federal government. plus, in the next 30 minutes, president biden takes his political fight to florida, home to his biggest potential rivals. and devastation in syria and turkey, almost unimaginable as the death toll closes in on 20,000. we re live in turkey where one of our reporters just witnessed an incredible rescue. but we start with some explosive moments in those hearings we just mentioned, both democratic and republican lawmakers going hard at the biden administration and its officials for not doing something sooner about that chinese surveillance balloon. the truth is i got a problem with the chinese balloon flying over my state. by the administration s logic, we would allow the chinese to fly surveillance balloons over the pentagon or other sensitive sites near populated areas. as an alaskan, i am so angry. i want to use other words, but i m not going to. i want to bring in nbc s ryan nobles who s on capitol hill and michael crowley as the diplomatic c
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. a new chapter in the house gop s plan to govern for fox news and fox news only began today. the committee set up for one purpose only, that is to fuel the right s favorite conspiracy theory, but somehow, the deep state, is out to protect democrats and persecute conservatives and the disgraced ex-president and his allies. the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government held its very first hearing today. republicans invited a panel that included senator chuck grassley, who once said this, that the fbi was, quote, corrupted to its core. senator ron johnson, who has never met a conspiracy he didn t really like a lot. and former congresswoman and current fox news regular tulsi gabbard. here s just some of what they had to say. it s clear to me that the justice department and the fbi are suffering from a political infection that, if it s not defeated, will cause the american people no longer to trust thes
we re making full resources available to support them. brooke singman has the details. brooke: officials confirming three soldiers are dead and another hurt near healy, alaska. the major general saying the fort community is one of the tightest knit in service, i have no doubt they will pull together and provide comfort to the families of the fallen. the apache helicopters collided in flight and went down 115 miles from fairbanks. two soldiers were declared dead at the scene and a third died on the way to the hospital. a fourth soldier is being treated for injuries. this is the second helicopter accident this year. in february a military helicopter was involved in a military accident and a month to the day when two blackhawks collided midair before going down. we ll continue to monitor last night s crash as officials begin investigating what went wrong. ashley: thank you. president biden approval rating hit an all-time low and the white house plays defense after rocky star
testimony, let s get live to the white house correspondent kevin corke in the nation s capitol. reporter: rare partnership on capitol hill tonight as members of both parties were talking about progressive democrats, even conservative republicans. they re all demanding answers about how and why the government apparently is snooping on its own citizens without justification or legal authority. that after new revolutions disclosed today revelations disclosed today that your government has collected the communications information of millions of your fellow americans without legal justification including phone calls and text messages. many of which they claim were obtained, by mistake. i lose sleep over the 3.4 million warrantless searches of americans communications. while reports indicate the fbi conducted fewer queries in 2022, it still made roughly 559 searches per day. now the pfizer court found querrey information has already been legally required and is not consi
hello. thanks for joining me. i m paula reed. it s been two weeks since the fiery train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and residents are still frightened and frustrated. governor mike dewine says fema is deploying an assistance team. residents were given the all-clear to return home, but test results haven t been reassuring. folks are worried rashes, headaches and other symptoms may be tied to the chemicals. they say something is making them sick even if officials can t find it. we need help, we do. we need president biden. we need fema housing. people are getting sick. the railroad sent out a toxicologist who deemed my house not safe. had i not used my voice, had i not thrown a fit, i would be sitting in that house right now when they told me that it was safe. i don t recommend you put anything in the ground. vegetables or tomatoes or anything this year, because we don t know. cnn s polo sandoval joins me. what are you learning? officials on the ground maintai