i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
it s 4:00 in the east. a stunning comprehensive brand new piece of reporting that really amounts to a first drafrt of history for merrick garland s justice department a piece of reporting that answers questions we ve been asking for years now questions that have dogged doj for many many months why did it take so long for d.o.j. to investigate? the first formal step into probing the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the criminal inquiry now into the fate of electors did not take place until april 2022 more than a area after the insurrection and well after the january 6th select committee had begun to uncover a complex multipronged plot and democracy with donald trump in the driver s seat. the washington post is reporting in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th insurrection, acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin, senior justice department officials and paul abbate quashed a plan in the u.s. attorney s office to directly investigate trump associates for any links to
process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
café, and the process repeated itself as the trump caravan drove are from newark, airport, to his bedminster airport. there s just one reason these channels plowed pd through so many hours, the ratings are always good when trump is on center stage. but when the former president gave a prime time speech to supporters at his new jersey club denouncing the indictment and the biden administration, only fox news carried it live. msnbc ask cnn, which had spent a very long day analyzing and criticizing the republican presidential front-runner, refused to air the speech. are they protecting their viewers from what he has to say? and some folkses wonder why the media seem biased. i m howard kurtz and it is this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, a sit-down with jason miller, a top adviser to the former president. and attorney alan dershowitz on the strengths and weaknesses of the case. donald trump s scripted and somewhat subdued speech hit many targets, and there was, not surprising
go. could be fireworks. welcome to our broadcast today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. what i like about when republicans run the committees, they re on time. allegations the f.b.i. bias will be front and center. the judiciary committee chairman will question durham on his report. he concluded the bureau had no business investigating the trump campaign. republicans are touting that be in their push to reform the justice department. committee chairman jim jordan. i think today for mr. durham you will hear why it s necessary. he will give detail and add more color to what we already knew, this whole trump/russia thing was a lie. dossier was garbage. they used it anyway to sfie on four american citizens. bill: right now jim jordan is sitting in his seat and could get rolling any moment. one of the democrats is adam schiff. the house could vote to censure him today for pushing the debunked claims of the trump-russia collusion. dan