Brandnew hour and fox news alert. Former President Donald Trump staring down four federal charges stemming from Special Counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. Im sandra smith in new york. A brandnew hour of America Reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. Hello, rich. Rich great to be here, sandra. Thanks so much. Im rich edson, john roberts has the day off. The former president is expected to be arraigned in Federal Court In Washington tomorrow. Sandra many think the latest indictment will do that again. Rich aishah, what are lawmakers saying . Rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing House Republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president , including pulling on the purse strings, that is congresss power. Republican firebrand matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene are calling to defund Special Counsel jack smith. Some folks are eyeing the
Social media. Hello, well come everyone, sandra smith in new york. We have made it to wednesday, rich. Rich we have indeed, im rich in for john roberts. According to documents, white house officials asked facebook if it could provide special access to tools that would target users hesitant to take vaccines and spreading misinformation. Sandra also show Biden Administration officials berated facebook employees for not sharing enough data and alluded to the site being more difficult to deal with than other social media platforms. Rich Hillary Vaughn is live on capitol hill. Hillary, did the white house try to have more control on covid content on facebook than it originally claimed. Thats the big take away from the documents that we obtained. Really publicly the white house was claiming they were just trying to help facebook combat misinformation on their platform. Behind closed doors, it is clear that white house officials were trying to have much more influence on the platform and get
Terrorist attack by hamas a brutal Surprise Attack . By hamas in israel israel, whos firing back, was followed by a horrific retaliation in gaza now there are fears of a wider war and america has a target on its back the iranbacked Rebels Stryker us own shift at the center of the fears of a wider conflict is iran it is linked to hamas there has too, the who team all part of its Axis Of Resistance why is iran at the center of this conflict in so many ways and why this relentless hostility to america to answer those questions, we need to go back decades and try to understand why iran hates america good evening. Im Fareed Zakaria. Iran in the United States shared deep psychic and emotional scars going back years but none is remembered more by americans than the Hostage Crisis of 1979 we watch what appeared to be an irrational, furious attack and wondered why or how anyone would act this way . But to iran taking the hostages was completely rational given the history that led up to that mom
Terrorist attack by hamas a brutal Surprise Attack . By hamas in israel israel, whos firing back, was followed by a horrific retaliation in gaza now there are fears of a wider war and america has a target on its back the iranbacked Rebels Stryker us own shift at the center of the fears of a wider conflict is iran it is linked to hamas there has too, the who team all part of its Axis Of Resistance why is iran at the center of this conflict in so many ways and why this relentless hostility to america to answer those questions, we need to go back decades and try to understand why iran hates america good evening. Im Fareed Zakaria. Iran in the United States shared deep psychic and emotional scars going back years but none is remembered more by americans than the Hostage Crisis of 1979 we watch what appeared to be an irrational, furious attack and wondered why or how anyone would act this way . But to iran taking the hostages was completely rational given the history that led up to that mom
as the nation observes and extended independence day weekend, i find myself reflecting on how our country has been radically transformed by decisions handed down last week by the ultraconservative supreme court super majority. in their new america, higher education is further out of reach for people of color and those struggling financially to keep pace with skyrocketing tuitions and the skills of justice are tipped in favor of business owners who wish to discriminate on the basis of sexual preference and gender. against the rights of americans who simply want the freedom to if their lives openly, as they please. the biden administration has already mobilized the response to the sweeping rules and sweeping rulings, looking for work around s to restore and protect policies popular with the american people. i am hopeful some of these fixes will work, but i know it will take a larger movement to push back against a deeply ideological minority that has plotted for decades to take