the whatsapp messages date back to 2017. what they show is hunter biden writing to a chinese energy official saying i can make $5 million in salary from any law firm in america. if you think it s about money, it s not. the bidens are the best at doing exactly what the chairman wants from this partnership. dana: republicans say the chairman is a chinese oil tycoon and that guy has since gone missing. meanwhile the i.r.s. agent who blew the whistle on the hunter biden tax investigation is talking. he said investigators gave hunter special treatment. bill: the agent is trying to expose corruption. because every taxpayer deserves to be treated fairly and it was my oath of office to make sure that happens. bill: new york post reporter john levine is here but first david spunt at the justice department. good morning. good morning to you both. several key points in this new interview between bret baier and gary shapley, the i.r.s. supervisor special agent who is the whis
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an
Morning with kasie hunt. Next its thursday, may 2, right now on standing this morning, Breaking News Protesters at ucla refusing to leave a standoff on campus as police have moved in donald trump back on the Campaign Trail and two critical states before heading back to new york for his Hush Money Trial Today and Marjorie Taylor greene daring democrats to stop her from forcing a vote to oust speaker mike johnson. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, this is a live look at the ucla campus where it is 2 00 a. M. The middle of the night, basically good morning to those of you who are here on the east coast. Good evening to those watching out west. Im kasie hunt its great to be with you this morning. We do have Breaking News right now. Police have now entered the makeshift propalestinian encampment at ucla, and theres been a standoff between police and protesters going on all night long after demonstrators were ordered to leave and refused. Police have been surrounding the encampment for hours no
seat? it is one of the most entertaining races in the country because we don t know if senator sinema is going to run for re-election. but if she did, she would threaten to divide the democratic vote in arizona between herself and congressman who is already running winning over a lot of democratic supporters and an issue in arizona, a major, major issue in republican primaries about getting someone who is electable and win over independents and suburban voters. arizona is republican leaning but democrats have scored a bunch of victories there lately. getting someone who is more mainstream and appeal to moderate voters will be crucial for their chances of flipping that seat as well. bill: republicans going to be trying to focus on flipping the senate. the house they will have to play defense on. they have a slim five-seat majority and vulnerable seats.
area his administration is playing defense on. here is what s interesting. in early january he announced new rules, tightening up restrictions. 60% of americans approve of that directional move. so that s an indication where he can probably cobble together some support if he moves more to the middle and finds a way to work with republicans on border security. there is a real divide when it comes to how americans feel about regulating big tech. is there a lack of consensus? what s going on? this is fascinating and this is something biden has been leaning into, we need to regulate big tech for issues like privacy, dealing with protecting children, a major emerging issue is defending our democracy. a year or so a majority support issue. over the last year republican support has eroded for regulating big tech, down to 44%. this is still an issue biden in an op-ed has gone from majority support to just under water over the last year. why? i think elon musk taking over