it's chris wray, and he does nothing. i don't know what he has to do to lose the job. like, does he have to slap chris rock like, what does it actually take for chris wray to lose a job behind his stuff because he is not -- he has not been a good fbi director based on any objective metric. >> that is the most effective reference to emancipation that i have heard on juneteenth thank you very much, ellie mistal and paul butler thank you for starting off "the reidout" tonight >>> three of trump's former national security appointees tell him how they really feel about his classified documents hoarding and his bumbling attempts to explain it all away. "the reidout" continues after this break trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze driftin' on... ♪ [coughing] ♪ ...by, you know how i feel. ♪ if you're tired of staring down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, ♪ ♪ it's a new day... ♪ ...stop settling. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good. ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with thre

in fact, chris wray is now happi obstructing a congressional investigation. so you see what's happening w here. this is your two tiered systemor of justice.se now worse than ever. now, despite a mountain of evidence of public corruption,pi protfbi, the doj, they have been protecting and continue to protect the biden family, just like hillary clinton was protected in 2016. and before that, the clinton foundation was protected at a the very same time. after an unprecedented swatr pr style raid at the home ofmo former president trump, the doj is apparently moving atwhy? lightning speed to prosecute donald trump . whdocumenty? >> over some documents storedo t in a secure room thahst the fbi had access to months earlier at hor-a-lago from trump's time in the white house. fow today, former s attorney metp' with the special counsel, jack smith, and other doj officials and what many nowdicte believe is a precursornt to an r indictment, maybe as early as this week. according to reports has, a fedl grand jury has been hearing evidence in this case. they are expected to

third, fire chris wray of the fbi. and then we will turn our attention to our southern borders and build a wall and close our southern border. [applause] we are going to stop 70,000 americans from losing their lives to fentanyl because of the precursors that come from china. manufactured in mexico and mexican cartels bring it across our border, not on my watch. they will cease to exist. and then we will turn our attention to china. china is an existential threat to our nation and we should deal with them as such. they are spying on our kids. buying our farmland and breaching our sovereign borders while setting up a base in cuba. it is time to have a president of the united states who has a backbone who will stand toe to toe with china and say never again, not in cuba, not south america, and not in the united states of america. god bless you. [applause]

chris wray was also chris christie's lawyer drink bridge gate, and he said he would keep him in thath is also again, not what the base perhaps wants to hear. >> right, that was the one time he took direct disagreement with governor desantis, because questions asked in the contest, desantis said he would fire him on day one. he said he would not. he said he would keep him there. >> he didn't take a shot at desantis, steady? >> he did not, he just said we disagree, agree to disagree, and moved on. he said he would keep him there unless he found out something when he was president that he had done something wrong, but he thought it was a good guy. i need to know, you'll notice he went on, he was smart enough, i guess, for the republican base to say he is cleaned out all the leadership that was there of james comey, who is anathema to the problem base, is gone. but again, sounds like a little thing in today's republican party, i suspect somebody wax and win it. >> yeah. our live coverage -- continues in just a moment, with much more live coverage, with -- away from the second arrest of d

vance is vowing to do and targeting chris wray and defunding jack smith, less likely but this is a majorublicans right now. >> absolutely. and this is how they are going to defend donald trump. they have this road map of how to punish jack smith and the department of justice and the fbi. now it is interesting to just take a step back, lack of support increased for the fbi and the department of justice during trump administration and now this is a common theme that republican base voters tend to support that the fbi is collapsed and so this is -- could politically for the base but also it is interesting where mccarthy has stood. he's saying that yes we will take back money for the new fbi headquarters but not calling for the defunding because that could be treacherous. >> and john thune told me he would not support efforts to defund. but mccarthy has a narrow majority and that outspoken flank on his right pushing to move to his right, including defending trump and mccarthy has come out in trump's defense, including not raising any concerns about the fact that a number of documents, classi

you take the money paying for chris wray's private funded private jet.adies. you take the money for their new buildings, and that is the only thing that will get these government gangsters to bend the knee to the constitutional oversight of congress. remember, these documents, yes, are for the members of congress. but for the american people first and foremost. and if they continue to slow roll them by sending them letters and asking them politely and playing redaction games it's not going to get us anywhere. we need to destroy this two tiered system of justice. >> brian: have you told james comer this. >> i have said it publicly probably a thousand times and i will continue to say it until we get resolve. >> brian: they are not going to fund that new building with the fbi. that's one thing. but the private jet and all the other things will be fascinating to see how they react. kash patel, thanks so much. >> thank you very much. have a good morning. >> brian: meanwhile, let's go over to carley shimkus for the other news. >> carley: brian a horrific story

