later the fbi's briefing content s were leaked to the media even though the fbi promised confidentiality. that leak falsely labeled our oversight work as, you guessed it, russian disinformation. to this day over four years later the intelligence community and the fbi refuse to provide us the intelligence basis for that briefing. the title of this wall street journal article sums it up. "the fbi's dubious briefing. did the bureau said two gop senators up at the behest of democrats?" -- set two gop senators up at the behest of democrats?" i know people in and out of congress who know what government weaponization is. then we get to eat special counsel jack smith and his operation. it involved an unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house, including agents that even searched the former first lady's clothing drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed, as my oversight exposed, the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records associated with clinton staff. this orwellian conduct should have no quarter. on top

trump fired fbi director james comey, as the fbi investigated whether trump campaign associates schemedw, a justice department official on 9/11, and years in private practice. but trump soured on wray after the fbi investigated the alleged plot to overthrow the 2020 election. >> our job, as investigators at the fbi, is to follow the facts wherever they lead, no matter who likes it. and i add that last part because one of the things that i've seen over my 7 1/2 years as fbi director is that people often claim to be very interested in independence and objectivity until independence and objectivity lead to an outcome they don't like. you know, truth is truth, not necessarily what either side wants it to be. and ultimately all we can do at the fbi is make sure we stay focused on doing the work in the right way, following our rules, and not letting preferences, partisan or otherwise, drive or taint the approach. >> and were those the rules followed in starting the investigations against the president-elect? >> we tried very hard to make sure that we stayed faithful to those principles and th

out of the fbi. do you agree? >> i have not seen his comments to mr. patel. i will review them but we have to do anything we can to protect our country. again, mr. patel would fall under me and the department of justice. and i will ensure that all laws are followed. and so will he. >> there are many decisions made by the fbi director having seen a number of them through their work that can be made. while i agree you will be the boss of kash patel, i'm not sure that you would be able to intervene with every decision or position that he had or know what he's doing. so let's continue. do you agree it is the duty of the justice department to defend the laws congress passes and we commit to do even when the president may disagree with an ad campaign against passage or call for its repeal? president reagan's ag william french smith said the department policy was the department has a duty to defend an act of congress whenever a a reasonae argument can be made in its support for i'm specific referring to the

a part of that fbi report, and you have one person trying to contact the fbi repeatedly who doesn't get her calls returned. >> yeah, the report seems extraordinarily incomplete. >> and we just heard a little bit of real democratic outrage yesterday about that fact. let's recall, of course, that the trump team, initially for weeks, stonewalled the idea of any background checks, certainly by the fbi, as they, as the president elect, began selecting his possible cabinet members. >> they wanted to do the background checks through a private company. >> there were real concerns there that that wouldn't be complete. they eventually relented and let the fbi take part. >> but it seems here, not able to talk to every pertinent person, including these ex-wives and those who suggested hegseth behaved inappropriately with them. so i think right from the get go in this hearing today, slated for this morning, the first of a series of high profile and some incendiary hearings, we're going to hear from democrats crying foul on this very process now. pete hegseth himself, he's his testimony prepared test

is that fbi vetting being shared with members of the armed services committee? >> well, joni is a warrior. she is a patriot. i know she's had a chance to meet with the nominee at least twice and advise and consent is about giving advice as well as asking consent. she will ask additional questions at the hearing on tuesday before ultimately making her decision. with regard to the fbi report, it's reported today that the chairman and the ranking member of the committee have seen the report already. traditionally those reports do not get shared with the other members of the committee. that goes back four decades back when john mccain was chairman of the committee, and i support the chairman in that decision. >> well, that's why it is so notable such a prominent member and other senators are asking to see fbi vetting. do you prefer that the details of that sexual assault be disclosed in a public hearing, or would you support that those private investigative details be shared with members at the discretion of the chairman? >> well, the chairman is going to make that

later the fbi's briefing contents were leaked to the media even though the fbi promised confidentiality. that leak falsely labeled our oversight work as you guessed it, russian disinformation. to this day over four years later the intelligence community and the fbi refused to revive us the intelligence basis for that briefing. the title of this "wall street journal" article sums it up quote the fbi's dubious briefing to the bureau sent to the u.s. gop senators up at the behest of democrats in the quote. so i know, is other people on this committee and in and out of congress know, what government weaponization is. and then we will get the special counsel jack smith and is operation. i'm unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house including agents that even search the former first ladies drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed as my oversight exposed the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records and records associated with clinton's staff. this orwellian conduct should have no order. on top of it al

