Japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. Secretary austin and the Biden Administration is failing our troops in the field. I admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. Without iran there are no houthis. The houthis are completely backed by iran. Molly forces in israel are expanding their Ground Operation in gaza. Trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. Trey, to you. Good morning. Threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. Yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three antiship Ballistic Missiles and two Cruise Missiles were shot down by the american Eisenhower Carrier Strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. An American Service member remains in Critical Condition following a drone attack against the Erbil Air Base that drew an american response. Zooming in on the ground, israeli Chief Of Staff announced tues
senate confirmed directors, and those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. but you would not get that impression, given the way director wray s fellow republicans attacked him in his agency during a hearing today on capitol hill. when the court says the fbi misled, that s a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi employees, or people that the fbi made contact with, we re in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption that there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol ungenerous six was part of some operation orchestrate by fbi sources and their agents is ludicrous. your job s review w
now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start with breaking news out of the new york times. special counsel jack smith has interviewed donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today jack smith s senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal courthouse for a second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on special counsel january 6th s probe, a role he played before jack smith was appointed special council. and this afternoon he was back in court indicating the grand jury is meeting. so with all these new deta
and i am too, that s why it looks like i m extraordinarily sweaty right now amidst the protest. he is issued a statement and video saying that yesterday, edmonton with my wife and the sea of galilee in the sun without a hat and water and it was not a good idea. he wants to thank everyone for their concern and thank god i feel good he said. and then he ended its video statement by advising everybody not to go out too much in the hot weather but as you can see alex, everybody is already out here waving israeli flags. this is the 28th week of protests against netanyahu proposed judicial reform bill. now, this is something that is really energized the public here, particularly here in tel aviv. they don t want netanyahu to continue going through with legislation that would essentially sidelined the courts that netanyahu sees has not only people who are investigating him for fraud charges, but also limiting his right-wing agenda. he has right now, the most right-wing cabinet that
the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into