Good afternoon. Im Trace Gallagher and for Martha Maccallum and this is the story. The Secret Service holding its first News Conference since the Assassination Attempt on former President Trump. Almost 3 weeks ago. After the Director Step down any the roof where the shooter opened fire was not better secured. The Secret Service takes full responsibility for the tragic events of july 13th. This was a mission failure. The sole responsibility of our agency is to make sure our protect these are never put in danger. We fell short of that in butler. Im working to make sure this failure does not happen again. Trace former House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason jasons and retired Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Rank Leverage or standing by. First Matt Finn live in Butler Pennsylvania. Hes frozen. Trace okay. We will get him back up. Lets bring in Jason Former House Oversight Committee Chairman And Fox news contributor. Frank retired Secret Service Special Agent in charge supervise Pro
In the us the Republican Party sacks a prominent Trump Critic from its leadership. Liz cheney lost support after speaking out against Donald Trumps baseless claims the election was stolen. And here in the uk the Prime Minister announces a full Public Inquiry into his Governments Response to the coronavirus pandemic. The violence between israel and the palestinians shows not sign of stopping. Rocket attacks and Air Strikes are going in either direction. Six israelis have been killed, including a soldier, today. Amongs the palestinians the Health Ministry in gaza says 53 people have been killed. That includes ilt children. This is the moment israeli Air Strikes destroyed another high Rise Building in Gaza City. This was a couple of hours ago. The Al Shorouk Tower is a well known landmark, and is listed as hosting media offices. These are israeli strikes on gaza on wednesday morning. The Israeli Defence Forces says these strikes are targeting members of hamas the militant group that cont
Inspector general Michael Bolton provides a Threat Assessment of the january 6 attack on the u. S. Capitol before the House Administration committee. This is just over an hour. The committee on House Administration will come to order. I would like to welcome our members. We have a quorum present. The ranking member, mr. Raskin, mr. Stiles, mr. Aguilar, ms. Scanlan, and ms. Hernandez, so we have a quorum and i would like to welcome everyone. As we begin, i want to note we are holding this hearing in compliance with the regulations for remote committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 8. We ask committee members and witnesses to keep their microphones muted when not speaking to limit background noise. Members will need to meet will need to unmute themselves when seeking recognition or to be recognized for their questions. Witnesses will need to unmute themselves when recognized, when answering questions. We ask members and witnesses to keep cameras on it all time even if you need
Live coverage here on cspan. Pursuant to House Resolution eight. We ask you to keep your microphones muted to limit background noise. Members will need to meet themselves when seeking recognition or to be recognized for their questions. Witnesses will need to unmute themselves when recognize when answering questions. We as to keep cameras on it all time even if you need to step away for a moment. At this, asking i ask unanimous consent. For these witness statements to be made part of the Record And Hearing no objection, that assorted. Todays hearing continues oversight of this committee and the house of representatives on issues related to january 6 2021 , the Insurrection Attack on the capital. Specifically the scope of todays hearings, the report by the Inspector General for the u. S. Capitol police provided to congressional oversight committee. We appreciate the work of the inspector and his team and we welcome him back. There are two particular issues, Threat Assessment and Counter