hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. with a gap between the reality of our post-january 6th politics and the republican party s alternate reality with its paranoid delusions about the deep state and the glorification of the capitol insurrection has never been wider. today s hearing on capitol hill by the so-called weaponization committee led by ohio republican jim jordan, involved, according to the republicans on that committee, fbi whistleblowers talking about supposed abuses at the bureau. that delusion was undercut by the reality before the hearing began. the washington post reported two fbi agents set to appear before a house subcommittee thursday had their security clearances revoked this morning over security concerns. that is according to a letter sent by the fbi to the house judiciary committee on wednesday and obtained by the washington post. those two witnesses are steven friend and marcus allen, and according to the new york times, quote, mr. all
the new normal. eight people killed in a texas shopping mall rampage. a 5-year-old child among the injured. it s just unfathomable to see the carnage. what will it take for america s leaders to act? the state senator from uvalde, democrat roland gutierrez will join us with his efforts to change gun laws and tough talk. prsz and speaker mccarthy set to meet with the financial stability hanging in the balance. america is not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills. will we, when the bill comes due next month? democrat dick durbin will be here to talk about that and the crisis at the supreme court. power struggle. new setbacks for russia and a growing threat in the middle east. a special cnn exclusive as the house intelligence committee heads overseas. republican chairman mike turner and rank raing democrat joyner n me. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again shaken. eight people are dead and at least seven others injured out
welcome. let me start with the situation welcome. let me start with the situation as we see it on the outlook situation as we see it on the outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth and unemployment has improved~ for growth and unemployment has improved. six months ago we expected a shallow improved. six months ago we expected a shallow but long recession. since then energy prices have fallen substantially and economic activity is holding substantially and economic activity is holding up better than expected. so today is holding up better than expected. so today we forecast modest but not positive so today we forecast modest but not positive growth and a much smaller increase positive growth and a much smaller increase in positive growth and a much smaller increase in unemployment. we think inflation increase in unemployment. we think inflation will fall quite sharply over inflation will fall quite shar
dion patterson is in custody, facing one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault. he opened fire in the waiting room killing amy st. pierre, who worked for the center of disease control and prevention. police received the call of an active shooter at 12:08 yesterday afternoon. the gunman spent two minutes shooting inside the medical building and tried to escape by stealing a truck. thigh used security cameras and license plate readers to track a vehicle where it was lefta abandoned and a tip led police to a condo complex where they arrested patterson last night without incident. work without a cooperative communities, a community that backs up the police that allows the police to take risks and try to take violent people into custody. the suspect was discharged from the coast guard in january after serving four and a half years with the service. patterson s mother, who had accompanied her son to the medical appointment appeared to blame improper medicine for
this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme