Far better military capabilities than they expected. That means the Capital City of kabul could fall in a matter of weeks. Some fear, believe it or not, even days. This map shows the territory controlled by the taliban in april. Today you can see nearly two thirds of that man is now red. Talking about a stunning advance leading the u. S. To have to deploy an additional 3,000 troops back to kabul temporarily not to assist in any Military Offensive to keep the taliban out of kabul, but simply to help secure the safe withdrawal of the remaining staff from the u. S. Embassy. Our first responsibility has always been protecting the safety and the security of our citizens serving in afghanistan and around the world. As we said all along the increased tempo of the Taliban Military Engagement and the results increase in Violence And Instability across afghanistan is of grave concern. We believe this is the prudent thing to do. Given the rapidly deteriorating situation. We expect another update
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 ill 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. Thats Coming Up, but well begin in afghanistan with Nbcs Kelly Cobiella in kabul. Kelly, the march of the taliban, rapid, one city after another. Reporter thats right. The provinces continue to fall like dominos today. Andrea, you mentioned kandahar now being in the hands of the taliban. That was confirmed by Nbc News early to
lemire. and the host of msnbc s politic s nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. let s dive right in. the senate yesterday signaled the effort to convict donald trump in his second impeachment likely they ll come up short. only five senate republicans voted to move forward with the trial. joining all democrats in voting down senator rand paul s measure to dismiss the case because trump is no longer in office. if trump is to be convicted for inciting an insurrection, 17 senate republicans would need to join all 50 democrats. the only republicans voting to continue with the trial were senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, mitt romney, ben sasse and pat toomey. senator rob portman said his vote declaring the trial unconstitutional was in favor of debating the issue and was not a sign of whether he would vote to acquit. okay. there s another possible vote. now here are the arguments that we re hearing from some of t
Sleeping on the street here. also the city and the county have announced that they have schools that could be used because there are migrants in other parts of el paso. some have been sleeping at the airport. so they are scrambing to do what they can as the weather gets colder and colder. it s expected to get to the lowest temperatures overnight tonight and go into the weekend. then you have areas just north of the city on the border side that are now being used by migrants to come through. so we may not see congregated in el paso, but they are still crossing the border every single day. thank you very much. it s good to see you. reaction from ukrainians to their president s address to congress last night. and from one of the lawmakers in the chamber who had a chance to speak with zelenskyy. the co-chair of the ukraine
The president scrambing to send troops back in to get our people out. also he is battling a raging pandemic. the next steps after the first booster shots for some americans. and it is a fight that could determine political power for the next decade. i will speak with one of the party s redistricting leaders. attorney general eric holder is coming up. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. a crisis appears to be worsening literally by the hour. the taliban took control of two major cities. it has nine provincial capitals. all signs that the taliban has