hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agency s alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nation s capitol. good evening, kevin. kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in taking aim at the director for what they called corruption. and historically poor lead leadership. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the npr s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place then you are. you don t give straight answers. you give answers that later in court are deemed not true. kevin: wray fired back saying his agency remains popular. expect in your home state of florida, the number of people trying to come work
Heartbreaking situation. Ellison barber is in washington following the response and federal officials and the white house. Less big with jeff paul on the ground in seattle with the very latest. What is the latest on the situation on the suspect that apparently killed himself behind the controls of the stolen airplane . Reporter i want to give a little bit of a better idea what it is like at our location. We are in washington, behind us is the entrance to the ferry. That is we have to take over to get to the site. Now Authorities Say it is sparsely populated island with very few people and they do not believe anybody on the ground was hurt. During the plane crash. We are also learning more about how, a little more about the man that stole the plane. Authorities say is with the airline for more than three years and passed all extensive
background checks. The fbi tells us he was allowed to be in the Security Area and they do not believe any security safeguards were compromised. They say w
telescope which was created to look deeper into space and further back in time than ever before is working better than they could have hoped for. if you have a viral video to share, hit us up @foxnewsnight on social media. tsa officials say it has been a record-setting year for gun interceptions. alexis mcalpine shows us white more and more firearms are showing up at airport checkpoints. alexis: airports across the country seeing a big spike in the number of guns confiscated at tsa checkpoints. the agency says most people don t realize it until they try and go through security. the vast majority just simply forgot that it was in there and so that is why if you are a gun owner traveling, you know where it is at a? alexis: airport screeners have found more than 3200 firearms and 92% of those weapons were loaded. that is on pace to set a new record. i think especially individuals who have carried a
angry guy who can t get anything right. ainsley: ron desantis is upset with joe biden and said if you force these vaccinations on businesses with 100 more employees i will take you to court. he has a multimillion dollar lawsuit ready to go up against joe biden. listen to what he says. we will contest that immediately. we think the state of florida has standing to do it here we also know businesses that we are going to work with let s not have biden come in and effectively take away the jobs of people who have been working hard throughout this entire pandemic. i m offended that like a police officer could potentially lose their job. it s fundamentally wrong to be taking people s jobs away particularly given the situation that we see ourselves facing with the economy. brian: did you say this, 24,000 employees of the airlines, proximally 24,000 employees including airport screeners will
owners. as travel ramps up, airports nationwide are scrambling with staffing. over 130 of the largest airports are going to face staffing shortages this month. we have the report. reporter: airports across the country, a summer scramble for staffing. a record number of travelers returning after historic pandemic lows. in a memo obtained, more than 130 of the largest airports are struggling to staff airport screeners. the effect already felt by travelers at major airports. security lines are so long, hundreds of travelers have missed their flights. denver and outside washington, d.c. are the hardest hit. with a summer spike in air