chris wray is a pro. i disagree with chris on a lot of issues, but i respect his integrity. as i do with all of the men and women in the fbi who, in my experience as a former prosecutor, go about their very important work with a great deal of integrity. they do make mistakes, and the tragedy of a hearing like today is that we are spending all of this time on these ludicrous issues of political theater, and not talking about real issues, like how the fbi gathers information about mystic violent extremism. , do they put undue restrictions, first amendment, association restriction on ability to monitor open source information, or is their assessment of danger when it comes to intelligence afflicted with some implicit racial bias? these are huge issues that our work identifyed, none of them absolve the former president and his coconspirators who caused the riot. but those conditions of law enforcement, how the fbi and other agencies prepare for and the manage these events really deserve attention. we're not talking about that, because we are going through this charade of the fbi

chris wray is a pro. disagree with chris probably on a lot of issues, but i respect his integrity, as i do all of the men and women in the fbi who in my experience as a former prosecutor go about their work with a great deal of integrity. they do, though sometimes make mistakes. and the tragedy of a hearing like today we're spending all this time on these ludicrous issues of political theater and not talking about real issues about how the fbi gathers information about domestic violent extremism. do they officially share information with others. do they put first amendment restrictions on their ability to monitor open source information? or is there an assessment of danger when it comes to intelligence afflicted by some implicit racial bias. these are huge issues our work identified. but those conditions of law enforcement and how the fbi and other agencies prepare for and manage these events really deserve attention. and we're not talking about that because we're going through this charade of the fbi has

chris wray is a conservative republican. from 2003 to 2005, you and i were in washington at the time, chris wray was running the criminal division in george w. bush's justice department. after law school, he spent a year clerking for conservative heavyweight jurist michael luding in the fourth circuit. let's not forget that the reason chris wray is in this seat as fbi director is because donald trump appointed him to be fbi director. so this entire notion that christopher wray is somehow biased against conservatives when he himself is a conservative is just -- it literally makes no sense. i think what we saw today not just with this epps clip, but we saw the opposite of legitimate congressional oversight. congressional oversight is based on facts. the facts tell you where to go with congressional oversight. what we saw today was simple political posturing designed to create viral sensations that get republican congressman on fox news into mobilize an increasingly narrow base of supporters. the effect of this ultimately is lo

chris wray doesn't seem to care at that time. he's doing nothing to right this shipment no one has been held accountable for perpetuating the russia hoax. no one held count any for the abuse is detailed in the durham report, no one in the fbi held accountable for the security failures on january 6th with actionable intelligence, no one held accountable for defrauding the fisa court, in fact fisa abuse apparently taking place on massive scale. take a look. >> how many illegal fisa weatheries have occurred under your leadership at the fbi? >> well, there are reports that have come out with different numbers about compliance incidents. >> more than a million illegal ones? that's what the inspector-general said. the inspector-general said in the 3.4 million of these weatheries more than a million were in error. do you have any base toys disagree with that? >> i'm not sure that's a correct characterization of the inspector-general's findings on that. >> the internet will remind you of that moment but let's go now to what the court sai

as far as chris christie getting blamed for hiring chris wray, that is ridiculous. christie never had hiring authority. he never had the ability to say, you should be hiring this person and if you don't, then you're going down hill. that all rests on trump and the other folks in the administration. >> yeah. this is another case of trump putting the blame on people he's hired. >> i think it is unfair to compare what james comey did toological hillary right before the election to what the fbi has tried to do with republicans. i mean comey doesn't feel he did that but he really did put his finger on the scale there in a way that did really affect the 2016 election. there's lots of reporting that says hillary clinton might have won had it not been for that. i wouldn't say these are the same. chris wray is a republican and the fbi has been run almost completely, probably completely by republicans since its inception. i think this is a weird far right talking point. i don't think that there's much support for disbanding the fbi. >> i want to get to this. the new york post

