Second Hand Information News Today

and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ken, what do we know? >> reporter: chris, this happened at 9 a 15 a.m., two law enforcement officials told nbc news that a man entered an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio, and fired a nail gun at law enforcement personnel. the man then held up an ar-15 style rifle before fleeing in a vehicle, were today, and then a pursuit occurred on highway 71. the suspect then got out of the car. and there is a standoff. the fbi, cincinnati field offi...

were learning that person is matthew pottinger. and he is set to testify, apparently this coming thursday. he served on then-president trumps national security council. but he decided to resign in the middle of the riot. >> one of my staff brought me a printout of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didnt have the courage to do what should have been done. i -- i read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to r...

Un aid workers warn they will have to end their operations tonight, if they dont get more fuel. And the situation on israels northern border with lebanon remains tense. Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome bbc news, live from jerusalem as we report on the top headlines israel gaza crisis. This is a 19 pin group. Today, the emphasis from United Nations agencies and from countries around the world for a humanitarian pause in the Fighting Israel Hamas seven desperately needed aid can be let into gaza. Is...

Wrong, and they can be � s ambassador this is the accusation that hes been facing. To the United Nations told the un there was a bit of Security Council on tuesday antony a detour into sports. Basically, they spent a lot of time blinken attempted blame iran for the talking about the buffalo bills. So for people who might not know, israel gaza war. That accusation they are a big nfl team, and mr cohen was giving examples continues to be made, including by of how donald trump tried israel, where...

Department that essentially says the president is above the director, therefore the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director, therefore it doesnt meet the definition of urgent concern, therefore the Inspector General is done. The Inspector General cant investigate anymore. Thats the Inspector Generals reading of the Department Opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. Is that your reading as well . Chairman, not necessarily the president , but the allegation ...

Going to have these tomorrow, i wonder whose timeline shes on? i wonder if there are theings that are going to happen? >> this wouldnt be the first time in the investigation that the committee has had a witness that was not willing to provide the text mess sanls. the staff have done digital forensics in some cases to get information the witnesses were not providing. i suspect theyll rely on similar techniques and others to make sure they get to the bottom of this. >> theres a political importanc...

>> well, no question. look, okay. just to be crystal clear, second hand information is used all the time at trials. theres a lot of exceptions to the hearsay rule. i dont believe that thats a genuine argument thats being made with a straight face. i think that its just something thats being used to distract like many of the other points that are being made by republicans. after all, theres plenty of eyewitnesses who are being kept from the inquiry by the trump white house. >> the white house! >>...

Reporter who has been along for a lot of these rides. margaret carlson joins us. margaret, i want to play sound from the republicans in the wednesday hearing which is so relevant tonight. i think we dont have the -- i think we can get it -- republican hearing -- im talking to my controller, margaret. its d-5. no one else needs to know what that means. but its a quote from the wednesday hearing, margaret buzz because a lot of republicans have said if its hearsay, what good is it? do we have that?...

Statement, about these allegations related to vice president biden? >> i am. >> and to your nonknowledge, is there factual basis to support those allegations? >> none whatsoever. >> reporter: gop lawmakers cast the witnesses as unreliable narraters with secondhand information. >> you didnt listen in on president trumps call and president zelenskys call? >> i did not. >> never talked to chief of staff mulvaney? >> i never did. >> never met the president? >> correct. >> had three meetings with zel...

And burisma. >> you know hunter biden, at some point you started your deposition and expressed concerns, is that correct? >> kent testified he was concerned of a conflict of interest but he never saw any evidence of wrong doing. kent rejected the gop theory that joe biden had an agent ousted to protect him and his son. gop lawmakers passed the witnesses as unreliable narrater with secondhand information. >> never did. >> you never met the president.