we go to new jersey with more of the former president s message. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. his first public remarks, or at least his first speech since his arraignment in miami this afternoon, former president trump defended his right to retain classified information. he said it is in the sole discretion of the president to keep their own documents, and he also took sharp aim at president joe biden for what he calls weaponizing the department of justice. listen here. this day will go down in infamy and joe biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and marxists tried to destroy american democracy. but they will fail and we will win bigger and better than ever before. [applause]. charging a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. trace, president trump then
washington can be very much like a slow boiling pot of water. often the people who face the most scrutiny and lytic apparel, they don t seem to realize the trouble they are in until it s too late. critics say that could very well be the position that president biden finds himself in fairly soon, because despite repeated inquiries, neither the president nor his press secretary are answering basic questions about the classified documents. and certainly not in a way that s been anything close to the previous claim of being the most transparent administration in history. rather, critics argue they are continuing to, well, their track record of being the most secretive and dismissive administration in recent memory, including today s ill-fated attempt at a briefing by the dni. and tom cotton says he is going to slow down confirmation of all of mr. biden s nominees until congress is allowed to review the classified documents found at the homes of both biden and former president tru
what is interesting is the role of the high level officials that some of which are obviously played out in public view. in the end, fani willis decided for whatever reason that she was not going to bring those charges, perhaps because of the additional political implications of it, and the difficulty that it would present for her case, kate. interesting. evan, thank you so much. paula, as well. they will continue to work their sources on this. sara? we wanted to talk to some of the politics of this, and we want to go to chief congressional correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. and you talked to senator graham about this, and the biggest revelation about this, and really what we have here is who the grand jury thought should be indicted and who wasn t indicted and what the law is, and we don t have the details of the how they got to that place and the evidence that was put before the grand jury in this 25, or 26-page report. but you have had a conversation with linds
parents rights. the chino valley school district will no longer be able to tell parents if their child changes their gender identity or pronouns after a judge had a temporary restraining order blocking the policy today. that came after california attorney general rob bonta s office sued the chino school district for the notification policy and they re now celebrating the judge s decision writing that it quote upholds the state s rights of our lgbtq plus student community and protects kids by harm by immediately halting the board s forced outing policy. while this fight is far from over, today s ruling takes a significant step towards ensuring the physical, mental and emotional well-being of inclusivity. now, the chino valley unified board of education president told fox news today they re disappointed by the ruling but that this battle is just beginning. saying, in part, quote, we can prevail as long as we stand united and strong against this agenda to marginalize parents and
Incident in afghanistan and once again isis there is claiming responsibility. A Shiite Muslim Cultural Center was the target this time of the afghanistan isis spinoff. The suicide bomber walked into the center of a gathering leaving a scene of death and destructions. Other explosions outside. 41 killed, at least 84 wounded. Shiite targets there. Isis in afghanistan started in 2015. It has been growing in strength as it has been fading in other parts of the world. Between isis and taliban afghanistan still a very dangerous place, rick. Rick what has been the u. S. Response . Strong response. We heard from the u. S. Embassy in kabul where the incident took place. They called the attack horrific pledging continued support from the u. S. While the u. S. Is supposed to be playing a backup and training role we have to remember the Trump Administration is doubling down on this 16year long war bringing troop levels back up to 14,000. Recently we learned that special forces were involved in Som