now. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start with breaking news out of the new york times. special counsel jack smith has interviewed donald trump s son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today jack smith s senior assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom wyndham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal courthouse for a second time this week. mr. wyndham is one of the top prosecutors working on special counsel january 6th s probe, a role he played before jack smith was appointed special council. and this afternoon he was back in court indicating the grand jury is meeting. so with all these new deta
kindergarten, apartment or school, and a lot of people were killed. if that is the case, he ll be indicted. he meant well. the missile went in the wrong direction, and other things. and other things. there s so much, willie, wrong with that. wait, what president? he s talking about obama. first of all, we have to get the we ll get to the hitler stuff in a second. okay. let s start, though, with i ll make a chart. with the fact that donald trump is not well. we know this. this guy, he is looking so old. he is shuffling around. he really does think that barack obama is still president of the united states. he s going through this thing, and then about why he should have total immunity. total immunity even when he crosses the line. right? this is the seal team six can assassin think it was this morning, i tweeted out, what do trump supporters say who believe seal team six can assassinate political rivals? what if someone says, well, joe biden could order sea
me save you some breath. if you re going to ask about this, i am not addressing [inaudible] i know you do. more than i d like you to have. i am not going to address this issue from this podium. i m just not going to do it. [inaudible conversations] thanks, guys. have a great weekend. maria: oh, yeah, no response from the white house to the damning message from hunter biden to the to a chinese executive demanding he keep his, quote, commitment or face retaliation from the big guy. then-vice president joe e biden. and, quote, everybody he knows. coming up, chairman jim jordan on why fbi never followed up on the potential corruption in plain sight. oversight committee members byron donalds and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on what comes next in their investigation of the biden family influence peddling. all of this as communist china ramps up aggression with plans for a military training and spy center in cuba, 100 # miles away from the florida coast, amidst a we
john roberts in washington and so begins another week, sandra. sandra: sets us up for an exciting afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. the former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe said he had no knowledge of the sky establishment in 2019. were you aware of the cuba spy center? there wasn t one, maria, this kind of surveillance platform was present and allowed is just absurd. john: the china spy base is only about 100 miles from american shores and according to reports, it lets china eavesdrop on everything from phone calls and emails to communications within the u.s. military. sandra: florida congressman mike waltz how the u.s. should stop china from expanding the global footprint. gillian turner, what s the latest? gillian: secretary of state tony blinken wrapped a presser in which he appeared to confirm china has been operating a spy base inside cuba or trying to and it is part of this broader effort by the communist party to ramp up espionage
good afternoon. i m peter alexander in for chris jansing. as we come on the air, we are following that breaking news out of memphis. all five police officers involved this the fatal confrontation case of 29-year-old tyre nichols are behind bars. in a few hours, we re expecting a live update from the shelby county da. former prosecutor paul butler is joining us. we have a reporter on the ground who is there. we ll the get to her in a moment too. paul, i want to walk tokes through what happened. we know about the death of of tyre nichols. he was attacked by these officers. the family has seen video of what happened. this happened earlier in the month on january 7th. he ended up dying three days later. the police chief this memphis there has called the actions of the five officers, all of whom happen to be black, saying that it was heinous, reckless and inhumane and making a plea to the residents of that city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released to the publ