you know the director, chris wray. are they wrong when they talk about the d.o.j.ing weaponized? >> i think the d.o.j. under eric holder became weaponized. and the fact of the matter is, if you look at what he did, as his time as attorney general, both against republicans and in refusing along with loretta lynch later on -- >> what about now, governor? >> -- to prosecute hillary clinton. now, what we're looking at is people seeing things as being inequitable. if you don't prosecute hillary clinton and you choose to prosecute donald trump, that raises questions in republicans' minds. and it should. but it does not change the conduct. we cowould not be here if donal trump had returned the documents the dozens of times the government asked him to return them. the times that the grand jury served a subpoena for them. he waited, waited and waited, defied the government. and then, wound up having his house raided. and when they did, they found over 100 more classified documents, after he had told everybody months earlier, he had returned everything. that conduct is indef

comer announced on monday that his panel will begin proceeding this is week to hold fbi director chris wraycontempt of congress this move follows a briefing with the bureau after which comer claimed they refused to hand over an unclassified record to the committee >> the document in question purportedly describes an allegation that joe biden accepted a bribe during his time as vice president. both the fbi and the committee's top democrat jamie raskin criticized comer's action, noting that the bureau allowed the chairman to read the document during monday's briefing >>> there's breaking news out of ukraine where the military is accusing russia of blowing up a dam at a hydroelectrical power plant in the kherson region. these are satellite images collected by maxar, appearing to show the destruction let's bring in ali arouzi. what do we know about what happened there >> reporter: good morning, phillip. we know this explosion took place in the early morning hours at around 2:00 a.m. local time and it took place at this vast soviet-era dam it's a little over 3 yards tall, 2 miles long and it hol

james comer announced on monday that his panel had begin proceedings this week to hold fbi director chris wray in contempt of congress this follows a briefing with the bureau after which comer claimed they refused to hand over an unclassified record to the committee. the document in question purportedly outlines a bribe that biden send during his time as vice president. >>> the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents could be reaching a pivotal moment a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news that lawyers for mr. trump met with special counsel jack smith and other senior justice officials on monday. this could be a sign that the probe into the classified materials found at the former president's florida home may be wrapping up. the grand jury is expected to meet again this week mr. trump responded on social media saying, quote, how can the doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged. >>> we are learning more about sunday's tragic cessna plane crash that killed all four people on board. fighter pilot whose rush

this was redacted from the document, the 1023 that was chris wray provided to the house and senate.ormation, there were recordings of the president of the united states talking to a foreign national about bribes was redacted from the 1023, that is extraordinary in and of itself. the contents if true, this is a cataclysmic event. you don't have these types of recordings available and it will prove what joe biden knew and what his scheme was to abuse his power as vice president. >> carley: what can we expect to happen today when former president trump shows up to federal court? >> it is going to be another circus, mostly created by the media. it is a simple process, ap appearance and arraignment, defendant comes into court and is processed and there is option to have the documents read to him, make sure he understands his rights, they set a trial date and schedule and usually a simple process. i've done them as defense attorney and they are never too extraordinary and plea of not guilty will be entered and the process starts, usually first process step. >> todd: the judge handling tod

. >> the american people understandably have doubt and only chris wray and the attorney general can addressbts and dog the bounty hunter couldn't find him right now. >> brooke: demanding further action from the doj in light of the new findings. >> carley: continuing to attack maga republicans after karine jean-pierre found to have violated hatch act by using the term before the midterm. andrew baits saying president biden's plan to grow the american economy is delivering and republicans main agenda is different. brandy cruz, host of undivided podcast joins me now. good morning to you. the white house is using the maga phrase, even though they were told it violates the hatch act. what do you say about this? >> i do agree with the white house, is the maga, is that violation of the hatch act? both parties are painting their opponent as extremists. i'm deeply annoyed by continued use of maga phrase. maga, ultra-maga, maga-maga? is that it? if you look at it, like it was coordinated, like the democratic party sent out a message to use maga before everything republican. even republicans who dista