wanted to be an fbi agent. right now, the fbi needs, need, needs an image overhaul. so you have a real task ahead of you in two areas to restore trust to many americans who have lost trust in department of justice, and to make sure that this country is safe from drug cartels that are killing 3000 americans every two weeks for money to go after these people and to protect our homeland that's under siege. i think you're the perfect pick at one of the most dangerous times in american history, and i look forward to supporting you. >> thank you. senator. >> senator whitehouse, thank you, chairman. welcome, miss bondi. >> thank you, senator, and thank you for meeting with me. i greatly appreciate that. >> it was a pleasure. >> miss bondi. you were a courtroom prosecutor for a great many years. as a courtroom prosecutor, did you ever have an enemies list? >> no, senator. >> and you went on to be florida's attorney general as florida's attorney general, did you ever have an enemies list? >> no. senator. >> as florida's attorney general, you were responsible for hiring into t

um, the fbi's. what is the fbi's role in national security and counterterrorism? and how important is that role? >> you know, senator, i believe now more than ever, counterterrorism is so important and vital in our country. we are facing such incredible threats here and abroad. if i'm sure many of you saw, um, fbi, former fbi director wray's interview on 60 minutes, he talked about the threats that frankly, again, i don't have my security clearance, but the threats facing us, senator from china, from china right now that are so great given sleeper cells within our country, given that importance, is it responsible to call for shutting down the fbi's counterterrorism and national security work? >> and will you, as attorney general, impede or shut down the fbi's counterterrorism and national security work? >> senator. questions. senator, i believe that national security is vital right now for our country on so many fronts. i could continue to discuss my role in that. and the fbi plays a vital role in counterterrorism throughout, or will not shut down. i will look at

to obtain these warrants fbi d.o.j. officials submitted unverified dossier prepared by customer sale to the fisa court. failing to disclose christopher sales hired by the fusion gps which is hard by the democrat national and hilary clinton's campaign to preferred the dossier of the source was unreliable soon thereafter is going to be terminated as a source. they fisa court does not inform christopher steele is actively opposed to the election of donald trump. it was the unnamed source cited in the media reports the fbi used to corroborate the dossier. fusion gps have been hired to perform previous anti- trump research efforts in 2015. the woods or procedures fbi vetting process required for all fisa warrant applications instituted to ensure all facts in the application are verified to support probable cause for warrant were not followed. from director comey admitted to the committee that material contained in the still dossier was known to be salacious and unverified. to deposit warrant applications are almost never tur

the fact the fbi has missed quite frankly terrible events don't we need the fbi to be reformed?ack to at the fbi used to do don't need someone in charge of the organization that's not part of the organization or part of the whole genre and to go i in and x things? looks that's right this is a bit of a personal issue for me my father was an fbi agent i have e always papers his induction and release patient papers. i've always been a huge fan of the fbi. mark: me too. >> have never seen fbi like this before politics is affected from head to toe. there are wonderful special agents out there still who very much resent the way the direction the agency has gone. i need to be cleaned up without any question. and frankly has to focus on its job there's a lot of serious threats out there right now we cannot keep playing politics and awoken us and that type of thing within this agency. mark: and also, david schoen, what would you consider to be a few party to the department of justice? i really cannot tell the properties were other than to get drunk. it's a big department but therewith th

political opponents, that he shouldn't be the fbi director. you know, we have some history here with your predecessors. barr sessions and others who perhaps sincerely, when they sat where you are now, said that they would say no, but they were working with a president that expected them to be his roy cohn, his personal attorney. do you really think that you can avoid the disgrace that they encountered, or the repercussions from the white house if you say no to the president? and so my question to you is, can you say no to the president of united states when he asks you to do something unethical or illegal? >> senator, first, i need to clarify something that you said, that i have to sit up here and say these things. no, i don't i sit up here and speak the truth. i'm not going to sit up here and say anything that i need to say to get confirmed by this body. i don't have to say anything. i will answer the questions to the best of my ability and honestly ask you, an individual who says that he is going to quote, come after and quote people he alle

