americans love their capital city. it's spacious grand boulevards with memorials and monuments, the majestic government buildings, the tree-lined mall but very few americans know the story of how the capital came to be an almost didn't come to be. that's why we hear here tok about it. okay. our story begins the backup for extra begins in newburgh, new york. this is along the edge of the hudson at the end of the revolutionary war. not too far today from fdr's hyde park or west point if anybody has been there. so the main battle of the revolutionary war was a battle of yorktown which of september and october 1781. after yorktown that would be the last major battle of the war. after yorktown for about two years there was what we could call a cold war, the british hunkered down in new york city. george washington and the americans went up the river to newburgh which you see writer in my slides, and for almost two years they just hunkered down in this cold war. would be washington's longest headquarters but a new type of ch

and those that have been to the capital city americans love their capital city it is spacious grand boulevard with memorials and monuments. to the tree-lined. but very few americans know the story of how the capital city came to be and almost didn't. that's why we're here today to talk about it. the story begins as a backdrop in newburgh new york along the edge of the hudson. and the head of the revolutionary war. so the main battle of the revolutionary war so that would be the last major battle of the war and that's what the british good and in new york city and in for almost two years they hunkered down there. with that new type of challenge to emerge. and without fighting the army had not been paid they were hungry in washington is worried the army would fall apart just as we were ready to seize victory in the revolutionary war. and in his images of newburgh march 1783 march 10 the world within the following fall there was a letter circulated in camp calling for immunity and rising up against george washington he was alarmed to say the least it appears this insurrection coming from inside

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it all comes together in forging a capital city, building a capital city. that's where you see him put his political stock on the table. he uses his gifts. he's a visionary and looking at a brand-new form of the capital and so on so that the backdrop of the story really you can see it we won the war. now what. i found headlines of course in newspapers and stories where people and writers said things like have we really fought for this? we don't have a functioning government. you have the articles in the federation that took from 77 to 81 to even get things ratified. it was one branch of government, holy and effective and in but when the british left, they took the positions and the lawyers and the educated. what did we have left? we couldn't pay our veterans. we couldn'tt feed a standing ary or pay back our debt to europe. currency was worthless, states were bickering. now what? so in some ways it was probably easier to live than govern where the rubber meets the road which was the challenge. washington said that he longed for apl retirement under his belov

americans love their capital city. a spacious grand boulevard the memorials and the monuments the majestic government buildings and the tree-lined mall. very few americans know the story of how the capitol city came to be an almost didn't come to be and that's why we are here today to talk about it. okay, so our story begins the back drop in newburgh new york. this is along the edge of the hudson at the end of the revolutionary war. not too far today from fdr's hyde park or west point if anybody has been there. the battle of the revolutionary wars the battle of yorktown which is september and that tober 1781. that would be the last major battle. for about two years there was what we could call the could call the cold war. the british hunker down in new york city and george washington and americans went up the river to newburgh which you can see in my slide in from most two years they just went there. it would be washington's longest headquarters but a new type of challenge emerged and that was the challenge without fig

city and his stewardship and oversight with this great and glorious capital city and in doing so and it gave americans a sense of identity to help unify the country to the degree of civility giving legitimacy in the eyes of the world and today we have this great and glorious capital city we always like to say he slept here and there but the one place he wouldn't sleep he died december 14, 1799 from 1800 when the capital city would open up his last words that one can only imagine he's only thinking of the wonderful capital city and that is his true legacy. thank you everybody >> lanier later with all that happened walking around behind masks that long covid winter and into play out january 6 at the capital with a contested election so really it was the fifth day of spring to see it unfold and look up close and very slowly to meet people along the way to understand where we were as a country. >> and his 300-mile journey washington dc to new york city c-span q&a. you can also find q&a interviews with on —- wherever you get your podcast. >> hello everyone welcome to the 2020 when

city , building a capital city. that's where you see him put his political stock. he puts it on the table and he uses his gifts. he's a visionary and looking at a brand new form of a capital. so the backdrop for this story really you can see it afterthe war . we won the war, now what? i found headlines of courts in newspapers and stories where people and writers things like have we really fought for this? we don't have a functioning government. you have the articles of confederation which took from 17 7 to 1781 to get ratified. it was only an effective and ineffectual. the british, we kicked the british out but when they left they took the physicians and lawyers and the educated. what did we have left? we couldn't pay our r veterans. we couldn't field a standing army. we couldn'tpay back our debts to europe. the states were bickering . now what? so in some ways it was easier to win a war for the ability to govern and to actually govern where therubber meets the road was the new challenge . washington had said he lon

