shawn. army sergeant daniel perry says he fired that day in self-defense. he claims that the protesters surrounded his car while he was driving through downtown austin and basically ran into a black lives matter protest. his lawyers argue that he had the legal right to open fire after one of those demonstrators raised an ak-47 and pointed it right toward him, so he feared for his life. christina coleman has the very latest. christina? reporter: hi, eric. texas governor greg abbott says he has requested the state s board of pardons and parole to expedite its review of this this case after army sergeant daniel perry was convicted of murder for killing air force veteran garrett foster, a black lives matter protester. it was an emotional day in court after the verdict came down on friday. members of foster s family could be seen crying and hugging the attorneys that they worked with. some eyewitnesses strongly kiss piewpted perry s claims in this case. they testify that foster
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
hello, everyone, tlahank yo for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. recovery efforts underway offer the south carolina coastline following the take down of a suspected chinese spy balloon on saturday. the u.s. military blasting the balloon out of the sky after it drifts over the atlantic near myrtle beach. president biden saying that he ordered the military on wednesday to take the balloon down as soon as possible. and now efforts are underway to recover the debris and analyze it to find out what it may have been doing as it drifted across the u.s. over the last few days. meanwhile china is accusing the u.s. of overreacing and expr expressing strong dissatisfaction and the balloons destruction. from all angles to the capital to the coast where the balloon was shot down. let s begin with dianne gallagher where she is live in surfside beach where recovery efforts is underway. what is being located and discovered? reporter: so, fred, we re in the surfside myrtle beach area
promises kept. revenge as politics, or both? john berman here in for anderson. in a moment, he will be joined by representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to talk about what happened on capitol hill today. you will remember house speaker kevin mccarthy vowed last year that if republicans took the house, he would strip democrats adam schiff, eric swalwell and ilhan omar of committee assignments. so far he has bounced omar and swalwell and he voted along party lines to remove. the reason, anti-semitic statements which she subsequently apologized for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has a reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar, both of whom have close ties to the far right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know, has compared masking rules to the holocaust. she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook a long ramble about california wildfire, solar power, spottings of what looked like laser beams and t
criticized by members of both parties, as antisemitic, statements which she subsequently apologize for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. both of whom have had close ties to the far-right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know has prepared masking rules to the holocaust, she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook, along ramble about california wildfire, solar power spottings, of what looked like laser beams and the rothschilds, a jewish family antisemitic tropes. congressman gosar, was responsible for a violent anime style video, showing a character with his head killing the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and alexandria ocasio-cortez, who spoke out today. i had a member of the republican caucus, threatened my life, and you all, and the revoking caucus rewarded hem. with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. don t tell me