jarrett's story is extraordinarily reading, but unfortunately very common. i guess i will stop there. jarrett rightfully received a great deal of attention and featured on nbc news and cnn and every major national paper. so with that, i guess i'm wondering why write the book, what more did you have to share? >> well, there's a long answer behind it, but i'll shorten it out for the sake of tonight. so, i got my law degree and i graduate, and recall going home and you get the paper degree when you're at graduate ration, right? and i know when the diploma came in, i remember running to my mother's house and i wanted to give it to her and she said and started to cry. i said i thought we were done crying. she said, no, i'm crying because i know that you aren't going to go all to do big law and forget about what it was like to be isolated on that island in the courtroom with no help. i know you're going to go and practice law and do something that will pay things forward and help other people out. so, i run off with the law degree and very early i realized that i

jarrett adams writes with remarkable empathy for others these two men. and even for the individuals who did him great harm. his book could have been all about himself. his remarkable odyssey from being a teenager to nearly 30 years in prison and now leading a full practicing life in three states. mister adams book is a fast compelling read but his is a long story. he was released from prison in 2007 on bond d. not yet exonerated. and his is healing from that incarceration with much longer. and his doctorate from cornell university in 2015 he now needs legal offices innew york , chicago, milwaukee and next year in los angeles. mister adams is also cofounder of life after justice , a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping exonerate. >> i knew it wouldn't come out. >> that is people who have been unjustly imprisoned. to help them rebuild their lives. please join me in welcoming jarrett adams to the podium. [applause] >> .. i hope you guys are expecting a scholar type of lecture because that's not me. that's how i wrote the book and i won't take over be

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joining us now to explain his fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett.s some interesting development in the courts that gave us a little bit of a glimpse this week that flew under the radar for a lot of people. but give us the latest on what's happening with the durham probe. >> duro model knows that hillary clinton and her campaign used the dash to smear her opponent. also showing that durham is focusing squarely on members of hillary's campaign. they were feeding phony information to christopher steele for his bogus dossier. and they were also receiving fictitious information that they then used to spread the fbi and the trumpet hating global media that never bothered to check out any of the information. and all of this comes because durham indicted russian born igor for lying to the fbi. he was their primary source. and durham has found out that the law firm representing him is the same law firm that is representing members of the hillary clinton campaign that are the focus object and target of his ongoing investigation. so obviously, jason, there is

i'm laura jarrett. >> shocked me a little bit. december 1st. >> it's real. >> i'm christine romans, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin in michigan this morning. families there are grieving after a horrific shooting at a high school in suburban detroit. the shooter, a 15-year-old student at oxford high school, now in custody and on suicide watch after killing three of his fellow students and injuring, badly injuring eight other people tuesday afternoon. the three who died, teenagers, hannah saint juliana, tate meyer, died in a deputy's car on the way to the hospital. traumatized students now coping with something no young person should have to experience. >> we heard two gunshots. and then after that my teacher ran to the room, locked it, we barricaded, and then we covered the windows and hid. the very first thing in my head was, this is actually happening. i'm going to text my family, say i love them just in case if i were to die. >> the students were trained for this. they were trained for

anyway, gregg jarrett and miranda devine, thank you both.t ahead, blm backing jussie smollett and his hoax as the jury begins deliberations. i have a pretty good idea where i think this is headed. leo 2.0 terrell and l.j., lawrence jones, are next, straight ahead. hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile. with nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and lou! on the most reliable network, lou! smart kid, bill. oh oh so true. and now, the moon christmas special. gotta go! take the savings challenge at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes switching fast and easy this holiday season. every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line pe

