Spoke of the wind and what it has been like to stand out there and to wait for the departure of Officer Sicknick and all the people can see represented in the high numbers of Law Enforcement, fbi agents and all those who support the u. S. Capitol police as well, who support our Law Enforcement, are outside the capitol. I understand Griff Jenkins is still with me. Youre in position to better be able to see this. Tell us whats happening. Reporter well, harris, right now were just watching these hundreds of u. S. Capitol Police Officers who have been standing firmly in the cold, in the wind, at attention for the last 30 minutes or so honoring their colleague and friend Brian Sicknick. The family here really has been a touching moment. They put out a statement saying they essentially thanked the capitol and congressional leadership for bestowing a historic honor on their fallen hero, saying their personal tragedy and loss is shared by our nation, brings hope for healing. Such a powerful me
shannon: political firestorm igniting just a month before super tuesday capping off a week of wins for chief rival former president trump. it up biden department of ingested liquor could show off the hook for some of his very egregious crimes. quick to the president s attorney general -based pressure over his appointment of a special counsel? the way the president s demeanor in that report was characterized, could not be more wrong on the facts. and clearly politically motivated because he will get reaction to all of this with republican senator tom cotton democratic congressman adam smith. then, israel prime minister order to s military to come up with a plan to evacuate more than a million palestinians sheltering in the southern gaza city have been expected ground offensive rigorous military operations would be a disaster for this people nuts on something we would support groups will speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu live. plus, in congress a bitter b
in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate, only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. earlier, i spoke to our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie, who gave us the picture from the ground. yes, so we were awoken this morning at about 6:30am or so, with the sound of the air raid siren, which is not common. we had messages to prepare for evacuation and we heard that the north, according to the south korean military, had launched a space launch vehicle. we think it s a spy satellite that north korea said they would launch in the coming days. within 30 minutes, residents in seoul had another announcement that the alert had been sent in error, they didn t have to evacuate, and could go about their day. what we have learned since is that north korea has launched this space vehicle, but it didn t come anywhere near seoul. they started to get reports that perhaps this rocket launch has failed but we cannot confirm that. that is something the south k
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bret: breaking tonight, president biden says he has taken america from economic crisis to economic resurgence. the president talked about what he called unprecedented investments in his bipartisan infrastructure law to a group in boston today. americans are still focused on the economy and specifically record inflation that more than half say is has caused financial hardship for their household. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. officials here won t say if inflation has peaked yet. tomorrow we will see the numbers which could give us clues about how aggressive the fed might be in their next set of rate hikes. for now the president is out defending his spending that his critics say contributed to the problem. we re going to be spending a lot of money. president biden hit the trood argue he is spending taxpayer dollars where it s needed like 62 million at boston s airport inte