i think we see entrapment efforts by the fbi.needs to be rebilled bottom to top, it needs to be heavily focused on its law enforcement mission, kash patel it talked about separating that from its intelligence mission. but it needs to focus on its mission which is to fight crime, what to do with local law enforcement cannot do, it's in a bad way it's really lost touch with its omission. >> jesse: i did not even know they released some sort of image of the so-called pipe walmart, we will have to look into that, happy new year mike. >> good to be with you jesse. >> jesse: bribing politicians, granting puff pieces and covering up for dictators, c america's toanp doctor is nextwl twomak ♪ ♪ g economy and for critical minerals crucial to new technologies. we're here, right by your side. [title: ontario, canada] [title: ontario.ca/partner] [title: paid for by the government of ontario] oh, it's cold outside. time to protect your vehicle from winter's wrath. of course, the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too. you need weathertech. laser

fbi. i currently serve as the assistant director of our critical instant response group in quantico, virginia. i've done that since july be, as you mentioned. in that past, i lead the fbiests in response to critical incidents and major investigations, which includes responsibility for to critical incidents and major investigations which includes responsibility for our counter unmanned aircraft program. as the u.s. continues to grow among the law enforcement sectors this technology also lends itself to increase malicious use by state, non-state and lone actors as you know. this technology poses some unique security challenges for us. for using a uas to conduct espionage and the u.s. naval facility in january. we believe uas are being flown for similar purposes over sensitive facilities across the united states. >> just last month the suspect was arrested and charged for intending to use a uas with an explosive device. that subject was driven by an ideology to disrupt society to collapse the

fbi uncovered about an individual. take republican. democrat aside. the person asked to be a part of the nuclear chain of command. >> i think what you're what you're saying and what you're asking is so important. if what's going to happen on january 20th presents the threat to democracy, as everyone has said it, as so many people were claiming, why aren't they acting like it in this moment? >> why aren't people doing what they're supposed to do in this moment? why are they in so many ways as you, as you rightly ask, you kind of soft pedaling, you know, making all of these exceptions in this moment. three things come to mind when it comes to hegseth character, which informs qualifications, which will shape policy. and ben rhodes told us it's not just about sexual assault and the like. what will he do to armed forces? >> right? >> how will he execute the woke scare? the armed forces have been leading the way in the country in terms of diversifying the nation. it's one of the most diverse institutions in the country. what

by the fbi.sked mr. hegseth today if the trump administration -- if they would -- if the trump administration would request that the fbi go talk to these women, he basically said, oh, i don't know. i'm not in charge of that. actually he is, because he would be the one to tell the trump transition team, hey, let's go ahead and ask the fbi to talk to these women. and, by the way, it's mr. hegseth's lawyers who have sent threatening messages to the women, the women that he paid off in order to keep his last job, who accused him of sexual misconduct. his lawyers have sent her threatening letters, saying, you better not say anything bad about pete hegseth, or we're going to come after you. so this man wants this job, probably one of the toughest jobs you can have, wants to lead the united states military, and yet he is vulnerable, as far as i can tell, to being blackmailed. i mean, he's already had to pay off somebody to keep his last job as a tv commentator, and now he's not allowing the fbi to go an

we have atf, we have fbi, there's l.a. city, l.a. county fire, arson investigators on scene so that they're doing a lot of the cause determination. but right now, we still have an active fire fighting on the ground and life safety and saving property is our primary focus right now. so the investigation is ongoing. but that's there's many different agencies who are involved in that investigation. >> as the winds pick up, what area are you most concerned about right now and what is your message to residents? >> so right now we are in pacific palisades. so we are looking at the hills of brentwood, uh, pushing over and making sure that it doesn't spread into the valley. we have a burn scar that goes into the los angeles valley, up on we call it dirt mulholland. so we have we have hand crews who are out there. we have dozers who are putting in line. i talked to one hand crew company. they said they had about 10,000ft of hose there. so we're right now we're not having active fire, but we have over 5300 firefighters who are standing by, alo

folks want to seat fbi background check.we should get an opportunity to look at it. >> reporter: john barrasso coming to hegseth's defense. >> andy think pete is going to be terrific in tournaments of recruitment, morale, returning marijuana to a fighting force which is what the american people really want. >> reporter: aaron joins us live it the white house. aaron, there has been a delay in the confirmation hearing for another controversial trump cabinet pick it? >> reporter: yeah are, tom, tulsi gabbard's hearing this week to be director of national intelligence is being delayed because of a paperwork problem. the former congresswoman and veteran will likely face tough questions next week. tom. >> okay. aaron gilchrist at the white house. >>> we are tracking a winter blast set to blanket much of the u.s. temperatures 10 to 30 degrees below average for the rockies, plains and the southeast through the middle of the week. and in parts of the west, freeze warnings are in effect for tonight. >>> we are back in a moment from he

