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Walking around invertebrate, without a backbone. they have no spine. its a miracle they can walk on two legs. >> i want to talk about texas, whats happening in texas. lets talk about the new secretary of state there. governor greg abbott appointing john scott, a lawyer who briefly represented former president trump in his effort to challenge pennsylvanias election results. what do you think of that appointment, scott? >> i talked to some people i know in texas. i dont know mr. scott, but im told...

Push to get the doj to appoint special counsel to look into the sale for the pieces of art for as much as $500,000 and into hunter bidens placement of a board of a ukrainian energy company for $50,000 a month. >> i am asking you now will you appoint a special counsel to investigate hunter biden? >> for the same reason i am not able to respond to questions about investigations of the former president or anyone else, i am not able to discuss any investigations pending or otherwise with respect to ...

Emanuel thinks that -- sees japan as the threat that it is, particularly to combating chinas aggression in the region. and so we also spoke with other republicans. i try to interview with a ton of republicans on the committee yesterday, and none of them would go so far as to criticize him. were seeing the pressure from the left. it is interesting to see that he is getting support from those on the right. >> certainly his handling of the shooting, as you said, is the flash point for a lot of this...

All of this done. to your point we learned that after a flurry of meetings at the white house yesterday with moderates and progressives, he told them that his latest proposal would strip tuition free community college. that was one of the key pillars of the biden agenda. not just a progressive priority. that is a significant concession and it will be a scaling back. that is something that could be a flash point, and then that issue of climate, andrea. that was supposed to be a key pil lar. clima...

Continued to. by keeping the issue alive, they keep a source of power for themselves alive. >> will: and they keep the decline of american cities in a perpetual state of tragedy, murder, crime, homelessness, all on the rise while they battle this don key humane societiy wind mill of accumulating more power for themselves. brit, i think its the first time we have talked. i hopenot the last. >> i hope so too, will. nice to see you. >> will: battle for critical race theory in our schools has become...

Support he signed a defense security pack with georgia which russia invaded in 2008. moscow blames nato for the growing tension. >> we basically dont have proper conditions for basic diplomatic activities. >> nato expelled 8 russian diplomats earlier this month for spying. >> russia moved thousands of troops to border this spring former u.s. ambassador to russia says nato the biggest flash point. >> russians like putin unpredictable. they dont care one whit about stability if it gets in the way ...

As weve covered extensively on this show, school board meetings are quickly becoming the latest flash point in the right wing culture war, with sustained outrage directed at local leaders on everything from masks and schools to critical race theory and lgbtq rights, the outrage is an organic grass roots protest from concerned parents, take a listen to one self-identified concerned parent who has made multiple parents on fox news. >> i am a concerned parent. i am not a plant. i am not an activist...

Hypersonic missile that no nation has the capability to shoot down. china appears to be licking its chops over taiwan sitting right off the mainland. perhaps the most dangerous flash point in the world right now. cnns oren liebermann starts off our coverage with a closer look at how dangerous this reported missile could be. >> reporter: the soaring tensions between the u.s. and china may have entered a new stratosphere. for years the u.s. has been working on hypersonic technology. weapons that c...

I know youll stay on top of this story for us. also this morning, jury selection has begun in the trial of three men involved in the death of ahmaud arbery. arberys death like george floyds has been a flash point in the countrys latest reckoning on race. the 25-year-old was shot as he jogged through a neighborhood in brunswick, georgia in february of last year. authorities say father and son, gregg and travis mcmichael chased him in their truck and opened fire. according to police, the third sus...

Measures? one of the things weve heard is from the speaker of commons. he doesnt want any knee jerk election. they tonight want you to be there for the public and interact. there are things that need to be discussed. all of the members of parliament will see calls to see if they sneed the security. in the end whats being discussed right now is this needs to be decided on a kase by kase basis. >> that will be a delicate balancing act. fred pleitgen bringing us the update. many thanks. >> the taiw...