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They are growing their ranks of fighters as they do so. they are taking over afghan military equipment,g much of which has been supplied and funded by the u.s. and u.s. taxpayers. the taliban are rolling in, taking the area, taking the equipment, and releasing prisoners as they move through the area, as the afghan military has fallen, the taliban has strengthened. they have gained momentum and more and more momentum as they go. now, as we have seen, they are inside of kabul and they have taken bagram. we have seen a number of very symbolic victories for the taliban over the last several days. ...

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...

Commander who went back to the secretary of defense and then the president saying there were not enough troops with the 3,000. don't forget, some are support troops, and that he needed more people. thus, more combat troops. one should always be concerned that there's an insufficient number. with respect to the danger to the troops there, one interesting approach is to look at it this way. the taliban have probably very little incentive to attack american troops while they are evacuating americans from the embassy and are likely to wait until they're all gone before they close in on kabul. the ...

She's taking a stand for students like her son who are immunocompromised and disabled. later, an update on that breaking news in haiti, suffering from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. with a tropical storm on the way. a u.s. army veteran who led combat troops through afghanistan tells us what to make of the taliban's growing stronghold. a new hour of "american voices" after this quick break. the homeandautobundle xtravafestasaveathon! at this homeandautobundle xtravafestasaveathon, there's no telling what we might bundle! homeandautobundle xtravafestasaveathon! bundle cars, trucks, colonials, b...

Secretary or the joint staff a contingency plan to reintroduce u.s. combat troops a la what we did in 2014 in iraq if the white house requests it? has that -- such a plan been crafted? >> that we are a planning organization, tony, is true, what's also true is we don't talk about every single plan on the books. our focus right now, tony, and the plans that we are executing are to meet the president's drawdown requirement by the end of this month, not -- and to assist in the drawdown of state department personnel also by the end of the month. and i'm not going to speculate about what things look...