city, building a capital city. that's where he uses his political stock, puts it on the table, uses his gifts. he's a visionary in looking at a brand new forum of a capital and so on. the backdrop story of the capital, really you can see it after the war. you know, we won the war. now what? i found headlines of course in newspapers and stories where people and writers said things like have we really fought for this? you know, we don't have a functioning government. you have the articles of con federation which took from -- confederation which took from 1777 to 81 to get ratified, one branch of government, it was ineffectual. we kicked the british out, but they took the money people, the lawyers, the educated, what did we have left? we couldn't pay our veterans. we couldn't field a standing army. we couldn't pay back our debts to europe. our currency were worthless. the states were bickering. you know, now what? in some ways it was probably easier to win a war for the ability to govern than to actually govern where

a capital city. a grand and glorious romanesque, inspired by rome, a city for the ages located halfway between the north and south and helps bring it together. if it's too far in the south, too far in the north. one half of the faction isn't happen. how did you imbue the people with a sense of national identity if you have a small federal town with a couple of brick buildings? you don't. you have a glorious city. and something that david has written about, a 10 mile square. this is 100 miles, everybody. this would put paris and london to shame. this is quite an ambitious undertaking. the government won't endue, but if we imbue the government with strength, it will endure. you have two for the capital, one is owned by jefferson, and the slave owners separated by woods and barns. and think of the architecture of politics or the politics of architecture. if the federal government is a couple of small brick buildings, then the states are supreme. there's not a challenge to the institution of slavery. if

i know ou have to the capital city, cardall. i know you have been — to the capital city, cardall. i know you have been in _ to the capital city, cardall. i know you have been in one _ to the capital city, cardall. i know you have been in one of— you have been in one of afghanistan's largest cities last week, what did you see there, was it a similar picture? in week, what did you see there, was it a similar picture?— a similar picture? in herat, i spent a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days — a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days there, _ a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days there, i _ a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days there, i was _ a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days there, i was on - a similar picture? in herat, i spent a few days there, i was on the - a similar picture? in herat, i spent| a few days there, i was on the front line with militia fighters and government troops. it was a particularly difficult regime. the city was being attacked from the north, around the periphery. you know, people were heading into the

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george washington's final battling, the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation by robert watson delves into washington's involvement in the establishment of a capitol city and described how the process nearly tore our young and vulnerable country apart. watson is a professor, historian and author with over 40 published books and hundreds of scholarly articles. he has served as a visiting scholar at many historic sites including presidential libraries, museums and universities, and was an analyst for nbc and pbs for many years. several of his books have won awards including the nazi titanic, the ghost ship of brooklyn, an untold store-at the american revolution, and america's first crisis. welcome david and robert. >> i drew the straw to start first, and it's -- the store i trade to tell was intriguing to me because i became aware of something a lot of people know, which is washington won key elections in his life, elect commander in chief of the army. elected president of the constitutional convention. elected president once, of course, but the kicker is he was elected un

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it's just a 150 kilometers from the capital city. cobble. the us defense specialist told the reuters news agency the group could capture the capital within 90 days. the goals have opened in zambia as presidential and parliamentary elections. president gun don't go seen voting here in the last few hours is expected basically strong challenge from the opposition rival is facing him for a 3rd time. soaring unemployment and corruption among bushes. biggest concerns. well, local media in afghanistan is facing an uncertain future there. as the conflict intensifies, one radio station manager and a journalist were killed by suspected taliban fighters this week. now that are plants, we have actually evacuate others to safe countries. he has a diplomatic editor, james bass. ah, this is afghan, astonish top rated tv network. tolo. media was one of the successes of the country in the last 2 decades. are over 200 tv outlet over 400 radio stations. and over a 1000 newspapers and magazines, but work is getting harder every day is the conflict intensifies.

