Thank broadband support cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next the Justice Department former special counsel jon durham testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on his investigation of the fbi probe into alleged connections between the 2016 trump President Campaign and russian operatives. Mr. Durhams testimony follows the release of his final report should categorize the basis for the investigation as quote seriously flawed. [background noises] [background noises] s may have come to order that objects in the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time for the welcome it at todays hearing on the report of the special counsel jon durham. The chair now recognize a judgment from alabama to leaders in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the 19th of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. If chair is recognized for a
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
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
sank. scientists saying they have fewer than 24 hours now before they won t be able to breathe inside that sub. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the mission to save titan is growing. u.s. and canadian crews are sweeping an area larger than the state of maryland. 12,000 square miles. the titan sub is only 22 feet long. getting equipment on scene is a top priority. i can t give you an exact timeline when it will happen. there is a full-court press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. harris: let s look at the picture which shows the astonishing depth that the sub may have reached. again 12,500 feet is where the titanic rests that they went down to see. compare that with twice the size of the depth of the grand canyon. the water pressure there is nearly 400 times greater than that on the surface raising new questions now about rescuers ability to reach the vessel even when and if they find it. a lot coming out in reports about the s
what is white house reaction to special counsel durham report on how the fbi handled the trump-russia probe? i leave to the doj to speak to. does he agree there needs to be changes at the fbi? that is with the d.o.j., as you stated in your question, we believe in an independent d.o.j., that is what the president has said. thank you, see you guys in japan. lucas: they said not everyone that worked for felt safe, adam schiff took over leadership of the committee and the researcher took that as a mild threat. adam schiff rebuking the durham report. the durham investigation was flawed from the start, it began to satisfy trump and resulted in two failures at trial and end with nothing to show for four years of effort. bottom line, fbi had a good reason to investigate, durham didn t. speaker mccarthy questioning schiff s suitability for public office. it raises the question about adam schiff. he told the american people he had proof and didn t know the whistleblower a