this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. comedian and veterans advocate jon stewart is here, standing up for veterans and explaining why this could be a matter of life and death. plus, right now the january 6th committee is interviewing high profile names from donald trump s white house, and they re in talks to speak with even more. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. heightened fears that the u.s. economy is on the verge of a recession or is already in one. the numbers released this morning show the u.s. economy shrank for the second quarter in a row. that is the common definition of a recession. this comes just hours after the federal reserve raised interest rates once again, forcing americans to pay more for loans or credit card bills. the official rules of whether we re in a recession will come from the national bureau of economic research. but joe biden is dismissing these concerns. he says
maybe this will give him more time to be a mentor, i hope more time to write and be inspiration to young physicians and kids in high school. i hope this president would give dr. fauci presidential medal of freedom, but he s received presidential medal of freedom. todd: kevin corke, is that what kids need, fauci as a mentor? kevin: i m not a kid. dr. fauci clarifying he s not actually retiring, hes he s moving on to a mentoring role at the end of the year. president biden did thank his chief medical advisor on twitter. america is stronger, more resilient and healthier because of him? many republicans are calling for a federal investigation into fauci. dr. fauci, retirement or not, will be spending a lot of time in front of a congressional committee and committees if republicans take back control. we will ask him questions about gain of function research, why he didn t push back on china s lives. we ll have a lot of questions and will subpoena him and expect him to answ
adviser to president trump,tr jared kushner, a rare interview. he ll join us .raew. give us a behind the scenes ofmp the trump presidency. but first,es i have a message tonight for the very lazy bernie sanders loving socialist trust fund baby barat in a hoodie that is now runningem as a democrat for the senate in pennsylvania, recently had a few choice words fornn yours truly and he s trying to raise money off of my name. fetterman wrote , quote, itin brings me no pleasure to ask, but are you familiar with a host of a little show on foxtl news named sean hannity actually called hannity. anyway, fetterman then proceeded to complain about my interview with his republican opponent, dr. mehmet oz, and accused us of spreading lies. we don t lie on the show. he then asked his supporters, please, chiped s in at least twenty five bucks, 50 bucks, 100 bucks because quote, we gotr to counter sean hannity with as much grassroots support as possible. now this bernie loving, spoiled trust
many consider a complete debacle. one op-ed says fauci should cash out or remain a celebrity and should just simply fade away. the new york post editorial board bidding good ridance to dangerous dr. fauci. another piece with, quote, keep your january schedule open, tony. a nod to the republicans promising accountability. louisiana senator john kennedy with this. dr. fauci, retirement or not, is going to be spending a lot of time in front of a congressional committee. we will ask him questions about gain-of-function research, why he didn t push back on china s lies, why he went along with the greatest dissipation, if that s the right worked greatest taking of civil liberties of the american people in the history of our country. we ll have a lot of questions and we ll subpoena him and expect him to answer. dagen: sean did you have eave is in focus. peter doocy live in delaware where the president is still vacationing. peter. dagen, dr. fauci doesn t seem to regret any
Your day with us and well see you right back here next week hello. Everyone. Thank you so much for joining inferred rica whitfield. This is our special live our of the cnn newsroom, the amanpour, our returns next saturday at this time 11 00 a. M. Eastern all right. Happening right now, an extreme geomagnetic storm hitting earth, threatening to cause major disruptions around the globe. A series of solar flares. And what are known as Coronal Mass Ejections from the sun are hurdling toward our planet. Its the strongest solar storm to hit earth since 2003. It sounds really ominous experts say hey it has the potential to cause a real danger. Solar flares can triggered communication. Gps, any electrical device malfunctions. Thats the scary stuff. Starlink says it has already been experiencing degraded service. The white house at several Telecom Companies are monitoring potential impacts but beyond those disruptions, some are really excited about it because much of the us and canada are being