, look, she has sent this letter requesting a special grand jury. she wants to be able to subpoena witnesses and make it a little bit easier to collect evidence this. all goes back to, you know, the efforts that donald trump and his allies made to try to overturn georgia s election results in 2020. district attorney willis announced her investigation after the infamous phone call that donald trump had with brad raffensperger. here s a reminder what have went on during that phone call. but they are shredding ballots in my opinion based on what i ve heard, and they are removing machinery, and they are moving it as fast as they can. both of which are criminal fines, and you can t let it happen and you are letting happen, you know. i m notifying you that you re letting happen, so look all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won th
january 2nd last year with georgia secretary of state where trump urged the republican to find votes to help him win. also, breaking this afternoon, the house committee investigating the january 6th attack wants to interview former first daughter and white house adviser ivanka trump. let s begin with sara murray following the developments out of fulton county georgia. sarah, explain how a dgrand jur could change the investigation. she s been looking into donald trump and his allies for a year in their efforts to overturn the results in the georgia 2020 election and whether that s criminal. it allows her to essentially compel witnesses to gather more evidence and also it has this group of people that are just going to be focused on this trump matter. they re not going to be looking at evidence in any other case. here s how she described it if her letter to the court asking for a special grand jury. she said we have made efforts to interview multiple witnesses and gather ev
frustration all over this country. case in point, the situation in chicago where a fight over what constitutes a safe working environment led to a walk out and four days without in-person school. the city and union came to an agreement overnight and chicago kids will be back in class tomorrow, and that is where we begin. i want to welcome nbc s meagan fitzgerald, she has been moving the situation in chicago since it began. ellison barber joins us from new york state and dr. a dal gentleman a senior scholar at johns hopkins center. doctor, let s talk about this hearing today. do these doctors and this white house need to reset the messaging and clear things up in order to regain credibility with the public? i mean, we re confused. i definitely think they need to reset the communication and really lay out the goals of where we re going in this pandemic. what metrics we re going to be using and how the country transitions from a state of emergency to one of endimicity. that ne
parts of the country and in december wind chill. temperatures need to feel below freezing. more on our main story, the tragedy in the english channel, at least 31 migrants feared to have drowned after their boat capsized. we can talk to our political editor. prime minister earlier was saying that clearly sympathy was with the victims and families but it underlines yet again the danger of crossing. it is a very sensitive issue for the government. yes, and the political issue for the government. yes, and the political alarm issue for the government. yes, and the political alarm has issue for the government. yes, and the political alarm has been - issue for the government. yes, and the political alarm has been ringingi the political alarm has been ringing about this for some weeks louder and louder. i think you can see the prime minister s frustration that also downing street is appalled by what has happened and borisjohnson seeing the people smugglers are literally trying