there's an fbi that had to not only be a threat of obviously a subpoena but for chris wray to be held in content of congress for him to produce that which is really a very unprecedented step there that he wouldn't produce until that step happened. now, if this allegation is coming from a credible source that fox news reported, this isn't scam thing. there's allegation that joe biden allegedly was part of a 5 million-dollar bribery scheme with barisma that hunter biden sat in the board of and certainly the american people will want to know, if the president was part of bribery scheme and th that will blow status. griff: have a great weekend. jacqui. jacqui: van der sloot pleads not guilty to extortion and defrauding hallway's family, van der sloot set foot in american soil. charlecharles watson is followie story. charles: financial scheme he committed against the family of natalee holloway. her mother beth saw van der sloot. he offered to provide information about whereabouts years after disappearance in aruba in exchange for $250,000 in total from her mother. prosecutors say van der s

he need to hear from chris wray, if we don't after this indictment happens, i will have serious questions as to why, particularly when you point out polling, it shows cbs, republicans 61% say the indictment won't change their view, 14% says it makes their view better. you asked half the country who views one way through political purview and we need to hear from the attorney general of the united states. what i'm picking up from what you are putting down, lisa, if you take infusion of support for trump and add to that, third of the base, what does that mean? how does that translate to politics? >> lisa: the biggest frustration for conservative is unequal application of the law, we have all seen and witnessed under the biden administration. probably helps in the primary, i feel it hurts him in the general election and that is the concern. if you look at the abc poll, 38% of americans have a favorable opinion of donald trump. 31% have a favorable position on joe biden, so equal in that. we are living in time of bias in the media, time when fbi is interjecting itself and fighting an unfair f

so -- >> john: so -- >> the american people understandably have doubts and only chris wray and the attorneyeral can address those doubts and you can't find either one of them with a search party. they just won't answer. >> john: those doubts were really heightened when senator grassley said look, i looked at the redacted 1023 documents and found out part of what was redacted was the information that there were 17 recordings of phone calls between joe and hunter biden and some executive from burisma. senator blackburn of the great state of tennessee asked paul about that yesterday. >> you chose to redact the fact that there are 17 voice recordings, two of those with the now president. you chose to redact that and not to give that to house oversight. >> i have no idea if there are voice recordings or not. >> john: how is it the deputy director of the fbi wouldn't know if there were recordings or not? i would think that he would have read that form. >> i think he does know. i don't think he's being allowed to say. and these are fair questions and the american people are entitled to the answers

host: we are talking about house oversight committee about holding chris wray and content.the republican line right now is karen. good morning. caller: i cannot believe he would compare the oversight of biotin vs family and what they have been accused of doing, comparing that to trump. it is completely two different things. we all know that was fake news with the russian spy. we know that the democrats and the deep swamp --they are going to try to put him in jail for the classified documents, which biden has them in his home and they are not going after him for that. but he accepted millions of dollars. how can you compare that to what they have accused trump of? this is the most corrupt family. nothing is going to happen to him but i want to point out that steve bannon, a trump supporter, a mega supporter --he was actually charged and spent time in jail. the department and the fbi is 824 justice system. they want trump out and they want to keep biotin in. guest: this is more to do with a continuation of oversight. republicans are saying, you did your thing and now we are g

congress is requesting, the agencies of responsibility to delivery it so if we are going to hold chris wray in contempt i fully support that. maria: a does that do anything does this have byte eric holder in contempt of congress nothing happened to him. >> at the end of the day it is about dollars here, maria so i think in appropriations process, we have to be very serious with fbi, and other agencies that are with withholding information. >> byron donalds joining us stay with us. we'll be right back. . because progress... is a matter of character. ♪ shelves. shelves smart enough to see, sense, react, restock. so caramel swirl is always there for the taking. ♪ ♪ ♪ [typing] ♪ you were made to act spontaneously. we were made to help plan accordingly. ♪ bath remodelling was revolutionized in this garage in 1984, when three brothers created the iconic bath fitter tub-over-tub process. a breakthrough then, the industry standard now, for beautiful baths without the mess, stress or high cost. a better way from bath fitter means precise measurement, the highest quality acrylic, perfect preparation

