statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
him. so if you watched garland carefully, his press conference the other day, you may have noticed that he appeared highly annoyed by the idea of having to stoop to explain himself to mere citizens. he found a solution. being a liberal, merrick garland s first instinct was to seize the role of victim, because when you re a victim you ve already won the argument. you don t have to explain yourself. you don t have to change your behavior. you re by definition the good guy. the victim always is. being oppressed means never having to say you re sorry. so as garland explained in the press conference, the fbi was the victim. mean old fox news was asking unfair questions, and that s wrong. the real problem isn t that america s most powerful law enforcement agency is corrupt, no, the real problem is the people have dared to complain about it, and they must stop immediately or else they re domestic terrorists. as gary put it with genuine outrage, i will not silently stand by as the in
major-league baseball announcing the 2025 all-star game will return to atlanta two years after pulling the game from the state in response to the voting law that the governor signed into place, something he noted today, is still in place in the state of georgia. thank you for joining us tonight. cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. a perfect storm of anger and ignorance, that s tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby philip in washington, go to tiktok right now and try searching letter to america or osama letter or osama bin ladenand you won t get any hits but if you search those terms before midday yesterday, you would have seen something strange and something hateful. americans, reading from a two decades old screen from the terrace behind the 9/11 attack. influencer types saying their entire worldview had changed. 14 million people watched other americans essentially say, a homicidal maniac sounded like he made sense. the letter was warehouse on the gua
committed by hamas by having their military hidden under a hospital. that s a fact. it s showing that america is willing to stick by an ally in the face of growing international pressure. the rally calling for a cease-fire in gaza that turned tense outside of the headquarters of the democratic national committee. sgllt situation is deteriorating by the hour. he s not shying away from the points of disagreement in the crucial issues. face to face, they play nice after a year of tough talk. it s communications between two respective militaries. there s been a reset. a glowing messaging coming from chinese state media. curious to see how they are going to portray it in the days to come. trust but verify. clear that there s a the lot of work to do. good morning, everyone. we begin with that hugely consequential watched all over the world bilateral meeting between president biden and xi jinping coming at a time of extreme global turmoil. there are wars raging in uk
its violence to respond to that bombshell harry and meghan interview. we re live with details this hour. thanks for joining us. well, the u.s. house of representatives is set to hold a final vote on president joe biden s massive covid relief package just hours from now. the house is expected to pass the updated bill with the senate s revisions. the stimulus package is huge, not only in price tag at $1.9 trillion, but also in its expected impact. democrats from progressives to moderates are united in their support. this is the most significant legislation for working people that has been passed in decades. tremendous piece of legislation that going to create an awful lot of employment across this country. republicans, too, are united in their opposition. socialist wish list. this is a left of lenin, neosocialist wish list. this is a left wing giveaway. it is a left wing social agenda. no republicans so far are getting behind the bill, should it pass, americans wa