John any moment now the white house has had to hold a briefing as the Supreme Court comes under fire yet again. Hello i am john roberts in washington, sander we are almost to the weekend. Sandra all right friday it is an sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. The New York Times published a photo taken in 2021 about upside down American Flag hanging outside the home of Justice Alito. A symbol with Donald Trumps false claims of election fraud. John Justice Alito denies having any involvement with the flying of the flag he told the New York Times his wife on the flag in response to signs in a neighbors yard and the maid already taking aim at the ability. We see Dysfunction Congress and now in the Supreme Court. Its unsettling its gross. Justice alito has become increasingly unembarrassed about displaying himself as a partisan come as consumer of partisan natives and media and in ruling in ways that is just kind of out loud all caps disdainful. It shows how politicized the c
Good, that i can tell you. We were able to get them testi testing, and including filling up their stockpiles, which really they should have had do done. Weve made a lot of governors feel very good and thats frankly good because its good for our country. Sandra chief correspondent john roberts joining us now from the north line on this Tuesday Morning. For weeks now the president and white house officials have been saying that the federal government will lay out guidelines for the states to follow in terms of reopening, and yesterday in a situation room teleconference with the nations governors the president again reiterating that idea saying the reopenings will be left to the governors to implement as they see fit. But the governments stance ready to assist if necessary. Each state has given us a plan for what they believe they need for protecting purposes. Weve been able to sit down, and to ensure that we have enough testing for the federal government to come in with the huge audible
Proceed as planned. John roberts is running all that down. Good one to you. As certain as the sun going down last night and then the sun coming up again this morning, President Trump hitting it back at twitter last night and again this morning as it put a factcheck on a couple of his tweets regarding the potential for fraud with mailin ballots. The president we did twitter is now interfering with the 2020 election. They are saying my statement with mailin ballots which will lead to massive corruption and fraud is incorrect based on factchecking. Twitter is completely stifling free speech and i as president will not allow that to happen. Twitter firing back saying these tweets can take potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mailin ballots and this decision is in line with the approach that we shared earlier this month. The president this morning going after both social media platforms and doubling down in this
Bring money and jobs backs to american families. He wrapped up the speech moments ago saying america is back and better than ever. The world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous america. Im here to deliver a simple message. It has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest, and to grow in the United States. America is open for business and we are competitive once again. As president of the United States, i will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. Bill that from europe last hour. Meanwhile here at home the white house now fighting back against the New York Times report that claims President Trump ordered the firing of special counsel bob mueller and fox news doing its own digging on the story and learning more about that. Sandra we start with john roberts who has been traveling with the president
Campaign and fusion gps and the Obama Justice department. We need to know who else at the fbi knew what he was doing, we need to know when he started dealing with people like Glenn Simpson at fusion gps, what his interactions were with Christopher Steele and the financial interest that he had. Eric chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is on capitol hill right now, right outside the door for that hearing is going to be held momentarily. Good morning, what can we expec expect . Thats right, good morning, and the last few minutes weve had a Rolling Thunder situation, numbers of republican lawmakers arrive here on capitol hill and was in the last 10 minutes, the Justice Department official bruce ohr has also arrived. He appeared to be with two other officials from the Justice Department and from a distance, fox news showed a series of questions and ohr did not respond. Lets listen. Mr. Ohr, did you authorize your contact with the fbi . Were you acting alone or with authority