that state under a new flood watch tonight. and a new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled on capol hill today, asked if he s going after trump, but protecting the bidens. how the fbi director, appointed by donald trump, answers. rachel scott on the hill. president biden, the major address at the nato summit i
federal judge in louisiana. here s his exchange with republican congressman mike johnson on wednesday. the fbi made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources. they did this under the guise that it was disinformation. can you, can you define what disinformation is? our focus is on malign, foreign disinformation; that is, foreign hostile actors who engage in mr. wray to use our social media platforms i have to stop you for time. that s not accurate. you need to read this court opinion, because you re in charge of enforcing it. paul: joining the panel, columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so, bill, first, let s start with that exchange on disinformation. what do you make of the fbi director s answers? i think he answered very weakly. he came across as a man who either hadn t read the material as congressman johnson suggested, or he just didn t take the whole oversight process very
defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
for the first time a former president faces indictment, two of them, actually, with the real possibility of more on the horizon. but the presidential campaign is now well under way with the first debate occurring 38 days from now. and from that moment, until election day, november 5, 2024, the calendar is littered with campaign milestones, debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, raising unique questions as to whether donald trump can be tried without conflicting with the election schedule. and the answer is no. trial in the state case brought by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has been set, march 25, 2024 in manhattan. trial bought by special counsel jack smith was originally scheduled for next month but is yet to be determined. smith suggested december 11, b lawyers for trumked for postponement until all substantive motions have been presented. they said the court presides over a prosecution by a sitting president, against a rival, therefe a measured consideration and timeline
now in the gilgo beach murders outside new york. the suspect allegedly living a double life. charged with three counts of murder, three women. authorities are now investigating up to 10 potential victims in the area. tonight here, what our team has learned and the evidence, including burner phones and dna found on pizza crust. and tonight, you ll hear an interview with the suspect just last year. the architect describing his work and life at home. our senior investigative reporter aaron katersky on this tonight. also at this hour severe storms. severe storms possible from washington, d.c. to new york to boston. vermont at risk again. and the heat tonight. more than 100 million americans, temperatures well into the triple digits. rob marciano timing out the storms tonight and the heat this weekend. tonight here, you will see the first video in from authorities of that escaped murder suspect on the run now in the northeast for more than a week. video from a woman s front po