i think chris wray has done a good job. and a lot of stuff you see is theater and people trying to raise money for campaigns. does not mean there are not problems at the fbi, there are, but i believe chris can get them fixed and fixed a lot of them already. >> sandra: you'll be on the debate stage in august, then? >> you bet. >> sandra: thanks for stopping here today. >> john: thanks for joining us. >> scary watching it happen, i didn't know how much higher it was going to go. >> when it was over, over the bridge, and i told my wife grab the cats we got to get out of here. >> it's all destroyed, going in the garbage, it's going to mold up in a couple days. >> john: recovery efforts in montpelier vermont. more than 100 rescues were made, rain water coming so fast the nearby dam nearly overflowed. residents, and also from the vermont kindness project. i want to put the graph up how close montpelier came from catastrophe. the wrightsville dam, almost rose to a level it was just a foot below dumping into the spillway, which wou

join me at in welcoming, fbi director, chris wray. [applause] dir. wray: that was a great introduction. a two-parter. i speak and get introduced a lot. one of the funnier introductions that i got was a couple of months into the job. it was an internal large fbi gathering. i came in from the side. someone had forgotten to give the person at the podium the cue the director was coming in. all she said into the microphone was, uh-oh. i thought, wow? really? i was hoping for a little better than uh-oh. maybe that is a comment on what it is like to be the fbi director in this environment. i went to one of my colleagues and told them the story. they started chuckling and said, don't worry about it. one of your predecessors was once introduced as, now a man who deserves no introduction." now it is starting to sound better. it is an honor to be here with such a distinguished group of judges and members of the bar. as william mentioned, i began my own legal career as a law clerk in this circuit. i remember, even back then, being struck by the fourth circuit's d

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. >> tonight, fbi director chris wray on capitol hill. grilled by republicans about the so-called weaponization of law enforcement against donald trump. and then president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy, promising support. but nato is not laying out a clear timeline for membership. and the major economic news. inflation rates fell to the lowest they have been into years. we'll break down where what it all means and what is ahead. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. >> good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. today we got some very good news on the economy, the latest report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is so uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi

want to and will >> not include sarah, chris ukraine at this time wray also. tackled head on whether the but fbi has reference -- obviously once the conflict has whether he's biased. what did he say? doesn't mean that there might unlike the be at times flying individual fbi agents who go rogue. tigers, where the that happens. u.s. came to the support of china, 30,000 employees at the fbi. so, and some 10 their pilots chris wray can't make sure that and aircraft everyone, every to defeat the japanese. >> day follows the rules so i impeccably. guess that there has but what he's been precedents done is when they step out given that it was also of line, a very long time ago there discipline so i do not want for. >> do you see any evidence that the attorney general, to get up too much. but here's merrick garland, my other thing or president biden has weaponized premiere of justice?. the fighting in >> i ukraine is mostly in the don't know about the attorney general. east and the south. some neighbors are concerned the i don't ones to the north and to buy the presid

what does director chris wray have to say about it? sked. >> director wray, do you think you can convince republicans to trust the fbi? director wray. why do you think confidence is so low right now in the fbi? >> >> jesse: wray testified before the house judiciary committee this afternoon and had to face some hard truths whether he liked it or not. first of all, do you know how many times the fbi committed illegal fisa searches on american citizens? chris wray doesn't. >> how many illegal fisa yearies have occurred under your leadership of the fbi? >> well, there are reports that have come out with different numbers about. >> more than a million? that's what the inspector general said in the 3.4 million of these queries, more than a million were in error. the court said it was over 200,000 that have occurred on your watch. do you have any basis to disagree with that assessment? >> again, i don't have the numbers as i sit here right now. >> seems like a number you should know how many times the fbi is breaking the law under your watch,

the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been hammering ray and the bureau for months. the attacks of course have intensified amid the trump classified documents case and after hunter biden took a plea deal. keep in mind that christopher wray is not a democrat he is not a joe biden crony, he was appointed by donald trump to this post in 2017. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today's hearing to go after him personally. >> when the court says the fbi misled, but it's a nice way of saying they lied. >> the american people fully understand that there is a two tiered justice system. that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs. and that you have personally been worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. >> i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi. and certainly your description of my own approach. the idea that i'm biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to m

. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," fbi director chris wray under fire from house republicans on the judiciary committee during a contentious hearing. >> when the court says the fbi misled, that's a nice way of saying they lied. >> this is not a political party issue. this is about whether the very system of justice in our country can be trusted anymore. >> you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the fbi's history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place. >>> this hour, president biden and president zelenskyy clear the air at the nato summit. zelenskyy describing their meeting as powerful in a tweet just moments ago. all after public frustration from the ukrainians over the lack of a time line for their entry into the alliance. >> i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome to nato. it's going to happen. we are moving in the right direction. i think it's just a matter of getting by the next few months here. >>> a warning from the nominee to lead the joint chiefs of staff. the republi

and coming up next, it got heated, fbi director chris wray faces off against house republicans.t allegations he is calling absurd. >>> plus, they did it. iowa republicans passed a six-week abortion ban, but what about the iowa constitution? we are back in 60 seconds. we are back in 60 seconds. oh, hello! hi! do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? really? and your clothes just keep getting more damaged the more times you wash them. downy protects fibers, doing more than detergent alone. see? this one looks brand new. saves me money? i'm starting to like downy. downy saves loads. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid before it begins. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. this is american infrastructure, a prime target for cyberattacks. but the same ai-powered security that protects all of google also defends these services for everyone who lives here. ♪ what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my

chris wray has no business leadin.g. ading the bureau here with more. the house judiciary committee chairmanth, jim jordan, florida congressman matt gaetz. >> thank you both for being here h today. chairman jordan, let me start with you. hed inhe ducked, dodge my view, outright lied and did the truth and cameio with no intention to cooperate or give answerrates. the yeah, that's why we got to usehe the power of the purse in the appropriations process to limit how american tax dollars can be spent. that's why we can't reauthorize as far as that in its current form. and that's why we should look at moving that quarterving the headquarters, not given the new building here in the d.c. area, but moving the headquarter s to huntington, alabama, that that that makes sense to. >> so we're looking at a all that. his answers just just thatll th there weren't answers there. >> that's the big thing. and i think the big takeaway, sean, was when he talked about o how americans privacy,ut h how their data is being swept up, he was asked twice, is the fb ai buying priv

. >> reporter: fbi director chris f toe fer wray weighing in on some of the most hot button political on capitol hill, critiquing former president donald trump's sloppy retention of classified do you means. >> i don't want to be commenting on the pending case, but i will say that there are specific rules about where to store classified information and that those need to be stored in a scif, a secure compartmentalized information facility, and in my experience ballrooms, bathrooms, and birms are not scifs. >> reporter: insisting that the bureau is not protecting the biden family. >> are you protecting the bidens? >> absolutely not. the fbi does not, has no interest -- >> you won't answer the question about whether or not -- >> and disavowing some of the behavior outlined in john durham's probe which documented missteps by the fbi in its investigation into the 2016 trump campaign's ties with russia. >> i consider the conduct that was described in the durham report as totally unacceptable and unrepresentative of what i see from the fbi every day and must never be allowed to happen again.

and the exchanges between house republicans and chris wray yesterday were brutal.d some of the house republicans are, or nefarious in their efforts to undermine, corrupt. let's bring in ranking member of the house intelligence committee, democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. great to have you back on the show. we have a lot to talk about, including the nato summit. first, director wray's testimony, do you think it might break through in any way? >> well, it's certainly breaking through to the american people, and you're showing that remarkable questionable that ted lieu did yesterday as a part of that. is it going to break through to adherence to the cult of donald trump? of course it's not. you need to remember here, when your prime directive, the republican you get up in the morning and the only reason you stay in politics is because you defend this awful man, you have two really weak defenses. the first is what you saw yesterday. despite all the facts that ted lieu laid out, you attack tony fauci, the fbi, all these people who have a message of realit

. >> no, i would not keep chris wray of the director of fbi, there be a new one on day, one i think that'sudacity to hide this information for his boss, joe biden. this is, this is purely protecting crimes, he's hiding crimes the president of the united states committed when he was vice president. >> we all know the fbi is plagued by political bias. you see it almost daily. every one of us ought to have confidence in the fbi solving crimes, not interfering in elections and interfering in investigations. >> so, who wouldn't want to spend some quality time with people who feel that way about you? it is worth noting that ray was actually nominated by a republican president, one who many republicans do seem to like, namely donald j trump. more broadly, the fbi and justice department have become targets because republicans say they have been politicized, and among other things, and did not take the hunter biden investigation serious enough. they're here to, it is worth noting that the republican important overseeing that case is refuting a couple claims that republicans have been pushing, he sa

