supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and top ranking senate republicans demanded to know why the justice department has yet to arrest or prosecute any demonstrators. anger tonight is the biden administration is set to punish those horseback border patrol agents were falsely accused of whipping migrants as they illegally crossed into del rio last year, they have been cleared of any wrongdoing but our bill melugin is at the border and is going to explain. the first state in the country to decriminalize drugs is turning into a disaster pickle fentanyl deaths are up and drug-related crime is soaring. we begin tonight with the white house blame game over the record high gas prices you are finding every single time you go to fill up. kevin corke, i think even posted a tweet about it today, good to see you. the president as you probably heard right now at with the speaker the house nancy pelosi along with senate majority leader chuck schumer, that meeting is meant to unpack the i
support worth over five ilion pounds to give vulnerable people certainty that we are standing by them at this time. dwp will make the payment in time. dwp will make the payment in two lump sums, the first from july, the second in autumn, with payments from hmrc to those on tax credits followed shortly after. there is no need for people to fill out complicated forms or bureaucracy, we will send the payment straight to their bank accounts. our policy will benefit over 8 million households in receipt of means tested benefits from july. operating in that timeframe could only be done for those on universal credit and our policy will provide a larger average payment this year of £650, where as operating the same benefit by 9% would be worth only on average £530. there are two further groups who will need extra, targeted support. many pensioners are disproportionately impacted by higher energy costs. they cannot always increase their incomes through work and because they spend mor
morning joe we can. let s get to some conversations from this week that you might have missed an arizona grand jury has indicted 11 of these local collectors, along with several other allies of donald trump, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a 58 page indictment including conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges related to attempts, by the defendants, to change the election results of donald trump this was the scene on december 14th, 2020, when 11 people met at the republican party headquarters in phoenix to sign a certificate, claiming to be arizona s 11 electors, despite joe biden winning. what are you guys doing? you are the 11,000 votes probably broadcasting it. what are they thinking? what are they thinking? i just can t. like okay, we are fraudulent electors. there is a fraud scheme going on here. let s put the cameras on. maybe they are providing evidence. they were thinking ahead three and half years down the road, they are really going to ne
taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea