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in response to the committee asking telecom companies to preserve the phone records of at least 11pro- trump lawmakers like marjorie taylor greene, kevin mccarthy released a statement warning the companies if they comply, quote, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the united states if companies choose to violate federal law a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable under the law. da-da-da. a fact check here, companies are not breaking the law by complying with a congressional request for records. the january 6 committee responded to mccarthy s attempt to bully private companies by saying this. quote, the select committee is investigating the violent attack on the capitol and attempts to overturn the results of last year s election. we have asked companies not to destroy records that may help answer questions for the american people. the committee s efforts won t b ....
there was no statement from the country. he issued a written statement out to the final harry cocktail came out. there was not of what we re seeing in these last two weeks, and so, we ve seen two of these, we ve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. this exit is very different from the vietnam exit. and it s actually a good point. we saw the sitcom commander formally announce that the last aircraft was carrying afghan airspace. we then saw blinking give essentially a formal address to the country, explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission and doing those things. we just seeing tonight statement from secretary of defense lloyd austin that we re going to get another speech. we ve seen several already from president biden. he says he s gonna talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st. and the military obviously it is a lot, sort of a lot of accountability, in terms of people saying yeah, this is me, and this is happening on my watch, and ....
afghanistan is over. the last american troop boarded an aircraft shortly before midnight in kabul last night, marking the end of a chaotic and deadly exit from the country. in total the state department says more than 122,000 people were evacuated since late july. including more than 6,000 americans. but officials estimate between one and 200 u.s. citizens have been left behind. look, there s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. i think if we stayed another ten days we wouldn t have gotten everybody out that wanted to get out and there still would be people disappointed with that. it s a tough situation. i want to emphasize again that because we have left that doesn t mean the opportunities for both americans that are in afghanistan that want to leave and afghans who want to leave, they will not be denied that opportunity. the united states leaves afghanistan in the same position as when the miss ....
dark. the entirety of the parish went out. there s still isolated places with generators and the turbines are still operating to operate the pumps but the entire parish of orleans went out in terms of power being provided there. now, the first deaths from the hurricane was reported in just the last hour, a person killed by a falling tree. ida made landfall sunday as a powerful category 4 storm, slamming ashore on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina s landfall. it has now, as we speak, weakened to a category 2. but the winds, the flash flooding, the storm surges are all still major concerns. there are also worries for the folks in grand isle, a small barrier island which has completely lost contact with local authorities. we ve lost contact with grand isle, so that is the island right on the gulf of mexico that i ve been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we ve not been able to reach them. i don t know what they re going through. and then ....
might save one life, maybe 1,000 lives. i don t know. i want his story to be told. michelle, thank you for telling danny s story. we, too, hope thank you. that people hear it and understand the stakes, as we see this surge in coronavirus cases affecting even people who do not have the disease. michelle, we are so sorry for your loss. i just firmly believe that everybody needs treatment when they need treatment, especially for life-saving treatments. you re right, michelle. michelle puget, thank you so much for being with us. you re welcome. thank you. new day continues right now. very good morning to viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, august 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avlon. good morning. good morning to you. we have breaking news on two fronts. hurricane ida has been downgrade ed to a tropical storm after inflicting devastating, catastrophic damage in new orleans. the day is early. we re trying to get a se ....