hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. a new chapter in the house gop s plan to govern for fox news and fox news only began today. the committee set up for one purpose only, that is to fuel the right s favorite conspiracy theory, but somehow, the deep state, is out to protect democrats and persecute conservatives and the disgraced ex-president and his allies. the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government held its very first hearing today. republicans invited a panel that included senator chuck grassley, who once said this, that the fbi was, quote, corrupted to its core. senator ron johnson, who has never met a conspiracy he didn t really like a lot. and former congresswoman and current fox news regular tulsi gabbard. here s just some of what they had to say. it s clear to me that the justice department and the fbi are suffering from a political infection that, if it s not defeated, will cause the american people no longer to trust thes
what we re anticipating from the report and who may be held accountable. plus, the january 6 committee will hold another public hearing on thursday. this one focusing on what former president trump was doing as violence unfolded at the capitol. we re going to dig deeper into what and who we can expect to see this week. and it turns out that just getting to your summer vacation destination could have a lot to do with where you travel from. we have a look at the worst cities for flight cancellations. good morning. it is sunday, july 17. thank you so much for waking up with us. and, boris, it s good to be back with you for hour two. kristin, great to have you. thanks so much for being with us. plenty to get to this morning. we begin with a search for answers in the tragic shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. just a few hours from now the families of shooting victims will get the preliminary findings of a report, an investigation put together by a texas ho
88th anniversary. this was really something. i m literally here watching a family member die. 30 years on air, 27 years operation, 50 years this building. i literally when i know i leave tonight they re going to shut us down. either tonight, today. i believe in my grandparents, i believe in my parents. i believe in humanity. i just want to [bleep ] these people. they have to be stopped. we have to stop them. so, al at the end of the day we re going to beat these people. i m not trying to be dramatic here but it s been a hard fight. reporter: that was alex jones one of the country s biggest conspiracy theorists crying, at least we think it was crying on his show last weekend about the fact that his program info wars might finally be coming to an end. for a decade, jones and into wars has pushed insane conspiracy theories like 9/11 was an inside job. and the u.s. government controls the weather. but perhaps jones most disturbing conspiracy was his claim that the sandy ho
Some sort of rewriting of history but i wonder what you make of the conservatives who have been lobbying on those. i don t nope if byron saying that out of ignorance or cynicism. what we know is his own marriage was not legal in the state he lives in until 1969. we know that as he s talking about black voters were mostly conservative, the very first civil rights martyr were voting civil rights activists. byron is from florida. he s from florida, right. and if you look at the black poverty rate during jim crow was more than 55%. when they say those things they re clearly not talking to black people. even though this was at a black
that they re just not used to and i think sooner or later, they re going to have to adjust their systems, because as you ve noted, their polling numbers are in the tank, but also, they re just not used to this sustained scrutiny of their practices and how they spend their time outside of the court. and they re entering a new phase, and i think their systems are going to have to catch up to it. but it might take awhile still. and it s going to take more attention from congress, i think. barbara, where do you put the olds that something will change? i don t nope. i think there is a possibility of change. i think chief justice roberts is a really interesting character. i think he truly does care about the reputation of the court. you know, leaders are often taught that the most important thing you have in your job is to protect the mission of the organization. and i suppose part of that instinct makes people sort of circle the wagons and say, if i m going to protect the mission of the