new charges, or wholesale changes in how the fbi handles politically-charged investigations. so, jessica is here with that story, but also evan perez is joining us from washington. okay evan, just walk us through the bottom line of this report. well, the bottom line after four years, alison, this is all we got from john durham. there s a lot less here than certainly donald trump was paul promising us for many months, remember he was out there saying durham is coming, and he was expecting people to go to prison. as you pointed out, durham does not make any new prosecutions at the end of this report. but you know, he did find a lot of mistakes by the fbi in the way they conducted this investigation back in 2016, and he believes that a lot of it has to do with confirmation bias, not political bias. again, a finding that i think the former president would not be very happy with. i will read you just a part of what the report says, it says that based on the review of crossfire h
what gop challenger nikki haley had to say about president biden s age. brittney griner speaking for the first time since her release from a russian prison as she rejoins her wnba team. shocking allegations in the government s case against the air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents, as prosecutors prepare to tell the court that he could be a flight risk and a danger to the public if he gets out on bail. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington house speaker kevin mccarthy s ability to overcome political obstacles and keep his conference united squeaked by and passed a debt limit legislation with budget cuts on top. it s putting democrats on notice as well as increasing the pressure on mccarthy/biden debt ceiling negotiation talks. perhaps one step closer to reality. right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit. democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president, by ignoring to even negotiate, the majori
well, we made it to friday thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york they got him, helicopters, armed federal agents all swarming the house of the alleged leaker of classified materials that sent the pentagon into damage control mode cameras capturing the 21-year-old air national guardsman being walked from that home neighbors shocked at his arrest. i saw the name jack teixeira, i was like i know that kid that sounds wicked familiar. good kid, had a good head on his shoulderin his shouldhoulders, wanted to jn the military. just moments ago, we learned the suspect jack teixeira is expected to appear any minute in federal court in boston. attorney general merrick garland signaling he could be charged under the espionage act, the glu details we re learning about the alleged leaker in just moments. in the dark of night in the sunshine state, florida governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion bill into law, how this could imp
attorney general merrick garland identified him as 21-year-old air national guardsman, jack tech t teixeira the new york times spoke with members of the private group teixeira oversaw the chat where 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers came together over a shared love of guns, racist online memes and video games. it is in that group that airman teixeira is said to have uploaded hundreds of pages of intelligence briefings, according to the times joining me now is justice correspondent, ken dilanian. the details are unbelievable in this case. walk us through what we know one more time, what is out there and how we think it got out there. what is out there, alex, are some highly classified documents showing the fruits of american eavesdropping, signals intelligence on russia and many other countries. very embarrassing revelations that the u.s. has supplied on allies not surprising to the allies, but embarrassing when it becomes public, ukraine s air defenses and w
taking photographs of stairwells and hallways and tunnels and security screening posts. hmm. and then the invasion in ukraine hits home for some u.s. families as two americans going missing while fighting alongside ukrainian soldiers. the growing fear these two americans might now be in the hands of the russians. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and a major economic news that will in the short term at least make life more expensive for many americans. the federal reserve this afternoon doing something it has not done in nearly three decades. they raised the interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. this will mean higher costs for mortgage loans and credit card bills and auto loans and student loans. federal reserve chairman jay powell says the hike is necessary to cool economic growth so as to get inflation under control, but that could take weeks if not months, and so many american families are struggling right now with sk