. >> and i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports this morning from berlin, johannesburg, washington and chicago. we begin, though, with one of the most critical calls of joe biden's presidency. probably the most critical call. it's happening later this morning. he's speaking via video from the situation room at 10:00 a.m. mr. biden is expected to warn vladimir putin of severe sanctions if russia invades ukraine. u.s. intelligence agencies say russia has been building up military forces on the border with ukraine. 75,000 troops, enough to begin an offensive within a matter of months. here's c.i.a. director bill burns. >> we don't know that putin has made up his mind to use force, but what we do know is that he's putting the russian military, the russian security services in a place where they could act in a pretty sweeping way. >> in case that happens, the white house says it's readying a range of sanctions aimed at putin's inner circle and the russian economy more broadly. >> we have consulted significantly with our

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett, and it is 30 minutes past the hour.p stories to keep an eye on today. >>> alec baldwin tells abc news he cocked the hammer of the gun that killed "rust" cinematographer halyna hutchins. baldwin insisted in an emotional interview he never actually pulled the trigger of that gun. he said he still wants answers of how a live round wound up on the set of the film. >>> investigators say two of either an crumbly's teachers reported concerns of his behavior in the days before that 15-year-old went on a shooting spree at his michigan high school, killing four of his classmates. crumbly underwent a counseling session with school officials. his parents were called in for a meeting the morning of the attack. >>> a government shutdown averted for now. congress passing a stopgap bill to extend funding through mid february. party leaders first had to broken a deal to overcome republican brinksmanship to block vaccine mandates. the senate passed by a 69-28 margin. >>> a group of trump lawyers order today pay up by a federal judge. the

i'm laura jarrett. things look a little different but we are still together. >> we are still together. i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers. we are on two different sides of the screen. we are back in our flash cams as they're called. we won't be sitting next to each other for the foreseeable future. as the covid surge starts. i'm fine with that. >> we are vaccinated, we are boosted but we want to stay on air. >> we do. we do. we want to bring you all of the information you need for this holiday season. let's begin with the covid contradictions. americans trying to live with a resurgent virus for christmas week. so consider this. millions lined up to watch the new spider man in crowded theaters. >> and yet new york state broke its record sunday for the highest single day case count for the third day in a row. folks, we are talking over 22,000 new covid cases reported for a single day. this is not omicron. this is the delta variant and this return to life indoors that's driving these numbers. and

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. eye on today. >>> today president biden will speak with the president of ukraine via secure video link about the huge buildup of russian troops just across the border from his country. in his two-hour call with vladimir putin tuesday, the white house says mr. biden emphasized u.s. support for ukraine's sovereignty and that territorial integrity. >>> this morning former senate majority leader bob dole will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. dole, of course, served for 27 years in congress, but is probably best known for his unsuccessful bid as the gop candidate for president in 1996. he died sunday from lung cancer. president biden paid tribute wednesday to his long-time colleague. >> we didn't agree on everything, but i always admired and respected him and his willingness to work with anyone, any party when it mattered most. >>> u.s. navy is investigating the death of seal team commander brian. the 43-year-old officer was injured in virginia beach during a rope repelling training exerc

. >> i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >>> we begin this morning with this wild weather, really historic weather blasting a broad swath of the u.s. heartland for the second time in a week. from new mexico to wisconsin, tornadoes, howling winds, you can hear it. even wildfires. folks, it's mid december. the central u.s. experienced the highest number of reports of hurricane-force wind in a single day ever. 55 reports across nine states. >> yeah, there were more than 350 reports of severe weather from the central plains to the upper midwest. 20 tornadoes were reported, including the first december twister on record minnesota. winds toppled tractor-trailers, ripped the roofs off homes. more than 450,000 customers and climbing this morning remain in the dark. across eight states, including iowa where wind gusts topped 70 miles per hour at the des moines airport. >> we were in the basement. my mom was heating up some left over ravioli when it happened. the po

