policy decisions. the house oversight committee has subpoenaed f.b.i. director christopher wray for documents. they want him to turn over that specific file at a meeting that they will have six days from now, may 10th. committee chair james comer and senator chuck grassley are leading the charge on this. we have a rough idea what is in the document and i just want to do what congressional oversight responsibilities i have to see what the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. has done to follow up on it. has there been political influence to not proceed if there is a reasonable possible criminal activity? harris: this directly from the white house now. republicans and congress have been lobbing unfounded and unproven politically unmotivated attacks against his family without offering evidence for their claims or decisions other than u.s. interests. we begin with peter doocy live at the white house. peter. the white house statement continues as white house officials claim that republican
people from asking for help. we begin with breaking news from russia, where the kremlin claims ukraine tried to assassinate vladimir putin in an overnight drone attack. this video, purports to show an explosion over the kremlin. wait for you. it you see it in the middle of your screen. russia has provided no clear evidence to back up this claim. a spokesperson for ukraine s president told local media that kyiv had nothing to do with this alleged incident and called it an expected trick from our opponents. moments ago, secretary of state blinken was asked about this during a press freedom day event. i can t in any way validate them. we simply don t know. i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. let s see. we ll see what the facts are. it s hard to comment or speculate without knowing what the facts are. joining us now to take a closer look, chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, and military analyst, barry mccafrey, and dan d
good evening, we begin tonight, keeping them honest the biden administration s 1500 troops to the border of mexico. the move is aimed at freeing up resources so customs and border protection officers can cope the expected surge of migrants when a trump era policy expires next week. the policy was called title 42 and it allowed authorities to quickly expel certain migrants using the covid pandemic has a reason. the new troops will join 2500 others who were sent to the border last fall because, clearly, there is a problem. but there isn t, not now and not for decades is a comprehensive solution at least not one that enough people in both parties can get behind. the administration tried sending a comprehensive immigration reform bill to congress on day one, january 20th, 2021. that went nowhere, so, instead like so many others before him president biden is taking a series of far smaller steps while trying to paint those-limited measures in the best possible light. which raises a
International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our