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Transcripts for MSNBC The Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross 20210814 14:22:00

We understand an afghan government brigade is still fighting with the taliban trying to maintain control of the capital of that province. there s also some fighting reported in the big city in the north, the last large city in the north to be held by government forces. the forces, the u.s. forces who have been sent in to the city in order to facilitate the evacuation of embassy staff, the first of them are on the ground. the first 3,000 should be here by the end of the weekend. the question is how will the evacuation process take place? we haven t gotten details from defense officials how to do this. the airport is about two miles from the embassy but it is a wide road and a straight shot to the airport from the embassy. the question is, can they move ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross 20210814 14:23:00

Quickly up and down that road given the crisis situation developing in the country with thousands of people coming into the capital looking for safety and a way out. the united nations and aid agencies warned of an escalating human tarp crisis. we spoke with an interpreter who left the home city a couple of days ago, very worried about his safety because of threats from the taliban because he worked with nato forces and homeless. he showed me pictures of the home which was completely destroyed so those are the kind of situations here on the ground. in addition to all this the president, the afghan president addressed the country today saying he will do everything he can to stop the violence and spoeg with a taliban commander, nbc news speaking directly with him, a commander on the ground ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross 20210814 15:06:00

This time it s out of afghanistan where the taliban has reclaimed a startling swath of the region and is closing in on kabul. prompting an advanced team of marines to assist in the military evacuation of the u.s. embassy. meanwhile, the afghan president addressed the nation for the first time in days through a pre-recorded statement saying he s remobilizing the afghan national security forces instead of resigning as the taliban demanded. here to help me bring all of this into perspective is msnbc and my pal ali velshi. ali, i have to tell you, this is just devastating in afghanistan. the united states, this was a 20-year investment, $83 billion investment and people are saying that the people in afghanistan are lacking the political will to fight the taliban. but is that true? or is it that they literally cannot topple an organization like the taliban? it s more complicated than that statement. what the president of afghanistan has said is they re ....

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