. >> i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world.e begin this morning with pandemic whiplash here in the u.s. with just one week till christmas eve, now, so far here's what we know. the omicron variant appears highly contagious, but less deadly than the delta strain. still, covid is once again dominating our daily lives. schools, sports, work, all face this uncertain future. >> colleges are sending students home. more and more companies are delaying the return to the office. the nba and nfl rolling out new safety measures and cancelling games. even secretary of state anthony blinken cut his trip to southeast asia short after a journalist on the trip tested positive for covid. five months ago president biden said the virus no longer controls our lives. now people everywhere are lining up to be tested before joining family for the holidays. >> and to be clear, that's a good thing. new projections show winter holiday travel is about to roar back, so people should get tested. aaa estimates that more than 109 million americans will travel

i'm laura jarrett and i'm joined by paula reid. so nice to have you for a couple of days. >> i'm so excited to be here with you filling in for christine romans. >> a lot to get to as america prepares to bring in a new year. a growing number of public health experts say it's time for another change. for more than two years coronavirus infections have been a key metric in what's to come here. a first indicator, if you will, before hospitalizations and in worst cases death. but that may no longer be the case in 2022. >> i think this is the most important part of this moment in this pandemic. we have to do a shift. look, for two years infections always preceded hospitalizations which preceded deaths. so you could look at infections and know what was coming. this is the shift we've been waiting for in many ways. we're moving to a phase where if you're vaccinated, particularly if you're boosted, you might get an infection. it might be a couple of days of not feeling so great but you're going to bounce back. that's very different than wha

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gregg jarrett is here with us. gregg is kind enough to join us.s? what do they tell us? >> i have. it will take another week to go through all of them at least. you're talking about 1,500 documents, multiple pages for each. what i've seen so far, there's no smoking gun here. there's no evidence that there's a second gunman on the grassy knoll. there's no evidence that establishing for sure a conspiracy associated with lee harvey oswald. what it does, the documents reconfirm some of what we already knew. that oswald traveled to mexico city in the weeks before the assassination meeting with cuban and soviet "spies" and talked about killing kennedy. the war on commission didn't receive all of this information from our intelligence agencies on the fbi and they had concealed from the commission the fact that during the kennedy presidency, the cia attempted to assassinate fidel castro, which of course would provide a motive for cubans and the soviets to assassinate kennedy. having known that, it would alter the course of their focus and ultimate conclus

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers around the united states and around the world. we have reports from london, kentucky and tokyo. but we begin on capitol hill. breaking overnight, the full house of representatives voting to hold former white house chief of staff mark meadows in criminal contempt of congress. you heard a lot about all the documents he handed over to the january 6 committee, but he's also held back plenty and he refuses to answer lawmakers' questions. >> meadows, of course, was one of former president trump's top aides. he was at trump's side at the white house while the capitol was under siege. makes him a key witness and crucial for the select committee's investigation. cnn's daniela diaz is live on capitol hill for us this morning. daniela, this case now in the hands of the justice department. >> reporter: laura, that is exactly right. but it's important to note how did we get here, laura? mark meadows seen as a key witness to this committee's investigation of the january 6 ins

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans.right, it is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. it will be the longest night of the year. summer is around the corner. >>> breaking this morning, president biden set to reveal a new plan to stop the spread of covid. the key to that plan, testing. cnn has learned the president will announce the purchase of half a billion at-home rapid tests and a new plan to distribute them free to americans who request them. >> this as 73% of cases in the u.s. are now the highly contagious omicron variant, outpacing delta as the dominant strain. that's up sixfold in just a week. now, so far it appears most cases of omicron are relatively mild but it's so contagious it is crippling already overwhelmed hospitals. >> the resurgence has the nhl on ice. the entire season will be put on hold starting tomorrow till at least after christmas. let's bring in jasmine wright in washington. the -- there is covid exhaustion, now there is this. the vaccine is unreachable. what is the white house plan her

