encouraged the investment through the chips and science act and now we have enormous investment in the united states. over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors. and rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors. it s not designed to hurt china. the only thing i did say with regard to china, there are certain extremely sophisticated semiconductors that we have built that are useful for nuclear and/or other weapon systems. those we are not selling, we are not exporting to china or anyone else. and so that s the context in which this has all occurred. in the meantime, creating thousands of jobs and bringing back a sense of pride and dignity to so many towns in the country where all of a sudden over the last three decades we found out that factory had 600 people shut down. and the soul of the community was lost and so i made sure when the semiconductors were coming back that they were not just going to go to the coast, they would be all
hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the new york times reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to testify before a grand jury in the probe examining hush money payments to adult actress stormy daniels. the new york times notes that such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney alvin bragg to notify a potential department without ultimately seeking charges against him. as for whether donald trump will take bragg up on his offer, the washington post quotes a trump associate saying that everyone will advise him not to go in. here is ter
it is classified for two years in the democrat majority. and one period on the origins of covid. we promise our commitment to america. there are tens of millions if not hundreds that cannot leave the next thing a scientist working for the government says that is dangerous. todd: that is the worry and brooke singman live in new york, brooke. that is right. today there is a pair of hearings on capitol hill 1:10 a.m. with the foreign affairs committee and also later tonight prime time hearing for the china select hearing. take a listen to this. the president made trying to find the origins of covid a priority when he came into office and he has done a whole government effort designed to do that. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about how exactly it started. there is just not just not in the intelligence community consensus. ashley: white house karine jean-pierre document assertions that leave the lab leak theory or conspiracy theorist. listen.
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