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Joining us this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. that wraps up this busy hour. hallie jackson picks up breaking news coverage on the other side of the break from inside kabul, as afghanistan falls to the taliban. do not go anywhere. breaking news right here. i've never slept like this before. we gave new zzzquil pure zzzs restorative herbal sleep to people who were tired of being tired. what is even in this? clinically-studied plant based ingredients passion flower, valerian root, and hops. new zzzquil pure zzzs restorative herbal sleep.

If he hadn't, we would have had to add troops. did he have a better option? >> better i don't know, but that's what the other option was. we have seen reporting of the white house and administration officials that thought that look, this was going to happen anyway, the taliban were going to either fight or walk their way into kabul, and the amount of troops trump left in kabul wasn't enough to do anything. it would take another 10,000. we reported two years ago, talked to senior commanders, asked that question. what's the minimum number of u.s. troops we need in the country to do the minimum c...

With education for women and girls. so when the taliban came back, people panltd over the butd ee shop. they know what the taliban want and expect. we watched a man tear up the beauty parlor sign in line with the taliban's wishes. the taliban don't just control kabul but the whole country and all the weapons the u.s. bought for the afghan army. there are reports of atrocities, including abductions, rape, executions. militants are much stronger now than 20 years ago when the u.s. drove them from power, when they sheltered osama bin laden as he plotted 9/11. now the taliban are back as the u.s. ...

Kabul, despite a 20 year opportunity to plant seeds of civil society, rule of law, democratic governance, lined their own pockets, devolved into corruption and there are front line troops with whom i served, i know are strong fighters that love their home land were completely let down by leadership. couldn't get bullets or rags. >> i want to bring in richard engle live from kabul. what is happening on the ground where you are? >> reporter: so we are near the airport right now and that is where we have been seeing incredible scenes of desperation. scenes that will go down in history about this ...

The chaos. for the u.s., job number one is getting americans out safely. 3,000 u.s. troops arrived in kabul. they have helped evacuate staff from u.s. embassy sunday. now they're trying to get them out of the country all together. that is not an easy task. this morning, national security adviser jake sullivan told nbc the u.s. military is still in the process of fully securing the airport. those are afghans under an air force plane, trying to climb on landing gear as it is trying to take off. if that is not a picture of desperation, i don't know what is. across the country, thousands of afghan...