the judge saying it was the most massive attack on free speech in u.s. history. we disagree with this decision and the d.o.j. is reviewing this. i won t get ahead of what their evaluation and options they ll take on moving forward. bill: next we can chris wray will publicly testify at the house judiciary committee. republicans on that committee are investigating allegations of political bias within the f.b.i. and d.o.j. meanwhile, law enforcement agencies bracing for a legal battle that may ultimately reach the u.s. supreme court. d.o.j., david spunt, picks it up from there. it is picking up as we await an appeals court hearing on the social media order. several federal law enforcement sources privately told me there are serious concerns about this injunction that on the surface would block them from talking to social media companies. d.o.j. is appealing that ruling from u.s. district court judge based in louisiana who issued the injunction on tuesday on july 4th stoppi
our candidacy and our vision and leadership to a wide audience. bill: big viewership, too. bret and martha moderate in milwaukee, wisconsin on august 23rd. aishah: the white house is denying any role in peace talks. three former u.s. national security official eaves met privately with russian foreign minister in new york earlier this year to lay the ground work for possible war negotiations. i want to make it clear these discussions were not encouraged or engendered by us and not supporting them in an active way. as the president said nothing about ukraine without ukraine. aishah: let s bring in a former assistant secretary of defense, co-founder of the marathon initiative and author of the strategy of dinel. i want to ask you off the bat why
the u.s. seeks healthy economic competition with china. but healthy economic competition where both sides benefit is only sustainable if that competition is fair. aishah: strong words? not really. i m confused, aishah. the concept of a healthy economic competition, competing while cooperating doesn t make sense. the chinese don t believe it. they think that even a left wing administration like this one is trying to strangle china. they saw as yellen was going over there additional semi conductor sanctions imposed. what really wore eaves me the administration seems to think these optical meetings and saying nice things in beijing will turn down the temperature. really 0 evidence. if fact in the contrary xi was down at the eastern theater command opposite taiwan telling
for the safety and opportunity that would be afforded to his four young children. aishah, those children range in age from 15 months to just 13 years old. absolutely tragic story. aishah: it gets worse and worse. it is shameful is what it is. alex hoff, thank you so much. bill: more to come. we ll learn more. 19 past the hour. new investigation and developments in the hunter biden legal saga. an attorney for hunter biden said this about the whistleblower. he said this is a tried and true tactic of aggrieved agent who no better than prosecutors and disagree to seek to pressure prosecutors to charge by leaning to the media. hunter s attorney cites a washington post piece from last october as a possible example. attorneys for the whistleblower gary shapley are asking the post to confirm their client was not a source for an article
think this administration is doing enough to end this war? well, i think we should be looking to talk. i think that seemed to me to be the administration s position and seems to be what blinken and sullivan have communicated. i do think eventual negotiations will happen. unfortunately we ll probably have to assume those negotiations will not end quickly. it s possible they would. if you go back to the korean war the negotiations lasted for two years. as the famous line goes you can talk while fighting and certainly the russians historically and their all aisles have been very good at that. aishah: i want to switch gears quickly to what janet yellen said today while she is in china. she criticized the chinese government s harsh treatment of companies with foreign ties and it s export controls on some really important minerals here. i will play the sound bite and get your reaction on the other side. i am communicating the concerns that i have heard from the u.s. business community.