one of your colleagues has backed down from the threat to hold chris wray in contempt but it is all partthe disgraced expresident and to paneleder to the far right of the republican party. we'll get to that after the break. >>> also, ukraine has launched its much anticipated counteroffensive, aiming to take back territory occupied by russian invaders. our military experts will join us later in the hour. hour ♪ ♪ ♪ [typing] ♪ you were made to act spontaneously. we were made to help plan accordingly. ♪ postmenopausal women with hr+ her2- metastatic breast cancer are living longer with kisqali. so, long live family time. long live dreams. and long live you. kisqali is a pill proven to help women live longer when taken with an aromatase inhibitor. and kisqali helps preserve quality of life. so you're not just living, you're living well. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. avoid grapefruit during treatment. tell your doctor ri

there is a growing number of republican senators that want to see chris wray step down. >> the f.b.i. is ripe with abuse. >> christopher wray for his participation and work through this, i think he should step down. >> christopher wray should resign. he has been a disgrace. >> when you try to hide something as much as wray has there must be something to it. i'm a believer in transparency. >> julie: i miss transparency, don't you? >> i do, too, julie. when you talk about transparency. is not a former president and now current president who sets up shell companies. no one has shell companies unless you try to launder money. you might have an actual company that sells different goods or services but the shell companies that joe biden and hunter had were to launder money. christopher wray could direct the f.b.i. to do forensic audits. we'll do one and investigate joe biden and whether there is any meat on that bone. it hasn't been done. christopher wray has to go. the question becomes for republicans is this just the enforcement wing, the police wing of the democratic party? they have no

director chris wray could be a big step closer to contempt of congress. >> this is just one more example of them not being forthcoming to the public because the public's business ought to be public. and there is no reason for an unclassified document to be held in secret. >> harris: that document as we know alleges a bribery scheme involving the then vice president joe biden. republicans say congress and the american people deserve to see every single word of that document. ben domenech in "focus" next. veteran homeowners, with things costing more you've probably been putting a lot of purchases on your credit cards. those balances can sneak up fast. even worse, the interest rate on credit card debt has gone up to 22% and for late payments as high as 30%. that's over three times the rate on a newday 100 va home loan pay off those high rate cards and other debt with a lower rate home loan from newday. you can save $500 every month. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema

so tell me about this deal with chris wray at the fbi. is he going to be held in contempt? >> he will be held in contempt if he doesn't do what he is responsible to do. remember in the commitment to america, republicans said we would go and make sure we had accountability and transparency. we had a whistleblower come before us and say that he had gone to the fbi about hearing of a $5 million bribe from a foreign individual to then vice president biden. and then talked about sending money to lllcs and others. we subpoenaed that because, remember, congress has the constitutional right of the oversight of the fbi. this document is not even classified. when is the first thing that director wray said? he didn't even acknowledge whether he had it. he said he wouldn't provide it. i had a phone call with him. explained to him if he does not provide, this we will hold him in contempt. now he said yes, we do have the document, but he will only show it to the chairman and ranking member. that is not how the constitution works. everybody on the committee republicans and democrats have

and representative marjorie taylor greene even wider net, she thinks fbi director chris wray, attorney general merrick garland and u.s. attorney matthew graves should all be impeached as well. democrats think republicans don't have a single case here, they just think that republicans have impeachment fever. >> we need stronger border security, we need comprehensive immigration reform. these calls for impeachment are a -- >> senate republicans are kind of split about the whole matter. they want accountability, too, but any impeachment effort would most certainly die in a democrat-controlled senate. >> i think that one of the advantages of doing impeachment, you get to have an investigation with it. >> i would be cautious about that. there are not the votes to remove president biden unless something new happens. >> graham making a fair point there. if there is an impeachment of secretary mayorkas, it probably would not happen until after august. more hearings. >> john: not a lot of time between now and then. >> sandra: a story maybe familiar to us by this point and involves a man by the

chris wray was brought in after he fired the former fbi director who what i would note,, also a republican. >> the fbi has been headed by republican in all of modern history. it's wild we're in this world without as accepted, and we need to pretend like it's reality when, no, you look at the facts. no evidence of joe biden is interfering in this investigation, no evidence that merrick garland is interfering in this investigation, and no evidence that the fbi is full of liberals. >> thank you very much. it is not accepted, we need to keep telling the truth. 21 years old, he is a young, man but it is not a kid. he is a grown man, he was indicted tonight. donald trump's calendar, take a look at it. he now faces at least three trials, all during the presidential campaign. sure the trump team will say, we're raising money, we're doing this, we're doing that, but come on. what are republicans behind closed doors, thinking about this? he may be firing up his base, but come general, what is he going to do? squeezes trials between a debate? >> steph, there is a lot of concern that, long term, this