he was flagged to the cia, fbi, homeland security, state customs.why was he free as a bird to take a pot shot on the sixth hole? ruth's writing more letters from his jail cell. he's asking to be sent to gaza in exchange for hostages. he also ranted about alexander hamilton, compared himself to george bailey from it's a wonderful life. this nut outfoxed all of our intel agencies and got this close to shooting the president. the other trump assassin wannabe, matthew thomas crooks, probably had a few red flags too, but we wouldn't know because the feds buried everything. it's not just trump. kavanaugh almost got murdered a couple years ago, back when an armed assassin showed up at his front door. now we're finding out the kavanaugh hitman was inspired by the supreme court leak about overturning roe v wade. he told cops this. i've been suicidal for a long time, and when i saw leaked draft, made me upset, made me want to, i don't know, i was under the i was under the delusion that i could make the world a better place by killing him. the leaker was never

do you know from your reporting if the fbi has contacted them or reached out to them at all?> we have a forthcoming story on this. i hope it'll be out very soon. but but we have much the same information that the that the, the woman who filed a rape claim against pete hegseth was not as far as i've been able to determine, even interviewed by the fbi. not only that, but but many of these, i mean, that set aside the fbi report, many of these potential witnesses reached out to try through intermediaries to try to speak to republican senators whose votes are the most crucial here, because, you know, the democrats are likely to vote against hegseth. but but they tried to reach out to some of the republican senators, and the republican senators have declined to meet with with several of these key sources themselves. so, you know, where they kept in the dark or did they want to be in the dark? you have to wonder that that is pretty significant. >> i just want to pause on what you just said for a moment. we'll all be watching for your story. but these women tell you a lot about the c

the fbi has been saying this for years.s.e out, the dod under the bidenic administration basically buried it. 17alit from an in your exams, never mind that is not our biggest problem. our problem is you have a people that can get radicalized, and can do something very quickly,ea they are also american citizensh and thisis guy a new orleans, hopefully under the drumbeat administration people rethink some things,nist and they have things in the super bowl, it will be super security tight. there ise a reason people haveg lack of confidence about going to these events. >> harold: your thoughts about this? >> greg: this morning i saw a "new york times", i get an email, a thorough list of alld the recent isis inspired attack ththat it was so strange, it was suddenly okay, if he had done it would be as homophobic. a i senswae there is a shift away from critical race theory, to actual terrorism because the election is over.st if youuf pointed to the stuff ot when your team was in power that is wrong, instead of playingt cr defense ag

due to a poll in the fbi, i guarantee i'm at 90% with the agents of the fbi. but they have hurt -- hurt that incredible place. law enforcement -- you think of the fbi, they raided this house. by the way, they could have told me could i see this. i would have given -- i actually told them, come in anytime you want. you can see anything. they raided the house and the case was dismissed. and now i'm in litigation -- i'm suing them for doing that. and i feel so badly doing it, i'm the president of the united states and i'm suing the united states, but i'm suing them for other things, too. the fbi has gone so -- its reputation has been so horribly hurt. between comie who is the worst and all of the others, and what happened to the fbi, and we'll make it great again. we're going to make the fbi great again, and we're going to make the justice department fair and strong again. all they did was attack me because i'm their political opponent and that includes local judges, and like merchan. ask him why there's a gag order where i'm not allowed to speak. think of it, i'

they are more than willing to talk to the fbi but they have not been questioned by the fbi. when we asked mr. hegseth today if the administration would request to the fbi talk to the women he said i don't know. i am not in charge of that. actually, he is. he would be the one to tell the trump transition team, let's ask at the fbi to these women. it is mr. hegseth's lawyers that have sent threatening messages to the women he paid off to keep his last job who accused him of sexual misconduct. the lawyers sent threatening letters saying you had better not say anything bad about pete hegseth or we will come after you. this man wants this job. it is probably one of the toughest jobs you can have. he wants to lead the u.s. military but he is vulnerable to being blackmailed. he has already had to pay out somebody to keep his last job as a tv commentator. women are accusing him of sexual misconduct and he wants to lower their standards to become secretary of defense. geoff: democratic senator tammy duckworth thank you for joining us this evening. we appreciate it. >> israel and hama

