Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent
supremacist violence is the greatest domestic troor threat today. speaking of threats, former president trump took an ominous term when asked what happened if he is indicted for mishandling classified documents. and a marathon negotiation session prevented a rail strike. it left some of those workers wondering what exactly they have gained from the deal. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this friday. september 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a federal judge has appointed a special master, or third party, to review the documents that the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club in palm beach, florida. judge cannon named raymond deery as the special master. he is a senior u.s. district judge for the eastern district of new york. trump s attorney s proposed him and the other side submitted they re professional. judge cannon specifically laid out the special masters duties including a privileged revie
Prime minister netanyahu, trying to close a hostage deal. While the trump trial dominates the headlines, President Biden is campaigning in wisconsin today. Jen psaki joins me with her inside look. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President biden is set to speak later this hour in the critical State Of Wisconsin after his major speech tuesday condemning the rise of antisemitism across the nation. Former President Trump is at maralago today while his Hush Money Trial is in a oneda break. On tuesday, the judge denying a request for a mistrial. This is the kind of testimony that makes it impossible to come back from said the defense. The judge said some the details were bet he left unsaid but denying the Mistrial Request and pinning part of the responsibility on trumps defense team, saying that he was surprised that his lawyers did not object more during the testimony. At one point even the judge stepped in when the defense failed to do so. Judge merchan calling a side
Scalise . Who do you think might have the votes to lead your party and the house . All three of those would be Excellent Choices and i think they can do an excellent job. Theyre honorable men, to me at least, and theyve never openly mocked me, anyway. They sure as heck have always kept their word to me. Theres several others that have whispered in my ear during all of this. And of course i dont want to out them, i understand that they have to keep their secrecy about them. But there are several Milling Around that are very interested in doing this. Mark green from tennessee is somebody that people have been talking about. So theres several out there that people are talking about. Im sorry, but i just find this so shocking. What exactly did he say to mock your faith, sir . It really doesnt matter. It was just the fact that i publicly stated on your station, i think, this morning that i was praying about it and i had two paths to go, either go with my friend or go with my conscious, and
wave after wave of biden border disaster. from the campaign he doesn t talk about shutting down the border. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. biden s campaign manager recently told the washington post the president doesn t talk about shutting down the border and is not advocating for shutting down the border, that s a quote. there is a problem with that, though, the president has already said this about the democrat-led senate border bill. his quote here. it would give me, meaning that bill, as president, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. and if given that authority, i would use it the day i sign the bill into law. then he said it again. president biden: if that bill were the law today i would shut down the border now and fix it quickly. this bill would save lives and bring order to the border. also give me and any new president new emergency authority to temporary shut down the border when the number of