. >> no, i would not keep chris wray as director of the fbi. there would be a new one on day one. that's very important. >> how dare christopher wray have the audacity to hide this information for his boss joe biden. this is purely protecting crimes. he is hiding crimes. the president of the united states committed when he was vice president. >> we all know that the fbi is plagued by political bias. you see it almost daily. every one of us ought to have confidence in the fbi solving crimes, not interfering in elections and interfering in investigations. >> so who wouldn't want to spend some quality time with people who feel that way about you? it is worth noting that wray was actually nominated by a republican president, one who many republicans do seem to like, mainly donald j. trump. more broadly, the fbi and justice department seem to have become targets because republicans say they have been politicized. and among other things, did not take the hunter biden investigation seriously enough. though here too it is worth noting that the republican appointed u.s. attorney overseeing

chris wray and biden and others who perpetrated the fact they knew nothing about it. behind the scenes all of a sudden when the camera may not be rolling oh lord, when will the next shoe drop. something that sticks and actually is going to force me to decide that hey, joe biden and his family have been doing this for years, what will i have to -- i think there is concern among democrats now at what is coming out and how much is coming out. it is hard to defend the way they treated donald trump and others and the way they treated joe biden and hunter biden. >> harris: we'll cover every second of it today later this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. eastern. that all kicks off on the hill and we'll learn about that unidentified whistleblower until this point. thank you for all of your remarks and being with me. good to see you. former president trump sent a very clear message at a fox news town hall last night. the first time we got to see him react after he was informed he is, in fact, the target of the special counsel's january 6th investigation. >> i don't think they've ever se

wray has been testifying for, what, four hours or so so far? how are things going? is it getting pretty heated? >> reporter: it has gotten pretty heated, chris has been trying to defend the men and women of the fbi and his own reputation, at one point commenting on the idea that he's leading a bureau that's biassed against conservatives, which is insane given his background as a lifelong republican, and someone put in the position he now holds by former president trump. just to give you a sampling, he's been pressed on a variety of issues, everything on the handling of investigations by donald trump and investigations of conservative activists, which led to this exchange with chip roy a short time ago. >> your job is to review what they do. your job is to protect the american people from the tyrannical fbi storming home of an american family. >> i could not disagree more with your description of the fbi as tyrannical. >> you don't believe it's tyrannical that fbi agents were part of storming a father's home in philadelphia. >> time has expired. witness may respond. >> sir, respectfully, they did not storm his house. they came to his door. th

but it's worth remembering, chris wray was appointed by donald trump himself. in 2017, he called wray quote, an impeccably qualified individual. the tragedy of the republicans campaign against the justice department is they're chipping away at the legitimacy of the doj and the fbi and the public's faith in those organizations, and all the justice department is trying to do is hold to account the twice impeached, twice indicted republican front runner, who's risked our national security, weakend democracy, and remains under investigation. as trump continues to demean the men and women of the doj and the other members of the federal government, it's worth remembering with dubious and now disgraced lawyers that trump recruited to help him overturn the 2020 election. just yesterday, a disciplinary panel unanimously recommended that rudy giuliani be disbarred for his role in those efforts, saying quote, his malicious and merit-less claims have done lasting damage. on wednesday, when wood was basically forced to retire amid disciplinary probes by the state bar of geor

. >> tonight, fbi director chris wray on capitol hill.gainst donald trump. and then president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy, promising support. but nato is not laying out a clear timeline for membership. and the major economic news. inflation rates fell to the lowest they have been into years. we'll break down where what it all means and what is ahead. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. today we got some very good news on the economy, the latest report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is still uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been

fbi director chris wray said set to testify before the committee next week. of course, who heads of that committee, has criticized -- the fbi and chris wray for -- turn into a circus, given that that is most likely what jim jordan and his -- ilk want? you did a decent job of keeping the john durham hearing tethered to reality. what do you do that? what is the playbook? >> the playbook has to be a three d playbook. first, discredit jim jordan and make sure that we all understand how rich an exquisite it is that somebody who is 400 plus days into defying a lawful subpoena is bringing the head of law enforcement in our country to talk about his grievances over hunter biden, joe biden, donald trump, et cetera. so that's quite rich and we should make there -- sure that jordan and his gang are discredited. we should defend any false claims that they make against the administration, or law enforcement. and then finally, we should pivot to what we would deliver if we were in charge. i can promise you, if we were in charge, we would be talking to the fbi director abou

