bret: but breaking tonight, a pair of journalists who were permitted to see through sources internal communications at twitter testified today before a house committee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. republicans who control that committee are trying to show a link between censorship of conservatives, the biden administration, and the fbi. democrats today tried to pushback in a fiery hearing. correspondent david spunt takes a look tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. good evening to you. today s hearing delivered on a promise from house republicans to expose what was going on at twitter behind the scenes leading up to and after the 2020 election and, as we expected today, things got tense. can discuss. no one has yielded the gentle lady is out of order. and she is out of order because he interrupted. gentle lady is not recognized. you are not recognized. he has not said that. the new house subcommittee on the w
heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
elections. the latest fox news poll indicate around three quarters of those surveyed rate economic conditions negatively and say they are going to get worse. the president counters that the economy is, quote: strong as hell. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off lye tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: officials used to refer to inflation as transitory. but it hasn t gone away. now, democratic hopes in the midterms could be in jeopardy. who is going to benefit the most? working people, middle class. peter: as the president tries to forgive student loans amid lawsuits. litigation is underway and i don t think our legal judgment is that it won t but they are trying to stop it. the bigger concern on 89% of those surveyed in a fox news poll is inflation. people are tired of being broke. white house officials are hoping to reshape the race by talking most about the voters voters are sixth most concerned about abortion policy. the a
detroit. the president appearing at the annual auto show to promote expensive electronic vehicles, electric vehicles as americans struggle to make ends meet on basics such as food and electricity with the inflation concerns. it does follow yesterday s celebration by the president on the south lawn of the white house touting what he called progress against inflation despite the hard evidence to the contrary from his own federal government. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today the average cost of an electric vehicle is nearly double the average american yearly salary. and, yet, the president is focused on health of the planet as a new fox news poll shows most americans are far more concerned with what they can afford to eat for dinner. secret service detail i m driving home. the president says he felt optimistic behind the wheeling of a $63,000 electric vehicle. w
just around the corner, republicans and democrats are raising the stakes as senate democrats celebrate the passage of their major spending legislation, republicans also gain an edge of sorts by forcing democrats to vote and show their cards on several key midterm issues. moderates appear to be left with a bad hand. republicans are preparing to up the ante with plans to target moderates in november and beyond in 2024. congressional correspondent asha has any is on capitol hill with our report. good evening, asha. good evening to you, mike. that s right, senators are headed back home for the august recess. handing the baton to the house which is expected to vote on this massive tax and spending plan on friday. republicans in the meantime promising democrats will pay the price in the midterms. [cheers] it was a feat some didn t think was possible. i put in one word persistence. even republican senator josh hawley tweeting tonight i will give the dems this with a 50/50 se