lawmakers, the committee is pursuing the group, accidentally sending a letter to the wrong ceo in an attempt to stop data being being turned over the letter sent to the ex-ceo was one of a dozen companies to defy the request to preserve phone records. this led to the question of what it it s mccarthy hiding? another question the democrats want to know was how deeply was the president involvement? you know what s interesting, that s where law enforcement goes. the fbi has investigated this. the senate had bipartisan committees and come back. you know what they have found? that there s no involvement. we re going to get reaction to that. the committee s bipartisan committee coming back pretty quickly. bracing for the justice for january 6th rally, in support of the 500 plus rioters charged with crimes in the january 6th insurrection. joining me, neal katyal and and susan del percio. i appreciate you joining me and laboring alongside me. neil, i kind of want to get a fact
the president did say, however, he asked the pentagon and state department to continue plans to extend the stay if needed but strongly suggested this would not be the preferred option. one reason he s concerned what the isis affiliate might do. another day on the ground is a day we know they re seeking to target the airport and attack both u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. additionally, thus far the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. but it s a tenuous situation. we ve already had some gunfighting break out. we run a serious risk of it breaking down as time goesoon. the president did not say how many americans remain in the country. that he said would be coming tomorrow from secretary blinken. the number needing to be evacuated is probably lower than one might think because this official says many left in the weeks before the country fell. more now from cnn s orrin leiberman. reporter: the tide of afghan evacuees fl
decision must be made today in order to provide enough time to withdraw the 5800 troops on the ground in kabul, as well as equipment and weapons. minutes from now, leaders of the group of seven nations are set to hold a virtual meeting where u.s. allies are expected to ramp up pressure on the president to extend that deadline. we are covering this story from all angles, like no one else can. let s begin this morning on the ground in kabul where that dramatic increase in evacuations is unfolding as we speak. and sam kiley is there live. sam, tell us what you re seeing there. this is an enormous number of flights in the past 24 hours. reporter: yeah, it s a gigantic number and they have been continuing all day today. of course as well, jim. so, as of about two hours ago, military officials here were telling us the u.s. alone had flown out some 9,000 evacuees. when i was on the main area where the refugees and the evacuees were gathering yesterday, jim, there were about 10 1/2
some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. tonight s full moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. we ll explain that. new day starts right now . good morning and welcome to your new day. it s sunday, august 22nd. thank you for waking up with us. good morning to you. good morning, boris. we re all watching henri. this category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. the first hurricane to directly hit new england in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. this is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern new england. about 50 million people are under hurricane or tropical storm warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. you know, a lot of people don t like to leave, espe
in rhode island less than two hours ago. look at the images out of new port, long island. henri is dropping a staggering amount of rain in many parts. winds are beginning to whip up, threatening to down trees and power lines. chris cuomo is on long island. what are you experiencing there? reporter: here we are in east hampton. happy to be working for you today. the story here is duration. first, the headline is new york got lucky here. we were worried about another superstorm sandy. the hurricane that was a category one that hit new jersey and bounced in new york. it had so much flood surge that came along with a tidal surge from a moon tide. here we were, again, seeing the track of henri coming and basically the same direction and a moon tide once again in the lunar cycle. that s why there was so much concern. but henri, if it s going to be remembered for something, it will be remembered for being confusing. it s been shifting the track, and as it came close, it bounced ea