now, we asked the fbi why didn't put it out earlier.hey told us in part this video is being released now in the hopes that the public will take a fresh look. and contact us with tips joke us now victor davis hanson senior fellow at hoover. victor, this is almost like a joke. so, four years later, they are looking for tips from the public and they wonder why they have no credibility? >> yeah, i think they are afraid the narrative changed over the four years and they were afraid to release any information during the election. now they feel that there is a new administration, and there might be some exposure or culpability and they are afraid that, you know, if they were donald trump and they had suffered what they did to him, they would be very frightened the way they think. so they think that donald trump is going to re-examine a lot of this. a lot of the things they said, laura, were abject lies. there were not four officers killed. there were not 10 people killed. there was only one violent death, we think, and that was a trump support

joined now by former fbi director andy mccabe.visited new orleans twice and used these meta smart glasses to videotape things, i guess without being noticed. >> yeah, absolutely. we got a lot of information out of that press conference yesterday. the details about his prior trips to new orleans, in the months preceding the attack, with the additional detail of his reservation of the vehicle he wanted to use for the attack, six weeks before it occurred, ÷÷really opened up a different side of this attacker. it really shows him to be much more deeply engaged in long- term operational planning cycle. initially, the reports that he had driven to new orleans, essentially the evening before the attack, seemed to make it seem like a, you know, a matter of haste, or an e motional response to something, but that is not the case here. this guy really planned this thing out with -- with -- you know, in a meticulous and highly organized way. and i should say, he employed some techniques here that seem to go beyond his experience in the militar

about out going fbi director christopher wray and getting the fbi distracted with dei.cs say fbi officials are too politicized going after conservatives and trump doing dei and too distracted in the bureau for the new orleans terror attack. jack brewer is the foundation chairman and former nfl player. what do you make of all this because now fast food chain mcdonalds, mcdonalds, jack, is joining a growing list of companies dropping dei as useless, costly, and poisonously divisive. what do you think? >> it is. i've had to face this head on and they're running deep in the constitutions and across america. look at organization like mcdonalds. mcdonalds has over 30% of its executives are minorities. talking about a company that should have never had to bow down to the dei mob ever in its history because it's always been a place that really symbolized diversity. mcdonalds' work force is full of diversity. they pick winners and losers. this is more political than anything and they say dei but they really don't mean it. you have companies across the board now that are finally

i think that is a gap in the fbi report. if true, that is very unfortunate. >> my understanding is that several of the, uh, witnesses, uh, um, were not interviewed by the fbi, even though they wanted to be my source tonight is democratic senator chris murphy. >> senator, thank you for for being here. if they did not if the fbi did not interview the woman who did accuse pete hegseth of sexual assault. and that was at the center of that, that agreement that they came to, which i should note, he's denied. does that bother you? >> well, it certainly bothers me. these fbi reports are important, but it feels to me like there is enough information already on the record. much of it admitted by the nominee. that is disqualifying in and of itself. so, yes, we should have a complete fbi report. there are so many disturbing allegations about sexual abuse, heavy drinking that we should get the interviews from the people who witnessed or were subject to that behavior firsthand. but we have enough accounts already in the credible media tha

later, this fbi's briefing contents were leaked to the media, even though the fbi promised. to this day, over four years later, the intelligence community and the fbi refuse to provide us the intelligence basis for that briefing. the title of this wall street journal's article sums it up, quote, the fbi's dubious briefing. did the bureau set two u.s. gop senators up at the behest of democrats? question mark, end quote. so i know, as other people on this committee and in and out of congress, know what government weaponization is, and then we get to special counsel jack smith and his lawfare operation. it involved an unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house, including agents that even searched the former first lady's clothing drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed, is my oversight exposed? the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records a and records associated with clinton's staff. this orwellian conduct should have no quarter on top of it all. the fbi special agent tebow, the anti-tr

