another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well
republican from new york infamous for his cascade of lies , was charged by the justice department in a federal program. that news broke right here, on cnn today, by my colleagues, evan perez and mark morale is. we also have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today, to prevent a global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stairs down the possibility of it first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed american tonight and we keep congressional players who met with him are talking. but first, the verdict in manhattan, a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-90s. he owes carroll $5 million for battery and defamation. carroll reacted in a statement saying today, the world finally knows the truth. trump s response i have absolutely no idea who this woman i was photographed with is . this verdi
engage in initial breach, it is ray epps at that precise moment. how did ray epps know there would be pipe bombs? who is ray epps? reporter: that question animated fox news host tucker carlson for nearly two years. ray epps? he is on video several times encouraging crimes, riots, breaches of the capital. what made mr. epps finally decide to sue? he spent two years being lied about by fox news, the time had come for him to have his voice heard and make sure fox was held accountable. did mr. epps attempt tree volve this before filing the lawsuit? was there communications bout his concerns prior to it being filed? yes, absolutely. we reached out to fox in march, asked them to cease and desist speaking about mr. epps and lying, asked for retraction on air, the same amount of time and energy they put into the lies
same rules, that he s not going to incite imminent violence it is not going to defame people, and that s fine. but the problem is the internet is totally unregulated. you think there s a chance that congress is actually going to get that done? meaning, regulating the internet, or regulating pressley, they have to understand it. that would be the first step. you say they, you are in congress. but you are one of the few who understand it, who understands it. talk about it from the legal perspective. i will be looking to see how twitter will look through in terms of youth and community guidelines. because they are gonna have the same sort of regulatory behavior within the corporate space, that doesn t have to go through the first amendment in terms of not being a government entity. so, looking to see what they will actually be able to honor, what they, may they will accuse them of censoring, what they will remove or allowed to keep their. that s gonna be the next horizon of this
vaccines there? why aren t the therapeutics there? the answer will be the senate republicans to a person blocked the ability to move forward and let this legislation done. bret: how do you respond to that? the answer is as follows: we had agreed to a $10 billion package paid for by that i mean using re-purposed funds from the $2 trillion package the democrats jammed through on a party line basis last year. so it wasn t new money. reprogrammed existing money. but, in the meantime, as i m sure fox has covered extensively, there was the decision about title 42 and reeking further havoc at the border with the argument that somehow covid was behind us. making that same argument at the same time. so all we said was we want to offer an amendment. bret: so will we see republicans putting title 42 reinstatement on every bill