. >> chris wray, the fbi director, has contested on the house judiciary committee tomorrow.ccording to the committee, it's going to quote, examine the politicization's of the nations preeminent law enforcement agency under raised leadership. we should note that wray is a republican, who was appointed by former president trump. i'm wondering what your expectations are for the hearing. >> look, i think the republicans have made this their general purpose in this congress. where they want to undermine the credibility of the fbi, because of its investigation into donald trump. and because perhaps of unsophistication into other members of the house. that has been their approach this entire congress, and i think they view this opportunity to continue to do that. this has been part of an authoritarian effort to undermine the democratic institutions, that uphold accountability and our separation of powers in this country. and, the republican congress has made it very clear, that in order to do donald trump's bidding, they want to undermine the credibility of the fbi. and i expect th

i want to get your take on fbi director chris wray's performance before the house judiciary committeey. did he walk out of that clown car crash unscathed, do you think? >> i don't think that you can walk out of any crash completely unscathed, but i think that chris wray did a very fine job of explaining where the fbi is, what they are doing, the fact that the mar-a-lago investigation is a very serious matter involving classified documents. the fact of the matter is, michael, any politician that gets under investigation, gets indicted, is going to stray in politics. no matter who it is. unfortunately, we have almost the entire republican caucus in the house of representatives jumping on the bandwagon. that makes it seem worse than it is. the fact is, director wray, i think that he knew what he was getting into when he walked into that room. i think he did a fine job of laying out the facts, and democrats did a pretty good job. i agree with terror that i think the democrats need to start calling this stuff out more and more. whether it is tuberville, jordan, we have really got to start

break everybody, house republicans hold a hearing this week to attack trump appointed fbi director chris wrayal angle. >> you have personally, they have personally worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. >> your job is to protect american people from the tyrannical fbi storming the home of an american family. >> congressman or judiciary committee member glenn ivey was there, and joins me next with the real issues he wishes the hearing hundred focused on. we'll be right back. right back. they switched to google tools for education because there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook. now they're focused on learning knowing that their data is secure. ( ♪♪ ) what causes a curve down there? is it peyronie's disease? will it get worse? how common is it? who can i talk to? can this be treated? stop typing. start talking to a specialized urologist. because it could be peyronie's disease, or pd. it's a medical condition where there is a curve in the erection, caused by a formation of scar tissue. and an estimated 1 in 10 men may have it. but pd can be treated even withou

chris wray is a talented witness. he has done this many times. he is very good at appearing to be agreeing with them while at the same time not having the best facts at his discretion. so they are going to have to, to jason's point and pin him down as to what the answers are on these key issues, harris. because the targeting of not only the catholics in their parishes but parents at school boards and political opponents of this administration i think are three areas we need concrete specific answers from the director. >> one quick thing. >> harris: kevin kiley is talking about policing school board meetings. the republican from california with the questions. let's go back real quick. >> i'm not aware of any such evidence but i know we have had a number of our folks who have been up here for transcribed interviews so unless some of them shared it, i am not aware. >> they shared with us suggests the opposite. for example you had a letter from christopher dunham acting assistant director in march of this year where the f.b.i. acknowledged it did not

so these are all issues that house republicans care very much about, and it's going to be under chris wray'shere to try and to a certain extent correct the record on behalf of these agents that work under him, and important to remind our viewers that christopher wray is a donald trump appointee, which is sometimes lost in these conversations. >> exactly. that's why i don't understand, phil, why he has become such a target of the gop. he is a trump appointee. >> because if you look at what's happened over the past five or ten years, there's an effort by both sides to use law enforcement and the the president of justice for political purposes. let me give you one simple definition of a successful democracy, ana, politicians don't tell investigators and law enforcement which other politicians to investigate. trump and his team said lock her up. democrats on the other side before the facts were in said former fbi director mueller to bring charges against president trump. now we have the department of justice saying you should investigate our adversaries including the son of the current president

you've got david weiss, chris wray and merrick garland. david weiss is the trump appointed u.s.that this justice department kept on to reassure the american people that whatever decision was appropriate in this case that it was developed and came to without political interference, and then you have chris wray who was appointed to the job by donald trump to be fbi director. he ran a division in george w. bush's justice department. he is a conservative's conservative, so the idea that he would be biassed against conservative, it doesn't pass the smell test, and then there's attorney general merrick garland, who suffice it to say is a not a liberal lion. he's not beloved by people on the left. but all of these people are doing their jobs regardless of their political affiliation, and they're calling it like they see it. >> i often ask the question about the impact this is having at doj, and, you know, the response i get is people are going to do their job no matter what, right, but are these constant attacks currently or inevitably going to influence morale, whether people want to