it is just really a black eye even if that for chris wray.congressman george santos, his lawyer trying to keep the names of those who secured his bond sealed. what is going on there? >> he doesn't want people to know who supported him being able to get out of custody. and this is just a political dynamic here. this is what house republican leadership was worried about, that this would be a continued distraction, all elements of this case would be a continued distraction for kevin mccarthy and the house republican leadership. that has proven correct obviously. they have chosen not to push help out of congress, not allow him to be booted from congress. instead they will have to contend with this until if he is indicted. >> jake sherman, thank you very much. and a lighthearted moment at the white house, the commander in chief welcomed the kansas city chiefs to the white house yesterday to celebrate their super bowl win. and here is that also typical photo with the president. after that, travis kelce took advantage of the empty podium to address

. >> it is just notable given chris wray was picked, recommended by chris christie.nator tim scott voted to confirm him. all these people are saying they would fire him. not chris christie, i should note. before you go, we have a development from your home state. when you were governor of arkansas, your state passed several antitrans bills including one that you overrode which was banning the care, transition care. that has been overruled by a federal judge who struck down one of those bills this week saying what you had said when you declined to soon it. it is unconstitutional. then your republican legislature did pass it. when it comes to the this issue and the way we satisfy republicans talk about it, do you believe it is a winning issue to talk about? i think it really involves parents. and parents doenlts want their children encouraged into transition in terms of their gender in the schools without them knowing about it. they don't want them influenced in that direction inappropriately. so they're rightfully concerned. so this court decision made clear that pare

justice and now kevin mccarthy recently saying that he he would find the republican fbi director, chris wrayall of this has been for the prosecution of donald trump by the department of justice to create an environment when that ultimately happens, the base of the republican party will say see? i knew these agencies were weaponized. >> i want to, while we have you, i want to ask you one more thing. we have other breaking news. the debt ceiling bill just passed in the house. so let me play for you what former donald trump just said about that on a radio show. >> i would have taken the default if i had to if you don't get it right. that's not where they were going. i think it was an opportunity but it was also, they got something done. kevin worked very hard. everybody worked very hard. a lot of good intention. i would have taken it differently but it's done. they have the vote. we knew they would have the vote and we'll get it fixed in two years. >> your thoughts? >> so there were times in 2016 where you would walk back on the plane with him and say why did you say that? he said it sounded go

leaking to jamie raskin and clearly, what he's being told is at odds with what the fbi presumably chris wray has been telling james comer and the oversight committee, so either the fbi has stopped investigating this 1023 document or it's part of an ongoing investigation, which is it? liz: yeah that's what, you know, which is it? let's backup. there have been government documents showing the biden family using, we counted at least two dozen off balance sheet shell companies to take in cash flows from overseas from foreign nations. it's unclear what they were selling. two dozen fbi and irs whistleblowers telling congress there's bias in favor of president biden inside the doj, inside the fbi, also irs whistleblower saying the same thing, yet john durham special counsel report, the doj ig detailed how the fbi under james comey broke its own rules, congressman, and targeting the trump campaign. again, based on unverified gossip from unvetted sources, from information, you know, paid for by the hillary campaign, so how is it that they can then circle the wagons around what former president and vi

continue even in 2021, and 2022 and the first place i thin that needs to be looked at i the fbi, and chris wraya republican president, he had all the credentials an capability to carry out th investigation, and it look like he didn't now the story is right today and also looks like garland sa on his hands too long, that he was too worried about appearin as being political so he'd bee too far in the other direction and as andrew said, that means precious time was lost i will say on the other hand garland did ultimately make th right decision of appointing special counsel jack smith who move this thing much, much mor quickly than my hope is all' well that will end well. but this delay is a bi worrisome. i think the other thing that shows though is that the ide that the attorney general, merrick garland, is somehow in the democratic tank, or biden' tank, or as anti trump, or any of that, it is so palpably absurd if anything, merrick garland has been acting much more like someone to protect donald trum than anything else there is zero favoritism here. for example, with mar-a-lago any person that di

