country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
tomorrow s climactic hearing by the january 6th select committee, the last before election day. cnn political correspondent sara murray has new details on what to expect. reporter: the january 6th committee making its closing argument ahead of the november midterms. there s some new material that, you know, i found as we got into it pretty surprising. reporter: sources say they re aiming to drive home that former president donald trump still poses a danger to democracy, using a mix of new evidence and reminders of their prior work. it s really demonstrated the breadth and the depth of the effort to overturn the election. and to stop the peaceful transfer of power. and it was an effort that, at every step of the way, the former president was deeply involved in, personally engaged in. reporter: while live witnesses are not expected, members are preparing to showcase previously unseen emails from secret service which recently turned over more than 1 million communicati
the man who was bin laden s number two in al-qaeda, the man who took over as al-qaeda s leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach turning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the term of al-qaeda and groups like that towards indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere including muslims all in the name of islamic piety. and how he got there now looking back at it seemed like a straight shot, but if you sort of dropped in on him at any time in his biography you wouldn t have known he was going there. by the time he was 15 years old he was a committed radical who wanted to try to impose islamic theocracy by force. he formed his first terrorist cell when he was all of 15 years old. when islamic militants did assassinate egypt s president at a military parade in 1991 ayman al-zawahiri was one of hundreds islamic radicals tried and imprisoned for that crime. he was tortured for ye
information of the political biassed of guy named timothy thibault on fuzzy newspaper reports. he started an investigation on trump, on evidence of criminality and hunter biden, he stopped that investigation. if you go back and look at timothy thibault s social media, you know he s highly partisan guy. todd: jackie ibanez has more. jackie: good morning, the fbi agent accused of running interference in the investigation of hunter biden laptop is resigning. he called it a career a month after accusation of political bias in the handling of the hunter biden probe. timothy thibault was accused of slow walking the investigation in 2022. in july 18th letter to director of the fbi chuck grassley cited two whistleblowers who claim high-ranking officials including timothy thibault were not following guidelines to open a proper investigation. grassley and ron johnson demanding answers after ceo of facebook zuckerberg. the fbi got possession of hunter biden s laptop, they said you
at the time of 9/11, the man who took over as al-qaeda leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach churning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the fraters of al-qaeda and groups like that, toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety. and how we got there, we are now looking back, and it seems like a straight shot. but if you dropped in anytime in his biography, you wouldn t know if he was going there. he was trained as a doctor, he was trained as a surgeon. he was from a respected family in egypt, born and raised in cairo. by the time he was 15 years old, he was a committed radical, that wanted to try to impose islamic theocracy by force. he formed his first terrorist cell, with the aim of overthrowing the government of egypt, when he was only 15 years old. when islamic militants did assassinate egypt s president, anwar