dozens of bills addressing china s economic and scientific produce ease. the role in the spread of covid and post temperature toward taiwan. in a new hour the china select committee begins its first hearing. and e.p.a. administrator michael reagan returned to ohio suffering from derailment. he was new community welcome center. first, our exclusive interview. flush mr. director, thanks for the time. we are here in the strategic operation center at the fbi headquarters. we appreciate you talking to us. absolutely. happy to talk with you, bret. bret: you know, polls show that the fbi s reputation is at a real record low. what do you make of that? well, look. there are all sorts of opinions out there about the fbi just like there are about every major institution these days. i can tell you that we are focused on the opinions of the people we actually do the work for and the people we do the work with. and i look at things like, for example, our recruiting, the thousands
pentagon. thank you. the pentagon s top policy official told the house armed services committee today the defense department has found no evidence weapons the u.s. has sent to ukraine have been diverted or lost. collin cull were pressed by house members about whether american military aid could end up in the wrong hands. this is an active war zone there are always going to be things that you don t know are happening or you don t see but we are not seeing any evidence of systemic diversification of the equipment the united states has provided. up next, part two of my interview with the fbi director christopher wray. first, beyond our borders tonight, regional officials in southern and western russia report drone attacks near the border with ukraine and deep inside the country. they said there were no injuries. ukrainian officials did not immediately claim responsibility for those attacks. and british prime minister rishi sunak travels to belfast to sell his landmark trade agreement
to the table and last week in paris nearly 200 nations forged a historic agreement that was only possible because of american leadership. around the world, from reaching the deal to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon to re-establishing diplomatic relations with cuba to concluding a landmark trade agreement that ensures that american workers and businesses are operating on a level playing field and we rather than china or other countries setting the rule for global trade, we have shown what s possible when america leads. and after decades of dedicated advocacy, marriage equality became a reality in all 50 states. so, i just want to point out i said at the beginning of this year that interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter and we are only halfway through. i do want to thank congress for ending the year on a high note. i got to sign the education bill
revealed. and how did the sister of the future queen of england get out. it was overlooked but the president did announce a new trade agreement with columbia. we are moving ahead with our landmark trade agreement. i can announce that the free trade agreement will enter into force next month. that agreement set off an aflcio trunk who ripped the president on that. what s your problem with this deal? well, over the years parade union the defenders of democracy have been targeted for assassination in columbia. they haven t made progress. they haven t done the things necessary to demonstrate that they are serious about it. and the president agreeing to bring them the free trade
reached agreement on several new initiatives. first, as has already been mentioned, we re moving ahead with our landmark trade agreement. we approved an action plan to ensure the labor rights. we all know that more work still needs to be done but we ve made significant progress. and as a result and given the actions taken by president santos and the colombian will enter into force next month on may 15th. [ applause ] as i ve said before, this is a win for both our countries. it s a win for the united states by increasing exports by more than $1 billion, supporting thousands of u.s. jobs and helping my goal of doubling u.s. exports. it s a win for colombia, by giving you greater access to the largest market for your exports,