I am here today to answer any legitimate questions and the House Oversight committee may have for me. Shall i allow hunter to give his Opening Statement first . It doesnt appear mr. Biden showed up for his public hearing. With any luck today marks the end of what may be the most spectacular failure in the history of an congressional investigations. State your iniry because we were a very important hearing what is your inquiry . It is not a stunned. I am simply asking you dont have a parliamentary inquiry . Chair recognize him mr. Chairman chairman recognizes mr. Does the committee how the Text Messages . Mr. Chairman we dont have time for games by democrats today. House Impeachment Hearing at 80 he did start, republicans and democrats taking shots at each other with two of Hunter Bidens former Business Partners. Hello and welcome everyone im sandra smith and dajohn craig to be with you. John great to be with you, what a hearing today, im john roberts in washington and this is america r
Caphaitien, haiti. Now to an alarming new study that estimates in chicago that nearly 70 of children under 6 years old are exposed to lead contaminated Drinking Water. Cbss charlie de mar reports on the latest major city to face this widespread problem. Reporter tonight danger lurking in chicagos Drinking Water according to a new study that used a. I. To estimate lead levels in unfiltered tap water over a sevenyear period. Benjamin wynn is the studys lead researcher. The goal is to have zero lead in water at all. And we know from the science that even small amounts of lead in the water can have an impact on your child. Reporter black and hispanic children are more likely to be affected and less likely to have their Household Water tested according to the study estimation. I dont think we need to be alarmist. Its not as bad as the flynn crisis. Your kids not going to be hospitalized from the levels of lead that were seeing. But even these low levels of lead, these are things that can af
Thank you, larry. Good to see you tonight, gentlemen. First to you, governor, what do you make of oversight chair james comer inviting President Biden to testify in front of the itch peachment inquiry and theyre not giving up even as the white house demands they shut it down. Joe biden is not going to go. The interesting thing is though, he wont go and hell invoke executive privilege and hes right to do. How come peter that varicose veins row is in prison for the same thing and let joe and peter share a cell for the same thing and failing to unload on congress. I mean, why not. Lets be honest and thats never going to hatch. Joe biden is not going to go and testify. I think the house is doing the right thing by the investigation. I dont think it makes sense to take an Impeachment Vote because they may not get it and even if they do, it goes to the senate and it dies faster than an ice cube at beginning of the door of hell. It just isnt going to happen. Elizabeth aint going to happen. Wh
Handloser sandra smith. John and im this is the story. Major stories breaking at this hour, the Supreme Court has just allowed texas to enforce their own state Immigration Law. This is a very monumental decision. And this is in place for now before it goes to the next level of appeals. For the state at this point can start arresting, people suspected of crossing the border illegally while this legal battle over the law continuous. Is called sb for preparedness talk about it a lot in recent days so we will take you live to the border, will get reaction from about the Supreme Court decision and what the impacts will look like in texas coming up momentarily. What first, what happens when two top u. S. Generals in charge of our deadly exit from afghanistan testify for the first time before congress as free speaking, private citizens about what really happened as the talent taliban swept the country and President Biden announced our unilateral pullout. Time in many ways to happen just befor
Anyone suspected of illegally crossing into the state from mexico. The fight over who can police the border escalating and the Supreme Court weighing in. Nearly half a Million People here in el paso have to basically justify their presence in the United States because of the color of their skin. Norah what this means for the battle over immigration. Texas very simply is enforcing the laws. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows a sweeping texas Immigration Law to go into effect for now. In a 63 decision, the nations highest court said it wont block the law, known as sp 4, that gives local and state police the power to arrest and detain migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. The federal government has been the Sole Authority of Immigration Enforcement for decades. Critics say this ruling is an affront to federal law. The case now heads bac