is already on the ground in kabul right now. there should be something on the order of 3,000 u.s. marines back in kabul before this weekend is up. jake was a marine infantry commander in afghanistan. he is now a congressman from massachusetts-let you might remember, we spoke with him a couple weeks ago about the effort. the urgent effort to evacuate afghan translators like the ones he worked with leading patrols, and was now taliban-controlled territory in afghanistan. we talked with him about efforts to evacuate those afghan allies to safety, now that the taliban is taking territory and taking control. congressman will be back with us tonight to talk about progress toward that end. to talk about what it's like as a veteran of that war to see the country overrun. we will be talking about the redeployment of thousands of u.s. forces, to speed up the evacuations, including the late news that president biden yesterday ordered the expediting of yet-more flights to get afghan allies out of there, as soon as possible.
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