firmly in control of kandahar, the second largest city in afghanistan. the militants expanding their territory in the south, north and the west. where they seized the historic city of herat, and waits military commander. in this taliban propaganda video, the man who fought the taliban in 2001, says he hopes the militants will bring peace, stability and security. the lightning fast takeover has shocked the world. the militant group took its first provincial capital one week ago today. now, their territory looks like this, closing in on kabul. the pentagon scrambling to send 3000 troops to the kabul airport, most arriving by the end of this weekend, a temporary mission to get embassy staff out safely. the deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. as the u.s. embassy is ordering staff to destroy sanctity of documents and computers, according to a memo obtained by npr. nbc news has confirmed that half of afghanistan s
afghanistan s second largest city, kandahar. the militants consolidating their territory in the south, the north and the west. where they seize the historic city and its famed military commander. in this taliban video, he fought the taliban in 2001 said he hopes the militants will bring peace, security and stability. the lightning fast taliban take over has shocked the world. the militant group took its first capitol one week ago today. now, their territory looks like this. closing in on kabul, now, they are sending troops to the kabul airport, a temporary mission to get embassy staff out safely. the deteriorating conditions are a factor, a big factor in why the president has approved this mission. reporter: as the u.s. embassy is ordering staff to destroy sensitive documents and computers. according to a memo obtained by npr. nbc news has confirmed that half of the capitols are controlled by the taliban tonight and there s reports of heavy fighting on kabul s doorstep, r
pardon. he faces allegations that range from paying for sex to alleged sex with an underaged girl. to be clear, he denied all of those allegations and he s not been charged with a crime. but the times reports something striking. they have two people who were told of high level discussions that gaetz was privately asking the white house for a blanket preemptive pardon for any crimes they may have committed. that s important. we ll come back to that clause because it is quite telling. now, trump s white house lawyers denied the pardon according to the times because they were concerned about the precedent. we also know as a public matter he wasn t federally pardoned. did gaetz know when he was under investigation? the times notes only he didn t tell the white house according to their reporting that he may have been facing a doj sex crime probe. he did know already by that point that his associate joel greenberg was in trouble, indicted in august of last year for sex trafficking
know that. tom brady s coming back. jesse: people are wondering if the weekend got lost during this part of the halftime show which is now being all over the place. his performance getting mixed reviews calling a creative while others called it the worst in history. let s go to geraldo rivera which is like the tom brady of fox, he keeps going and going year after year, what was the most impressive thing you saw on sunday? it certainly wasn t the weekend. i thought that was the most lame halftime show ever. i wasn t sure what he was doing, but the most impressive thing clearly is what you alluded to, tom brady, i always said this for the many, many decades, anyone can have one great story, anyone can have one great game or season, but to do it time and time again i think clearly he is the greatest quarterback on my may be the greatest athlete, professional athlete ever to do what he did, that s babe ruth, michael jordan, lebron james, something so far beyond the ordinary
now, while it s not a subpoena, it s a necessary step given mccarthy s extensive communications with trump including a phone call while the siege was underway. in fact, mccarthy discussed that call with cbs news in realtime during the attack and he made clear that trump had to call off the mob. i had spoken to the president. i asked him to talk to the nation to stop this. i was very clear with the president when i called him. this has to stop and he has to go to the american public and tell them to stop this. leader mccarthy, the president of the united states has a briefing room steps from the oval office. it is the cameras are hot 24/7, as you know. why hasn t he walked down and said that now? i conveyed to the president what i think is best to do and i m hopeful the president will do it. wow. wow. and yet, the former president allowed that attack to proceed for 187 minutes. it is hard to fathom now but mccarthy even considered asking trump to resign the presidency