equipment. phones possibly, anything that the van had in it such as a gps system or an alexa, all those things. we ll continue to keep an eye on it. f.b.i. director christopher wray appearing before a house committee this morning after testifying yesterday where several republicans criticize the bureau for investigating a potential trump/russia connection following a meeting with michael sussman, a former lawyer for the clinton campaign. the f.b.i. director appearing as he did yesterday to talk about the terror threats to the united states from around the globe but couldn t get away from a line of questioning about michael sussman, the attorney for the clinton campaign in 2016. he essentially went to the f.b.i. according to special counsel john durham saying he had information about donald trump and russia. john durham claims sussman was not clear with the f.b.i. who he was working for when he
suspect. they are looking at him as a possible suspect and likely a strong suspect. dana: phil keating is live in venice, florida at the carlton reserve. what s the latest on the search there? bottom line. still no sign of the 23-year-old person of interest, brian laundrie. the search has resumed here at the nature preserve. laundrie is desired for questioning regarding the now-confirmed homicide or death rather of his 22-year-old fiance gabby petito. this morning the search teams returned to the nature preserve looking for any clue as to brian laundrie s whereabouts. brand-new video shot this morning from the tampa fox helicopter. you can see down there on the ground law enforcement using drones, dogs, atvs as well as feet penetrating the 25,000 acre carlton reserve where the
speech? a total misstep on the part of the president. another wasted opportunity in trying to show the world that america is a leader. it was a failed speech and when we look at what our allies are thinking i can tell you firsthand they are questioning if the united states will be there. we have nato partners who are worried about our commitment to nato. but i can tell you one group that isn t questioning where they believe we re at and that s the jihadists. they are inspired by what they see in the united states and the biden administration right now. they are using this blunder in afghanistan as a recruitment tool. we are not as safe as a country right now because of what we saw as a debacle in afghanistan. dana: sounds like it was quite a hearing yesterday even though it was closed. we are glad you can tell us more about it.
counsel pat cipollone who is pretty widely expected to be the lead for his defense in the senate trial, but the president isn t questioning people about if they think he ll be good on tv. we know that s not only critical to the president, but it s seen more as a political trial than one that would be seen in a courthouse, for example. a lot of decisions to be made in a very crucial time in his presidency, so that s something to keep an eye on while the president is in south florida at his club, brianna. i wonder what the mood is over there and with the president, kaitlan, just because i mean, obviously, this has been a tough week for the president. he was impeached. but there s also good poll numbers when it comes to the economy. what is the thinking there about how he s positioned going into this key political year? good numbers with the economy. they see these numbers like the ones in the cnn impeachment poll about whether or not voters believe the president should be impeached
of the facts in terms of who it went to, how it was distributed and how it was disseminated. right. from our limited understanding, because we haven t seen the classified memo, this isn t questioning whether the dossier is true or not true. it s requesting whether christopher steele was truthful when he described his media contacts about the dossier. and that s an interesting point of inquiry, because there, in fact efforts to at least get some of that dossier out into the public domain prior to the election. not only were people approached allegedly directly, but rumors of it were circulating widely throughout the media prior to the election. there s an interesting that how is it that this piece that was democrat funded opposition researcher began to be inject into the american political blood steam. and it just goes to more of more confusion, more