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And any of their forces that came within 50 miles of the city would be destroyed then leave. what is your response to now the u.s. curtailing flights for afghan allies so that u.s. citizens can get out of afghanistan, it's at this point right now? >> well, let me be just as clear eyed as i can be. it was a stain. it is a stain on our nation's integrity and honor a few months ago, we were not meeting our obligation to the men and women, our afghan allies that served alongside us as interpreters and other aids in this war. we owe them the special immigrant visas. we owe them safety every bit as ...

House did put out a statement yesterday essentially saying that, no, the president is not having any regrets. he is not having any second thoughts, and the u.s. is staying the course. the focus, the white house says, of the president right now is on getting embassy personnel out of the country and ensuring that those thousands of u.s. troops who have been sent back in to help with the extraction of those embassy workers are protected. you know, of course the images are very concerning and this is not how the administration or the president had predicted this would go just a few months ago. her...

Conversation. my colleague alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now. thank you so much, reverend sharpton, and what a timely conversation. we will all look forward to that. i'm alicia menendez, u.s. forces are now arriving in afghanistan as the taliban continues to advance on the nation's capital of kabul. president biden today authorizing a total of 5,000 troops to help evacuate u.s. embassy workers. defense officials at the pentagon tell nbc news that 1,000 of those troops are already in afghanistan. nbc news spoke to a taliban spokesperson, who says the militant group is aware of u....

$20 million in humanitarian assistance. but the next step may be up to the venezuelan military, a crucial power center. >> translator: we proclaim loyalty and absolute subordination to nicolas maduro. >> reporter: for the u.s., the main job in the coming hours will be keeping embassy workers and families safe if maduro musters military support to threaten them. if maduro doesn't step down, what will happen next? >> it's risky for our diplomats. however, we have a lot of security at the embassy. i don't think maduro would mess with our diplomats. but i think it was a bold move by the administra...

>> connell: a new report saying scientists have detected a possible reason behind the bizarre and so far unexplained brain injuries suffered by u.s. diplomats and their families both in cuba and china. here is the headline from "the new york times." microwave weapons are prime suspect in ills of u.s. embassy workers. we have more on this story. garrett. >> these attacks on our diplomats have baffled investigators. they started in cuba and hit earlier this year in southern china. in total more than two dozen u.s. diplomats suffered dram traumatic brain damages and subtle sensations of sound and...