Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
new charges, or wholesale changes in how the fbi handles politically-charged investigations. so, jessica is here with that story, but also evan perez is joining us from washington. okay evan, just walk us through the bottom line of this report. well, the bottom line after four years, alison, this is all we got from john durham. there s a lot less here than certainly donald trump was paul promising us for many months, remember he was out there saying durham is coming, and he was expecting people to go to prison. as you pointed out, durham does not make any new prosecutions at the end of this report. but you know, he did find a lot of mistakes by the fbi in the way they conducted this investigation back in 2016, and he believes that a lot of it has to do with confirmation bias, not political bias. again, a finding that i think the former president would not be very happy with. i will read you just a part of what the report says, it says that based on the review of crossfire h
opinion, is witness intimidation. we plan on the next 7 to 10 days having a press conference to give the press and the american people the facts what we have uncovered thus far. sandra: what he said there caught jonathan turley s attention. tweeted directly after, if true, it s a continuation of a scorched earth strategy. why he thinks a criminal plea deal may be the biden s best bet. a lot of news making here, trace. good to have you. sandra smith in new york. trace: fascinating, sandra. also this hour, president biden will tackle the china threat in a high stakes meeting with the president of the philippines. american and filipino pilots are flying the first time together in 30 years. sandra: and we expect the philippines president to arrive at the white house this hour. but first this. begin with two cities in crisis, including one that just declared a state of emergency. trace: leaders of brownsville, texas are under extreme pressure to house the 15,000 migrants t
Billionaire heiress in memphis. Police confirming a short time ago the body found monday afternoon is that of missing Kindergarten Teacher and mother of two Eliza Fletcher. The suspect in the disappearance is now charged with firstdegree murder. Great to be back with you, john. John good to see you as well, sandra. This is America Reports. Sad news to start us off. Fletcher had been missing since going on a jog early friday morning. Surveillance video shows a man believed to be Cleotha Abston henderson exit his truck and aggressively run toward fletcher. The man then forces fletcher into his car. Sandra Court Documents say he was seen cleaning his truck and acting strange before the attack. He is a convicted kidnapper, spending nearly 20 years in prin for a similar crime carried out back in 2001. John Criminal Defense Attorney with more on this in moments, but Charles Watson is in memphis. Whats the latest, charles, and the charges against the suspect . Good afternoon, unfortunately th
investigators find a link between bryon kohberger and one of his victims. he sent a series of direct messages on instagram two weeks before the slayings. bill: meanwhile more breaking news. a drip, drip, drip on the classified document story. peter doze doocy reporting from the white house. the d.o.j. went to the residence in wilmington, delaware where documents were found in the garage and personal library to retrieve and take possession. they did not go to the office on capitol hill but based on that reporting so far they did go to delaware to retrieve the document, doj officials. dana: when you have a story like this and every eight hours a new nugget. lawyers are wonderful people but sometimes they drive a communicator crazy. they said they went to the home to retrieve them to make sure everyone is clear. when a timeline keeps changing it makes people question what s going on. bill: the wall street journal reported late last night suggesting that the attorneys t