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
get your popcorn ready. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, the state of the union is tense. but president biden is strong and bold, as he steps into year three of his administration. for the third time in two weeks, it was commander-in-chief biden who authorized an unidentified aerial object, to be shot from the sky. this latest incident happened over canada s uconn region. the operation was carried out after consultation between biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. the origin in the exact makeup of the objects are still unknown. on the domestic front, at the state of the union earlier this week, president biden europa doped republicans into agreeing with his stance to not get rid of social security. some republicans want medicare and social security i m not saying it s a majority. as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right? all right. this is what a.d. looks, like you. besides, you have t
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new this hour. dramatic new details about the unidentified object shot down by fighter jets just miles off the coast of alaska yesterday. unlike the chinese spy balloon last saturday, this demanded more immediate action yesterday. officials say it was flying much lower at 40,000 feet making it a dangerous potential threat to civilian aircraft. now we are learning u.s. military pilots who approached the craft have given conflicting accounts of what they saw. this new report coming in from cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand. this is interesting. this is kind of unusual that these pilots saw different things and that is sort of, i guess, adding to the mystery of all of this. not even the pilots were able to identify what they saw. just to take you back for a sec. on thursday the u.s. defense officials sent f-35 fighter jets to try to figure out what this object was flying around near alaska. those pilot
chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. the presidents actions and words on january 6th were reckless. the special counsel wants to get mike pence under oath. i would hope that they would not bring charges against the former president. tonight, what we know about the subpoena for the vice president and what it means for the january 6th investigation. then i read your opening statement isn t actually an excerpt from your book. is that right? well, it covers some of the same territory, yes. next time make sure you give us a heads up and we can set up a table for you to have a book signing after this. from witnesses pushing books to cable pundits pretending to be twitter experts have you ever work for twitter? now. you have any formal relationship with the company? now. i just have an account. a surreal scene in today s first mega hearing on weaponization. if weaponization of the department justice has any meaning this is yet. all in starts
excessive use of force. mr. friend, quote, espoused an alternative narrative about the events at the u.s. capitol during communications with his supervisors about refusing to participate in the arrest of january 6th suspect. the letter from the fbi sent sent to the weaponization committee noted in september of 2022, friend downloaded documents from fbi computer systems to, quote, an unauthorized removeable flash drive. despite the fbi s flashing red warning signs, about two of the people the gop is marketing as whistleblowers, the hearing went off anyway and left to the democrats on the committee to point out what the fbi flagged to the committee. watch. you claim your security clearance was improperly revoked but an investigation concluded you demonstrated a number of