it s 4:00 in the east. a stunning comprehensive brand new piece of reporting that really amounts to a first drafrt of history for merrick garland s justice department a piece of reporting that answers questions we ve been asking for years now questions that have dogged doj for many many months why did it take so long for d.o.j. to investigate? the first formal step into probing the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the criminal inquiry now into the fate of electors did not take place until april 2022 more than a area after the insurrection and well after the january 6th select committee had begun to uncover a complex multipronged plot and democracy with donald trump in the driver s seat. the washington post is reporting in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th insurrection, acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin, senior justice department officials and paul abbate quashed a plan in the u.s. attorney s office to directly investigate trump associates for any links to
somost every part of society. it s affecting schools, our government, corporations. cihools,overnmenit s everywhere. it seems inescapable almost now. it seenescapabnow what are theyt to realize that they belong past? wheree past mainstream americans are. last weekend, during a pride event at the white house, for example, that was attended by children. there s a trench activist named rose montoya flaunting her bare on the south lawn of biden s white house and sparking u.s. backlash. 2024 republican presidential candidate tim scott. he said he is, quote, livid and in sense by this whitesidena house, not only for the kids present ate said h the event, bt the message it is sending to our children across t the country. meanwhile, nikki haley also weighed in, reminding people of biden s call to restore honor and decency to the white house before adding, yeah, it s time for joe to go. and governor romne to go ay, des slamming biden over the incident. take a look. i think whe
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, june 17th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin in texas where millions of people are bracing for triple digit heat after tornadoes ripped through the area just two days ago. we want to show you what the scene looked like after an ef-3 rated tornado hit the town of perryton on thursday. cleanup efforts are now under way and the texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for communities impacted by the storm. in this video, you can see the damage done when the twister touched down. at least three people, including an 11-year-old boy were killed, after that tornado slammed the area. cnn has more for us. massive damage. we re seeing some of it behind you and now that the sun is up, people are there behind you. what s happening? reporter: hey there, good morning. so many of the people i spoke with here in this community describe it as happening so quickly. the tornado touchi
because the constitution says you have to be hello, everyone, i m dana perino here along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. this is the five. dell: the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all. maybe, a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off the ballots and now republicans are vowing to retaliate against biden. less likely that will make him return. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be dana: decide serious legal questions, they are exploring all options. let s listen to us here. we re in unchartered territory in our country and the decision out of colorado is a very significant fact. when the supreme court of colorado determines in an examination of the facts that donald trump is an insurrectionist and therefore is disqualified from being on the ballot certainly here in california we have to make the same determinati
director wray is refusing to produce a do you recollect about the big guy himself. the fbi said that releasing confidential source information to james comber could put lives at risk. got to hide it. it s not a classicified document. there is no evidence of any on-going investigation. but the fbi needs to keep the anti-biden allegations top secret. more federal investigation into hunter biden. the high ranking irs investigator is blowing the whistle. multiple steps were slow walked by the department of justice. have you ever encounter that before? no, i have not. deviations from the normal process. they always benefit the subject. i took an oath of office. when i saw these things, it was no longer a choice for me. it s not something i want to did. to do. it s something i have to do pete: the evidence is clear. we have two major scandals. a compromised first family and a corrupt federal government driven by political bias. here is charlie hurt and amanda. comer wan