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tell us where we are in terms of both getting u.s. military personnel into the country and the evacuations getting folks out. . reporter: so the pace has really stepped up. look back to where evacuations ground to a halt. they could not get troops in, people out. operations have been flowing for several days and now getting up wards of 20 flights in and out every day, every 24 hours. so nearly one an hour. they re moving hundreds of people. the big problem continues to be getting these people to the airport safely. so, what we know and i ll set this up for our viewers. the airport has two sides, civilian side and the military side. right now, the taliban have checkpoints that are really surrounding both sides of the airport. the u.s. military has been in touch, in direct talks really, with the taliban there on the ground. these sort of technical talks where they discuss things like the situation under which they will allow americans through these checkpoints. but a ....
house correspondent, phil mattingly, and cnn senior international security editor, nick paton walsh. let me start with you. 17 capitals now, at least 17, this is happening remarkably fast. in a week. and if you cast your mind back, victor, to literally how the last 20 years have often been about stalemates over a village in the middle of nowhere, an intense amount of u.s. military power, the speed of this reversal is utterly staggering, faster frankly than when the u.s. swept in, in 2001. the second and third largest cities in taliban s hands. kandahar fell overnight. it feels like a couple of days ago now, remarkable that they have that hugely symbolic birthplace of their movement now in their hands. the question, what of kabul next? yes, there s mazari in the north, possibly the east, but it s very clear they have their target set on kabul, but do they want a lengthy and bitter street fight for a city of 6 million to 7 million people? many doubt that. they could pos ....
kabul that is how fast the taliban is tearing across the country like a buzz saw retaking control 20 years after u.s. forces first invaded and weeks since all american troops left. this was president biden on that day a month ago. is the taliban takeover in afghanistan now inevitable? no, it is not, because you have afghan troops at 300,000 well equipped and as well equipped as any army and the air force and something like 75,000 taliban. it is not inevitable. as we await the briefing with the possibility that i may interrupt any of the guests to jump to it, joining me is new york times chief correspondent peter baker, msnbc military analyst, and medal of honor winner jacobs and jeff baker a columnist. now, i will begin with you, jeff, the article in the washington post writes about vietnam, and for president biden, who had hoped for an orderly u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, the chaos in kabul carries echos of the fall of saigon in 1975. so do we have images of ....
can america shakies habit of toxic male leader? good evening. it has been a long week. a 15 up-day week to be precise since former president trump declared infrastructure week. tonight under a new president we are inching closer to an infrastructure deal on capitol hill, and with it a new generation of public works in america with mended bridges and decontaminated water and steadier wi-fi. any moment now the senate is set to vote on a pair of key procedural motions. the first on an amendment that adds the final text of the bipartisan bill and the second vote is on cloture to end debate on the bill. if all that have happens we should expect to see a final vote on tuesday morning and if all 100 senators agree to move things faster, we could see a final vote even sooner, and we ll let you know if that happens and coming up i ll ask congressman jamal bowman about what happens next in the house. but, first, this was supposed to be our hot advantagesed summer. instead, it h ....
good evening. it has been a long week. a 1500 day week to be precise. since former president trump declared infrastructure week. tonight under a new president we are inching closer to an infrastructure deal on capitol hill, and with it a new generation of public works in america with mended bridges and decontaminated water and steadier wi-fi. any moment now the senate is set to vote on a pair of key procedural motions. the first on an amendment that adds the final text of the bipartisan bill and the second vote is on cloture to end debate on the bill. if all that happens, we should expect to see a final vote on tuesday morning and if all 100 senators agree to move things faster, we could see a final vote even sooner, and we ll let you know if that happens and coming up i ll ask congressman jamal bowman about what happens next in the house. but, first, this was supposed to be our hot vaxxed summer. instead, it has become a summer of chilling omens. wildfire smoke wafted ....