and of course there was consideration of what we should name the capital city. and everybody knew. one of the ideas was washington opelousas. it's scary but a part of me this it is funny and interesting but thankfully they dropped it because with washington. washington doesn't live to see his beloved capital when he dies in 1799 when john adams moves in it wasn't the city that we know today, everybody. a couple of buildings, fields of mud as they cut everything down. adams was disgusted and abigail even more so by the presence of slaves building the city which is quite ironic one interesting story i flush out in the book is one of the folks was benjamin banneker, a former slave and extraordinary self-taught engineer architect astronomer, surveyor who worked with surveying the city so that's kind of poetic that adams was disgusted by the sight of slaves building a city. the roof leaked and there was no place for abigail to get running water and the building reeked of fresh plaster. there was the hammering of construction so it was in the city it was that adams recognized -- adams di

i've spoken to have said thank goodness that it has been so quiet in the capital city something the capital hasn't seen for some time. but certainly we've had an explosion in the last 40 minutes notes or 30 minutes even. and there's no doubt i think from, from those that actually saw it, and i include myself in that, that it was a bomb going off. james, thanks very much. indeed. that seems based talking to some people. obviously more information is going to come out in the coming hours. but for now, james, thanks very much. so testers have gathered on capitol hill in washington dc to voice their concerns after a nationwide model toy him on rental evictions expired this past weekend. that means you people across the us that at risk of being forced out of their homes. i did, jo, cash was joining us now with more from capitol hill. heidi, we saw senators coming back into to have a debate and more meetings on the infrastructure bill that was happening on sunday, but we haven't seen anybody move my moving anything as far as the eviction notice and are concerned what's going on with this. yeah, a

it's fighters have now captured polio, the main city of low gar, province, which neighbors the capital just weeks before the u. s. officially ends its 2 decade war further south. so it's all about been building on gains in its heart land capture and cannot the main city and double province. and to major southern cities fell earlier last cargo and kandahar the on groups birthplace. one is, i'm sorry they got on us martin, i'm much people for many provinces have been displaced due to war and i have come to cobb bow and taken shelters and living at public parks and roadsides everywhere . and i'm going to stand, the situation is no worse. if it continues like this, the taliban will come to cobble too. but all the afghans, one is an end to the war, and they want peace, tara god, of the quote that out if they did, it may be, they will come to kabul to it's possible. so we are very concerned in this case, many provinces fell back to back. we don't know what is going on. well saw the palace is in the capital couple with more. and now the 2 provincial capitals today poly alum provincial capital

the taliban started capturing provincial capitals and yesterday it took over the country's capital city of kabul prompting afghanistan's president to flee the country and leading to the collapse of afghanistan's western backed government. >> bay ar a. congress members, they're reacting to the chaos happening now in afghanistan san mateo representative jackie spear tweeted it's tragic to see afghans fleeing the rapid and breathtaking taliban advance into kabul after so many years of sacrifice to build a better future, particularly for afghan women who have seen immense gains. our immediate focus must be evacuating us citizens and those at greatest risk. and this tweet by oakland representative barbara lee. she writes, quote, what's happening in afghanistan currently is a humanitarian crisis. let's be clear. there has never been and will never be a u.s. military solution in afghanistan. our top priority must be providing humanitarian aid and resettlement. 2 afghan refugees, women and children. >> an afghan refugees living in the u.s. in new york state is desperately pleading for her child

taliban fighters have taken control of the capital city. richard haass tells bloomberg that u.s. troops in afghanistan were vital for maintaining the status quo. richard: the american presence was essential to keep the allied troops there, and provided a psychological military floor for the afghans. it was not going to give you police. it was not going to give you a military victory. it was going to avoid bringing about exactly what we are seeing on our screens. sometimes, you have to measure success not by what you accomplished, but by what you overt. mark: the pentagon authorized additional troops to help with the evacuation. a u.s. official says american military commander has met with taliban leadership to keep them from interfering with evacuations at kabul airport. u.k. is stepping up efforts to encourage young people to come forward and get covid-19 vaccines. a number of companies have come up with rewards for those who get a shot, including gift cards clothing vouchers, and offers from companies like uber. 17-year-olds should be offered the vaccine by next week. in german

the latest is in the city of chevron on the capital of jose, john province. the home of marshal those them. this morning the taliban reached the security belt in the city and they got inside several government buildings setting fire to homes. we have also seen very intense and heavy fighting and the city of herat and with an honest on some people have also been fleeing from the province of numerals, which is just on the iranian border. so as we see urban warfare, as we see the deadly attack by project for the one civilian casualties and fatalities are going up and people are forced to basically flee and leave their homes where they can. but in most cases, quite frankly, people just don't have the option of just leaving us to congresswoman corey bush is facing accusations of hypocrisy. after her personal god, expenses came to light, of course. so she is one of the many democrats in the recent past, who's made an impassioned call for the police to be defended. if i spend $1010.00, and more dollars on it, you know what i get to be here to do the work. so suck it

families trying to flee, a nation in the middle of turmoil as terrorists take over the capital city and even the presidential palace. >>> and on the pandemic front preparing for booster shots. what we're finding out this morning about when more people might be eligible to get another dose of that life-saving vaccine. >>> and smoky skies, incoming high winds and now possible planned power shutoffs. the area is being zeroed in by pg&e and what you can do this morning to make sure that you are ready. this is "today in the bay." >>> good monday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia today.

