mitchell reports, president biden in ireland revealing that investigators are closing in on the alleged person responsible for the major intelligence leak. there s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the intelligence community and the justice department they are getting close i m concerned that it happened but there s nothing contemporaneous that i m aware of republican house intelligence committee chairman mike turner joins me this hour, former president trump is back in new york and testifying behind closed doors in a deposition for the state attorney general s $250 million civil probe into his business practices. the justice department is seeking emergency relief from the supreme court after a federal appeals ruling overnight keeping an fda approved abortion pill on the market for now but with many hurdles for many seeking medication abortions good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington a busy news day. new details about one of the lar
both be president i think is really a little bit ofirish malarkey [ applause ] the history and hope and the heartbreak my ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to gain new life in america. i said all this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey and those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish-american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland and america together they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a present written by our shared responsibility, and they speak to a future poised for unlimited shared possibilities. so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages it begins in our shared history, dating back to the very founding of the united states the irish hearts that helped kindle the torch of lib
history, visiting the cue lee peninsula where the finnegan s ancestors earned their living on land and sea, and walking the streets my great, great grandfather lived with his family before relocating in 1851, eventually settling in my hometown of scranton, pennsylvania yesterday i returned to county lauth where i toured the castle, likely one of the last glimpses of ireland my finnegan ancestors saw as they fwgazed on their way out, and sailed out in 1850. i wasn t going to say this, but i ll say it anyway, the idea was i later learned, from the irish times, they did a little background check, and my good friend barack obama, and he is my good friend, his grandfather was a shoe maker like mine, sailed five weeks earlier from the same port. the idea they both sailed for a new life and thought their great, great grandsons would