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Chinook helicopters, are the roads open and do you know why they're flying people out by helicopter? is that a security measure? >> they are movinge between th airport and the green zone by helicopter for years now for security reasons. we wentse into that round about and we saw the air traffic flying raoverhead, chinooks and the afghan government heading towards the airport. there's an apache circling overhead that's been providing security. so, there's also a lot of government convoy racing through the streets, as well. an extraordinary scene.di so far from what i've seen it's been peaceful....

0 latest on the situation. thank you. the fall of kabul appears to be imminent is the headline. >> we're sure courtney will be with us throughout the day, as well as our steam of correspondents to follow the latest. thanks for watching msnbc reports, "velshi" starts right now. i'm ali velshi, we're departing from our normal format for the news out of afghanistan where the taliban is closing in on kabul. the biggest city in the country. it does appear to be surrounded. this map is the latest we have, but it is not fully updated because this shows mazar-i-sharif under government control and it...

>> they walked into an l shaped ambush with 15 taliban fighters a raid along side the trail and across it l shaped. image the chaos. 15 automatic weapons it's dark people are screening it's loud. apache circling over head can't shoot anything because the enemy fighters are 30 feet away from the americans they are right on top of them. no one can do anything. it was up to those men to fight their way out of it. >> he realized the firing was coming from both directions. >> when the ambush happened i would say there was probably 10-20 people. it is -- it all kind of goes blurry. >> in the middle ...