taken out. howie: the media conveyed a sense of national unity when president bush grabbed the mega phone amid the ruins of ground zero. it also spawned controversies that consumed a news business that was more polarized, treatment of muslims the use of gitmo to name a few. america hasn t suffered a terrorist strike of the magnitude perpetrated by osama bin laden killed by our military a decade ago. as five presidents paid tribute yesterday, keep in mind 9/11 led to 20 years of dangerous war reporting and endless arguing over forever wars and how long the united states should try to foster democracy in these tribal cultures which is why the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan leaves such a bitter taste. the taliban back in in charge just as they were back on 9/11. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: ahead we ll talk to ari fleischer about being in the white house on 9/11 and to andrew sullivan on how the media have become more intolerant and the debate over pres
morning. as we ve been saying the lawmakers are hunkering down in washington while trying to run out the clock on a 30-day special session that they do not want to be part of and that s why they hightailed it out of the state of texas and urging congress to pass a sweeping bill that would federalize elections. that has a lot of constitutional watchers wondering whether or not it s legal under the constitution. that legislation they re hoping would overrule anything that might get passed in the state of texas in their efforts to secure the ballot box. bill: vice president kamala harris calling them modern-day heroes of the civil rights movement. and that wasn t all. republicans say it s all about optics. have a look. they took bold, courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederic douglas to the legacy for women s right to vote for all folks who shed their blood at the edmund pettis bridge to make sure we passed the voting rights act. it is ridiculous.
hurt is here along with florida congressman byron donalds. we begin today, new reaction pouring in after the biden administration invites the united nations investigators to the united states to examine america s record on racism and human rights. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports for a friday eve. sandra: it is. hello, john. reaction pouring in to that. secretary of state anthony blinken making that announcement yesterday saying the u.s. should lead by example on the world stage. critics say the biden administration should be focusing on oppressive regimes like china, russia and iran instead. tony blinken like his boss, joe biden, is sticking a kick me sign on uncle sam s back. they should tell him to head to china. we don t need this. it s divisive and benefits status quo and the liberal elite. i thought the biden administration was extreme leftist. this is insane, martha. the u.s. is asking the united nations, a cess pool to come in to the
not giving up. they are still trying to find survivors at this hour. we expect another update at the bottom of the hour. we will go there live when it happens. president biden says he will visit the site thursday with the first lady. correspondent steve harrigan starts us off live tonight with the latest from surfside, florida. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. we have just gotten in some new pictures of rescue workers on that rubble pile where no one has been pulled out alive since last thursday. the initial shock of a disaster is captured on scanner traffic of the first first responders to arrive who compare the scene to 9/11. i see many people on the balcony. the building is gone. there is nothing. it almost resembles the trade center. 200 plus rescue workers search in shifts around the clock as frustration grows with the taste of recovery and the lack of an explanation for why the building fell. there is a possibility for secondary collapsing which puts a l
institute of health said he never rejected the lab leak theory even though emails direct tore collins had been exchanging with dr. fauci appear to dismiss it as conspiracy. here is collins on fox news yesterday. there were a lot of conspiracy theories and other ideas floating around at that point. one of them was that actually sars covid 2 had been a bioengineered bioweapon created on purpose by human intervention by the wuhan institute of virology. that doesn t fit with what we know about this particular viral genome. we should be talking about how to put covid-19 behind us not going back to january 2020. right now we don t have any new data. harris: here is one example of why those emails could spell trouble for fauci. rand paul says it shows dr. fauci had a moral culpability for the pandemic and fauci is still refusing to hold china accountable. dr. fauci to this day says he still trusts the chinese scientists. i don t think he seems to be aware of the way it works i