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 exceo 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 check. The republ
That s where law enforcement. As the fbi has investigated. This the senate and bipartisan committees have come back, and you know what they have found? that there is no involvement. We re gonna get a reaction to that, the bipartisan leadership responding quickly, calling mccarthy s comments baseless. This one is dubbed the justice for january 6th rally. It is for the 500 plus rioters judged with crimes. Joining me now is chuck neal cocktail, democratic strategist juanita tolliver, and susan did pursue. Welcome to all of you guys on this labor day weekend and laboring alongside. Me, neil also with you on, this one and i want to get a fact check from you on what republicans are saying as to why the issued this, letter this threat i should, say two some companies. Not even getting the ceos right, by the, way when it comes for calling for the phone records. Saying, this would violate federal law what do you make of that meal? i think the technical lead or term for this is poppycock. [laugh
I use it at some point. Maybe when you re on vacation or something. That s such a good one, putting that right over there in the steal file right over there. You know, i have a history, a short history that i ll tell you about sometime of having things cross stitched on pillows when they strike me as the right thing to see from a particular broadcast. So i might get with my needle and thread posse and make you a little pillow with that one. That s the one. America should hear this again. Elections have consequences, even if impeachments don t. Perfect. Coming soon to a tshirt near you. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you. Immediately i don t know left a president biden left a marker for history today. The bar could not be lower for honest and accurate presidential speeches on afghanistan, especially considering the woefully inarticulate presidential speech that started the war in afghanistan with george w. Bush making promises that were filled with absurdity by the time h
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. Dadada. 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 be deterred by those
United states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. Watching states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. In respect. Fears of a potential terror attack at the airport in kabul have uk warning citizens to stay away. The concerns are based on a very specific threat stream from an isis offshoot known as isisk. And the uk foreign office cited a high threat of terrorist attack. There is now very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack and hence why the foreign office advice was changed last nirght. The people should not come to kabul airport, they should move to a safe place. Thousands of afghans are crowded around the airport hoping for a flight out of the country before the u. S. Military s mission ends next week. And the state department says about 1500 americans still may be in afghanistan. It has made contact with about 500 of them with specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely. There is no deadli