government. against conservatives. and the next hearing, there are plotting as a response to this report, you will see it will be next week, focused on the twitter files, that is the alleged collusion between big attack and the government to silence conservative voices. what democrats are saying in this massive report is that according to three witnesses that the interview behind closed doors, democrats were of course part of the interviews. they said none of these former fbi employees had anything pertaining to say in terms of proving this exact theory between the doj and the fbi. instead, they are saying they are actually peddling conspiracy theories surrounding january 6th, surrounding covid, surrounding twitter, surrounding all of these topics that republicans are trying to prove was a big conspiracy theory between the government against conservatives. i wanted to take a listen to what stacey plaskett had to say earlier today on msnbc. watch.
major cover-up. was that that the influence of the communist party of china? i know that they re following our debates and piling on on social media. well, i ve noticed that our current commander in chief doesn t seem to be that anxious to point the finger at china maria: right. you have to kind of wonder what relationship is there there that may have some negative impact on the citizens of our country. and it s something that s very worrisome. look at some of the other negative impacts of some of the propaganda surrounding covid. maria: right. what happened to our children and their schooling, the mask math scores, reading scores, all of these things. this is every bit as important as disease processes. maria: and, dr. carson, you ve spoken about that quite a bit. thanks very much, dr. ben carson joining us this morning. thank you, maria. maria: thank you, sir. we ll be right back.
fact that there is this major cover. what was was that the influence of the communists of china? they are piling on on social media. i have noticed that our current commander-in-chief does not seem to be that anxious to point a finger at china. you have to kind of wonder what relationship is they are there that may have some negative impact on the citizens of our country. it is something that is very worrisome. look at the other negative impacts of the propaganda surrounding covid. what happened to our children and their schooling. this is every bit as important. you spoke about that quite a bit. great to get your take on all of this. thank you so much. doctor ben carson joining usling this morning. thank you, sir. we wil l be right back.
another country before coming to australia. that s question everyone gets when you re traveling these days in covid, and if he was in spain, there are pictures, there s videos, of course, he s also maskless after he said he tested positive, including an event where he was with kids, maskless, after testing positive, so that s where we are, and, you know, the story keeps kind of spinning and turning and who knows where it s going to end up. exactly. it could change even today. i mean, i want to play something for you. some interesting perspective i think from former professional tennis player james blake speaking to anderson cooper last night. i think for him to get through the australian open, if he s able to play this year, would be one of the greatest accomplishments any tennis player has ever done mentally because of what he s been through. not able to train or be be able to be active at all for the last five days, go through all of this that he s been through and i can only i
. novak djokovic, the number one men s tennis player in the world is back on the court in hopes of competing in the australian open, and this morning cnn has learned that australian border officials are investigating now whether djokovic lied on his travel declaration form when he certified he had not traveled 14 days before his arrival in australia. photos on social media posted during that two-week period show the tennis star in spain and serbia after testing positive for coronavirus. so where does this leave things now? joining me now is cnn sports analyst christine brennan and also a columnist for usa today. christine, what do you think of this whole thing right now? kate, there s one person who could have prevented all of this and that s novak djokovic. if he had gotten vaccinated none of this would have been happening. he has created it, and it s all self-induced. now, that said, here we are with the latest twist which is that the australian authorities believe that djokovi