and thanks so much to all of you for being with us tonight. we ll see you back here tomorrow. ac360 begins. now tonight on 360 president biden says he s not going anywhere as another democratic congressman says, he should quit the race also tonight, new reporting that an expert on parkinson s disease made eight visits and eight months, the white house exactly why unclear and we re joined by two democratic lawmakers since sides the question should president biden bow out, including benny thompson, a critical member of the congressional black caucus meeting with the president. does evening. good evening. thanks for joining us. wouldn t congressman thompson joins us will learn how that meeting with this cbc went. today began. what could be a decisive week for president biden s viability as a candidate. he s defiant and determined to run. but it s hard to say his weak began especially well. democratic lawmakers returning to washington from the holiday recess were greeted this m
schools into confusion over masks announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone for two decades, we wondered how our longest war would end. now we know. a total collapse that will be remembered by its swiftness and by its own saigon moment. afghan civilians desperate to leave their country trying to climb aboard a u.s. transport plane as it taxied for takeoff president biden today addressed the american people, admitting events unfolded more quickly than he expected, with the taliban taking control in just three months after the start of the u.s. withdrawal. the president calling the images of afghans trying to flee gut wrenching, but resolute that there will be no turning back the clock in afghanistan, blaming afghans for not fighting for themselves saying after 20 years, he will not put more american lives at risk tonight, however, american troops are still arriving to secure the kabul airport and the departure of american and allied civi
bit later on in this broadcast. tonight, though, on another front, far from home, the president is under intense criticism after the sudden collapse of the afghan government and military and the chaos that erupted over the weekend as the taliban took over the capital of kabul. this came in the wake of the president s decision to pull u.s. troops out of the country after two decades and $2 trillion spent. today, biden spoke to the nation and defended his decision. our mission in afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation-building. i m president of the united states of america. and the buck stops with me. i m deeply saddened by the facts we now face. but i do not regret my decision to end america s war-fighting in afghanistan. it is now tuesday morning in kabul. airport has reopened for military flights to evacuate american citizens and afghan civilians. a photo shows over 600 people, mostly afghans, packed inside a c-17 transport late sunday, all of them desperate
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