. >>> and from the famous piece of cake seg for big bucks to the big news for "home alone" fans to the video of one overly protective pooch. all your trending stories for your friday. >> announcer: from abc news in new york, this is "america this morning." >>> good friday morning, everyone. we begin with the breaking news. the very real possibility of afghanistan soon collapsing into the hands of the taliban. >> the pentagon is now urgently sending thousands of troops back into the country to help evacuate u.s. citizens in kabul. one top republican calls this president biden's saigon moment, a reference to vietnam. the biden administration officials insist the u.s. embassy remains open. >> with shocking speed the taliban has taken over large swaths of the country. in the last few hours militants reportedly took control of kandahar, the second largest city, which means kabul could thisorintensifying. the taliban seizing control of more major territory, coming within 80 miles of kabul. the u.s., canada and great britain now sending troops to protect embassy staff fleeing the country. but