information gauge crews crucify we the jury find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. shannon: breaking tonight an emotional reaction in the verdict of the trial of the illinois teenager charged with murdering two protesters and injuring a third during a protest in wisconsin during the summer of 2020. kyle rittenhouse goes free. we will have analysis of the decision shortly. welcome to washington. i m shannon bream in for bret baier. the teenager s lawyer says rittenhouse is undergoing counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder and probably move away from the area because it s too dangerous for him to stay. the prosecution says it respects the jury s decision. we will hear what president biden thinks of the verdict in just a few minutes. first up tonight on the scene on the ground in kenosha, correspondent garrett tenney is there. good evening, garrett. shannon, good evening to you. emotions running high both inside and outside of the courtroom. kyle rittenhou
administration s targeting of parents unhappy with their children s educational experience. house republicans say a whistleblower email shows how the fbi tracked some of those parents and that the president s attorney general has not been truthful about his involvement in all of this. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel starts us off tonight with this story. good evening, mike. bret, good evening. a number of republican leaders speaking out that eternal email turned over by fbi whistleblower raises questions about the candor of attorney general merrick garland. he either didn t know, which is terrible, or he mislead the committee when he came in front of us. the october 20th joint message from the criminal investigative division and counter-terrorism division directs fbi personnel to apply a new threat tag a means of compiling active threats to education officials. the fbi email says, quote: we ask that your offices apply the threat tag to investigations and ass
lashes out at the january 6th committee. there was no insurrection. while republican rivals ponder their future. maryland governor larry hogan weighs in. the former president, he s already in the race. does that intimidate you? not at all. i mean he seems to be dropping every day. and later, we re on patrol with the beagle brigade. cbs s mark strassmann joins them in atlanta sniffing out trouble. food smugglers, being warned this christmas season. officer mookie s nose knows all. good evening. adriana diaz is off. i m robert costa in new york. an extraordinary and treacherous moment nationwide as extreme cold shatters holiday plans. these conditions near rockford, illinois today. no one was seriously hurt in the crash, but the weather has proven deadly, claiming at least 19 lives. in seattle frozen streets sent some cars sliding out of control, backward and downhill. it is a deep freeze. blinding blizzards and icy kay chaos in nearly 5,000 delayed flight
committee will meet to formalize impeachment inquiry into president biden. steve: what it means the full house could vote on that as soon as tomorrow. ainsley: well, that falls on the same day that lawmakers are demanding that hunter biden testify behind closed doors. lawrence: alexandria hoff knows it all. she is in washington with the latest. good morning, alex. maybe not all of it but there are a lot of pieces in play. the white house is trying to put to use statements made by republicans who feel there isn t enough evidence to impeach the president. some have changed their minds on that in recent weeks. the way this timeline breaks down is that today the house rules committee is going to consider the resolution that would authorize the impeachment inquiry. tomorrow, house republicans are expected to vote to approve it. mind you, this isn t a vote for impeachment, just to allow for the inquiry and more investigative power into that. tomorrow is the same day that th