afghanistan is escalating at a faster pace than expected. the briefing having ming later this morning will be bipartisan. it will be held virtually. and that is because members are still at home in their districts. this is the first time that congress will hear from cabinet level officials on the situation unfolding in afghanistan. they will be briefed by secretary of state, anthony blinken, defense secretary lloyd austin, and joint chiefs of milley. they'll be briefed on this 45 minute call later this morning. it will be unclassified, which means is unlikely that new information that the public doesn't know will come out. but it is an opportunity for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle of the house to ask questions. to express their concern and demand answers from the administration. this comes of course as vice president biden issued a statement yesterday, saying he will be deploying an additional 1000 troops to kabul, to help bring americans home from the embassy there. this comes after the pentagon already announced their deployment deploying an additional 3000 troops in the