Afternoon so that would be, i guess, a third time for good. But that included things like this drone activity that we just talked about. The gentleman from california has recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Director, thank you for appearing and the extraordinary job you are doing. Please convey our thanks to women and men at the bureau for their incredible work. I work with him $0. 06 a u. S. Attorney more than 30 years ago. Let me start and i m question about when i applied to be an assistant u. S. Attorney i had to go through a background check. Do candidates for the fbi have to go through background checks? yes. Would somebody with dozens of felony conviction survive a background check from the bureau? no. So they would never be hired by the bureau? no. So clearly, the bureau, you don t have to commit on this and i know you won t but they have hundreds for they were hiring and one of america s great political parties. Let me turn to the events of the tragic shooting. Have you been
Undetected, before he opened fire. The shooter has been identified as a 20yearold thomas matthew crooks, but his motive remains a mystery. Officials may learn more clues now that they have obtained his phone for examination. Later tonight, president biden rather earlier tonight , president biden addressed the nation from the oval office, denouncing political violence in any form. This kind of violence, any violence, ever, period , no exceptions. We cannot allow this violence to be normalized. The political record in this country has gotten very heated. It is time to cool it down. Let s go to george the lease in butler, pennsylvania. Darkness, there, now. Let s talk about what you have been hearing, george, from some of those people who attended the rally and witnessed the shooting. That tone and tenor the president took in the oval office, and a lot of that is what we heard right after the shooting occurred. You heard people who said this has gone too far. This rhetoric, this hatred, a
Something is said to take a tak at what happened. Get down, get down, get down, get down. What are we doing? what are we doing? go, go, go for cracks direct and independent review of the national security at yesterday s rally to assess exactly what happened. I will share the results of the independent review with the american people as well. We must unite as one nation. We must unite as one nation to demonstrate who we are. These us to brandnew our 4:00 p. M. On the east coast right now we are told former president donald trump is on his way. You can see the motorcade on your screen at moments ago on his way to milwaukee for the rnc lesson 24 hours after that assassination attempt on his life. President biden did just speak as you heard a short time ago called for a swift and thorough investigation. He will have more when he addresses the nation again live from the oval office tonight 8:00 p. M. Eastern time. That brings us to now for good to be back with you i am sandra smith and the
To celebrate. Ryan blaney, to the bottom of the track he s going to win in michigan. We begin with the fox news alert were tracking two major stories this morning tropical storm henri downgrades to tropical destruction overnight, heavy rain after making landfall in rhode island yesterday. Thousands remain without power this morning estate of emergency declared for connecticut, rhode island in new york and will have a live report coming up. Look at that water, meanwhile on the other side of the world the clock is ticking in kabul afghanistan as thousands of americans enough guineas race to escape the taliban takeover. The group rejecting any potential extension to the august 31 withdrawal deadline. Ryan is live with the latest overseas. Good morning. Still a very dicey situation at the airport in kabul one afghan security guard killed in the last 24 hours in a gun battle at the airport that according to the german military were still working to ascertain whether u. S. Troops were involv
Baseless election conspiracies. And a bizarre scene at the pga as a golfer is forced to withdraw from the tournament after receiving a positive covid test. As the entire moment plays out live on national tv. Thank you so much for waking up with us sunday june 6th. Amara, always a pleasure to see you and doing this with you. Thank you so much for having me. Of course. We start this morning with the fallout after a federal judge overturned california s assault weapons ban. The ruling and injunction has a stay for 30 days, and california s attorney general says he plans to appeal, but reaction from across the country was swift with house speaker nancy pelosi calling the ruling deeply flawed and a clear and serious threat to public safety. While an nra spokesperson praised the judge saying the ruling is well reasoned and principled, demonstrates the importance of appointing judges who apply the original meaning of our constitution. Now, in his ruling, the judge spoke favorably of modern we