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Basically have that city surrounded. but also, the big news that we learned at the top of this hour from our richard angle who is there in the capital. he says that the taliban is negotiating with the afghan government for a transition of power. he says also that refugees are flooding to the u.s. embassy there in the city. in the meantime, there is an all out effort to try to evacuate the embassy there. >> and of course, we know that u.s. lawmakers are going to want to know a -- briefing on the situation and that is actually going to happen later this morning. they're getting an unclassified b...

By both the defense minister here and the interior minister. who say that the taliban delegation -- we miss an opportunity a helicopter just came by. they have been constant. constant circulation. some are just observational helicopters. several government officials, senior government officials at the palace say that these meetings are going on right now. negotiations have already started. and that the goal of these negotiations is to create some sort of acceptable, interim government. a government that would be acceptable to the taliban, led by the taliban. that would see the taliban take ove...

Everything and owing the whole country is unlikely. where does this administration go from here? >> well, this is certainly not the situation that this president had hoped for or predicted. to your point there. but nonetheless, the president says he is staying the course. that his focus is on getting the american embassy personnel out of their, ensuring the protection of the troops the 5000 that are now being sent to help help with the evacuation of mc personnel. to try and process these visa applications as fast as they can. obviously based on richard's reporting, that does it appear to be fa...

Really just the couple promised province there. everything agree is under government control. essentially all roads in and out are under taliban control. >> after years of defense training and support vanishing with horse finds pete, u.s. efforts have new emergency right now. president biden now increasing troop deployment to 5000 to evacuate the american embassy and personnel. as well as allies >> -- all right, we're going to go straight to nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard angle who is live on the ground in kabul. we're also going to discuss with shannon petty and some other guest...

And for it to be closing once personnel are out, is significant. what does that say for many of the afghans who are desperately trying to get out of there after the americans around? >> yes, i mean they are flooding offices right now in kabul trying to get out. many of them saying we worked with the u.s. military. there is going to be a target on all of our backs. you have to please help get us out. of course, it is very complicated effort as our richard engel reported. a lot of these forms, first of all are in english. they have limited staff are able to help them. although they're still tryi...