certainly capable of reaching those depths. a group of industry leaders sent a letter to ocean gate founder and ceo stockton rush in 2018, expressing concerns about the development of the titan sub and the planned titanic expeditions. writing: our apprehension is that the current experimental approach adopted by ocean gate could result in negative outcomes. from minor to catastrophic. and would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry. development continued. ocean gate began taking paying customers to the famous ship s wreck site in 2021 and rush is now among those missing on board the titan. other passengers on the subare a u.k. billionaire, a pakistani businessman and his son as well as a french mariner one of the leading experts on the titanic. the coast guard also confirming today that those on board have a limited amount of rations. bret? bret: molly line live in boston, thanks.
testimony about accountability for what the fbi did. the fbi had a lead partner on capitol hill and that was adam schiff in pushing this always in russia narrative which led the country into special counsel investigation. you can argue it led to president trump s first impeachment. and they are trying to find ways for accountability for saying that you have collusion, hiding in plain sight over and over and over again. talking to american people who are supposed to be able to trust you with your position on the intelligence committee and knowing that was a lie from the beginning. bret: okay. again, congressman adam schiff censured by the u.s. house of representatives. saw it here live. a little change of pace here. bret: special day and it might be a special surprise here. tomorrow is a special day for brit hume. it s his birthday. take a listener. [laughter] welcome to washington. i m brit hume and i ll be here at this time each night with a special report on the events that hav
position to keep going here. we were just checking the betting market. and it turns out you are a sure win. from us to you we say happy birthday to you. we re so glad you were it is truly a privilege to be your friend, you are a lot of fun, too behind the scenes and we wish you a super happy birthday and many, many wonderful years to come. we love you, brit. brit: this will be my last night in the anchor chair. brit will be here after the holidays and so in a new year, in a new role will i. and that s special report for this time. please tune us in next time and in the meantime more news is on the way, fair, balanced and unafraid. bret: i am honored, extremely honored to have been given this opportunity to follow my mentor s career path and i m dedicated to keeping the same high standards that brit set for this show: you re the reason i m here. you re the reason i m in this seat. thank you for all your advice and guidance over the years. and thanks for the tagline, fair
originating from a political campaign, a political opponent. it did so even after the president of the united states, the fbi and cia directors and others received things about intelligence suggesting there was a clinton campaign plan underway to stir up a scandal tying trump to russia. bret: with that, let s bring in our panel katie pavlich news editor town hall.com. a.b. walter cook political report and fox news chief political analyst brit hume. brit, your thoughts, first, on this hearing today and the hearing from john durham for the first time. brit: i think it was it dismg example of politics this. there is no reasons for the democratic members of this committee to light into him and assassinate his character the way they did. his report was not disputed. james comey was strongly
republican leading candidate is peeing on prostitutes. bret: john durham didn t look too comfortable on that one. well, look, one of the things the durham report did was should have done was to put to rest for all time that that dossier was complete bunk and skie scurelleo boot. relied on by far too many journalists and far too many politicians. a lesson that should have been learned. yet, i think there are still some today who go around to say it hadn t been disproven. i think it pretty well has, b. bret: bret brit, thanks. bret: bret brit, thanks. argument transgender athletes hits capitol hill. i ha