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Along with their militiamen. they have fled to uzbekistan in the north. they have fallen with an army base there. all of this as the humanitarian situation continues to crumble essentially some 13,000 families have now fled taliban areas and the need for food and shelter is growing by the day. >> thank you, that's nbc news' kelly kobiaya from kabul. i want to underscore, the report of the taliban seven miles away from kabul, we have fought confirmed that yet. we will have more later this hour. we are monitoring the situation there. we will let you know if it thanks tonight. for now, let's swit...

Lingering front will bring potential for heavy rainfall in the next 12 to 24 hours. know what to do if there's a watch or warning, we will see them throughout the day. there is your forecast, warm, hot and sticky across the south. it has been spectacular across the northeast and that weather will continue for us but the west another day of high heat especially to the northwest. they are not used to getting temperatures in the 90s to 100 degrees and this will be ongoing not only in the northwest across the southwest as well. we will monitor that the next couple days, another dry, very warm week...

Familiar. and of course, let's just remind everyone that we've been such strong supporters of israel and the u.s., not least because they are a democracy and of course we've been talking about the challenges to our democracy here at home, just underscores the parallels even further. mike, let's switch gears. axios is tracking political ads on facebook. you've noticed some interesting trends here? >> yeah, kasie. this is fascinating because so much of what we do is spin or trying to deduce things. this is data. and facebook ads now are very quanti quantifiable. now you can look at what parties,...

With, it's like death by a thousand cuts where it makes it harder to vote in a lot of different ways. this says everyone will have the same basic access so a lot of these bills that say you can't vote early without this specific i.d. or this specific provision, all of those are out. this would be changed so much when it comes to a slew of voting restrictions across the country. >> let's switch gears. i want to talk about last night, the former president on the stage pushing lies, once again. and then liz cheney, congresswoman liz cheney refuting them. >> 2020 presidential election was by far t...

Because matt bevin as you might know, was one of the least popular politicians in the country. the reason he lost. in november. he spent a lot of time during his four years in office antagonizing republican members of the general assembly. he's an equal opportunity offender. and i think it's not surprising that a lot of people now using this to attack him. >> something folks want to know after this is can anything realistically be done to look into all of these commutations? >> well, again, they've asked the u.s. attorney to investigate and i think there will be investigations at the state lev...