US to send troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate embassy staff

The Biden administration is sending 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate embassy staff from the capital, Kabul. Host Marco Werman speaks with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges who served in Afghanistan.

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