if you do a pool in the fbi --poll in the fbi i guarantee i am like at 90% with the agents of the fbi but they have hurt that incredible place. law enforcement in the fbi rated this house. they could have told me. i told them, come in anytime you want. you can see anything. they raided the house. the case was dismissed. now i am in litigation. i'm suing them for doing that. i feel so badly doing it. i am the president of the united states and i am suing the united states, but i am suing them for other things. the fbi has gone so -- it's reputation has been so horribly hurt between comey, who is the worst, and all of the others. we will make it great again. we will make the fbi great again. we will make the department of justice fair and strong. strong but fair but fair again. all they did was attack me because i am their political opponent that includes local judges. you want to find out. ask them. why do i have a gag order where i am not allowed to speak? think of it. i am the president of the united states and i am not allowed to speak. why? because, if i did speak, people would und

so, yes, we should have a complete fbi report. there are so many disturbing allegations about sexual abuse, heavy drinking that we should get the interviews from the people who witnessed or were subject to that behavior firsthand. but we have enough accounts already in the credible media that should make it pretty easy for my colleagues to ask the trump administration to find somebody else, somebody that doesn't have a history of heavy drinking, of organizational mismanagement, of sexual misconduct, somebody that hasn't thumbed their nose at women's participation in the military, somebody that has respect for the rule of law and international agreements like the geneva conventions. um, there just seems to be plenty of evidence that this is a uniquely unqualified, dangerous nominee. and there are loads of other very. conservative defense republicans loyal to donald trump who would make a better head of the defense department. >> but on this report that so many were saying they wanted to to have this report done and that that would,

what's happened to the fbi. we'll make it great again. we will make the fbi great again. we will make the department of justice fair and strong. but fair again. because all they did was attack me because i'm their political opponent including local judges like marchan. why do i have a gag order where i'm not allowed to speak in i'm the president of the united states. and i'm not allowed to speak. why? because if i did speak, people would understand the scam. it's a scam and we have very dishonest judges. new york judges. very bad. one that valued this house at $18 million because it was good at their case. that hand chandelier is worth more than $18 million. we had another one so nasty, so horrible. such a brute. a most vicious, vile person. >> you didn't rule out military coercion. >> we need green land for national security purposes. i have been told that for a long time. long before i even ran. people have been talking about it for a long time. you have approximately 45,000 people there. people really don't even know if denmark has any legal right to it. but if they do

the fbi will operate two command podiatrists. one at the washington field office and fbi head quarters. these posts serve as central hubs for employees too. analyzed intelligence, assess potential threats, and serve resources as needed. they will be running throughout the period. we are not tracking any specific or credible threat to the inaugural ceremony. we will work closely with our partners and disrupt any threat. as always, we remind the public to remain vigilent. we look forward to working with our partners to insure, these events are held safely. my pleasure to introduce pamela smith. >> good morning, and thank you director sundburg. i'm the chief police department of washington d.c. i'd like to share a few tragic incidents that occurred this morning. i'm happy to say our officers are doing okay. an unfortunately incident when they respond to a particular location based on a call and this type of incident ensues. thank you to department heads as they journey to their space of good health to talk about the national special

"the " fbi knows who it is." that means the day donald trump takes over the fbi, he will announce to us who it is. in fact, the day donald trump takes over the fbi everyone in the white house press corps will forget that he said that today as one of his many lies. no other president in history has ever said anything like that about an ongoing fbi investigation. donald trump also lied today about something we all watched with our own eyes when we saw the horrible video of fanatic and criminal trump supporter ashli babbitt who was shot by capitol police while she was trying to climb through the broken glass of a door to get into the speaker's office in the house of representatives. today donald trump told this lie about ashli babbitt. >> ashli babbitt was killed. she was shot. she should have never been shot. she was shot for no reason whatsoever. in fact, they say that she was trying to hold back the crowd. >> ashli babbitt never tried to hold back the crowd. ashli babbit was in the front line actively trying to b

uh, the fbi has gone. so its reputation has been so horribly hurt between comey, who was the worst, and all of the others. what's happened to the fbi? and we're going to make it great again. we're going to make the fbi great again. we're going to make the department of justice fair and strong, but fair again, because all they did was attack me, because i'm their political opponent. and that includes with local judges like merchan. you ought to find out why. don't ask them. why do i have a gag order where i'm not allowed to speak? think of it. i'm the president of the united states, and i'm not allowed to speak. why? because if i did speak, people would understand the scam. it's a scam. and we have very dishonest judges. and new york judges are very bad. we had one that valued this house at $18 million because it was good for their case. he actually valued that. that chandelier is worth more than $18 million. he valued this house at $18 million. and we have another one who was so nasty, so horrible, such a

