jackie. good evening, bret, the administration is still gauging the scope of today s cyberattack on multiple federal agencies and pressure is on to stay tough on china after its foreign minister told secretary blinken to show respect in a call yesterday. but the president keeps getting questions on things he doesn t want to answer. on the cyberattack. president biden not responding to bribery allegations detailed on an fbi 1023 form allege ago burisma executive paid then vice president joe biden and his son hunter to gain u.s. oil rights $5 million each. that money going to hunter and indirectly to the big guy via shell companies. why telling [inaudible] why do you ask such a dumb question? the document did not say joe biden received any payment. but the president also did not want to comment on federal agencies hit in a global cyberattack. initial reports from the administration suggesting china may not be behind it? we are trashing it as a criminal group. many
and giano caldwell, but first this. john: to kick off america reports, life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. john: president biden s border crisis making it worse. officials are trying to stop the flow of fentanyl from creeping into the u.s., but despite efforts, parents are feeling the consequences of drugs in their family. fentanyl has changed the game. no longer can we say just be careful or it s not going to happen to my family. it took half of what he thought was a percocet. you have to talk about these pills and other forms that unfortunately they are now taking other than just pills. no mother want
insurrection findings. the outline out showing never before seen video showing they are expected to go into greater detail to explain how the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen led to the january 6th riot on capitol hill here s the rundown. the committee will reconvene about 24 hours from now at 10 am eastern, to talk about the origins of the big lie. then on wednesday, they will describe the turmoil within the justice department, for the weeks following the 2020 election. and on thursday, the panel spotlight donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence to reject certain states electoral votes. among the witnesses who are expected to testimony testify at these hearings, the former acting attorney general who was put in charge of the justice department after bill barr left his post in the late december 2020. also expected to testify is greg jacobs, former vice president that pence s top lawyer, who advised him that he did not have the authority to reject the electora
72 hours House Speaker mike johnson, hoping enough cover, keep his job and Vice President Kamala Harris taking a fight for reproductive rights two democrats in arizona 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at our Nations Capital on this friday morning its friday. We made it. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Donald trump is going on trial. His Delay Tactics and legal maneuvers seemingly exhausted Jury Selection Set to begin monday in new york in the former president s Hush Money Trial, that process expected to take a week or possibly longer. Judge juan merchan says he expects the trial to last six to eight weeks. Sources tell cnn Law Enforcement is deploying a multilayered Security Plan on social media. And in the streets of new york city. As trump is required to attend every day. And while that could limit his ability to hold rallies, he has shown plenty of willingness to turn Courtroom Appearances into Campaign Events. In the runup to the t
ridiculing the effort by the special counsel to have a gag order in play put in place on the former president. they re calling it an unconstitutional overreach by the special counsel. and their say this is actually a ploy to help joe biden in the election. i ll read you some of what this filing said tonight. it says like manhattan district attorney alvin bragg jack smith is seeking to restrict president trump s camp campaign speed as the first presidential debate approaches at the end of the month, that s of course the debate that s going to be here on cnn then later this month, they go on to say the following. they say that the motion is a naked effort to impose totalitarian censorship of core political speech under threat of incarceration in a clear attempt to silent president s silence, president trump s arguments to the american people about the outrageous nature of this investment and prosecution. and look, what the former president s lawyers are really homing in on. and