reporter: section 702 and part of foreign intelligence sush act and fbi only really authorized to search the 702 data base and reason to believe it ll produce evidence of foreign actor crimes usually the suspect is based abroad. in the year ending 2021 and the filing shows fbi used the arndt lesser much power warrant lesser much powers against it and 278,000 times and searches on americans involved with the capitol riot and the george flood protest in the summer of 2020 and the batch of 19,000 donors and unnamed congressional campaign and one fbi searcher was described in the filing and the analyst said she ran the queries for the individuals with foreign ties and indicated with the fbi systems and the capitol break investigation and did not remember why she ran these 13 queries for the fisa queries and they ve tightened restrictions since 2021 and fox news learning in 2022 this was the number of searches dropped by 94% and senior fbi official shared senior director fbi dir
gun reform bills. containing most of what president biden called for in his primetime address. among them a resurrected assault weapon ban. one of the many measures presumed to be for republicans in the senate. where are much narrower package is being negotiated, cast by some as less ambitious but possibly best chance to advance any kind of gun reform. even amid more than more than 20 mass shootings in the last month. still, you must win elections to pass legislation. after the recent shootings in buffalo, eovaldi and elsewhere. this is one of the political realities that democrats must reckon with before the midterm election. along with abortion rights right. the rise in inflation. and the likelihood of even more seismic developments. coming out of the house select committee from january 6th to white house aides of donald trump now having been indicted for defying subpoenas related to the investigation. by the end of the week, we will have seen the first witnesses in the
Good to see yippe kyia made the cut. Our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the Situation Room. Kevin mccarthy is denying reports he plans to resign from congress. We have new details on mccarthys future and all the latest with the race. Donald trump is dropping a bombshell alleging he shared Nuclear Submarine secrets with a foreign billionaire. Accusations hes calling, quote, faults and ridiculous. Well take a look at the former president s checkered history with sensitive u. S. National security information. Putins forces once again unleashed terror on innocent people. A 10yearold boy and his grandmother, the latest victims of Russian Missiles. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Lets get straight to our top story. Congressman Kevin Mccarthy now pushing back on reports he plans to step away from Congress Just days after losing the speakers gavel. Melanie zenonis is live from capitol hill. What is go
repeated bouts of gmp inviting a freshman representative being kicked out of congress after a blistering ethics report revealing campaign money was funding his lavish lifestyle. democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett from the great state of texas joins us live with her fiery takes on it all just ahead. plus, dictator déjà vu the most indicted one term ex president in u.s. history openly embracing and echoing hateful rhetoric used by hitler and mussolini amid growing fears of a second trump presidency solidifying a dictatorship. breaking news in the israel-hamas war nbc news has learned negotiators are reportedly closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting. we will go live to the region for the latest. a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show on capitol hill where lawmakers may be home for the thanksgiving holiday but face a hectic schedule when they return. on thursday, president biden sign
joe biden calls for two state as the call for a cease-fire. we will look at his op-ed in the washington post. and the most powerful rocket ever built explodes minutes after blasting off. some are calling the test flights success. queerphobia reports of a large explosion at a.u. and run school in gaza and used as a shelter. one called the courage or spying. the video is graphic. the source of the blast has not been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli aware of the explosion but have no further comments. we will have more on this in just a moment. meanwhile, the world health organization sends a team to gaza s largest hospital on saturday. he described it as a death zone. filled with terrifying people. they said a mass grave with anybody s was right outside the entrance. inside, the choking dust and smoke, the team counted 291 patients including 32 infants, extremely critical condition. officials say patients and staff have been orde