that s taliban gunmen opening fire into the air to disperse the crowds, desperate to flee the country. our richard engel spoke with one afghan woman, who is leaving. very bad. i m hoping, but i don t know if i ll ever be back. good morning. i m garrett haake in washington, along with our nbc news teams. monica alba is tess white house, and courtney kube is at the pentagon. monica, what are we expecting to hear. reporter: continuation from a president who is as defiant and defensive as he has been. he believes this is the only way to do it. we heard a preview of that on an interview a couple days ago when he said there s no way to get, but today we re told by white house officials we ll be more forward-looking not looking back. that s their hope, of course, because to your point, all of the onslaught and news and criticism is something the president has not met with in terms of a large response. they really let pentagon and state department briefings to answer more techn
kabul airport. the marine and army forces, about 3,000 in total, will be tasked with what the pentagon spokesman calls a quote, reduction of civilian personnel at the embassy. the those old enough, this might bring back the american departure in 1975 with helicopters on the saigon embassy rooftop. listen to ned price saying this is neither an escalation nor a retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. this is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale withdrawal. what this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. cl clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. what s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has p
retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. this is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale withdrawal. what this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. what s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has put into motion about the american embassy? the situation is really going from bad to worse. 12 provincial capitals now under the control of the taliban. among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling. this would be a huge one. it s a strategically important city. also the birthplace of the taliban,
still on, but increasingly about doing anything like we used to be able to do, say, in the last couple weeks in city after city, state after state where restrictions are coming fast and furious. we have jackie deangelis talking about the big job impact of this and also susan li on how some companies are feeling the pressure from this and higher prices that they re trying to pass along to you, but night not be succeeding for long. i want to begin with you, jacqui on this employment report that has people wondering, wait a minute. whats going on? before i get there, i want to talk about the covid cases. that s how we ll get to how the numbers impact the market. covid cases rising because of the delta variant. states and cities are handling this surge differently this time around. so in florida, governor ron desantis said he s not going to shut things down or impose a mask mandate. he believes the surge of cases is a seasonal outbreak. also adding that lockdowns have failed ti
your grocery shopping is costing you more and giving you less. talking about inflation. emphasize boxes used to have 19 ounces now they have a bowl of cereal. it is a canary in the coal mine when it comes to the kind of economy we are going to see in the future. has the ball. looks up into the stands sees the youngster in the red shirt and gives him the ball. ladies and gentlemen, that is what it is all about. get ready get ready. get ready get ready it here i come get ready. brian: i thought we were going to hear the whole song waiting for joel s cue. i thought we were going to get the lyrics. steve: we could hear the whole song. we need to be quiet for a little bit. brian: i don t know. but the message is well taken. we are ready. and by the way, doesn t that remind you seeing that little kid in the reds uniform get a ball from the reds that could be a young bill hemmer. because he was a sports guy growing up in the area of big red. steve: that s what