the reason behind your suspension was it found you to have espoused conspiratorall views orly, in writing and indicated support for the events of january 6th, is that correct, yes or no? that is the language that they placed on the letter. that s a yes then. do you believe it s important for federal agents to have allegiance to the united states, yes or no. it is absolutely important that personnel have allegiance. do you believe you should have allegiance to the united states to possess a security clearance. absolutely. do you believe your obligations as an agent should supersede your please rephrase the question. do you believe your obligation as an agent should supersede your first amount right. do you believe that you have an obligation to serve as a federal agent regardless of what your personal political beliefs are? yes, i have an obligation to serve the united states. do you believe that f.b.i. agents should be permitted to express support for
was placed on unpaid suspension on the first day of a new assignment. congressman jim jordan is expected to take the podium any moment and we ll take you there live. we know there is interest in what is going on there. ainsley: one agent lost his security clearance yesterday. brian: so much going on. think about this, a whistleblower comes out and says, i cannot knowledge the irs is not moving forward with the investigation to hunter biden. now other whistleblowers are saying, i have a problem with the way this group this is law and lack of order and in the backdrop of all of that is the release of the durham report and all the different ways the fbi let america down during the trump years. ainsley: and some were investigating child abuse cases and claim the agency said, those are not your priority anymore, you need to focus on january 6. steve: as soon as they take the stage in the house, we ll take you there live. meanwhile, one case that captivated since may 1 is
when it does, we ll take it live. what happened to these fbi agents caught up in alleged political targeting by fbi leadership. well one agent says he was placed on unpaid suspension on the first day of a brand new assignment. the weaponization subcommittee, says today s testimony is the human evidence of what it calls institutional rot and anti conservative bias at the highest levels of government. politics is driving the agenda in federal agencies. parents attending a school board meeting pro lifers praying at a clinic or catholic, simply attending mass. you could be a target to shut down. differing viewpoints is the end of any analytical or investigative body. it sends a chilling effect across the workforce and does not allow for intellectual freedom, which is vital to any investigative body to members of this committee, current and former fbi employees and indeed all americans to ensure that the weaponization of our own government against the people comes to an end. no ma
maine, new hampshire and massachusetts. we re finally starting to see things subside at this point. a lot of these areas have picked up a foot or more of snow. it s the snow combined with the wind, making travel very difficult. this wind could trigger more trees coming down and an increase of power outages and we already have plenty of those across that region. now we move from the east coast to the west coast where our next system is beginning to take shape. we re starting to see rain and snow showers across areas of washington state, oregon and northern california. that s going to not only spread south into central california, but also inland. a lot of those intermountain west states are also going to pick up considerable amounts of snow, maybe not necessarily today, but certainly over the next 48 hours. that s why you ve got the weather advisories for several states. it s going to be waves of rain and snow coming in for these areas. the highest amounts are really going to
i m amara walker. i m paula reed in for boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. and in one town, a man says god saved his life, after a tornado swept through his property but left him and his home untouched. the back door started shaking. the house started shaking. and i could see nothing but white. we didn t have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us, the house was shaking, and we were all close together, in the middle room of the house, still, but wow, this is the