they had an announcement that they are not going to enter the capital city while there were criminals raising taliban flex inside inside calvin city in some places. so or taliban needs to really, really tackle these issues and really need to restore law in order and not the way we are used to those laws in order just their rules in order when we're at test had thank you very much for joining us. live there from the african capital cobble. thank you. and taliban is busy trying to form a new government with hopes of a possible breakthrough in the coming week. the group senior leaders are in talks with that commanders, former government figures and religious scholars. shawna balance has more for the united states, calls him a global terrorist, and off is a $5000000.00 reward for his capture. yet, one week after the telephone took control leila from man had connie moves freely around kabul taliban laid his schedule is full of meetings with afghan leaders that were going to collect every group and political groups, all the groups and united them and work together to build a better afghan,

the capital ci . , ., , now seem to be entering the capital ci . , . , , city. yes, in the last few minutes, the taliban _ city. yes, in the last few minutes, the taliban spokesperson - city. yes, in the last few minutes, i the taliban spokesperson announced that some of their fighters have entered the city, not in a full force, but what they are saying is thatis force, but what they are saying is that is to prevent looting and arson and because there have been some reports of people trying to break into the shops and security forces had vacated some of the posts, so they are very clear that they are going to occupy those places where the security forces are not present, to bring the situation under control, to prevent any looting in the night and evening, so they are not saying we are going to completely take over but one never knows what will happen by this morning, because since we started going on air this morning, things have been changing dramatically, we have been changing dramatically, we have been changing dramatically, we have been talking about preven

. >> trying their hardest to get out of the capital city of kabul as the taliban approached the city overnight tonight. the taliban says it is now in full charge of afghanistan. some 6,000 american troops are now on the ground trying to get americans out of the country and back here to home kron 4 washington correspondent anna wiernicki brings us the latest situation in kabul is developing quickly this afternoon the u.s. completed its evacuation of the u.s. embassy and the afghan president has also fled the country. >> overnight taliban fighters moved into the capital city of kabul early in the day, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said on nbc's meet the press that us personnel were being relocated to the kabul airport. we're going to our core diplomatic presence in effect an embassy at. >> location of the airport. but leaders. some were asked to shelter in place as the taliban quickly fanned out within the capital and reportedly took control of the presidential palace on sunday, president biden increase the number of us troops he is sending to afghanistan to 6,000 they totally

still populated, but less than the capital city. it's also considered a shallow quake too. technically anything 44 miles or 70 kilometers or less is considered shallow, even though you wouldn't think of something as 44 miles deep as being shallow. one thing to talk about, the population that felt it, you have over half a million people that felt very strong shaking and 5 million people that felt moderate shaking, not just in haiti but some of the surrounding areas. we are likely to see economic losses around this area, mostly dealing with the structures that are there. again, the images when you see what's coming out of it, it makes sense because you're seeing a lot of the rubble coming down from these particular areas. one thing to note too, these structures have now become compromised from the initial quake. now that we start to see aftershocks, more buildings could start to sustain damage even if those aftershocks are not as strong. we've already had one 5.2 aftershock, more are likely to continue and, yes, even more of them could continue to be strong. liquefication, al

there was no damage reported in the capital city. the quake was on the same fault line as the 2010 7.0-magnitude quake that killed more than 220,000 people. phone lines and communications were down in the quake-damaged region as of late this afternoon and officials said there may be many more casualties. in southern japan, torrential rains continued today, triggering heavy floods. dozens of homes were damaged as rivers overflowed, forcing many residents to evacuate. the rain also triggered mudslides throughout the region, including one about 20 miles east of nagasaki that killed at least one person. local authorities issued a disaster alert for the region, affecting about 1.4 million people. the japan meteorological agency is predicting more rain for next week, which could bring further flooding and mudslides as the storm front moves east. heavy flooding has also taken its toll in northern turkey along the coast of the black sea. more than 40 people in the region were declared dead today, killed in seve floods this week that destroye

