whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it s a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we ll hear testimony from the nation s top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, questions about mishandling classified documents and concerns over domestic extremism. our team is monitoring this closely. meanwhile, in a different senate hearing, acting administrator of the faa is just moments away from testifying after weeks of disturbing headlines from the not so friendly skies, including a united passenger recently caught on camera attacking a flight attendant and threate
interior shows that as you point out the point out the biden administration actually moved forward increasing royalty fees on fossil fuel drilling of the alaskan coach that is despite their own assessment that lower fees would increase energy security for the state. the decision made by former bureau of energy management director amanda lefton and back by assistant secretary laura daniel davis. now, for her part, she said it would attract more bids and be more likely to facilitate expeditious and orderly development of offshore resources adding that the higher rate quote constitutes the most reasonable balancing of environmental and economic factors for the american public. it was switched on capitol hill but democrats senator joe manchin saying he is appalled and that the leaked memo makes it crystal clear that this administration is literally putting their radical climate agenda ahead of the need for people of alaska and the united states. and well, over at the white house,
it. but a jur: y of his peers disagreed. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering hi s son paul and wifes maggie and sentenced to life in prison. it s, magg a stunning fall for the disgraced attorney whose family not only practice disgrdw in a tiny south carolinain town for a century, they were the lasouth caw. that is at, until alex went fro lawyer to defended the judgefr, tearing down that dynasty.g down your family that , including you,, in have been prosecutinclg people here in this courtroom and many have received the death penalty probab probably for lesser conduclyt. and the question is , when will it end? wh when will it end?en end and it is ended already for the jury because they ve concluded that you continueat yu to lie and lie throughou ct your testimony. ughout judge also had this chilling warning for your testi the convicted murderer. i know you have to see paul and maggie durin see the night times when you re attempting to go to sleep. during i m sure they
texas-oklahoma. are have you ever been to ocktoberfest, done it in germany? pete: have you? will: yes, i have done that. what is it like? it is a ball. it is rachel: was there more drinking than last night? will: very similar. it is, you go to a huge tent and, there is just people everywhere you stand. no seats. you stand at a table. you get to know people, strangers, it s a day event. you know, so it is drawn over long period of time. the mugs are gigantic. pete: yep. will: get a bruise, get a bruise underneath the knuckle, all day long you re lifting this. rachel: exercise. will: it is stereotypical of what they call them? maids? pete: as you see it in the movies. will: it really is. she comes out i don t know how many mugs. they are gigantic, she has a way of carrying them. it is so fun. rachel: how is the food? will: germany is not my favorite food. we re going to have some food out here. will: this is going to be excellent i m sure. pete: i ve been to a beer hall i
friends as we wrap up our all-american summer concert series with lee brice in attendance. i do believe as they adjust the microphones there, rachel and brian, i think 500 of the members in the military are going to be there in fort hood where my dad was actually posted back in the olden days. rachel: good morning. steve: good morning to you. rachel: good morning, brian. brian: a lot of soul talk. i like the soul baby. we have got our soul cleanse last night. steve: soul of america. brian: a lot of soul. geraldo s daughter s name is sol. steve: that s sol, as in the son. rachel: as in the sun. will cain has a lot of soul. brian: how do you know? rachel: because i work with him. he is a soulful guy. steve: that s a striker vehicle. will: steve, brian, rachel good morning. welcome to fort hood, texas. the world s largest military installation. 340 square miles home of the third corps. when america wants to drop the hammer, they soldiers in the armored d