. >> just want to remind folks that fbi director chris wray was appointed by the former president of united states. talk more about this, i want to bring charlie skyes, -- msnbc contributor, charlie is great to talk to you about this. i want to pick up on some of this that we just. heard you have tim scott, asa hutchinson taking on very different strategies when it comes to approaching former presidents indictment. how do you see this playing into the run up to the nomination from the republican party? >> for the first fact, you have to acknowledge that donald trump is right now the strong favorite to be renominated. he's ahead in the polls. nobody's made, nobody's gotten that much traction. but it's interesting watching the various -- we have isa hutchinson and chris christie have drawn a great red line, saying that these are serious allegations of the president's conduct has been egregious and illegal. mike pence is trying to watch, walk this very interesting and crooked tight rope. suggesting you can't defend the president. but also attacking -- also attacking the department of ju

. >> chairman james comer preparing to hold the fbi director chris wray in contempt of congress. in possession of a document allegedly detailing a criminal scheme from biden. >> it's unclassified. do you feelly issued subpoena. you have to produce it. that's what we do in this country. >> you say i'm ancient. i say i'm wise. >> 2024 hopefuls are capitalizing on age concerns. >> a voted for president biden is actually a vote for president harris. >> the vice president has been a partner. you have heard him say that multiple times. >> today marks the 70th anniversary of d-day. >> i got in on the planning of d-day i have been waiting for. this sorry, sorry. >> steve: we're having our own fox square diner segment. >> brian: we brought the diner to fox square. [cheers] ♪ ♪ why do you fill me up ♪ butter cup, baby ♪ just to let me down ♪ led me around [applause] ♪ i need you >> brian: do you know what i'm realizing not many people use the term butter cup anymore. it used to be a popular term. you see in those marilyn monroe movies. john wayne movies. butter cup. you hear it used sarcas

republican chairman, jame comber, said he would hold fbi director chris wray in contempt over an fbi document containing a bribery allegation involving then vice president joe biden. ray offered to let you and comer review the document and comer wants it physically turned over to the full committee. what are your thoughts. you're the ranking democrat on the committee. >> the fbi is coming tomorrow so show chairman comber and me and the document that they're looking for. in other words, the republican majority is getting everything they're asking for, in terms of seeing the document, which they say they've already seen. and yet they're still talking about holding the director of the fbi in contempt even though they're getting exactly what they want and the fbi has been overwhelmingly cooperative and accommodating to this request. so that demonstrates to me that what they're really interested in is in holing the fbi director in contempt, not in getting a document that they've already seen and i don't know what that document is because the majority has closed us out. the democrats reaso

so there is this, you know, growing violence that chris wray and the fbi have talked about that does-semitic tone. >> very important point, so right wing extremism and all kinds of extremism, with whether you say you hate the jewish people or you hate the jewish state, you hate the zionists, however you choose to describe it, let's acknowledge that extremists center the jews as the evil force behind all of the world's misfortunes. the anecdote you just shared, allen, texas, that was a hispanic man with a swastika tattooed on his chest, and the incident in lafayette square, that was a man of south asian descent. all right? who again had a swastika flag that he unfurled, and he said he was a fan of adolf hitler and admired the furer, so how do they share the same -- spew the same poison as white supremacists do? it's because conspiracy theories are rooted in anti-semitism at its core, so this is an ideology that isn't about politics. it isn't about religion. it isn't about ethnicity, it's about hate, which is why it's not just a jewish issue, it's everyone's problem. >> i'm so glad you

chair of oversight, is saying he still wants to hold contempt hearings against the fbi director chris wraymocratic counterpart jamie raskin to go in and view these documents which are alleged to show wrongdoing by joe biden when he was vice president. you know, the trick is that the fbi doesn't want to turn these documents over to the committee, they say, among other reasons, because they want to protect, you know, the sources and other particulars like that around there, but also if you talk to jamie raskin what he's saying s look, the fbi under trump's head of the justice department didn't think there was enough in these allegations to do anything with them, didn't think that the allegations stood up or met the test and so this has now become a political fight, but every time someone says former president joe biden and documents and alleged bribery or that kind of thing it gives jim comer the headline that he wants and kevin mccarthy has said that he won't stand in the way of bringing this to a vote on the house floor. you can expect a lot of politics around this in the weeks to come. >>

