general bill barr name john durham to investigate the investigators and predicted he d find the crime of the century. durham didn t have much luck in the courts. now, four years after he started, durham s harshly critical report saying he relied on raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence along with seriously flawed information has plunged us all back into the same old, familiar debate, the story that seemingly will never end. i m howard kurtz and this is the mediabuzz. howard: the report by special counsel john durham exploded like a neutron bomb, and the media are deeply divided over his conclusion that the fbi acted on such flimsy evidence that its investigation of possible collusion between donald trump and the kremlin never should have been launched. first among those claiming vindication, the former president. this was a coup that they were looking at. these are sick people. howard: and many of those on fox news and elsewhere joined in castigating the m
rahses says inaccuracies and lies when it comes to the this issue, and i don t know where to the even begin to answer this question because, again, it s been lies and lies and inaccuracy, and i m just not going to yet into it are from the here. maria: coming up, wisconsin senator ron johnson on questions over biden s influence peddling that will not go away. plus, former acting attorney general matt whitaker and constitutional law professor alan dershowitz on the efforts to take down donald rump there. whatever the case. then the disinformation campaign goes on. independent journalist matt taibbi on how the fbi and other government agencies helped keep biden s inconvenient truths out of the media. then the it has been three years since president obama told us exactly what he wanted after leaving office. i used to say, you know what, if i could make an arrangement where i had a stand-in, a frontman or frontwoman and hay had an earpiece in and i was just in my basement in m
and years how the inaccuracies when it comes to this issue. a i don t even know where to begii to answer that question.nd again, what lies and lies andin inaccuracy for theg past couple of years g up, wisconsin senator ron johnson on questions over biden s influence peddling that will not go away. plus, former acting attorney general matt whitaker and constitutional law professor alan dershowitz on the efforts to take down donald rump there. whatever the case. then the disinformation campaign goes on. independent journalist matt taibbi on how the fbi and other government agencies helped keep biden s inconvenient truths out of the media. then the it has been three years since president obama told us exactly what he wanted after leaving office. i used to say, you know what, if i could make an arrangement where i had a stand-in, a frontman or frontwoman and hay had an earpiece in and i was just in my basement in my swepts looking through the stuff sweats, that i could sort o
been falling during friday s trading as investors weigh up what stresses and problems may lie within them. concerns were sparked at the beginning of this week when switzerland s biggest bank ubs was forced to rescue its rival credit suisse. but fears seemed to ease as policymakers and politicians offered their ressaurances that their were no wider problems after the recent failures of two us banks. as you can see here, stock markets across europe are down. other banks to suffer on friday include barclays and natwest here in the uk as well as germany s commerzbank and spain s banco de sabadell. so the german chancellor has again been trying to reassure investors. translation: the banking system is stable in europe and the european union has supervisory structures in various areas, including the euro area, which have enforced strict rules and it has now proved its worth and enables us all to say that european bank supervision and the financial system are robust and stable. patr
journal editorial report, i m paul gigot. as the republican presidential candidates get set to meet next weak for their second primary debate on the fox business network, the the current gop front-runner will once again be missing from the stage. with former president donald trump planning to skip the debate and deliver a speech to union workers in detroit. trump maintains his lead nationally and a smaller lead in early primary states including iowa where a new fox business poll shows florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley battling it out for second with haley nearly doubling her support since july. so what will voters in iowa and awe across the country be looking for when the other gop candidates square off next wednesdaysome let s ask our panel, wall street columnists kim strassel and editorial board members kyle peterson and mane. kim, how has the race changed since the first debate, and what are you going to be looking for next week