Canvas, Cannon Office building balcony, its interesting spot over lucky its beautiful out here and i thought was really a lot colder. Thought was going to get code. It might be a little chilly at times in this hearing room. As we were pointing out in the beginning of this both democrats and republicans are a little upset about how all this played out. Obviously, republicans wanted to see the president indicted over this, but democrats initially thought her might not take these kinds of shots that they think he did and it appears he did in this report, but paul, i mean, you have a draft of some of these statements that her is going to make. What stands out to you. I just spoke with this source close to rob hur and its interesting, hes walking in. Im told a width the viewpoint that hes not looking to make anyone happy, which is probably pretty good because we know everyone is unhappy with the rubber for one reason or another. But he has prepared for this. Interestingly, he left the Justi
Dana we wish her the best. Thank you. Now fox news alert. White hot spotlight highlighting one of the biggest liabilities for President Bidens reelection campaign, his age. As we await todays Testimony By Robert Hur concerning the president s mishandling of classified documents. The Committee Hearing is live. Jim jordan already there. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom. Im dana perino. Bill good morning. Here we go. Bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Todays testimony coming as fox news obtains the written transcript of President Bidens recorded interview with Special Counsel robert hur. It went for five hours. There is a lot there. Opening statements will get underway in moments as the House Judiciary Committee takes a deep dive into hurs testimony. In a moment well hear from jordan. Word there are protestors inside that room from code pink. They might be Cleaning Everything out and resetting as we speak. Anyway, hur will explain why he declined to recommend charging President
And it is sock eastern. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news from capitol hill, where we are waiting the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel robert hur. He is set to appear in just moments, before the house judiciary committee. And you can see him arriving there at the capitol, moments ago. Hes being held, were told in a holding area before this Committee Hearing gets going. Now, hur is the Special Counsel who investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents. Ultimately he chose not to bring charges, but he also questioned the president s Mental Acuity and fitness in his report. He is expected to defend that today in his opening statement, saying, quote, my task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed National Defense information willfully, meaning knowingly, and with the intent to do something the law forbids. I could not make that determination without assessing the preside
Congressman adam smith, in washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just s
Congressman adam smith, in washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just s