. >> fbi director chris wray said they opened a new chinese government espionage case in the u.s.iffin, thank you for the update. bill? ♪ >> how about that, pretty good sound. that's the zac brown band, one of the best out there. tonight, baseball fans in cincinnati get a special show. that band performs on lou gehrig's day to raise money for research. they say 5,000 new cases every year. one of the band's founders is john driscoll hopkins, diagnosed about a year ago. he is known as hop and joins us now in cincinnati. hop, thanks for your time. >> good morning. >> great to have you here. how are you doing, how's your health, how are you dealing with this? >> i feel pretty good. i'm still playing and singing. i was never a very good dancer, so that's not something we're going to miss but i'm about a year and a half into my diagnosis. i am fairing far better than many. i consider myself blessed. as long as i'm singing it, i'm bringing it. >> hop, were there symptoms that you felt made you want to go get checked that led to the diagnosis? >> i started noticing problems with my right

from the justice department or zero out salaries of key federal officials including fbi director chris wrayarticularly among top senate republicans or the number two republican, john thune. >> you have to understand. we need a justice department, a law enforcement agency and these ideas obviously we need accountability and oversight. the job we have to make sure they're doing the job the right way, but are we going to get rid of the justice department? no. and i think defunding it is a really bad idea. >> missing the obvious. somebody that has hundreds and hundreds of top secrets in his house. showing it to uncleared people and then lied about it. i'm not in the mood for defending that. >> we should impeach merrick garland. clearly abusing power of his position. we ought to impeach director wray as well. >> reporter: and that last comment coming from congressman bob good. member of that far right house freedom caucus. members who pushed to go further. further than the republican leadership wanted and putting more pressure on speaker mccarthy in the days ahead. mccarthy himself supported eff

. >> i should note, chris wray is the guy that trump hand picked to be the fbi director. what do you make of the fact that it's so many republicans who are running for office that are saying this? >> i think the republican party has clearly been evolving under trump's influence. all this really goes back to 2017 when the russia investigation was getting going, when trump was wishing it would go away, he had to get rid of mike flynn. then he fired jim comey and there was this blowback, and suddenly he had a special counsel, bob mueller, appointed into him. and he started making these claims that the fbi was out to get him, that this was all a deep state plot as a sort of public relations defense. and the republican party, which for most of its history has been the law and order party, the crime hawks, the how dare you attack, the cia, fbi party, while the democrats were the liberals who were worried about civil liberties and so forth, has mapped itself onto trump. the people who are that way are increasingly alienated, they're the never trumpers, they're being exiled from

at, you know, keying off scott's point, you know, this case comes from the fbi, who the director chris wrayas appointed by president trump, a special prosecutor who they brought in from outside of the country where he was working for years in the world court. his own former attorney, bill barr, said i read the indictment and this is a real case. >> alan dershowitz even over the weekend. >> and a trump-appointed judge. >> so the whole world isn't stacked against him. it's about his actions. >> stay with us. there is a lot are more to get into. as the former president prepares to surrender in miami we will speak to one of his staunchest supporters on capitol hill, byron donald of florida. >>> pete buttigieg is set to visit the site of that fiery truck crash that made part of i-95 collapse in philadelphia. we will have the latest details on that ahead. stay with us. for people who are a little intense about hydration. neutrogena® hydro boost lightweight. clically proven. 48-hour hydration. for people with skin. . (wheezing) asthma isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good day.

chris wray does not want to be held in contempt, he would join eric holder and others who have been heldcontempt. merrick garland would have to be in charge of prosecuting the contempt charge. that will never happen unfortunately in this administration because the department of justice only prosecutes seemingly conservatives or others who actually fall under contempt which has really never been prosecuted that much at all except when we saw come out of the january 6 committee. they prosecuted bannon and others. they can be held in contempt by congress but the doj has to process this or actually prosecute it. i don't see that happening. but it is a stain on wray's reputation which i think he needs to step aside anyway. the only part is dead-on. this is where congress has the control over the executive branch and that's the power of the purse and if they will actually do appropriations, that's where they need to go at it. you need 218 in the house, 60 in the senate and one president to sign it. they need to press forward, making the fbi answer these questions. maria: i just wonder about th

