Someones background, their race, theyre gender, their geographic location, i know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community in springfield, ohio. And its got to stop. And iraq to say that you cannot be entrusted with with standing behind the seal of the united president of the united states of america, engaging in that hateful rhetoric that, as usual, is designed to those that divide us as a country, is designed to help people pointing people fingers at Each Other. Its designed to do that. And i think most people in our country, regardless of their race, are starting to see the smoke through this nonsense and to say you know what, lets turn the page on this, this is exhausting and its harmful. And its hateful. And grounded in some age old stuff that we should not have the tolerance for. So lets turn the Page And Chart a new Way Foreword and say you cant have that microphone again. Madame Vice President , im switching gears again. Quick question i want to ta
news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
we have a crisis of accountability in this country the american federal government today whatever rules you break or damage you do, problems you cause hate, hurt, harassed, nothing ever happens. you can fail and fail and fail again and you are rewarded , not punished. pandemic, fentanyl, baby formula, afghanistan and inflation now we hear they may not be able to get the election out the door on time because education department is a competent. number one denominator nobody s held accountable. they just keep on trucking. zero accountability because the establishment always looks after its own protecting the ruling class. tonight across the range of the most egregious violations we will lay out the accountability and will be joined by the one person in america to deliver the accountability right now james, who is about ready to be the investigation and prosecution and impeachment. all of it must be on the table. christopher wray, director of the fbi to criticize the rate on the
focus tonight. we have a crisis of accountability in this country the american federal government today whatever rules you break or damage you do, problems you cause hate, hurt, harassed, nothing ever happens. you can fail and fail and fail again and you are rewarded , not punished. pandemic, fentanyl, baby formula, afghanistan and inflation now we hear they may not be able to get the election out the door on time because education department is a competent. number one denominator nobody s held accountable. they just keep on trucking. zero accountability because the establishment always looks after its own protecting the ruling class. tonight across the range of the most egregious violations we will lay out the accountability and will be joined by the one person in america to deliver the accountability right now james, who is about ready to be the investigation and prosecution and impeachment. all of it must be on the table. christopher wray, director of the fbi to criticize