but but i would think that the fbi would have some questions.stions. >> no, it was reminding me stuff of what we learned in the wake of brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination and how, after he was accused of specific sexual harassment, he, the key witnesses and potential witnesses at his college and elsewhere were not interviewed by the fbi. and here your nbc, the new yorker and the washington post, my colleagues are reporting that key women who made these allegations were not interviewed by the fbi, according to people familiar with this background check. it raises that that that that question, like, who's telling the fbi not to follow up on these matters? one of the most important things about a background check by the fbi is it's supposed to be fairly exhaustive. you may remember that if any of your friends ever were being considered for a federal job, an fbi agent came to your neighbor's home and asked, hey, what are they like? do they party too much? >> are they? you ever see them with anyone unusual? >> what's their behavior like? and

but the fbi looked the other way. what we can make of that inadequate and frankly, failed fbi report is that they failed to do the job. and we were denied access even to that fbi report, which i think is not only a breach of our tradition, but it is also a whitewash. their stonewalling and slow walking. even on the present public record, there's more than enough evidence that he is unqualified and unprepared. >> privately behind the scenes. you don't have to disclose any names. do any of your colleagues express concern that because not only is he unqualified, but they're also sending memoranda to try to drive out career people to drive out current leadership, the people who would be the backstop for normalcy. are any of them concerned that this is somebody who would not refuse an unlawful order from donald trump, let's say, to put the military into the streets of the united states and to use them in ways that could be violent toward the american people. to any of them have any concern about that? >> i think there is a

a spokesperson for the fbi declined to comment.ultiple controversies and allegations since he was announced as trump's defense secretary pick. he's met with multiple republican members of the committee, but his team has told most democratic senators that he would only be available to meet with them after the hearing. joining us now is senior investigative producer and story editor for nbc news, sarah fitzpatrick. sarah, let's dig into your latest story, because it lays out a lot about a what's typical to the background check process, and b, why democratic senators are frustrated about this. so take them in order. what is actually the norm for this. >> so typically the transition team, the presidential transition team can ask the fbi to conduct a background check. and it sounds exactly kind of like what we do here. you go back and discuss, look through people's finances, talk to their spouses. >> it's kind of a wide range. >> and typically it's a very exhaustive process. but the key point here is that the client, the person who orde

but so did an fbi agent named rick haidle. rick haidle: we had concerns that there may be-- missing-- classified information, u.s. government information. josh mankiewicz: classified information? yes. as we said before, everyone has secrets. and marie had a big one...one she had told very few people. josh mankiewicz: officially, marie singleton worked for the department of defense? rick haidle: that's what was-- publicly disseminated, yes. josh mankiewicz: but she was really working for the c.i.a.? rick haidle: that's my understanding, yes. craig melvin: coming up rick haidle: it could turn into an espionage investigation somebody's going over, helping the russians, helping the chinese. it could turn into that kind of case. craig melvin: the mystery was just beginning. when dateline continues. ok, noah's going to make a fire. our job is to let him do it...by himself. what kind of wood you got there? gregggg! it is important to challenge young homeowners turning into their parents. -mm... -oh! -not a great start. -you got to tu

outgoing fbi director christopher wray had a very serious warning for the incoming administration. he told 60 minutes last night that china's cyber program has stolen more data from u.s. sources than every other nation combined. how do you think this incoming administration, are they taking it seriously? what should they be doing about it? i mean, we're on the eve of the supreme court looking at a tiktok ban. the tiktok ban isn't about should kids be doing dances all day. it's should the chinese government own this app that millions of people spend endless hours on every day? how serious are we taking this? because it's so important, right? >> and the data that they glean from us, which is one of the reasons why they don't want to divest from tiktok, the chinese government. look, this is one of the areas where you could see some friction between republicans in congress who really don't want any friction with donald trump and the president elect, because there are differences of opinion on how tough you get with china when it comes to issues outside of trade. right. we know donald t

they wanted to suppress the fbi video.y wanted to suppress the information about when cheney and that is alleged but suppress some of the erosion of the evidence. they didn't tell us how many people were charged and ended up 1,500 felony charges. it was almost 75% conviction rate and that never happens. compare that 14,000 people arrested in 2020. almost 90% of them were never charged or indicted. they were released. there were a lot of things they want to suppress. >> laura: up we found out through the select committee, of course, for the republican investigation that the select committee refused to relay take into account the pipe bomb's existence. they really didn't want to go into it but they chose to overlook it with 845 page re report. very odd, only reference the pipe bombs five times but only in passing. we also know and we find out that the field office had corrupted data, victor. so they couldn't do any of the usual cell phone data, you know, inquiry they would normally do in a situation like this. i can, all of

