President jay wallace while not condoning the antagonisticking tone said we do support open exchanges for the American People. And fox announced it would file a friend of the court brief in the case in which cnn won. I have been extremely critical of acosta, but i said the white house shouldnt revoke his pass. Fox has been under fire this week over january 6th texts from three of its hosts, and heres what don lemon had to say about this network. Why does jen psaki even continue to call on fox in the Briefing Room . Your network is promoting bs and lies about what is actually happening in the country and helping to inspire and incite an since protection, why should they be able to take part . Howard im sorry, but this is a really low blow. If he wants to score cheap points by pretending fox doesnt have a News Division, by ignoring the fact that peter doocy often generates news by asking important questions, he has lost sight of what matters in journalism. By that reasoning, what would s
Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is happy to report its friday. Friday, december 10th. Im jonathan lemire. Lets start with the news. A federal Appeals Court has unanimously denied former president Donald Trumps request to block the release of documents by the National Archives to the january 6th select committee. The ruling upheld a lower courts opinion which said in an Executive Privilege Dispute between a current and past president , the sitting president must prevail. The court gave the former president 14 days to file an appeal with the Supreme Court, during which the injunction to halt the transfer of documents will remain in place. In a 68page opinion, the panel concluded that, quote, former President Trump has provided no basis for this court to override President Bidens judgment and the agreement and accommodations worked out between the political branches over these documents. It goes on to say both branches agree theres a unique need for these legislat
Both candidates with alexandria In Fredericksburg and rich edson in Virginia Beach. Rick, well start with you. Whats the latest in this extremely close race . Well, anita, the very latest is beer, wings and college football. Theres an event at a sports bar. The governor just left, and Terry Mcauliffe with the local celebrities and politicians trying to get the vote out in the democratic area in the southeast corner of the state. Theyll head up to richmond a Democratic Pocket and Northern Virginia trying to turn out voters. Democrats have repeatedly trying to tie Glenn Youngkin to donald trump, and so we asked mcauliffe if hes making the race too much about the former president . Well, well, well, please dont say that. He has had so much of a reason hes running is because of donald trump. He tried to play it both ways. I never said the reason im running is because of joe biden or barack obama, im running because this is what i want to do for virginians. Earlier this week it was Presiden
Big lie, the former Acting Attorney General. The big question today, will any witnesses show up . The former president urged aides to ignore subpoenas. One said overnight he wont show, effectively daring lawmakers to hold him in contempt. Cnns ryan nobles has more from capitol hill. Reporter laura, christine, thursday is a crucial day for the january 6 select committee. Today is the day where they are expected to have those first round of closed door depositions from two key trump associates. Steve bannon and kash patel. Patel the former d. O. D. Official, bannon a former white house counselor, someone working outside the administration in the lead up to january 6. The big question is whether either of these men will comply with the subpoena request, and the committee has made it clear that if they dont show up, that theyre ready to take serious action to force them to comply, including up to Criminal Contempt referral which could happen before the end of this week if they feel like th
Thursday. There is a deal in congress to avoid an economic calamity. But dont celebrate yet. The short term fix likely means a Nightmare Before Christmas. Also shocking new details about what sounds more and more like an attempted coup by donald trump at the Department Of Justice as he desperately tried to cling to power after the election he lost. It comes as the clock ticks down on deadline day for trump aides to cooperate with subpoenas from the january 6 committee. Meantime, pfizer officially asks the feds to approve its vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. How soon could we see kids getting shots in arms . We begin, though, with a striking order from a federal judge slamming that texas law that bans almost all abortions across the state. In a sharplyworded ruling, the judge ordered the law to be suspended, calling it, quote, an Offensive Deprivation of a constitutional right, and a, quote, contrived and unprecedented transparent statutory scheme by texas republicans. The ruling also app