the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into
i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome to nato. it s going to happen. we are moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. a warning from the nominee to lead the joint chiefs of staff. the republican senator tommy tuberville s block on military promotions is affecting the military on multiple levels and could spark a talent drain. i will discuss it with former u.s. navy pilot mikey sheryl. good day. i m garrett haake. andrea is headed back from the nato summit in lithuania. here in washington, house republicans on the judiciary committee are hammering the fbi director for what donald trump and some conservatives have repeatedly claimed to be the so-called weaponization of the bureau and of the justice department as a whole. republican lawmakers are ramping up their public defense of the former president while going on offense against the biden administration and the preside
a.m. and of course next saturday at noon eastern. happy father s day to all the dads out there. those forever in our hearts. my friend yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage. hi everybody, good to see. you i miasma soup in. we are following more severe weather this afternoon across the country. a tornado in oklahoma to storms in an already hard-hit area of texas. millions feeling the effects. the fallout as well from the trump indictment the latest legal moves in a cavalcade of reactions on the sunday show. we ve got to ensure classified materials especially those that have been alleging this indictment. are protected and secured. do you think trump can be trusted with nations secrets of her gun? based on his actions again if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel and no. today this doj continues to haunt republicans while they protect protect immigrants. we know this is a reckless man who believes that he is above the law. that the rules do
about republicans looking into his corrupt son hunter. the public isn t going to pay attention to that, they want these guys to do something. the only thing they could do is make up things about my family, it s not going to go very far. jeanine: but in reality there is bipartisan support to look into the slimy first sodden. 61% support an investigation. then there s that giant chinese spy balloon we just learned some startling new details. the spy craft contained multiple antennas that were capable of collecting communications. but apparently biden thinks it s no harm, no foul. have relations now between the u.s. and china taken a big hit no. no. how do you know? i know, i talked to them. i talked to xi jinping before and talks with other people, i didn t talk to them during this. jeanine: president biden downplaying his document to scandal the only way he knows how, by throwing his staff under the bus. dave informed me not to speak of this issue and to anyway
the former president is being questioned under oath this morning in new york s long-running civil investigation of his family s business finances. the state attorney general s office is trying to determine whether the trump organization improperly inflated the value of its assets in order to obtain loans, insurance and tax benefits, but also there are new details about why fbi agents searched trump s florida home. the search happened because authorities believe the former president or his team didn t return all of the government records that were taken when they left the white house. documents with national security implications, let s begin with trump under oath today. cnn s kara scannell is live outside the ag s office right now. donald trump put out a statement saying he s not actually answering questions. what is this all about? yeah, kate. so this deposition began about an hour and a half ago. trump arrived at the office building just behind me around 9:00, and he just