the fbi director on defense. the lead starts right now. are you protecting the bidens? absolutely not. the fbi does not hold on. you won t answer the question. the fbi, christopher wray on the hill questioned by some of his harshest republican critic. calling for a culture shift at the fbi. and more promises for ukraine but president zelenskyy is not getting the thing he really wanted, entry into nato. why not? plus, taxpayer beware. it s not just uncle sam getting your data, the report out today on who else can see your most sensitive tax information. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with that explosive battle on capitol hill. republicans released a tsunami of accusations and attacks against the fbi and its trump-appointed director christopher wray accusing wray of weaponizing the bureau against conservatives, lambasting the bureau s participation in last year s search of trump s florida home. american speech is censored, parents are call t
and it ended up being a decisive factor in the victory for abortion rights advocates in this state. a lot of credit has to be given to cannons for constitutional freedom. they are the manu bortion rights coalition that was pushing out the vote, and they had to overcome a lot for this decisive win here. not only are registered republicans outnumbering registered democrats in the state by a nearly 2-1 margin, this is deeply conservative state. they have a democratic mayor, yes, but the last two elections they voted for president trump. but as we mentioned, this voter turnout ended up being a huge factor. the numbers we saw last night were more indicative of a general election. and credit has to be given to that kansasans for constitutional freedom. also educating voters here that they could vote. this amendment was ambiguously worded in a way that voting yes on this amendment would have stripped abortion rights. a vote no would have kept the status quo here. the state constitut
Reserve duty because of the number of reservists who are going to be called up. Now, a Ground Invasion, a Ground Incursion into gaza will be very difficult to do because this is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. The hamas network has multiple tunnels that go underneath most of the gaza strip. They often hold their weapons and senior officials in sensitive places like mosques and schools and hospitals. When theyre striking locations there, theyre not only going to have to be careful for civilians which unfortunately get caught up in the krcross fire. Theyre going to have to be incredibly aware of their own hostages. Hamas has distributed hostages across locations, essentially using them as Human Shields. And we know u. S. Officials believe americans are also part of the group of hostages. Thank you for that update. More from here next as our special coverage is continuing of israel now formally at war tonight. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our hom
released by hamas, after a last minute agreement to extend the truce by one day with the clock running out to renew the deal. could this latest attack, could it complicate future deals down the line? in a moment, i m going to speak to former secretary of defense, leon panetta. and moments from now, secretary blinken expected to speak after a whirlwind day of diplomacy in israel and the west bank, as idf tanks wait near the israeli-gaza border. i want to begin on the ground, with breaking news with nbc s david noriega. good to talk to you. we have new information about the man whose story we shared with folks ten minutes or so ago. what more can you tell us? . hi, yeah, so liat stzilli was the u.s. citizen released with the agreement we have been all been following for the last week or so. when we saw liat released yesterday, we were all under the impression that her husband aviv was being held captive. however, we heard earlier today that there was information that he had
do their dangerous and difficult jobs. dana: homeland security secretary mayokas facing tough questions in a senate hearing underway defending president biden s border policy after illegal policies have hit record highs. they want an additional $14 billion to support operations along the border including temporary detention and processing centers and money for cities to expedite work permits for non-citizens. senate republicans are calling for solutions including resuming construction of the border wall and asylum reform. a full report coming up for you later this hour. also on capitol hill the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on free speech on america s college and university campuses along with the rise of anti-semitism and violence against students supporting israel. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. nice to be with you. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. today s house hearing happens as reports