i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation
We have been reporting this morning that they have targeted 100 hamas targets inside of gaza. In that one of the key operatives that was part of the seven of October Attack has also been on of the targets of the attack and thats why theyre doing it. It is towards the Ground Defensive will see when it happens and itstill remains to be seen. But the message from the israeli side is that we are going ahead. It is not a deescalation. We intend to go to gaza some point. The Defense Minister said they would have to see gaza inside and thus the language he wants his troops to here in terms of civilians in gaza. Katie, thank you. As we mentioned President Joe Biden delivered an address thursday to explain why more military aid to the ukraine is in americas longterm interests. On friday the white house will send an urgent request to congress to continue to fund the war efforts in both countries. The problem is the Congress Cannot Act until they choose a new speaker and no one knows how long tha
Former President Donald Trump has shown up in person for His Civil Trial Lawsuit in new york. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. New York Attorney general Le Tisha James wants trump on the hook and ban him from doing any business in new york. Who is deciding the future of a former president and his real estate empire . All judge, no jury. Thats him on the right. The judge already found trump liable for fraud this week. Now he begins resolving the remaining claims of the suit and decides the monetary damages. The former president tore into both the a. G. And the judge just before the trial began last hour. Yeah, he talked. We have a racist Attorney General who is a horror show who ran on the basis she was going to get trump before she even knew anything about me. This is what we have. Its a scam, a sham. Harris his legal team also eager to talk about the motivation of this. What were witnessing is Election Interference of somebody who is leading in the polls the more
I want to thank the ambassadors and for their presence here today. Id like to turn to discussing the importance of cyber terrorism in our fight against our cyber warfare that is infighting against terrorism. Would you agree for small that our nation cyber activities are increasingly important as we carry out the fight against isis, al qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula . Okay. Do you have any thoughts related to policy funding or other legislative initiatives that we need to be embarking on to improve our Cyber Capabilities . Is a very big question and i dont think im prepared to answer that in its entirety so let me put a couple facets of the question is the second today. Were happy to come back and discuss it. It is a broad question but i want you to was nearly on the counterterrorism. I think one of the vulnerabilities that we face is that the shady figures who are willing to sell on the dark web exploit capable taking advantage of vulnerabilities and common use of Software Products ha
Slowly on the floor of the senate, slower than most places. Thank you again for coming and thank you so much for your input. Senator young, you had some follow up. I want to thank you the ambassadors again for their presence id like to turn to discussing the importance of cyber terrorism in our fight against our cyber warfare, that is in fighting against terrorism. Would you agree, first of all, that our nations cyb cyber activities are increasingly important as we carry out the fight against isis, al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and other terrorist sectors . Absolutely, senator. Okay. Do you have any thoughts related to policy funding or other legislative initiatives that we need to be embarking on to improve our cybercapabilities . Senator, thats a very good question. I dont think im prepared to answer it in its entirety. Let me answer a couple smaller pieces, specific facets of that question as best i can today. And were happy to come back and discuss it. Again. It is a broad focu