. >>> the fbi director chris wray grilled on capol hill today, asked if he's going after trump, but protecting the bidens. how the fbi director, appointed by donald trump, answers. rachel scott on the hill. >>> president biden, the major address at the nato summit in lithua lithuania. what president zelenskyy has been told about joining nato after the war. and president biden's vow with the world watching. elizabeth schulze with the president. james longman in crew cukraine. >>> in the northeast, the manhunt for a murder suspect, and now we learn, a drone was flying over as he made that escape. what authorities are now saying about this. >>> we are learning of a passenger plane tonight rocked by severe turbulence in the u.s. images from inside the plane. reports of multiple injuries. >>> and news tonight of a greyhound bus crash. multiple deaths. >>> and tonight, right here, you have to see what a pilot did while in mid-flight. the flight from new york to iceland, and the detour for everyone onboard. the spectacular sight right here. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on

catholic churches and targeting parents, so these are some examples that they continue to harp on, and chris wray the department against all of these accusations. some republicans have also threatened to "defund" the fbi. is thatjust like a political slogan or is there actually a chance that we could see some funding taken away from the fbi if those republicans get their way? i think funding will come later when congress kind of really doubles down and decides how they want to fund each of these agencies. it sounds like for now that is, for the most part, a political cry. we saw the fbi director today, he reminded the congressman from florida that in florida, the number of floridians who wanted tojoin the department was up by 100%, so i think he will continue to return to the basics and he really showed just how much is at stake. he told congress that there is now a new unit to track threats against the fbi and the department. i think this is really significant and shows just how tense things are in the us with regards to this. it should be said, of course, that democrats on that committee very m

i think chris wray will try to remind americans and everyone at home that the fbi does more than thesenvestigations. >> that's right. so the committee, to state the obvious, the committee has oversight responsibilities of the fbi which also oversight over the fbi -- funding for the fbi and the budget. what more are you learning about what chairman jordan is threatening over this? >> he's proposed some steep cuts to the fbi's budget. he's talking about eliminating funding for anything other than the absolutely essential services. he said there shouldn't be funding for a new fbi headquarters. what jim jordan wants, jim jordan doesn't necessarily get, but it's a threat hanging over the fbi. the fbi put out a statement responding to this talking about this saying the president's mission equips the fbi to protect from evolving threats. so, i think what you can expect is not a particularly friendly hearing today, but we'll see how it shapes up. >> also an opportunity for christopher wray to speak up for the many members of the fbi, defend the agency and speak to the threats they are covering

it was out of control before chris wray and it's out of control now. written this book, the democrat party hates america. it's 400 pages long. it's over 100,000 words long and it could have been twice as long and there's an entire chapter. on liberty on the constitution on the first amendment. very, very important. our first amendments under attack and it's under attack by this administration. it's under attack by the democrat party, and it's under attack by the fbi under christopher wray. all these reforms he's put in place baloney. in part here's what i say domestic monitoring and surveillance of communications against american citizens has been growing. but they're now exploding under the biden administration. on the same day as his testimony. and i, r s agent visited the new jersey home of one of the journalists. matt talib. remember him? what was he about ? he was hired by elon must take a look at the twitter files, and they found what absolute unbelievable coordination between the fbi and every major federal department of the biden administration

