still there in the, quote, thousands. and the nun of unknown, unknown number of afghan allies who helped the u.s. in the war but haven t gotten out yet. secretary of state antoni olympicen telling lawmakers the state department is working on that last number, trying to estimate it. but experts familiar with the situation put that number in the tens of thousands. yet, secretary blinken insisted today the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan was an extraordinary success. blinken was grilled by republicans on the house foreign affairs committee this afternoon. that grilling has continued late into the day. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. democrats tore into republican questioning tonight as republicans tore into blinken s decision-making calling for him to resign at one point and even questioning why he didn t show up to this hearing in person. can you tell us where you are t
you listen to pentagon briefings they said it is not all going to be fun and games. jillian: you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: i am todd piro, 30 or veteran of the police force & killed outside in fbi building hours after another officer and two federal agents were shot in chicago. jillian: president biden touched down in the windy city. here is more on the meeting between the president and chicago s mayor. reporter: terre haute police say a member of the police department and fbi task force was ambushed and killed in broad daylight wednesday afternoon outside in fbi building, the suspect later shot by another agent and is in custody in the hospital. police have not said what the motive was an are expected to release more details today. it is not a good time to be a police officer in america. this is an example of who they are. we are not bad people. his death, three undercover officers riding in an unmarked car were shot a few hours in
is, certainly who the modern gop is here in pennsylvania. heck, one of the three people who went down there is the leading republican candidate for governor. these are folks who are dangerous. these are folks who are trying to undermine our democracy. if they were to go forward with this sham audit, they would have to go through me. they will not succeed, and they will be violating their oath of office and i believe also committing a very serious, unethical conduct. well, according to e-mails released by a watchdog group late yesterday, the republican president of the arizona senate, karen phan, who ordered the ridiculous cyber ninja audit reportedly told constituents she was in cahoots with trump s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and that then president trump personally called and thanked her for, quote, pushing to prove any fraud, which is an interesting way to phrase it. speaking of rudy giuliani, in addition to making hour-long videos on ufos and schilling foam pillow
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chancellor is set to announce millions of pounds worth of extra support to the badly hit culture sector in his budget tomorrow. £408 million will help museums, theatres and galleries in england to reopen once restrictions start to ease. rishi sunak will also announce a £150 million fund to help communities to take over local pubs. treasury officials said a significant chunk will be given to cricket, as fans prepare to return to stadiums this summer. and an extra £77 million will be given to the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland to provide their culture groups with similar backing. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason has this report. how do you save your local pub? many were already closing permanently before the pandemic. how many more might follow now we are out of the habit of propping up the bar? in the budget tomorrow, the chancellor will announce that communi
lawyers, not the ones we witnessed and show us the districts and how. i ve not seen that. there were some ig relg larties, there were none that would have risen to the point they would change the vote outcome in a single state. the election was fair as fair as we ve seen. we simply did not win the election as republicans for the presidency. now, the on reason that this is news is because we are talking about a political party ruled by a man who cannot emotionally handle having lost an election, who dreams of becoming an american autocrat and who of course, lashed out at the republican senator who you just heard by threatening the election and free press. all signs of creeping authoritarian robbing our democracy from within. that s now what republicans stand for embodied by wisconsin senator ron johnson who is breaking his term limits pledge and running for reelection. the january 6th apologiests has a seriously low approval rating and here is a sample of why that is. th