get this, 240 of those were minors. some as young as 12 years old. researchers highlighted improvements two took their own life and eleven considered suicide. this was a tax payer funded study. it was widely embraced this improved their mental health. republicans in the house and senate express grave concerns and demand answers writing this in a letter to the nih. rather than shutting the research down. researchers published saying the study was a success. the law makers are also questioning the so called success. the experiment had no control group. why wouldn t it have that? that s par for the course for an experiment. law makers say four of researchers involved were out outspoken advocates. north carolina senator is accusing nih for acting on political motivations. the attacks payer expense. 240 of them were minors at young as 12 years old. we think this is absolutely tragic. first of all taxpayer expense. second at the expense of minors. researchers are justifying ane
republicans expelled to blac to democrats for protesting gu deaths as the texas governor promises to pardon the man o killing a black live protester. plus, a member of the centra part exonerated on crimina defendant donald trump and a closer look at the gop - providing three of trips t supreme court justice clarence thomas and his nazi artifact collection if you ve been watching this show since we launched over tw years ago, you know the core enterprise of this program has been to sound the alarm on the threats to american democracy. and to underscore had the gran old republican party constitutes the greatest threa of all this week, we ve got fou stories illustrate exactly that, indeed, we are sadly spoiled for choice let s start in tennessee where it man accused of molestin multiple young girls was ouste from the state legislature wait, no he wasn t back in 2019, after thos allegations came to light, the republican s the point to lead the education subcommittee this week, th
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p
writing, alvin bragg is trying to turn this into a federal felony, the stormy daniels case is to convince that it is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman, here to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump. he could surrender by tuesday. investigating trump for hush money payments made. one was to stormy daniels and one to former model karen mcdougle. we contacted mr. trump to coordinate arraignment on supreme court indictment, which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when selected. the former president says this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan da alvin bragg is a disgrace, doing joe biden s dirty work and america realizes what democrats are doing here. people in florida are rallying around the former president protesting in front of his home at mar-a-lago as ron desantis says he will not assist alvin
money case. you are uch waing fox and friends first on friday morning. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. at the center of national debate with critics accusing alvin bragg of doing democrats bidding. todd: new york post writing alvin bragg is trying to turn a misdemeanor into a felony. this shows that the legal system is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president trump donald trump. alvin bragg has been investigating trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election, including a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels and another $150,000 payment made to former model karen mcdougle. alvin bragg s office says we contacted trump s attorney for a supreme court indictment which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when arraignment date is selected. the former president saying this is political