hearings on capitol hill where lawmakers are probing whether or not the fbi and doj have politicized justice to attack american civil liberties. this is falling under that brand-new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, ohio republican jim jordan. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. i m sandra smith in new york. john: sandra, good to be with you. as we watch our colleague, jonathan turley on the stand. two of the witnesses are senators leading investigations into the biden family business dealings. david spunt has been watching the opening statements. he is live ste justice department now. david, what are you seeing? senator ron johnson has paid close attention not only to the department of justice but the fbi. he noted in his testimony, john and sandra, he wrote more than 50 letters to the fbi and doj and said few of them were answered adequately, many were not even responded to. this is a hearing as you mentioned for a new subco
rescue crews on both sides of the border continue the frantic search for survivors. also, tensions rising between the united states and china after the biden administration shot down that chinese spy balloon saturday afternoon and criticism from top republicans for the president s decision not to shoot it down sooner. all this as the president puts the final touches on his state of the union address when he s expected to tout his accomplishments including a better than predicted campaign and a preview of his election campaign. good day. as a tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding in turkey and syria, a massive 7.2 earthquake taking nearly 2,000 lives already and devastating commercial and residential areas of both countries. there are also nearly 10,000 people injured and possibly hundreds more still trapped under the rubble from decimated buildings as the aftershocks rip through the region and hinder rescue efforts. those are live pictures in southern turkey of a rescue
much, but they have, especiall paul and giuliani, remember the whole defense was going to be, yeah those other guys were lying, but we were just puttin it on very strong case cases against powell and giuliani in particular they are now set to go to tria and mid 2024, most cases lik this settle, and that s what was, there was this missed opportunity or possibility wit the trial itself with dominion but most cases settle, so yes, i suspect they would, bu dominion will have robus settlements. we ll see how big those umbrella policies are, right terry lippman, thank you ver much, i appreciate your time a always thank you in the next hour, congres woman reacts to the unthinkable. that we now have to think abou every day america s gun crisis later, the outburst of - reacts to her latest outrage it all starts now. and good day from msnbc world headquarters welcome to alex witt reports i m filling in for alex today, we will start with coach war front and center as the 202
classified information. the white house scrambling to contain the biggest leak we ve seen in ten years. experts say the damage is done and more could be on the way. good morning. big morning. i m bill hemmer. dana: you are in a mood. i m dana perino, this is america s newsroom. the pentagon is trying to figure out who is responsible for the leak. it exposed military secrets and how the u.s. spies on its adversaries and friends. bill: it is making for awkward conversations and damage control on a global scale. it s tough to do. the u.s. is ramping up a criminal investigation into all this. c.i.a. director bill burns talked about it haltingly at rice university. listen. the deeply unfortunate leak of classified documents is certainly as intense as anything in that now part of the in box as well and it s something that the u.s. government takes extremely seriously. the pentagon and the department of justice have now launched a quite intense investigation to get to the bo
Getting paid. Could impact everything from food safety, to research. Funding the government is among the basic responsibilities of congress. Its time for republicans to start doing the job america elected them to do. President joe biden calling on republicans to live up to the budget deal from earlier this year. The contentious negotiations. Meanwhile, several democrats are commenting on the Corruption Allegations against senator menendez. Also ahead an update on the auto workers strike. As the union is expected to get a highprofile supporter on the picket lines this week. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early other on this monday. Were now less than one week away from a potential Government Shutdown, republicans in the house still appear to be a long ways from passing a spending bill, a push to work through a weekend ended in embarrassment last week after a farright holdouts tanked an effort to bring bills to the floor. All this as the Biden Administration took initial steps to prepa