administration under fire fo ignoring questions. the secretary of state walking away from reporters after a briefing on the withdrawal. the hurricane is now a tropical depression of leaving behind a trail of this direction along the gulf coast. more lying down in the new orleans could leave people without power for a few weeks. we are taking a hard look at he report that they offered after securing the airport. we are monitoring tonight layin out the path forward. good evening and we are goin to learn a lot more tomorrow about survival thinking. again most americans do not disagree with leaving afghanistan. it s the way it was executed. especially when leaving behind millions of dollars of equipment. it says nothing of an unknown number of people still desperat to make their way home. speaking of this i like to offe this a brief reminder he told george when he was asked if us forces would remain as long as it took to get americans out of afghanistan? are you committed t
on whether we will be required to wear masks in public again. to give first this afternoon republican senator rand paul asking the justice department for criminal referral on welcom to the program, this is americ reports . great to be back with you fo the day. so this new development comes after the two sparred on capito hill yesterday. senator paul slamming dr. is fauci previous the possibly par possibly came from. the senator a leader telling fo news, warrants doctors didn t agree with him about covid, but are afraid to cross impaired. this is that as gained a lot of traction in recent months, and as we await the results, th 90 day intelligence committee review which are expected next month. we begin with jenkins live with more. good afternoon. the hearing was supposed to focus on that s viking delta variants, but it turned into a brawl over covid origins. watch. this paper, that you are referring to, was judged by a qualified staff up and down the chain is not
locked in a contest still too close to call with his republican challenger jack ciattarelli. what to make of all of this and where is it taking us click senator martha blackburn will talk join us to talk about the implications for the midterms. alexandria hoff is live in chantilly, virginia. live from jersey city with the very latest on the garden state governors race. what a night and on into the da now. good afternoon. the nailbiter here, most of the people we talk to, voters in ne jersey said they did not expect the governors race to be so close here in the state of new jersey. early results show democratic governor slightly ahead by several thousand votes, those ballots still rolling into let get to it. phil murphy running for his second term here in new jersey. has long been considered the favorite in this race. the challenger of former and local in new jersey has been running at the moderate republicans. right now an estimated 89 percent of those votes have been
interference in georgia as potential indictments loom. this as cnn has exclusive new reporting on the special counsel probe of trump. actors hit the picket lines, striking against the film and tv industry. some of the biggest stars in the business are part of the walkout that s effectively shutting down hollywood. after alluding police for over a decade, a suspect is charged with murder in the serial killings of women on long island. officials revealing dramatic details a short while ago about how he was caught, including burner phones and called to taunt relatives. i m jim acosta and you are in the situation room. this hour, we are following new developments in two investigations of donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2024 presidential election, that includes exclusive new cnn reporting of the probe by special counsel jack smith. let s begin with cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reed. break down this and what it says about the investig
good evening, i am bret baier . following two big stories tonight, president trump takes the stand during his social defamation trial. we begin with the biden administration, giving texas a deadline of friday to allow federal agents back onto federa and feel the southern border to cut razor wire of there. texas official seeds the area nearly three weeks ago removing federal officers and putting in new measures to stem the flow o illegal immigration. matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight. good evening, matt. texas officials don t have plans to comply with president biden s deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration s deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn t even p