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newly appointed proprieor of that material as the new speaker of the house. that s despite the fact that he pointedly refused a lawful congressional subpoena from the 1/6 select committee last year. now in defending his decision to share 41,000 hours of previously unreleased footage exclusively with far-right insurrection-friendly personality tucker carlson, mccarthy is showing americans he either does not understand or does not care about the potential risk that decision presents. speaking with the washington post, mccarthy suggests this, that the public fury over the selective release isn t really about egregious security concerns. in fact, it s about jealous, he insisted on the part of the media at the heart of the outrage. hang on. it gets better. today politico is first to report that house republicans, many of whom have framed the 1/6 insurrection as the defendants in those criminal cases as victims of a political attack are now moving to provide those defendant ....
tomorrow night, joe biden goes to poland to deliver that message himself. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. state will have hard nosed positions on several fronts, warning china not to provide lethal aid to russian troops to ukraine. let s go to the white house. priscilla, tell us about the new emergency funds for earthquake relief before we get to what s been happening on the foreign policy front. reporter: secretary of state blinken announced that they are going to provide $100 million in disaster relief aid to turkey and syria, which have been devastated by the earthquake. that money is going to be split between emergency response, as well as humanitarian assistance. now, secretary blinken was able to survey the damage himself, and he said the efforts to recovery are very, very challenging. but, again, the u.s. is bringing more aid into this country. it would bring it to a total of $185 million that the u.s. has provided so fa ....
[cheering and applauding] stupid but before we get to the nitty-gritty president bidee has a special messagsie for us,a day late but cut him some slacke happy valentines. make no mistake.mi i mean it. [laughs] come on man it s a true story. [applause] greg: yes. all right. well said. i, like that i just ate a bag of expired medications, but at least his heart is in the right place. wow, how lucky for him that every day is valentine s day and it certainly is for his wife dr. jill. talk about an oral examination. maybe she forgot her tongue depressor. then again, she is a doctor, but what is it with jill biden and other people spouses? they don t just keep it in the family to keep it in the second family. oh stop it. save your clapping from when it matters. back to the matter at hand, the latest joe biden scandal and it s not about hunter or his junk, it is about joe s brother jimbo and i hope to god it is nothing to do with his junk, i ve seen enough of t ....
voicing their concerns at school board meetings. another fish whistle-blower discloses that the fbi employees are being out of of the bureau for attending conservative political events. another fbi whistle-blower discloses the fbi accepts private user information from facebook without the user s consent and information is from only the conservative side of the political spectrum. martha: the committee s top democrat calling the baseless rhetoric that is dangerous. watch this. i m deeply concerned about the use of this select subcommittee as a place to settle scores. showcase conspiracy theories and advance an extreme agenda that risks undermining american s faith in our democracy. martha: two very different takes there. we have britt humes with us today, nancy mace who had a very interesting exchange about whether or not the twitter executives have medical expertise and marc thiessen joining me on set. we begin with david spunt live at the justice department wh ....
pressure is turned up, a true leader has always taken the responsibility and taken action even when it s easier to do nothing. think fdr. december 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. a state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. brian: and the war was on, providing america with leadership when you needed it most. is why you were elected. 1981, ronald reagan facing air traffic controllers strike. reagan stood up and spoke you have and did what he thought was best for america. i must tell those who failed to report for duty this morning. they are in violation of the law. about they don t report for work with 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated. brian: and they were. we might not always like the leadership at handled but we appreciate that somebody stepped up. in that case it was reagan. when those planes crashed into our buildings on 9/11, former president george w. bush gave america exactly wallet nee ....