you reported your dad to the fbi? >> yes. >> that's what got him arrested basically? or less, yeah. >> what effect has that had on your family? >> destroyed it. >> was there a moment where you thought i know my dad has done all this stuff, but i don't want to report him? >> yeah. i still feel horrible, of course. i can't get over it. but i don't regret it. >> when was the last time you spoke to your dad? >> five months ago, the first time i talked to him. and it was a crying fest for first ten minutes and that was great. and then i brought up the fact that i'm worried about him getting out and he was almost puzzled. like he was confused as to why i thought that. >> are you overreacting? >> no. i get death threats daily, hourly at this point. >> it was our 18-year- old son who turned his dad in to the fbi. my son is a declared democratic socialist. >> jackson's mom nicole has become one of the most prominent people campaigning for the release of people serving time for january 6th. >> christopher alberts. >> nicole left texas and moved to washington, d.c. where she tak

they did the fbi investigation now they are saying the fbi didn't do enough.elievable. >> steve: what they say there are a couple people they should talk to because it was so short they didn't get to. look for that later today. >> brian: one other thing to be an advantage america moved on from the kavanaugh, from the me too movement and dei and political correctness. we are back in the real world. we watched a four star general go mia for four years. early go into surgery and didn't tell the president of the united states. said nothing of policy on impact in a time wearing a shield and mask in the middle of a pandemic. i have no idea what he did as a four star general. you will not have that question after pete goes. by the way here is pete's military evaluation. reveals hegseth was incredibly battle proven leader some may question the qualification for the job the problem is he's not reviewed that way. an infantry officer. if you are a ivy league guy and you decide to sign up for the military, you don't need to go in the infantry. he went in the infantry. not

the fbi is now stepping up its effort to find that domestic terrorist. but we begin tonight with january 6th, today's date, which is to hold an unremarkable place on the political calendar, the ceremonial day when every four years congress certify the foregoing presidential election. certification day remained unremarkable for 245 years, a mere formality. barely anyone noticed on till 2021, when donald trump, having been tossed out of the presidency by 81 million voters, following a failed first term that included 1 million covid deaths and a recession, refused to accept being fired by the american people, and instead embarrassed by having lost to joe biden, lied to his enraged and disappointed supporters, telling them he hadn't lost at all, that the election had been stolen from him and from them by various phantoms, illegal immigrant voters, black and brown voters in swing state big cities, diabolical immigrants, the deep state, the voting machines themselves, and maybe even the ghost of hugo chavez. and with that big lie, trump summoned his most arden

the people he wants head of the department of justice, the fbi, not the department of justice, fbi, department of defense, do you think he will get them all? >> i don't think he will get them all. majority of them. i think he should. incoming presidents have the right to fill their cabinet. republican takes their advise and their role seriously. background checks are going on. investigations, there will be confirmation hearings with a few of the picks there are questions around qualifications, pete hegseth, there are credentials to run the biggest organization in the u.s. military that is one i would key my eyes on kash pa,tel i liked him in the administration, not sure he likes me now but he is reasonably qualified. worked in the department of congress and junior roles before. if he shows up saying we will not prosecute cheney and focus on criminal organizations and human traffickers there is a world he convinces people to be with him and says do not listen to those more wild out there theories there is my focus [ laughter ] >> david urban. >> tell me, urban >> i don't know that kash patel wa

to the fbi that's their entire room. to most law enforcement agencies you have a request anything to do with law enforcement they have the seventh exemption which was explained and it went to court and the agencies one because there was a lot of co-mingling a file is a file so we would place the word file in records. simple, one-word change. and in the subcommittee that went through and went up in the full committee, the full judiciary committee marks up those days were something, you've seen movies. smoke-filled room, those of you who been up in the senate know where the senate judiciary committee is, the back room now that was the room where the executive sessions were held because they were not public. just the senators, majority staff member and staff member from the full committee and staff person handling whatever legislation was being considered by the committee at the time. which was allowed in the room and it was a tough room. the senator kennedy all liked to smoke cigars. probably why you hear a little rasp in