the investigation is hitting turbo speed and will pick up more as chris wray goes to hearings tomorrow and you have the story of his seventh grandchild and on "the view," we'd be covering this if it was donald trump and then you have dana bash on cnn saying it is problematic to disestablisdisavow your seventh grandchild. >> i don't know if it got buried, stories spike up and spike down, spike up andic spoo down. there has been a cumulative effect on joe biden. he's been mired in bad stories. the story about his seventh grandchild, i don't think anybody votes on the president's children's behavior. i do think and thought this about joe biden, when he was in the united states senate and i was in the senate, he is just not a good guy. maybe a comparison to donald trump, but joe biden is not a kind, nice guy. >> brian: he is portrayed different, if you are bobby knight, you act like that, but you get wins. he is opposite in real life, people feel duped. >> he is quick tempered and weird. >> constituents say something to him, he challenges them to a push-up contest and spouts with venom. >>

i don't know who president trump considered before chris wray. i don't know if the problems are systemic, institutional, headquarters, i do know the bureau is in a long decline fair and above the partisan done. and i did not see a director who appreciates where the bureau is, even among those who used to defend them most robustly. joining us is mike johnson, from the great state of louisiana. congressman, thank you for joining us. what did you learn and do you think the director understands the challenges his bureau is facing? mike, i didn't see it. >> mike: i didn't either, my friend. he was defiant, evasive. the latest polling says only 37% of americans have any faith in the fbi, this is a threat to our entire system of justice. people have to believe they are fair and impartial and we have equal justice, but under this leadership, we don't. some answers provided in the hearing were untrue and it is a problem that scandal upon scandal continue to stack up. >> trey: congressman, you and i can think of 20 issues worth asking the director about an

chris wray is finally, quote, pissed but in favorite. this is from "the washington post."th senior fbi officials that he was, quote, pissed by the attacks of threats and violence. he spoke anonymously. that flash of anger was rare hint at the private frustrations of a leader who has seemed determined to avoid the political scandal that dogged his far more publicity favored predecessor james comey. do you think it would be helpful if christopher wray, chris christie's former defense attorney, someone who has had any emotion that he's experienced play out very much behind the scenes -- >> absolutely. it could also be dragged before congress to testify to it. we've seen other people come off the sidelines. former secretary of defense esper came out and condemned trump. especially from the law enforcement community to resonates and they can get through to not just people in the republican party but people who are persuadable, the moderates, the independents, people who decide the elections, people from the sidelines who will run for office. this is a gut check moment for ameri

i don't think chris wray is a bad fbi director, he's doing the best he can with an institution that hasistakes mostly before he was there, things he didn't have anything to do with, and he's the fall guy. and if there's a republican president, he's very likely going to be out the door are soon thereafter. one exception of something he was involved in was this fbi pressure campaign on social media companies to remove content which the government should not be doing and the completely outrageous. howard: right. although it's a common practice for tech companies to make that decision. leslie, this is donald trump talking about what he says is his old friend ted kennedy. >> who's the dumbest, he said, probably joe. this is ted kennedy. he knew 'em all. and i said, what do you mean joe? who's joe? joe biden, he's the dumbest. howard: what do you make of the former president according to long-deceased senator in trying to make the point that the current president is somehow a dummy? >> i think there are people out there that would insert trump for biden that could be interviewed. the problem

and chris wray was asked about this during the hearing. he said it is insane to him the notion that he would be biased against conservatives given his personal background. and he is a registered republican and he was appointed into this position by donald trump, a former republican president. sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> the u.s. secretary of state is scheduled to meet with china's top foreign policy chief in the hours ahead. they are both in jakarta with foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations and will be holding talks on the sidelines. china also expected to meet with the russian foreign minister too. anna coren is covering this live from hong kong. we've seen more meetings ramp up between officials from the u.s. and china over recent weeks. last being of course janet yellen's visit. and they seem to have a marginal net positive impact, trying to keep talking to each other. is the hope that it will meeting will keep pushing things in the right direction? >> there is hope and you are right, there is momentum

i mean, you were going to defund the salary of chris wray at the fbi. can you do that? >> we want to. we want to bring justice. when you bring the truth to the american public, think of this, the fbi goes and raids mar-a-lago. what do they do to hunter biden? they let the statute of limitations run out. one, he doesn't have to pay taxes and he's not held accountable. the attorneys go and the prosecutors there call hunter's attorneys, tell them where the files are in a storage unit they don't even know so they can clean it out before they go, before the inaugural they warned them that they're going to be interviewed. so you know what, he goes gets his attorney so he's not interviewed. time and again, we've shown the american public if you are biden inc. family you are treated different than the rest of america. that will not stand. we will take this every direction we can. >> good. >> if we find at the end of the day that garland lied, i will start impeachment inquiry. >> good. >> this is the attorney general of the united states. if he's lying to congress and the senate

