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A booster shot. and the united states is more urban, more multiracial, and less white than ever, new census data triggers a consequential rewrite of our political map. we begin the hour with a crumbling afghanistan, and the question of whether president biden is guilty of a tragic miscalculation. the pentagon is rushing troops to the region to severely evacuate americans at risk of being stranded in the middle of a terrorist advance, that as a stunning taliban takeover continues. afghanistans ...

>> hes been here a long time. hes set a standard and hes getting to go out the way he wants. >> and the reports are hes really tried to avoid the sentimentality of this. >> too bad. >> his guests keep injecting it. >> but only three like it could have been like a year-long good-bye. >> yeah. i cant wait to watch tonight. >> me too. well its past our bedtime. >> im going to tape it. meanwhile after the fall of ramadi president obamas strategy coming under fire. what can the u.s. do to stop the ...

Was tim russerts favorite. good sunday morning, start with the breaking knew the deteriorating situation in iraq. this morning there are reports of a suicide attack in baghdad and hislamic terrorists are threatening the iraqi capital, though the advance has slowed. the u.s. aircraft carrier george h. w. bush, is in the persian gulf. richard engel has covered the region for almost two decades. he is in irbil in northern iraq. despite this mornings attack in baghdad, the slowing of the terrorist...

Tikrit. this video shows iraqis boarding vehicles to fight the militants. president obama says he does not rule out any option in helping iraq stop the terrorist advance. possibilities include air strikes but not boots on the ground. last hour we heard from a leading critic of the obama administration and its handling of iraq through the years. >> the iraqis rejected our troop retention plan, they didnt want to sign it. the american people wanted us out of there. the president won the election i...

Our troops withdrew from iraq some two, three years ago. the white house says its looking at a range of options to stop this terrorist advance in iraq. we want to bring in our political commentators ross and maria cardona. good to have you both with us once again at this hour. ross, why dont we start with you. the iraqi government has already indicated a willingness for the u.s. to conduct airstrikes. the big question, though, is given the fact that we withdrew our troops from there, given the f...