city of kabul. this video was released today via al jazeera. it shows taliban militants taking control of the presidential palace, afghanistan's president fled this morning and right. now his whereabouts are unknown, and none of them an anonymous official with the taliban said there will soon they will soon declare the country to be called the islamic emirate of afghanistan that was afghanistan's former name before the u. s military force the taliban from control after the september 11th attacks almost 20 years ago. the taliban overran most of the country must much faster than had been expected. now the u. s military is in the process of evacuating american citizens and others. fox news trade against is in jerusalem tonight with our report. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country along with a number of top advisers images from the capital city striking and disturbing to many around the

the rest disputed areas, but a lot around that capital city. now currently the islamists have taken hold of some crucial strategically important locations. very near the capital. we're hearing that one regional capital, 50 kilometers from cobble, has already been taken. the taliban ramped up, it's offensive only in april, off the us president joe biden. so downstairs that he was pulling troops out now at the time the as them is controlled, less than a 5th of the countries territory. now though, up to this week and it's well over half with the taliban taking hold of multiple provinces in a single day. us troops back to work and i've kind of sent over the slightly different mission this time that, that to get us empathy stuff out of the country. as the state department says, it'll dramatically reduces diplomats in cobble. and although this might look like an evacuation officials have been trying to strike an optimistic note, this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale. busy withdrawl, what this is, is a reduction

to the capital city of port-au-prince where hospitals are still standing. dozens have been transferred this way with various injuries. >> we have seen everything from crush injuries, and debris falling and people, compound fractures, head trauma. we have seen the entire gamut we are trying to get to as many people as we can. >> more than 6,000 haitians are wounded, at least 1419 are dead after the quake devastated smaller cities 80 miles west of the capital. more than 12,000 homes are gone or badly damaged. thousands are displaced, for us to the streets or in makeshift temporary hospitals and shelters. >> we are on the soccer field. many people are staying there. our houses destroyed. >> and urban search and rescue team. first responders and four canines to help search for survivors in the rubble. >> we are using our eyes. we have tools for visual search devices that can get inside collapsed buildings and we also have acoustic and seismic listening devices to make sure we can hear the sounds. >> complicating matters, violent gangs have had roadblock set up

that's no way to start a nation or country let alone a capital. 30 cities under consideration at one pointt or another from albay and new york city baltimore and annapolis to harrisburg and lancaster to williamsburg. there were a number of cities under consideration and one of the problems with this parochialism. everyone wanted their state and not another one. .. revolutionary war starts in 1775. does not end until 1783 per with the whole way through the war without a permanent seat of government. we create a brand-new nation without a permanent seat of government but that's no way to start a mission or a country we did not have a capitol. we had over 30 cities under consideration of one point or a another to harrisburg and lancaster to williamsburg. there were a number of cities under consideration one was a parochialism. everyone wanted their city or state and not another one. and so pennsylvania would conspire against new york and newark would conspire against pennsylvania. annapolis conspired against baltimore baltimore disk file against annapolis. the economy was in ruins. peop

the largest city in the capital city. he said, quote, not right now. is there an eminent threat environment there. but he did say. >> that the taliban is trying to isolate that particular city. but he did say if they achieve that, that that threat. >> and >> issue there is up to afghan leadership to handle not the u.s. military. he said the u.s. is continuing to engage in diplomatic efforts to find a peace agreement. >> kelli meyer live in washington, dc for us tonight. thank you. well, us senators return to washington, dc they will begin the process of debating a 3.5 trillion dollar bill aimed at tackling a number of president joe biden's priorities. one of them includes free community college, education secretary miguel cardona says that president biden's free community college plan will help cut down on student debt. i says the department of education is also working to make it easier on those who already have student loans. we. >> for given over 3 billion dollars in student loan debt already. and we're looking for ways to make sure that we're keepi

intel assessments warn that afghanistan's capital city kabul could be isolated by the militant group in as soon as a month. cnn's barbara starr joining me now live from the pentagon. barbara, that map was bad at the beginning of the week, but as we look at it encroach there on kabul, what more are you learning from this intel assessment, and what's the pentagon saying? >> reporter: well, good morning, erica. look, every day it seems to be getting worse in terms of the security situation and the map tells the story as the taliban continues to seize districts and district capitals, mostly in the outlying areas of the country. but basically the effect of that is to encircle kabul, the taliban strategy appears to be to take roads, highways, border crossings, and that could begin to isolate over the coming days, weeks, months the capital city. one estimate is that kabul could be isolated and under pressure from the taliban in 30 to 60 days. another estimate says 90 days. but nobody is really making an estimate that things are going to get better. so the concern is as the taliban begins to