. >> chairman james comer preparing to hold the fbi director chris wray in contempt of congress.o you feelly issued subpoena. you have to produce it. that's what we do in this country. >> you say i'm ancient. i say i'm wise. >> 2024 hopefuls are capitalizing on age concerns. >> a voted for president biden is actually

i want to know from the fbi, chris wray who i know and i'm a friend with, but i want to know what havehey done to seize these tapes, to interview joe biden, to interview hunter biden, to review the evidence. what search warrants have they issued? i know what they've done on trump. they have proceeded with lightning pace speed. he was appointed what? last november, jack smith? and within months, he's returning a 37 count detailed indictment? we know that hunter biden's laptop was seized when? or he was abandoned back in 2019. so where is the case? it's shocking. liz: yeah, supposedly it's with the delaware u.s. attorney, right? and including these bribery allegations. i mean, trump was impeached for asking crane's help about an investigation into the biden burisma scandal. trump blocked payment of a congressionally mandated $400 million military aid package the quid pro quo problem with that and turns out the whole time the fbi had this allegation since 2017, that the bidens allegedly accepted bribes from ukraine businessmen. so why was the fbi sitting on this for six years? >> there is

the chairman's oversight committee is also prepared to hold fbi director, chris wray, in contempt of turning over a document regarding unsubstantiated allegations about president biden and his family. mind you, the fbi has offered to make extraordinary accommodations to the committee in terms of this request. but even that is apparently not enough. >> still to come this evening, a story that is sure to raise the blood pressure of your anti-woke family members. stay tuned for that one. plus, president biden promised he would do it, and he did, what it means for us presidency and the country with expert guidance from david plouffe. that is next. that is next you got a minute? how about all weekend? i'm a miami hotel. i'm looking for a passionate lover of art deco elegance and good times. someone who likes it hot but knows how to keep their cool. is this you? find me at hotels.com are you still struggling with your bra? it's time for you to try knix. makers of the world's comfiest wireless bras. for revolutionary support without underwires, and in sizes up to h-cup. find your new favori

committee, representatives james comer, has canceled plans for the contempt vote against fbi director chris wrayter the fbi agreed to allow all committee members access to a redacted document alleging a bribe to joe biden when he was vice president, an allegation that was never substantiated according to a senior law enforcement officials. joining me is capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former assistant fbi director frank. my understanding the speaker would not let him go to the floor with a contempt vote? >> it's interesting that you say that, andrea, in part because the speaker can't let him go to the floor with a contempt vote because the floor is paralyzed due to a revolt within the republican party, but even putting that aside, when i spoke with speaker mccarthy a few days ago when condepartment was on the table, mccarthy said he was open to moving on the contempt referral as soon as it passed out of committee. you're right, we expected that to happen this morning and late last night the committee, through james comer, said the contempt vote was off their docket because they were ab

in terms of a statement fbi director chris wray had this to say about the indictment.dividuals granted security clearances are to protect our nation's secrets. the allegations revealed in today's indictment reveal a serious violation of that trust. teixeira has not yet entered a plea and a federal judge has ruled he will remain detained until trial. the unit he was a part of the 102nd intelligence wing has had its mission taken away from it as they investigate it. two leaders has been suspended there, and the pentagon has beefed up how it to handles or looks after sensitive information. for example, wolf, there are more bag checks here to make sure nobody is sneaking out information. so you feel the effects and see the effects of this case as it continues. >> certainly does. oren leiberman at the pentagon, thank you. let's discuss this and more with democratic congressman raja ch krishnamoorthi. how powerful a message does this indictment, these charges send? >> it's a very powerful message that, you know, we have to guard our national security. and when you have acces

oversight chair had subpoenaed the fbi for this document and has threatened to hold fbi director chris wrayo this is sort of an attempt at a compromise for the fbi to come and share this document with comer as well as the top democrat in this committee. it allegedly has these allegations that joe biden was involved in a bribery scheme when he was vice president. the white house has denied this and dismissed this as political attacks. and the fbi has urged caution in some of their letters to the kk committee, pointing out that the kind of document shows information that comes from a confidential source, but it's information that's unverified and unsubstantiated. and we've learned from sources that these allegations sort of step back to the kind of thing that rudy giuliani was sharing with the justice department back in 2020. at that time, doj was led by bill barr during the trump administration. and doj was pretty skeptical with these allegations. a lot of the information was coming from ukrainian sources. and as you pointed out, when fbi and prosecutors started to review this information, t