congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f
harris: happening now, for the mirth template publisher is testifying and the trump trial. he is the first witness. his testimony follows a gag order hearing earlier this morning. the judge says he will decide on trump violations on a later date. we will be keeping a close eye. hello, everyone this is outnumbered. emily: i and emily compagno here with harris faulkner. joining us today is lisa boothe, and tammy bruce. and also senior advisor at america first legal and former dla of public affairs ian prior. emily: we begin with the growing anti-israel protests at some of the most prestigious universities. these are life pictures over columbia university and you can see protesters taking over columbia s lawn with test. nyu students are planning a walkout at 1:00 p.m. eastern today. last night ryan teams arrested over 150 people during last night s protest. [chancing] emily: the protests are not limited to columbia and nyu, at least 22 elite schools including all five
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