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staff sergeant knauss was a steadfast friend. his own friend spoke of his charm and intelligence at a memorial service at his former high school in corryton. he was a charismatic person to whom people were instantly drawn. staff sergeant ryan knauss was a proud and honorable soldier and when his country needed him in such a dire time, he fiercely answered the call. even as a child ryan knew his calling was to serve. in a friend's elements are i school yearbook, ryan wrote that i wanted to serve in the u.s. armed forces and as a freshman in high school he signed up for the rotc program. as one of his fellow soldiers explained, this was his dream job and he ran with it. ryan's unit detachment ten described it as follows. ryan knew the dangerous situation he was going to, but protecting innocent civilians is one of the values that drove him. it's been said that life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives and ryan had an incredible impact on his family and friends. and thanks to his actions, thousands of children

army staff sergeant ryan knauss. marine sergeant nicole gee. was just 23 years old, featured in a defense department photo cradling an afghan baby, posting on instagram, i love my job. >> they came in and just -- selfless. selflessly put themselves at risk. selflessly worked themselves to the bone, trying to get people they've never met, knew nothing about, just knew that they were americans or knew that they'd helped americans. >> any american looks at that suicide bombing and 13 young americans dying while holding babies in their arms and says, how could that happen? why were they? such a vulnerable position? >> i don't think the military should have been so close to that gate, but i don't think that was a military mistake, i think that was a policy mistake. the military was there doing their best, doing what they thought was right. >> i am a little angry with president biden over this. i don't put all the blame on him and it's not one administration. there's several administrations that are involved in this. it's been one bad decision after

. >> laura: mean the second grade, ryan knauss knew he wanted to be in the military.whom he met in high scho laura: even in second grade ryan knew he wanted to be in the military. his wife who emitted high school in tennessee city was a brilliant young man who could have done whatever he wanted. he wants to serve his country. in may of 2016 he did just that joining the army and serving with distinction was among his awards and decorations the purple heart, the bronze star and many others. he was a stellar soldier gracious commanding officer said he always led from the front and he wanted to be the first one to stand up and serve his nation. what a contrast to what is gotten from politicians these days which makes it heartbreaking that ryan lost his life in last week's suicide bombing at the kabul airport. his loving mother paula joins me now. we are devastated from your loss and the loss of all our young men and women last week and weeks and months and years before this in afghanistan and the war on terror. i talk to you earlier this week, what do you want americans t

paula knauss warned us the situation at the kabul airport was a mess, getting out of control.the failure what happened on everybody else. the biden team is making dubious statements like nsa sullivan biden made the judgment, quote, we are more likely to get americans and allies out now by leaving versus staying. what do you say to that? >> it is idiotic. they know that they're lying. all they're trying to do now is damage control, not just for pr here in the united states but worldwide. we have lost incredible amounts of respect and position in the world, on the world's stage. i don't know how anyone can respect the united states anymore because we're not only abandoning our own people or we're not only abandoning our allies, we're abandoning our own people and our own citizens and those people that helped us for 20 years, leaving them at the mercyies of a ruthless group, the taliban. we know who they are we know what they are doing, pulling people from house to house, shooting them to death, slitting their throats. not something that happened 20 years ago, it is happening now

the last american soldier to die in afghanistan, staff sergeant ryan knauss, he died of his wounds after the ewe side bombing at abbey gate, his wife alayna was tiling her shower floor when she received a knock at the door. she told npr she began screaming, collapsed and then stayed up all night through her tears to put their initials and date in the shower tile floor. >> i'm in shamables and i'm hurting. no mother, father, wife, brother, sister ever has to feel such emptiness. i would be grateful to know he was the last. >> of the 22 wounded in the abbey gate attack, we have learned that 15 marines are currently at walter reed, one is in critical condition. three are serious. and 11 are stable, bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. at least 43 people have died in the east after massive flooding from record rainfall produced by the remnants of hurricane ida. correspondent bryan llenas shows us the devastation tonight from queens, new york. good evening, bryan. >> bret, good evening. the rainfall in new york city was extraordinary and unprecedented. at least 13

marine corps staff sergeant hoover, army staff sergeant ryan knauss. hunter lopez, marine corps lance corporal mccull umh. marine corps dylan r.moroll and and marine ko*fpl diego and w. page, marine corps sergeant machado. and marine korpl sanchez and marine corps jared m. schmidt and max imw.sovia k-frp. the house will observe a moment of silence in honor of their bravery. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to clause 8 of rule 20, unfinished is vote on the moist of the the gentleman from california from mr. takano to pass senate bill 189. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: an act to december 1, 2021, the rate of compensation for service-connected disabilities and compensation for the survivors of certain dis5eub8d veterans and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: will the house sundays penned the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives

before i start, i'd like to acknowledge ryan knauss, a tennessee citizen who lost his life at the airport in kabul trying to rescue and save others. my heart goes out to he and his family and the tragic loss associated with evacuation. for president biden to call this success is beyond when we leave americans, leave allies and those who helped us behind. i've been over to visit with our allies in the u.k. and nato and their sense of enragement is palpable. we have significant failure taking place, failure of global proportion and placed our allies in the position of questioning america's resolve. questioning our nation's integrity and frankly they put us in a situation where they are questioning whether we are a reliable partner. our reputation as a nation has been put at risk as result of the failed evacuation here. our job is to get to the bottom of this failure as a committee, the failure that left the world a more dangerous place, for the united states, for allies, for those who depend on us. it is also armed our enemies like never before and emboldened our strategic adversaries. ther

ryan knauss is one of the service members who lost their life at the airport in kabul trying to save others. my heart goes out to he and his family on the tragic loss. regarding this evacuation, i agree with senator barrasso. for president biden to call this an extraordinary success is beyond the pale when we leave americans, when we leave our allies and those who helped us behind. i've been over to visit our allies in the uk and nato and their sense of surprise and enragement is palpable. we have a very significant failure that's taken place here, a failure of global proportion. it's placed our allies in the position of questioning america's resolve. of questioning our nation's integrity. and frankly, they put us in a situation where they're questioning whether we're a reliable partner. our reputation as a nation i think has been put at risk as a result of the failed evacuation here. and our job now is to get to the bottom of this failure as a committee, this failure that's left the world a more dangerous place for the united states, for our allies, for those who depend on us. it's