60 years ago a man who knew a little bit about america and its military warned us about the storm clouds gathering on the horizon. we must guard against unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex. the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. we must never let this endanger our liberties or democratic processes. laura: dwight eisenhower saw the looming danger of a military that has grown so large and so powerful that it goes beyond its role that risks the values is charged to hold. ike would no doubt see our troops as the selfless, dedicated and brave people that they are but what would he think about how our national security establishment has ballooned and about the billions of dollars lost annually, waste, fraud and abuse that marks the pentagon? traditionally and for good reason our military has been one of the most trusted groups in the united states but lately that has been changing. in 201870% of americans reported ha
to all you kids down there, i was once a child with a dream looking up to the stars. now i m an adult in a space ship with other wonderful adults looking down to our beautiful, beautiful earth. to the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. very cool stuff. an hour after liftoff, unity re-entered the atmosphere and landed safely. the quick round-trip nearly two decades in the making. after hugging his family on the tarmac, branson said he hopes the impact of that 60-minute flight is felt for years. we re here to make space more accessible to all and we want to turn the next generation of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow. we ve all asked on this stage have just had the most extraordinary experience. and we d love it if a number of you can have it, too. cnn s rachel crane was at the launch and spoke to branson after his historic journey. richard, you just fulfilled a life-long dream. and i know you said earlier y
we start tonight with that very important breaking news. one of the things that was almost most surprising about the former senate majority leader harry reid was just how quiet he was. in fact, during interviews, it was not uncommon to be almost unable to hear him. that s how soft-spoken he actually was. but there was another side to harry reid in all of this. in fact, in the late 1970s, harry reid was the chair of the nevada gaming commission, overseeing the state s very important casinos. this is the story of a man who tried to bribe him from a new yorker profile back in 2005. , in part, it reads, in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon, who was later married to latoya jackson, offered reid $12,000 to approve new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted bribe to the fbi and arranged a meeting with gordon in his office. by agreement fbi agents burst in to arrest gordon at the point where reid asked, is this the money? although he was taking part in a sting
payments to illegal immigrants separated at the border. do you think that might incentivize people to come here illegally? keep sending that garbage out, that s not going to happen. carley: the aclu says the president wasn t briefed on his own justice department. todd: a new report from anthony fauci s team sounding the alarm of taxpayer money for the gain of function research at the wuhan lab set to testify amid multiple republicans calling for his firing. carley: you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: thank you for being with us, sweeping republican victories in virginia, struggling ahead of the midterms. jillian: griff jenkins live as the party plays the blame game. reporter: they do indeed was a wake-up call for democrats after taking the bleeding in a state where president biden won by 10 points last year, youngkin says his victory was about more than upset parents. i was overwhelmed by the broad support across the commonwealth of vir
mcauliffe, has been out on the trail highlighting his republican opponent s work in furthering trump s agenda. take for example the recent rally for youngkin by none other than steve bannon who was just held in contempt of congress for obstructing the january 6 investigation with potential criminal charges coming his way from doj. it was an event that opened with a pledge of allegiance to a flag that was present at the insurrection, an event that featured a barrage of falsehoods about the 2020 election result and even includes a phone call from the disgraced ex-president himself. youngkin would distance himself from the event and would call the pledge, quote, weird and wrong. described him as walking a trump tight rope and keeping the president partly at arm s length, but the ties on the 2020 election are hardly foreign to youngkin. he made stolen election claims a center piece of his early campaign, failing to ever publicly acknowledge that joe biden won the election until a