Armies. People use the Word Proxy a lot. They are iranian armies. If iran stops funding them, they disappear. So when the biden administration tells israel that it should not go Into Rafah, or that it should hold up or should pause or deescalate on rafah, that in hindsight, was exactly the wrong policy decision. Israel went Into Rafah. They were incredibly effective. There were very few civilian casualties, and they decapitated a lot of the hamas militant racist, bigoted capability. And they were they were extremely effective. Similarly, when iran went after some of hamas, im sorry, when israel went after some of hamas leaders in tehran, you know, the administration stood back and said, we had nothing to do about it. That sent iran a very, very strong message. And most importantly, last week, everyone was sitting on the edge of their seat wondering what would happen with hezbollah getting ready to attack israel and send in 6000 8000 rockets. Okay, so what did israel do . They did not l
the administration is under intense scrutiny as it tries to put out firestorm of criticism over a lack of transparency, but president biden says he is fully cooperating with investigators while arguing, quote, there s no there there. all this coming as two senate democrats are calling for a full investigation. former federal prosecutor alex little is standing by with the big picture, but first, let s go to lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. hello, lucas. reporter: good afternoon, arthel. many republicans asking more questions about the timeline and why the decision was made not to reveal these classified documents before the midterm elections. nobody should be above the law, but what it comes down to here is the deliberate misleading of the american people. again, when did they know, how many people knew, and did they choose to keep it secret from the american people. reporter: now two democratic senators, tim kaine and joe manchin, say they
supporters in the white house. they were telling him, using many different kinds of words, that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. those are the elements of the case the january 6th committee is building against donald trump, and today in the second installment of televised hearings, it was testimony from some of the former president s most senior advisers at the time who actually made that case, including his campaign manager, bill stepien, and the sitting attorney general of the united states at the time, bill barr. as you ll hear and this is from the other or this is the other takeaway from today s proceedings, much of what they had to say to the former president at the time and more recen
good evening, any fair minded person who has followed the lafayette and presidency of donald j. trump knows he lies and lies a lot. what we learned today from the sworn testimony of those who worked closely with then president trump is they knew he lied just as much as we thought he did. the former president of the united states lied about nonexistent election fraud before, during and after the 2020 election. he lied despite being told again and again and again that it was not existent, that there was no widespread election fraud by the people around him, his supporters in the white house. they were telling him using many different kinds of words that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. as you ll
harold ford jr pete hegseth and jimmy failla. it s 5:00 in new york city. and this is the. five well, hunter biden is playing the victim in a brand new interview as we learned bombshell, new details about his second indictment. the first son is facing nine in new criminal charges for allegedly not paying more than not paying for more than $1.4 million in taxes, while at the same time blowing that cash on his lavish lifestyle from the indictment. quote, the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could be spending the next 17 years of his life in prison in. but never mind his corruption. hunter biden telling musician moby in a new interview that republicans are only concerned about him as a way to destroy his father s presidency in their most illegitimate way, but rational way. they re trying to destroy a p