this week, the facts finally caught up to two republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess that was thursday s hearing on the so-called weaponization of federal government. for months now, chairman james jordan has promised testimony from, quote, dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. and yet, just hours before jordan s promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers who are set to testify have had this security clearances revoked over a question about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct, and their handling of sensitive information. so when the hearing began, it quickly descended into chaos. with democratic members on the subcommittee repeatedly calling out chairman jordan for violating house rules by withholding alleged evidence he had gathered. where is the whistleblower
accusations of bribes and an inside look at his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. then fighting back with the free speech organization that is soon to block ron desantis s efforts to ban books in florida schools. i m charles blow in for ayman moyhyeldin. let s get started. this week, the facts finally caught up to two republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess that was thursday s hearing on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. for months now, chairman jim jordan has promised testimony from, quote, dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. and yet, just hours before jordan s promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers who are set to testify have had this security clearances revoked over a question about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct, an
that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. i ll have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn he ll be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a new york times reporter listened in. i m going to read a quote from that new york times story which begins with something desantis said on the call. you basically have three people credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis said on the call, organized by the superpac supporting him, biden, trump and me. of the two, two have a chance to be elected, biden and me. the times said he is basing that on swing state data which he describes as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable because people aren t going to change their view of him. which is
tonight, disney, our parent company revealing a decision that was not easy to make. cancelling a one billion project in florida that would have brought 2,000 jobs to the state citing the changing business climate in florida. disney is blaming ron desantis for retaliating against the company for what critics call don t say gay law. the abc news exclusive tonight, the case making national headlines, and for the first time right here, the husband whose new wife was killed on their wedding day, police say, by an alleged drunk driver, is speaking out and the new lawsuit tonight against the 25-year-old driver and the bars who allegedly served her. the debt ceiling showdown. the race against time to avoid default. biden in japan for the g-7 summit. he ll cut his trip short to resume talks. rachel scott live on the hill. tonight, the unanimous ruling from the supreme court, the justices siding with tech and social media giants including twitter and google, saying they are not liable
of bribes, and an inside look at is evarts to turn over the election. and fighting, back at the free speech organization that is suing to block rhonda scent this after he banned books in florida schools. i m charles lowe, in for him in, let s get started. this week, the facts finally caught up to republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess, the hearing on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. for months now, chairman jim jordan that promised to testimony from dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. yet hours before the promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers sent to testify had a security clearance was revoked over questions about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct and their handling of sensitive information. so when the hearing began, it quickly