american corporations to include chinese communist party cells inside their own firms listen to what chris wraysaid about this. >> any company, of any size in china, is required by chinese law, to have what they quaintly call a committee eve essentially a cell, inside the company, whose sole function is making sure that company's compliance with chinese orthodoxy. >> there's a concern that some of the party cells had been relatively benign. now, they are being used to assert more control over the internal operational-type things inside some of the companies not necessarily all of them. a lot of pressure coming from a lot of different directions from china. >> stay with us. kevin, anything surprising about what we know so far about this hack if you have stolen the credentials to access a system, your activity in an odd place or odd pattern is going to raise alarms >> i can tell you, first looking at this, the first time i responded to china espionage was in 1996, and since then, we've been responding to it on a daily basis. what we're seeing is the evolution of chinese cyber espionage. gone are

chris wray was asked about this and he said that it is insane to him the notion that he would be biased against conservatives especially given his personal background. and his background is that he is a registered republican and he was appointed into this position by donald trump, a former republican president. sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> turning overseas now, a senior russian general has been dismissed after he says he voiced concerns about the lack of support for russian forces in southern ukraine, something we have heard before from others. the general had been involved in the heavy fighting in the zaporizhzhia region specifically. he was also one of the most senior officers involved in the russian campaign in ukraine. clare sebastian is live for us in london. clare, good morning. what more are we learning about the dismissal? >> reporter: good morning. this commander of the 58th army, so one of the top generals in charge of russian efforts in zaporizhzhia, he according to an audio message that was published on the telegram channel of the russian lawmaker has been making sort o

chris wray has spent years fixing that. oday was an animated and combative fbi director who is defending the men and work for him and do a great job. >> sandra: his defense of wray, and wray in the hot seat getting pressed by both sides, really, at times, said the idea he is biased against conservatives is "somewhat insane." that was quite a moment. >> yeah, and best of luck to chris christie with that message in a gop primary, tremendous distrust for the fbi. he made the fair point, hey, i was the only institution saying the lab leak theory was credible, he was right about that. however, a lot of questions for him, this radical traditionally catholic memo, he rescinded, he said aghast by it but won't allow the authors of that before congress until an internal review. none of this instills confidence in the american people, many of whom have distrust for the fbi. >> sandra: he was asked if they would reveal the document unredacted. can we have a copy of it, asked jim jordan. wray said i'll find out if there is more informati

chris hayes. today on capitol hill christopher wray, director of the fbi came before the judiciary committee. ray is a lifelong republican. he was, of course, appointed by donald trump. inhis testimony today, he faced hostile questioning from fellow republicans. republicans, you see, in the defense of donald trump, have adopted the line that the fbi is a bunch of out of control woke deep state maniacs looking to purge conservatives and politically target republicans. it's an idea that is pernicious and also comical if you know anything about the history of the fbi, who with his tended to target over the decades, or the fact that it's nearly hundred year history, all of it senate confirmed fbi directors, nigh none has ever been a registered democrat. i digress. there was one moment during hearing the convoy intention. here it is. around the questioning about the fbi and january 6th from republican congressman darrell issa of california. >> how many individuals were either fbi employees or people that the fbi had made contact with were in the january 6th entry of the capital and surrounding are

. >> bill: next we can chris wray will publicly testify at the house judiciary committee. republicans on that committee are investigating allegations of political bias within the f.b.i. and d.o.j. meanwhile, law enforcement agencies bracing for a legal battle that may ultimately reach the u.s. supreme court. d.o.j., david spunt, picks it up from there. >> it is picking up as we await an appeals court hearing on the social media order. several federal law enforcement sources privately told me there are serious concerns about this injunction that on the surface would block them from talking to social media companies. d.o.j. is appealing that ruling from u.s. district court judge based in louisiana who issued the injunction on tuesday on july 4th stopping top biden administration officials and other agencies, including the f.b.i., a.t.f. and d.e.a. which fall under the umbrella of the d.o.j. from talking to social media companies about content containing protected free speech. the problem for federal law enforcement agencies, those agencies talk to social media companies abou