in delaware wrote a letting indicating he won t meet that dea deadline. it is to answer questions from jim jordan and other republicans. the reason according to david weiss on why he can t do this, is because technically the hunter biden investigation is still an ongoing investigation. he has yet to formally enter his plea in front of a federal judge. that will happen at the end of the month. that s one of the ropes weiss said he can t answer those questions. in his letter to jordan weiss quoted a prior letter from june saying i have been granted ultimate authority in this matter including responsibility when, whether to file charges. a few weeks later jordan asked to weiss who told him to sign that letter? he doesn t believe weiss called the shots in the probe. he thinks it was the justice department in washington based off the testimony of i.r.s. whistleblower shapley who investigated the hunter biden probe and he insists he personally saw david weiss in a meeting complain
the white house while a hazmat crew came in. president biden and his family were at camp david at the time. bill: meanwhile, at the same time a federal judge issuing a temporary injunction against the administration barring many officials from contacting social media companies like twitter and facebook. they include the surgeon general, hhs secretary and the press secretary karine jean-pierre. dana: former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is here. let s speak to mark meredith at the white house to give us an update. good morning. president biden welcomed thousands of visitors to the white house last night for the annual fourth of july celebrations. a beautiful night in the nation s capital. today there are growing questions about who and what is coming into the people s house after cocaine was found in the west wing. the secret service said it s investigation is still ongoing. investigators discovered the substance sunday. the building was briefly evacua
al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on the d
sandra: as the top of the 2:00 hour on the east coast, a live look at the white house where we are expecting karine jean-pierre will take questions after texas governor greg abbott accuses the president of dereliction of duty. it is a big day for the border. we are watching all of this happening. it s happening live. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here today. gillian: good to be with you, gillian turner in for john roberts. a major battle over a stretch of land the biden administration has allowed migrants to traverse for three years now, texas says enough is enough, they are alleging failure by the administration to enforce the law justfies their right to stop the federal government from removing the concertina wire. the authors of the constitution knew there would be times the federal government would not live up to its duties so empowered article 1 section 10 the right of self-defense. biden administration has truly abdicated its
welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino, good morning. bill: feel good to be friday? no travel this weekend. dana: for some. bill: for work. dana: true. bill: good morning. the biden administration giving the lone star state a friday deadline after the u.s. supreme court ruled that federal border patrol agents could remove razor wire installed by texas. this runs along a stretch of land near the border in eagle pass. the governor tells us on this program yesterday that the battle is far from over. jacque heinrich has the story from the north lawn today. good morning to you. good morning. texas governor greg abbott is citing his constitutional authority to defend against an invasion. he is also saying that the federal government broke its pact with the states to enforce laws on the books. now some democrats are pressuring the biden administration to establish sole federal control of the national guard and push back on this. the white house ha