and at the recommendation of the pentagon, president biden ordered the military to down the object and they did. and it came inside our territorial waters. will: so, what is this thing? is this another chinese balloon in the pentagon says they have no clue or they are just playing stupid. can you say definitively it was not a balloon? i don t at this point, considering the fact that we re still assessing the object. i don t want to get into characterizing it. will: so, they are calling it an object. we don t know what kind. an object could literally be anything. they say it was so lynn democratic call in shape. but, also, the size of a chevy malibu. apples and oranges here in terms of size. as i said, this was the size of a small car and it was over very sparsely populated area but also more critically over it was over water. but, it completely different size. the debris field much, much smaller. will: biden wasted no time in shooting down this so-called object.
president s chief medical advisor by the end of the year. white house correspondent peter doocy is at the presidential compound in rehoboth beach, delaware traveling with the president tonight. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. dr. anthony fauci says he never shut anything down and he is not apologizing for the recommendations he made to president biden very accurately says touched all americans lives. i have nothing to hide and i can defend everything i ve done and every decision i ve made. peter: fauci says he will testify before interested congressional committees but there is a catch. i believe that oversight is an important part of the government process. but some of the things that have gone out have been outright character assassinations. the american people deserve answers! they have been through hell. fauci dismisses any concerns about long-term impact of remote learning. i don t think it s forever irreparably damaged anyone. covid isn t reall
day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack of house republicans who tried to block certification of joe biden s victory and has been aligning herself with the former president ever since. and polls just closed in nevada where a trump-backed candidate is running for the republican senate nomination. and in south carolina we re seeing more results coming in. and that s why i have the best o
thanks for watching. don lemon tonight starts right now. hey, don. hi. thank you very much, laura. i ll see you again tomorrow evening. this is don lemon tonight. results coming in right now in key primary election races across the country, and we re seeing a test of donald trump s grip on the republican party. voters going to the polls one day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack
Pyromaniacs and saboteurs are the republican words about his colleagues responsible for removing the speak e of the house, and now furious phone calls in a fight the replace the speaker, and what we are hearing from those jumping into the race now. And reversal of President Biden now supporting a new barrier on the mexican border. A massive strike in ukraine today, and the deadliest russian strike in ukraine for over a year. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn news central. This morning, the house is essentially frozen and unable to legi legislate, because it has no leader. The house members have gone home to their districts and that means any legislative work is stalled until the House Republicans can come together to elect a new speaker to replace Kevin Mccarthy hoohios jim jon and Steve Scalise say they will take the job, but the road to 218 votes is fraught. This is what one republican congressman told john berman last hour. If we dont change the found