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the taliban is getting closer to the capital city of kabul. they're about 80 miles away, so the u.s. is planning to send 3,000 troops back into afghanistan to help with evacuations. they're going to join more than 650 military personnel already stationed in kabul. the troops are set to deploy in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> i want to stress that these forces are being deployed to support the orderly and safe reduction of civilian personnel at the request of the state department and to help facilitate an accelerated process of working through siv applicants. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. >> the u.s. embassy is also warning all americans in afghanistan to leave immediately. >>> well, today we got a look at the first results of the 2020 census, and the numbers show the u.s. is more diverse than ever. census officials say nearly 34 million people identified as being of two or more races. that's up from 9 million in the 2010 census. meanwhile, the number of people who identify as white alone fell by 8.6%. some of the changes could

things seemingly peaceful in the capital city of kabul. we are told that the taliban 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 briefing on the situation in afghanistan. we're bringing in julie this morning with the latest. julie, talk to us about this briefing? what we're supposed to learn? what lawmakers are supposed to learn? learn>> good morning lindsey ad kendis. speaker pelosi originally called for a briefing on august 23rd, a day that the house returns from recess. but overnight, she cal

seizing key cities and closing innd on the capital city of kab. nbc news is reporting that intense negotiations with the taliban are underway to safely evacuate americans and allied afghans from the embassy there. the embassy will close once all personnel have been transferred out. according to defense officials, bagram air base and par 1 prison have also fallen. 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners were released, some of whom are hardened taliban and al qaeda fighters. this a morning the taliban capturedal the key city of jalalabad in the eastern region of thern country, solidifying their near total control of the country. joining me now, ali arouzi nbc correspondent. ali, thank you for being here. to start things off, could you tellrt us the reaction in teher to what's happening on their border? >> reporter: well, it's a mixed bag, jonathan, from teheran. traditionally iran is ideologically opposed to the taliban. they are suni, the iranians are shi'a and they never read off the same hymn sheet. as history has always told us, your enemy's enemy is your frie

to fall to the taliban as they inch closer to the capital city of kabul. now, just to show you how quickly the taliban is progressing here, just yesterday they took control of the second and third largest cities. right now at this hour they are in control of more than two-thirds of the entire country. this is why we are seeing a global scramble, so to say, the u.s. sending in some 3,000 troops to try to secure the safe departure of embassy personnel. we are seeing great britain doing the same. we are seeing countries like germany, norway, switzerland, canada, all closing their embassies or at least significantly reducing the amount of people inside as the taliban threatens that capital city. thousands of people are now fleeing to kabul, which relatively speaking is the safest place to be. today we're hearing from the president of afghanistan who says that he is trying to secure -- trying to prevent, rather, future blood shed and saying that he is remobilizing afghan forces to try to secure kabul, but this is a vastly evolving situation that is really chang

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they burned our capital city of washington dc and they were finally stopped at a place called baltimore the reason fort mchenry after the war of 1812 the president of the united states james madison said we knew establish fortifications all up and down our eastern seaboard. they recruited interesting enough general simone bernard a french engineer who came and helped us establish what we call the third system forts today. fort monroe is an example of the largest and best of all those forts. in 1819 there was decided that this location point comfort would be the location for fort monroe. they began constructed almost immediately and didn't finish until 1834. the model that we see today is exactly what it would look like. in 1834 when the first soldiers would come to populate this fortification and be the defense or the gibraltar of the chesapeake. the frenchman general simone. bernard was a very intelligent engineer and created many facets to this fort that made it one of the strongest strongholds here in the united states. one of the things he did is that he had several angles on this f

ah, hello miss city in vietnam once. so i gone the old capital of south vietnam. at its heart is lamb sewing, square journalist, diplomat, military staff and spies, rub shoulders in its famous hotels during the vietnam war. i was assigned to yet by the associated press and i arrived june 1962. the caravel hotel burst under the headline in november 1963. when there was a number to recruit a time which led to the assassination of the president and his brother. in over 24 hour period, the center of saigon was a war zone. the press retreated in effect that the caravans hotel and many of the story is mentioned we were seeing was from the care of me. ah, the fact that the president's death, the taliban of back and charging cobble spokesmen tell vouchers, era. it's ready to peacefully assume control of the country last 20 years ago. we are talking in the waiting piece for transfer. i transition awful. capital city. meanwhile president national bonnie fleas, foreign diplomats are lifted out of the city. many people are heading for the borders, but what next.

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