process to limit how american tax dollars are spent at the department of justice. i yield back. general lady from texas is recognized. good morning. you have value the independence of a special counsel. i do. you asked garland to allow you to continue the investigation saying we want to thank you and your office for permitting our inquiry to proceed with will without interfere answer as you assured the members of the judiciary committee would be the case during the confirmation hearings to become attorney general of the united states. you value your special counsel status. it a being a rat that garland let you proceed on your case as you wish. that s true. it was important you have to as special counsel your investigation was supposed to be independent because special counsels and attorneys are supposed to be independent, right? special counsel is. yes. they are supposed to be independent, is that correct? special counsel is independent of the attorney gener
collapse begins. now, i-95 is now closed in both directions here in northeast philadelphia. state leaders say a tanker truck caught fire under the overpass and the heat caused a portion of i-95 s northbound lane to come crashing down. this compromising the southbound lanes. last night demolition crews started chipping oea way at the wreckage. one car is still stuck under the rumble a long haul to repair one of the busiest highways in pennsylvania. retired philadelphia police sergeant telling fox news this morning some drivers including himself drove over those southbound lanes with seconds to spare. i saw the black smoke, figured it was a car on fire on 95 in philadelphia. not unusual. as i was driving, realized i had to go through it because i was already past the exit. i hit a bump that was essentially the road getting ready to collapse. thank god state police closed it down shortly after. it was literally like driving off a curb and that s how heavy it was. buttigieg s
. well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle maybe of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days, tonight on laura coates live. okay. so if we re being honest, we knew this day was coming, right? i mean even if the supreme court did not want this day to come, they re probably still recovering a little bit from bush v. gore, and this seems to be the worst kind of deja vu. maybe that s why after several hours behind closed doors talking today, drum roll, please, the supreme court said yes to the dress. they will decide whether donald trump, the former president of the united states, one who is trying to become the president yet again, can even actually be on a ballot after his role on january 6th. well, which ballot? well, this one concerns colorado, but the supreme court knows that the floodgates, they re about to open. it s already been and i can t believe it either three years as of tomorrow sinc
in bucha. and king charles attends ceremonies in germany commemorating those who died in world war ii. welcome to the programme. we start in the us. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him have not yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. it s alleged stormy daniels was paid off in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. this is an abc news special. now reporting, david muir. we are coming on the air early because of breaking news at this hour. a grand jury here i
committee and the countdown to the state of the union speeches on, folks. president biden is expected to make his case for reelection after more positive news on the economy. i will get a preview from a member of the council of economic advisers. plus, we are continuing our special series on living black history with trail blazers cynthia marshall. the first black woman ceo of an nba team. i am symone with sandra townsend and i have something to say. and the balloon is out of this guy. the questions surrounding u.s. security and relations with china are still up in the air. on saturday, and f-22 fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon over the atlantic off the coast of south carolina. the balloon entered u.s. continental airspace last tuesday. china s defense department condemned the strike and denies the balloon was intended for surveillance. but a senior administration official has rejected that claim, telling nbc news this. this was a prc surveillance balloon.