hi, willie, good to have you back. we ve missed you. thanks, good to be back with you. i had an eye injury the last week, wish i could say i was on a beach but i m here, not fully recovered but as close as i can get, it s good to be back. we are glad to have you. among the many stories we re following, quote, they re getting laughed out of court. that s what the republican party s top lawyers said in real time about the election fraud cases of trump. and this morning, michigan is calling the claims from trump ally lawyers fantastical. we ll talk about the efforts to hold the former president and his backers accountable for spreading those lies about the election. plus a dramatic escalation over the battle of voting rights in texas as texas democrats flee the state. they re now in washington to lobby congress. and the warning of the johnson & johnson vaccine amid a surge of covid cases. the polar bear does it again. mets slugger pete alonso wins his second straight h
and the rewards. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the afghan president, ashraf ghani, has called on the taliban to resume political negotiations saying that his government wants peace. the taliban say they are continuing to capture territory and claim they ve made further military advances, seizing, two districts of pa rwan. earlier they captured a key border crossing. islaam kalaa is one of the biggest trade gateways into neighbouring iran, generating around 20 million dollars a month for the afghan government. haroonjanjua is a freelance journalist reporting on the taliban advances in the region. they claim that they have seized control of 85% of the territory but the government has denied it. but the government has denied it. but the intense fighting has been going on in the western part of the country. control was gained in one district on friday and control of a crossing which is very significant, the border with iran, and also a us bui
highly respected, distinguished, not a blemish anywhere on his record. at the beginning of february 2015, president obama nominated him to the federal court. his name is xavier junior niels. that was basically a gimme. distinguished record, not a word against him, sort of an ideal candidate for the job utterly and noncontroversial. they held his confirmation hearing in 2017 after president obama nominated him. the confirmation went great. no objections. the judiciary committee is where they held the confirmation. they decided by a voice vote. they didn t even bother taking a roll call vote. they just did all in favor, aye. no objections. passed him through for his floor vote in the senate and then he can become a federal judge. that was in november 2017. zero controversy about him. he passes a committee with zero objections. that is what is expected to be, what normal circumstances would be, a totally noncontroversial vote on him in the fall senate to confirm him to the court
his name is xavier julien neals. that nomination from president obama was basically a gimme. distinguished record, not a word against him, sort of an ideal candidate for the job utterly and noncontroversial. they held his confirmation hearing in 2017 after president obama nominated him. the confirmation went great. he sailed through. no objections. the judiciary committee is where they hold confirmation hearings in the senate. they decided by his nomination by a voice vote. they didn t even bother taking a roll call vote. they just did all in favor, aye. no objections. passed him through for his floor vote in the senate and then he can become a federal judge. that was in november 2015. zero controversy about him. he passes a committee with zero objections. that sets up what is expected to be a nonformal vote for him in the senate to confirm him to the court. but that never happens. the committee has this hearing and passes him through on a voice vote with no objections novemb
one of the first officials ready to raise the flag about a covid lab leak in china taking questions now from lawmakers. as you look at the white house we expect that to come in, we have time to drugle this morning. national security intelligence responder, i think it important to remind folks that there is some information that we knew prior to this coming out. some of this information that we re learning. yeah, it s right, after the start of hearings, ig investigations and so on, when, in the lead up to january 6th. this report does the best job of any that we have seen so far. it tells us that the intelligence officials that were supposed to pull together, they largely failed to do so. they did, in fact, pick up much of what was coming down their way, warnings about what could happen that day. but that didn t pass the information up or down the chain of chand. officers were ill-trains and ill equipped. they didn t have the necessary squimt they needed and finally on that,