And the director of the center for strategy at the council and security. Last october, the skull cross Center Forward defense team reported on effective resilience and national strategy, lessons from the pandemic and the requirements for key medical infrastructure by distinguished fellow kramer. A Strategic Operational framework for effective resilience is the capacity to withstand shocks of a magnitude of a major pandemic, a strategic shot. Today, as President Biden confronts covid19, our report and recommendations on Health Security remain timeless. To discuss these issues i am , very pleased to welcome a variety of guests to our event. Our moderator will help frame the discussion. She will be followed by the report author, frank kramer cool present key findings. Jaclyn leavy, chris mcguire, on our Panel Moderated by the director of our former defense practice area, clementine starley. I would like to thanks speakers and the audience for joining us. In accordance with the legacy, it
Right now on cnn this morning Special Counsel, robert hurs set to testify before congress after releasing an explosive report about President Bidens handling of classified documents and alleged cognitive decline plus a developing story out of haiti, the embattled Prime Minister resigning amid rising gang attacks against the government and former President Trumps justin, hes open to cutting Social Security and medicare after vowing repeatedly, he would never do it all, right 05 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at capitol hill, lot of action up there today. Good morning to all of you. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us a First Special counsel, robert hur, is set to testify in a matter of hours before the republican led House Judiciary Committee hur investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents last month. He concluded the president did ms handle the material per however, chose not to prosecute still, it was his assessment of bidens mental sharpness
photo on the account matches a photo i. d.. the fbi declined to comment, citing ongoing investigation. you can always listen to our podcast, go to cnn. com slash podcasts or any of the major platforms. just search for anderson cooper to 60. news continues right now, let s send it over the summer santa and cnn tonight. it is a good podcast, i do listen, thank you anderson. i am sara sidner, and this is cnn tonight, and we begin with breaking news this thursday. and astonishingly report this evening by the washington post. the newspaper citing people familiar with the search of the president mar-a-lago home, a report that classified documents related to the nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents when they went to donald trump s property on monday. the post says experts and classified information underscores the deep uncertain of government officials about the types of officials who thought they could be located there. most sources did not offer additional details b
Theres no good time to do it, by the way. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommend, i was going to fire comey. Paul Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. Thanks for coming in. Good to be here. Paul first point, is there any doubt in your mind that as a legal matter the president had the right, the authority to fire james comey . None. Paul none. None. The fbi director is a part of e. E executive, the president is regardless of whether the fbi director is appointed for a term or not for a term, the president has the authority to fire him. Paul thats despite the tenyear term he was supposed to yeah. Paul all right. In the chain of command at the Justice Department, some people seem to believe that the fbi is independent. That is not true. It is not true. The fbi director is supposed to report to the Deputy Attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. Thats the way its supposed to work. Paul okay. And the fbi is not some indep
Your muslim pal. Well be having a lot of great guests, talking about mitt romneys ultimate screw you which he gifted us with yesterday and general petraeus, the c. I. A. Had no idea when he said i wanted to tap that, he meant something completely different. Lets go to Lisa Ferguson for a current news update. Hey john. Always good to have you on the show. Good morning everyone. The president is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy today. He heads to new york this morning to look at the damage and to thank First Responders who risked their lives last month. Later this evening president obama will host the cast and crew of the movie lincoln for a screening at the white house. He is coming off a very Important News conference yesterday. Not only was this the first since his reelection, it was also the first hes held in eight months. Several reporters did want to talk about the general petraeus scandal, of course but the president fortunately did get to spend a lot of time on the f