the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into
soldiers. more than 85 targets in seven locations across iraq and syria were ahead. president biden has stressed he is not seeking a conflict with iran, but that the retaliation would continue. our north american correspondent will burn and has the latest. american bombers carried out airstrikes on more than 85 targets. the us military said they included the personnel and facilities of iran s revolutionary guard, and the militant groups it backs. but the abstract set locations only in iraq and syria. iranian territory was not targeted. the message from the white house, the us doesn t want a war with tehran. house, the us doesn t want a war with tehmn- house, the us doesn t want a war with tehran. , ., with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. this - with tehran. the goal here is to get the
midtown, manhattan, 6:00 in new york city. it is tuesday, january 30th. this is fox & friends. right now the white house weighing options after an iran-backed attack killed three u.s. soldiers. we are learning more this morning about those fallen soldiers and the mother of one of them will join us live this morning from georgia. carley: exclusive video shows human smugglers dropping off migrants at the california border. and lawrence jones is going to cities across the country to see the border crisis firsthand starting in chicago. people invading our cities. lawrence: you think it s a full-blown invasion? it s an invasion. brian: a big show. roster of guests mark green leading the impeachment push against dhs secretary mayorkas. he will join us live. hear from two presidential candidates nikki haley and it r.f.k. jr. i m not sure what party he is running on but, man, is he making an impact. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, jot this down once and f
badly. the data however paints a different picture. the us economy grew 2% in the first three months of this year. that is almost double initial estimates. consumers spend more, exports held up and prospect for the second quarter also look better with the housing market focused on recovery and subsidies for semiconductor and electric car parts beginning to kick in. the challenge for america s central bank is to keep inflation trending down. data due out later this friday from the us commerce department is likely to confirm prices are cooling. but with inflation still stubbornly hire, policymakers here as in many other developed economies are not done raising interest rates. susannah streeter is senior investment analyst at hargreaves la nsdown. susannah, biden is obviously on a re election campaign. but if we look at his economic track record as president, how successful have his policies been? well, the problem that the us has faced, as have other economies around the world