our nations greatest rivals, china, now warning it is getting seriously prepared for the house speaker to potentially visit. seriously prepared, they call it. she s going to the island of taiwan later this month. the communist nation which is historically claiming the island as its own territory has had this to say on the speakers possible visit. here s a quote. if the u.s. side insists on making the visit, the chinese side will take firm and strong measures to safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity. the u.s. must assume full responsibility for any serious consequence arising thereof. taiwan s military is now bracing for a potential aggression china. the capital of taipei is staging its annual air raid drills yesterday and mobilizing for routine defensive exercises as the fear of war ramps up. and despite warnings from the pentagon and president joe biden that the trip might not be a good idea, both democrats and republicans have said they have backed the move i
g.o.p. still expected to take the house but a smaller margin the senate up for grabs. i have been wanting to do things outside of the government. the covid czar himself dr. anthony fauci moving up his retirement to this december. his legacy is presiding over the greatest debacle in public health history. action. judd strikes one tout right. forget that number 47 for aaron judd. and it s 2-0, yankees. oh, i want to dance with somebody i want to feel the heat of somebody it yeah, i want to dance with somebody will with somebody who lost me. steve: big dance today in a couple of states because they are having primaries. you are looking live at our nation s capitol, the seat of government. 71 degrees down there. high of 87. and as you can see clear as a bell. it s a beautiful day. we have selected that as the start-off picture for this tuesday, august 23rd, 2022, because katie pavlich is in the thousand. she is on the couch today. katie: i m here. steve: tha
department tonight with the latest. good evening. discussions are underway this evening over potential testimony involving the secret service agent mentioned during yesterday s explosive testimony. fox news has learned those agents are prepared to testify, what the key witness said in part was not true. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson said he was down by tony or not to come out of secret service official that president trump, in a fit of rage, lunged towards a secret service agent and try to grab the steering wheel of the presidential suv on january 6, 2021. 2021. agent bobby angle and an unknown driver were in the suv with the president. president trump used his free hand. when he recounted the story to me, he motioned. he denies her story about the suv. he was not in the vehicle, meaning hutchinson s story on second-hand, which she does not refute. the store sells orenado and the suv driver are willing to testi
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing here for this hour, in just, days the january six select committee will begin laying out its findings in primetime public hearings. earlier, today committee member congressman adam schiff gave insight into the approach will be taking a detailing its findings. the american people, i think, now a great deal already. they ve seen a number of bombshells already. there is a great deal they haven t seen. but perhaps most important is that the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, at one line of effort to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. so, we want to tell that comprehensive narrative. meanwhile, a new look at americans attitudes to gun laws as the debate over gun violence pretend prevention intensifies. and you cbs news yougov poll shows 60% of americ
former attorney general bill barr, was seen exiting the january six committees conference room. this would have been at least the second time that barr has met with the committee. back in january, chairperson thompson confirmed that barr had spoken with the panel and has cooperated with its investigation. it remains to be seen if barr or any other high-ranking trump official will testify in front of the american people as part of the committee s public hearings. the justice department, by the way, isn t just working on g involving the twice impeached ex presidents former aide, they are working to prosecute his insurrection supporters, to. yesterday another member of the far-right extremist group proud boys pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding. joshua pruitt is facing up to five years in jail, for taking part in the mob that ransacked the capital, and endangered the safety of members of congress. in court documents, he admitted that he near