Breaking a short time ago the House Means Committee says it has brandnew evidence that the president s son hunter biden lied to congress repeatedly during his most recent testimony. Bombshell to start us off midweek on john roberts in washington good to spend it with you. Im Aishah Hasnie here for sandra today this is breaking right now, john the committees chairman jason smith says the president s son lied three different times when he testified Behind Closed Doors back in february. John he says that is all according to documents provided by irs whistleblowers. Part of the ways and means committee, we have chad live on capitol hill and chad come what did hunter allegedly lie about . John, good afternoon, mainly how he may have been in peddling influence. It took a lot to get hunter biden to take questions from congressional investigators over the winter on this but the g. O. P. Alleges he did not tell the truth when he did appear, listen. Hunter biden lied three times to congressional
En is on capitol hill in the u. S. House of representatives. Yesterday the senate. All of it is hot for blinken. A lot of heat on him for giving iran warm condolences over the death of a Stone Cold Mass Killer of the irans president , raisi, died in a Helicopter Crash over the weekend and known as the butcher of tehran. Also there are demands for answers on what the administration will do about the International Criminal courts warrant for the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus arrest. On the same charge it issued for hamas terrorists. Im hair use faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. Todays hearing kicked off this way. I was really prepared to discuss the specifics of the Budget Request today but im so deeply concerned by frankly the dangerous policies being pursued by this administration. Dont take my word for it. The world is up in flames. Most notably i want to focus towards israel and this critical moment in history. This administration is playing a very dangerous ga
Iran attacks. The president reportedly concerned a wider conflict is ahead, and that america could get dragged into it. Also tonight, pretrial tantrums. Donald trump on the attack against key figures in his Hush Money Trial with Jury Selection just hours away. And we put a spotlight on a gop art form known as Judge Shopping that has led to the roll back of your rights and how to stop it. Lets begin. We are continuing to follow this weekends major escalation across the middle east. Iran Launching Hundreds of drones, missiles, towards israel saturday. Which it says is its response to israels deadly bombing of a consulate in syria earlier this month. It is what happens next that we are all watching for and bracing ourselves for. Based on new reporting from nbc news, some top u. S. Officials are worried that israel may in fact respond hastily to irans attacks and provoke a wider regional conflict that the u. S. Could get dragged into. Well dive deeper into that in a moment. But over the pa
exposes about something really bad that was going on at the cdc, the centers for disease control. the cdc over decades, over generations, built a reputation for excellence and solid science that made it really the international gold standard for public health. cdc science, cdc advice, cdc guidelines are unparalleled worldwide in terms of their influence, their authority, the respect with which they are treated and followed. it is a part of the u.s. government that we can righteously and uncomplicatedly be really proud of as americans in terms of us having an absolutely uncontested best in the world status. absolutely global leadership. and then the trump administration happened. and they recognized that when the pandemic hit, the world would be looking to the cdc for gold standard science and guidance on how to understand it, how to combat it. the whole country, the whole world would be looking to the cdc for what counts as scientifically sound policy response to that crisis.
really bad that was going on at the cdc, the centers for disease control. the cdc, over decades, over generations, built a reputation for excellence and solid science that made it really the international gold standard for public health. cdc science, cdc advice, cdc guidelines are unparalleled worldwide in terms of their influence, their authority, the respect with which they are treated and followed. it is a part of the u.s. government that we can righteously and uncomplicatedly be really proud of as americans in terms of us having an absolutely uncontested best in the world status. absolutely global leadership. and then the trump administration happened. and they recognized that when the pandemic hit, the world would be looking to the cdc for gold standard science and guidance on how to understand it, how to combat it. the whole country, the whole world would be looking to the cdc for what counts as scientifically sound policy response to that crisis. so the trump administr