Statement. Thank you, secretary shenker and assistant administrator harvey for testifying today. Nearly three years into the Trump Administration, the United States faces a multitude of challenges in the middle east. While the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destaiblize countries. Despite President Trumps bella koes rhetoric, tehran has bnl able to launch attacks. Undermining u. S. Deterrence and credibility. The Iranian Nuclear program is more advanced today. And the International Community is more guided in con froonting it. Iran continues to unjustly imprison americans and violate the human rights of its own people. Iran also continues to support bashar alla sawed and inside syria and in neighboring countries. This conflict in the humanitarian crisis will reshape the middle east for decades to come but our policy in syria remains ambiguous at best. President trump has now twice announced the rapid and complete withdrawal from troops from syria wit
state department is rejecting steve bannon s sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. here s the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. what s more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court filing also reveals that former president trump s attorney justin clark was interviewed by fbi investigators two weeks ago. let s go to washington, whitney wild is there for the latest on what we can expect in the committee hearing tomorrow. the oath keepers front and center. absolutely. this will be a very robust hearing and this hearing will focus on how the violent mob came together and the role of extremist groups in that deadly insurrection. to connect trump allies to militia groups, s
who went to get an abortion in indiana because of no exceptions for rape in ohio. tonight, a suspect now charged in the case. the january 6th committee and their new focus before their last hearing now. a detailed account of what president trump did and did not do for 187 minutes inside the white house, as the january 6th attack was unfolding. and what about the witness who congresswoman liz cheney says the former president tried to reach? rachel scott live on the hill. president biden on his first trip to the middle east tonight. the president visiting israel, then the west bank. and next, his controversial trip to saudi arabia. who he will meet with, and mary bruce is traveling with the president. the shark attack on long island. the second attack in ten days. what we ve learned. and we reported here on that luggage at heathrow airport. what delta has done to bring a jet full of that luggage back to the u.s. and where they brought it. and america strong tonight. m
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia
Unpredictable. Cindy hydesmith apologizes in part for joking about public hangings but will it be enough to stop the damage to her campaign . I dont know whats in your heart but we all know what came out of your mouth. My comments were taken and twisted and used as a political weapon against me. We begin this morning with two big headlines out of washington. They are significant as we focus on them. One concerning the president calling for a special counsel and the other concerning President Trump cooperating with one. The New York Times out with that eye popping headline. Wanted to department to prosecute comey and clinton. Something don mcgahn told the president he had no authority to do. Mr. Mcgahn had white house lawyers write a memo for mr. Trump warning if he asked Law Enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of problems including impeachment. If i win, im going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. Its just a