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this hour to decide which categories of fully vaccinated people can now receive third shots because of their weakened immune systems. dr. walensky could sign a final order as early as late this afternoon, and i ll be joined this hour by nbc nightly news anchor lester holt for a preview of his powerful dateline special an investigation into police misconduct and a discussion of a philadelphia man who spent 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. i wanted him dead, i did. did you kill barbara jean horn? no, i did not do. i did not do anything to that child at all. did you look at the jury. yeah. they were stone faced. yeah, we want to just get rid of you. that s coming up, but we ll begin in afghanistan with nbc s kelly cobiella in kabul. kelly, the march of the taliban, rapid, one city after another. reporter: that s right. the provinces continue to fall like dominos today. andrea, you mentioned kandahar now being in the hands of the taliban. th ....
of teacher assessed results raises questions about regional differences and girls move further ahead of boys. the taliban is continuing its astonishing sweep across afghanistan, with more dramatic developments just today. in the past two hours we ve heard that they have captured afghanistan s third biggest city, herat, and appear poised to gain control of the second largest kandahar. if that s confirmed, this day will mark the most significant advance so far as one after another, the country s provincial capitals fall to the militants. with thousands of civilians fleeing the violence, a sense of humanitarian disaster is deepening. the bbc s yogita limaye is in kabul. things are changing at an incredible speed here. we started the day talking about the fall of a city hundred miles south which is strategically important and now, just within a span of 12 hours, we are looking at cities which are even more significant. herat in the west is close to the border and is an im ....
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 meeting ....
safety and a secure movement of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applications out of the country and to provide additional security at the airport. again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the deteriorating security situation. 3,000 is a lot of people. can you give any better sense on a day to day what are they doing? sounds like that many people must be responsible for getting people to the airport and it almost sounds as if they re coming in and taking over security at the airport. i wouldn t go that far. turkish forces are still at the airport in the lead of security. we already have some united states security forces at the airport including some aviation elements. these 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate movement of all of these people over t ....
of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special immigrant visa applicants out of the country and provide additional security at the airport. we believe this is a prudent measure given the security situation. you re moving a lot of people. what is can you give any better sense of day-to-day, what are they doing? sounds like they re that number of people, they must be responsible for getting people sounds like they re taking over security at the airport. i wouldn t go that far, courtney. the turkish forces are still at the airport. they re still in the lead of security. we already have some security forces, united states security forces at the airport including aviation elements. these 3,000 are there to bolster it and the airport can facilitate the movement of people, this is about prudent preparation. we want to make sure that we have enough on hand t ....