Attacks from this very place. They are taking capitol at the capitol. President biden told us the Taliban Takeover was on the unlikely. The likelihood its going to be the Telegram Overrunning Everything and only the whole country is highly unlikely. I take over afghanistan inevitable . No, its not because you happy afghan troops at 300,000, wellequipped as any army in the world and in Air Force, 75000 taliban is not inevitable. I wish he was right. The taliban controls currently 60 to 70 of the country and afghanistans capitol, the could be in a matter of weeks. Fox news senior retired general checking. Did you predict the speed of this fall . Its going faster than i thought it would. I thought it was likely to faster men many administrations but whats really happening, President Biden has made serious miscalculations and particularly not considering the consequences of what an illconceived withdrawal means and we know now turning into an embarrassing retreat. One of the conditions tha
Haiti. Lawrence the united states sending aid. Unfolding the situation in afghanistan. David spunt joins us live from washington. David, what do you know . Reporter the situation continues to rapidly deteriorate. We do know the taliban has not officially taken over the capital of kabul. We know they entered the outskirts of kabul, prompting a lot of concern internationally, certainly for many scared people that live And around kabul And parts of afghanistan. The fifth largest city i should say in afghanistan, jalalabad has been taken over under control by the taliban. That happened several hours ago. People excited roaming through the streets as the group took over. This is the fifth largest city. Fox news learned the u. S. Embassy In Kabul is being in the process of evacuated as i speak to you. The embassy is technically open for business. It could close any day. Kabul is surrounded by the taliban waiting to pounce And take over. President biden spending several days at the White Hous
This helps you understand where we are. that s all we have for tonight, i have important news to tell you must not only thank you for joining us, judge jeanine is next for michael fox news alert. two major stories we re covering this morning. breaking taliban s grip on afghanistan. growing by the hour. militants reportedly moving into kabul right now. [gunfire] overnight the u.s. evacuating embassy officials out of kabul by helicopter. rachel: breaking overnight. 300 people have died after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in
To michael fox news alert, the showdown between president trump and congressional democrats carrying over into the holidays. the house judiciary committee raising the possibility of new articles of impeachment. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i am molly line and merry christmas eve. leland: politics taking no breaks even for christmas week. sandra and bill are off all week, the house panel saying it still wants to hear from former white house counsel don began saying if mcgann s testimony produces new evidence supporting evidence that he had impeachable offenses, the committee will proceed accordingly including if necessary by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment. it s president trump spoke to reporters in florida just a short time ago saying it is all in the hands of senator mitch mcconnell. ultimately, that decision is going to be made by mitch mcconnell and he will make it he has the right to do whatever he wants, he is the