to criminally investigate donald trump for 2020 election including the events of january six. the crescendoed bill through this summer as they were televised saying explosive revelations about what was happening in the white house in and around january six. but that committee had no ability to charge anyone with anything. only the department of justice did. and from what everyone could tell, at least from the outside, not a whole lot seem to be happening over at the doj. by july, attorney general garland felt the need to speak out and defend his department. there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from on
justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from one administration to the other, concept of the fundamental of american democracy. we have to get this right. garland was not wrong, this is the most important investigation that the justice department has ever entered into. no president has ever been criminally charged in the history of the united states of america. and that means that merrick garland holds one of the most difficult jobs in the entire country. he is now not only at the helm of one, but two sweet being justice department investigations into a former president, donald trump. the departments investigation into january 6th, and the probe into
and the rain continues, a flood watch is in effect for southern and eastern kentucky. the floodwaters, you see the devastation there. the floodwaters lifting homes off their foundations, washing them away. the governor and the people of eastern kentucky just reeling from the sheer scope of this tragedy. a lot of people are still trapped up in there, going on three days now, no food, no water. i take what i can on the atvs, a lot of other people are doing the same thing. the house is gone. they just washed away. we don t know how many is missing at this point. we know that there are bodies that we are still processing. and when you see the devastation of this flooding that have carried houses hundreds of yards, if not more, we know we ll still be finding people sadly in the days to come. as we mentioned, still some concerns about the forecast. let s get the latest forecast for the region. any relief in sight? reporter: it looks like on tuesday we get relief here. unf
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric. there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it