in delaware wrote a letting indicating he won t meet that dea deadline. it is to answer questions from jim jordan and other republicans. the reason according to david weiss on why he can t do this, is because technically the hunter biden investigation is still an ongoing investigation. he has yet to formally enter his plea in front of a federal judge. that will happen at the end of the month. that s one of the ropes weiss said he can t answer those questions. in his letter to jordan weiss quoted a prior letter from june saying i have been granted ultimate authority in this matter including responsibility when, whether to file charges. a few weeks later jordan asked to weiss who told him to sign that letter? he doesn t believe weiss called the shots in the probe. he thinks it was the justice department in washington based off the testimony of i.r.s. whistleblower shapley who investigated the hunter biden probe and he insists he personally saw david weiss in a meeting complain
challenger, robert kennedy jr., is already polling at 19 and 20% in two separate polls.rate p olnow, in just a moment, by thev way, are okay.e junior will join us live rightje here on this program. we ll ask him about joe biden,lo why biden won t debate him. we ll also ask him abouta this. take a loolook.k. do you believe they murderede ory were involved in the murder of your uncle? would havo e you comepe to te cia? yes, they were definitelymurr involved in the murder. wow. .obert kerobert kennedy jr. wile straight ahead. now, of course, biden s bad week is not t just because of bd polling or a strong challenge from rfq junior. it also doesn t have anything in to do with the insanitity at the southern border with title forty two is now set to expire this thursday. the situation, as we all know,we is completely out of control. we have waves ofave wa illegalvr immigrants now lined up as far as the eye can see, justjuweeken waiting to cross over the weekend. border patr
ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget and what these days we have to call fiscal events, can be devastating for a politician. it is what will the ifs say. that word is treated like the word of god, not least broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god that makes you god. how does that feel? , , ., that feel? very
plus, covid s come back. holiday weekend travel snagged by staffing shortages while covid looms large. and later: today may be different but it is still not treating people like we want to be treated. an octogenarian confronting racism head on. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. tonight, no capturing of level of airchg he in uvalde, texas, gunman took 21 lives in the nation s 27th school shooting so far this year. today, in his commencement address at the university of delaware, president joe biden remembered the young lives lost. as i speak, those irnts pa are literally preparing to bury their children. in the united states of america. to bury their children it s too much violence, too much fear, too much grief. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. cbs s omar villafranca is in uvalde, texas for us. omar, good evening. reporter: good evening. thousands of people have streamed into this park in uvalde to cry t
he s been really quiet, really reserved, but very funny. just a quiet, dry humor. it will be interesting to see how one of the greats, their minds, translates the games for those who are watching it with them as opposed to those who are watching him play it. that s going to be the exciting part for me and everyone woiho a fan of football. it s hard to not like tom brady. it really is. thank you so much for being with us. now day continues right now. good morning to our viewers ear in the united states and all around the world. it is what day is it? it is wednesday, may 11th. i m john berman with breonna taylor brianna keilar. a vote needs 1r060 votes to pasn a senate that s currently split 5050. what it will do, says majority leader chuck schumer is get every member on the record on the critically issue of abortion rights. pennsylvania senator bob casey, one of the historically anti-abortion democrats says he will vote to codify the roe v. wade decision. this is com