taken out. howie: the media conveyed a sense of national unity when president bush grabbed the mega phone amid the ruins of ground zero. it also spawned controversies that consumed a news business that was more polarized, treatment of muslims the use of gitmo to name a few. america hasn t suffered a terrorist strike of the magnitude perpetrated by osama bin laden killed by our military a decade ago. as five presidents paid tribute yesterday, keep in mind 9/11 led to 20 years of dangerous war reporting and endless arguing over forever wars and how long the united states should try to foster democracy in these tribal cultures which is why the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan leaves such a bitter taste. the taliban back in in charge just as they were back on 9/11. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: ahead we ll talk to ari fleischer about being in the white house on 9/11 and to andrew sullivan on how the media have become more intolerant and the debate over pres
insightful. we ll do a lot better than that today. bill: we pay you for that. dana: i promise it will be better today. the contest between mccauliffe and youngkin is in its final week. president biden joins mccauliffe tonight. some worry his low approval rating could be a drag on the ticket. bill: new poll from usa today showing the candidates at dead even in a state the president won less than a year ago by double digits. dana: newt gingrich will join us in a moment. but first we go to arlington, virginia. in that same poll 5% of voters are still undecided. before the candidates can try to sway them they have to convince their own base to show up on election day to get out the vote tour bus is continuing on. tonight mccauliffe will return to northern virginia. president biden will rally on his behalf. he is running against glenn youngkin. both made stops in virginia beach yesterday. biden easily won the northern counties last year. approval rating has taken a dive
i was watching every minute of your show and interview with bennie thompson, which was so important. one of the things that was said tonight was something that i don t think was quite so clear before and that was when liz cheney said that the resistance, the trump resistance to this investigation and to this particular subpoena actually indicates that donald trump was involved in the runup to the preparation for and what they believe may be the conspiracy to attack the capitol. and that that is what that is the common thread that explains the resistance in terms of what people aren t handing over and what people are refusing to talk about. i asked thompson tonight, chairman thompson tonight whether or not they sort of seen enough already in their investigation to know to have found things that the public doesn t know to have found things that will surprise us or indeed shock us in terms of how things went on january 6th and he said oh, yes, the public will be shocked. we
involved in the run up to the preparation for, and what they believe may be the conspiracy to attack the capital. and that that is the common thread that explains all of the resistance in terms of what people aren t handing over, are refusing to talk about i asked thompson tonight whether or not we have seen enough already in their investigation to know, to have found things that the public doesn t know. tua found things that will surprise us or indeed shock us in terms of how things went in january six, and he said yes, the public will be shocked, we have found stuff that will surprise you. and then for list cheney to said that tonight, i think that they are starting to give us indications of where the investigation is heading. yes, and i m hoping we can find out more about the cooperation that they ve already had. the chairman mentioned that in his statement to the committee tonight about how steve bannon is the only one. what does that mean, what is mark meadows doin
special agent in charge of the baltimore field office. first and foremost, i want to say that our hearts go out to everyone that is impacted by this tragedy. especially the victims and their families. on behalf of the fbi, i would like to say that we are with you, we are with baltimore, and we re with the partners every step of the way. the fbi, when very first looking at and assessing this matter from an investigative standpoint, i want to be clear that there is no specific or credible information to suggest that there are ties to terrorism in this incident. the fbi has been part of this response from the beginning. we came within one hour to the command post, and quickly latched up with our very strong partners, all along the way. we will bring whatever resources that the fbi has to bear. we have already brought our crisis response, our victim services, and just recently our underwater search evidence recovery teams are on site. and we will continue to provide all those res