at least 4,000 f.b.i. out surveys on their involvement, if any, in the january 6th and florida documents cases against president trump. republican senator lindsey graham and congressman byron donalds. >> this idea of keeping everybody in place in the government after trump won the election is insane. i think he should have the ability to put people in management positions that share his vision of how to move forward on the american first agenda. >> you have to start somewhere. if you clean up any institution, you have to figure out where the rot begins and where it ends and that has to be your scope. >> harris: find the rot. miranda devine titled her column. he cleans house at the f.b.i. and d.o.j. david spunt is at the justice department now. david. >> good morning. kash patel, the man president trump wants to be the next f.b.i. director said this at his confirmation hearing last week. >> every f.b.i. employee will be held to the absolute same standard. no one will be terminated. they'll be protected. >>

reporting that a number of f.b.i.icials including some who investigated the federal cases against president trump are at risk of being fired. what do we know? what we know so far is that the trump administration is expected to fire dozens of f.b.i. agents. some reporting by our own stephanie sy. but the president was asked about this today, and he essentially said that he wasn't aware of the potential of these firings. and he said that there are some very bad people over at the f.b.i. and that he thinks that this is a good idea. but it was frankly stunning, amna, because he didn't appear to be aware of these coming firings. amna: laura barron-lopez, thank you very much. lara: thank you. ♪ stephanie: here are the latest headlines. we have more to report on the reported firings at the f.b.i. the acting director of the agency confirmed in a memo this evening that eight senior f.b.i. executives have been ordered to resign or face termination. acting deputy attorney emile bove ordered the acting director brian driscoll to

all f.b.i.employees will be protected against political ramification. >> i reached out to him through spokesperson and haven't heard back. he has not yet been confirm. that is expected to happen in the next few weeks. back to you. >> dana: thank you. new details on the investigation into the deadly plane crash in philadelphia from the weekend. what crews have recovered from the crash site. >> bret: cbs agreeing to give the fcc the transcript of its kamala harris interview. remember that? amid accusations the network deceptively edited the sit-down. fcc chair brendan carr on what comes next. ♪ with fastsigns, create factory grade visual solutions to perfect your process. ♪ fastsigns. make your statement™. i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. ah mornings! coug

under biden, the f.b.i. abused its power for political reasons to try to surveil catholics who attend traditional latin mass, naming them as quote, unquote, radical traditionalist catholics. personally, just 24 hours after i criticized kamala harris and her nomination, i was placed on a secret domestic terror watch list called quiet skies. sadly, there are more examples. the bottom line is this, this must end. president trump's re-election is a clear mandate from the american people to break this cycle of failure and the rep.pization and politicization of the intelligence community and begin to restore trust of those who have been charged with the critical task of securing our nation. if confirmed as d.n.i., i will do my very best to fulfill this mandate and bring leadership to the intelligence community with the laserlike focus on our essential mission, ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the american people. as the president's principal intelligence adviser, i'll begin by leading by example, chec