the entire h.r. department involved and they say we need to set new rules and we have a seminar on it next week. sometimes we will . but this is like a seinfeld episode here tonight. hannity awesome show. right. have a great show. all right. i m laura ingraham. this is ingraham angle from washington tonight . now last night we were joined by congressman barry loudermilk, a republican who is in no uncertain terms accused of leading recon missions for so-called insurrectionist before january six . now he was cleared by the capitol police, but that hasn t stopped the january six committee from coming after him. he s back tonight with his exclusive response to the ongoing smear campaign. but first, twisted priorities. that s the focus of tonight s angle. i didn t tell a lot about person, but by what he or she prioritizes in life. so your kids are on a soccer tournament. do you cancel that golf outing happening the same day or not the same with politicians and activists when the
will be, and challenging the democratic incumbent senator who is defending a seat, a seat in a state where joe biden won by about two percentage points. a nail biter today. john king, you are following key races out of south carolina, incumbents, representative nancy mace and representative tom rice, one of the rare republicans to impeach trump after the insurrection. what is the latest there? let s move across the country and look at the house. pull up south carolina. votes coming in a little more quickly than nevada but we re several hours in now. this is very interesting here. the seventh district russell frey is donald trump s candidate here, a conservative running against the incumbent. tom rice had that seat since 2012 and won big in the tea party year. he is getting 25% of the vote right now, disappointing for a republican incumbent who represented the district for a decade. 99% of the vote in. we re still tallying the final votes. the 50% plus one you avoid a run-
taking photographs of stairwells and hallways and tunnels and security screening posts. hmm. and then the invasion in ukraine hits home for some u.s. families as two americans going missing while fighting alongside ukrainian soldiers. the growing fear these two americans might now be in the hands of the russians. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and a major economic news that will in the short term at least make life more expensive for many americans. the federal reserve this afternoon doing something it has not done in nearly three decades. they raised the interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. this will mean higher costs for mortgage loans and credit card bills and auto loans and student loans. federal reserve chairman jay powell says the hike is necessary to cool economic growth so as to get inflation under control, but that could take weeks if not months, and so many american families are struggling right now with sk
the padres playing great as well. such a great division. can you believe the angels collapse? yankees initiated that and sent them into a tailspin. really? they lost 12 or 13 in a row before they finally won. loaded with talent but struggling a bit. stock futures are on the rise as investors anxiously await the federal reserve s action to tame surging inflation. this as president biden lashes out at republicans for blocking his economic agenda. msnbc s stephanie ruhle will join us to break it all down and the challenges ahead. and we walter isaacson with us. we were talking about presidents and inflation before. jimmy carter, i mean, you know, he had volcker, volcker tamed inflation. right. but there were so many global forces, external forces, you know, we like to think in america that presidents control the economy. there s so many external forces right now. especially now. especially now with two years of covid, the pent up demand. i understand bi
responsible for khashoggi s murder. she was asked several times by cnn, by a colleague of ours at the washington post, and she wouldn t give a direct answer. i mean, we have spoken to this before. the president is focused on getting things done for the american people. the question that i asked, though, does he believe that mbs was responsible for khashoggi s death? the murder of jamal khashoggi was something that we and so many others around the world took very, very seriously. he issued an extensive report on khashoggi s murder. go ahead. i have already answered the question. now, the white house has emphasized that when the president goes to saudi arabia, that there are going to be human rights issues that are discussed, though it has been pretty reticent to answer questions about whether khashoggi s murder itself is going to be specifically addressed. and jake, we re hearing now from democrats including some of the pred s allies, basically saying this trip is a