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at least the a block. sean: no, i will watch the show. laura: i went to you tomorrow to tell me whether you agree with my a block or not and tell me why. will you do that? sean: 100%, i will sit here and watch it. and take notes. and be prepared to answer the questions. but you know why? you are setting me up for something. laura: i am not. no, i m not. i m not but they are telling me i have to go but i want you to watch. sean: have a good show. laura: i am laura ingraham. this is special edition of the ingraham angle from washington tonight. not one minute. that is the focus of tonight angle. it was only two years ago that china was furiously working to cover up the truth about the virus that would ravage the globe and change american society. they had the w.h.o. and even president trump praising their efforts but the disturbing truth eventually came out about china. several labs including government labs had the complete genetic sequence of the virus within fu
team in trump s white house, and now dr. deborah birx is here with a new book to reveal what she was really thinking at the time, as well as offering her take on the covid response by the current white house. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and a warning from the top u.s. general that the entire international security order is at stake because of russia s war on ukraine. joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley making this declaration during an exclusive cnn interview with jim sciutto earlier today. if this is left to stand, if there is no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost-free, then so goes the so-called international order. if that happens, then we re heading into an era of seriously increased instability. general milley also confirming one of the u.s. goals in this conflict is to weaken russia. echoing comments made by the u.s. defense secretary just yesterday. it s a goal u.s. officials had pre
anderson, thank you. matt gaetz, he single handedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall. well, tonight, he s threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and he s here. i m michael smerconish. live from new york city on the day that president joe biden asks americans for another four years, the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and interparty politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt as early as june. something that s never happened before. and if the nation defaults, that means massive job losses, almost assures a recession. federal benefits, like social security are at risk. interest rates, what you pay on your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, drag with it your 401(k)s. i know what you re thinking. michael, come on. we have seen the movie before and we know how it ends. they re going to figure it out. just before t