i'm laura jarrett. hi, paula. >> hi. i'm paula reid in for christine romans. good to be with you here, laura. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> two variants are reminding us why this virus isn't going away any time soon. the u.s. shattering its record for average daily cases more than doubling in two weeks, thanks to a combination of both delta and omicron. the cdc even adjusting its data now, showing delta still accounts for about 40% of these cases. hospitalizations are not spiking as fast, but experts still have concerns about the weeks ahead. >> there is no question that january will be filled with a lot of short-term challenges. hospital beds, staffing shortages of tests, shortages of almost everything. it's tough to handle this many indications at once. i think we have a good thing in these tests, but there won't be enough in many places to get us through the most trying time. >> now the fda says at-home coronavirus tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant. that could send more people out for pcr t

i'm laura jarrett. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> we begin this morning with a simple plea. help. that word in big black letters, calling out from ohio's largest newspaper. six cleveland area medical systems are being crushed right now. the text reads, quote, we now have more covid-19 patients in our hospitals than ever before, and the overwhelming majority are unvaccinated. >> the ad follows a similar plea from hospitals in minnesota earlier this month, now facing omicron, pleading for help. >> that part of it all feels like it was preventable. we had a level of protection that was offered that people declined, and now they're taking up beds that we know we need for other patients that need surgery for their heart disease or for their cancer, and those patients don't have access to the care that they need right now. >> all of us working on the front lines, health care providers, doctors, nurses, respiratory techs are going to feel the impact of those individual decisi

here with more is alan dershowitz and gregg jarrett. the evidence was overwhelming. >> every civil libertarian should applaud this. false accusations can destroy our system of justice. we can't assume any particular race or gender tells the truth or any particular religion. we have to focus on the evidence. the evidence in this case has been overwhelming from the beginning. this was a false accusation. now we have to start going after women who are trying to make ony off falsacizations. -- i was falsely accused by virginia. nobody looked into that case. she is a woman, she must be telling the truth. the media won't look into false charges by women, african-americans or guys. it's critical we have a single standard of justice.ays. it's critical we have a single standard of justice. anybody making a false charge should be sentenced to a long prison term. >> tucker: gregg jarrett the reason we tonight hear about the every day victims is because it doesn't advance the agenda. the only lives that matter are lives that can be used as a politi

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i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers from the united states and around the world. important relief for american consumers. energy costs are falling now. first remember there had been worries home heating bills could double in some cases this winter, but those concerns are melting away here. a couple of reasons. warm temperatures and forecasts for warmer weather, and rising production is sending natural gas prices lower. now down about 40% from their october peak. at the same time, your other gas bill, the one at the pump, is also stabilizing. after a relentless crime, recent drops in crude oil prices, they're translating now at the pump. the average per gallon is at a seven-week low, 3.34 per gallon. down about a nickel in just the past few weeks. cooling energy costs if they last offer critical relief for household budgets. we're going to get another read on inflation later this week, but in terms of just that real feel indicator of driving your car or heating your home, a little bit of relief her

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm paula reid in for christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports from los angeles, moscow, bough jing, delaware, rome and mexico city. >> basically everywhere. welcome to "early start." paula, so nice to have you again today. >>> we begin with a major change when it comes to how we live with the virus and frankly each other. the cdc has officially shortened its recommendation time -- isolation time for people who test positive with covid. instead of staying away from each other ten days, the cdc says stay home for just five days if -- and this is key here -- if you are asymptomatic by day five. the agency says this change is driven by data that shows most covid transmission is actually happening one to two days before someone has symptoms and in the two to three days after. it also comes as businesses across the country fashion the strain of employees at home in isolation as omicron surges. >> i don't think this is going to contribute to more spread. i do think it's g

i'm laura jarrett. christine has the day off. it is thursday, december 30th. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. >>> so, as we get closer to bringing in a new year, the risk calculations that we all make every day when it comes to covid are frankly getting more complicated and that's particularly true when it comes to front line workers. there's been growing pushback from some about these new cdc guidelines shortening the amount of time you should stay isolated at home if you test positive for covid. the american nurses association says it is deeply concerned about the change, citing insufficient evidence and concern for health care workers safety. >> everything we're going to do right now is going to be imperfect. just accept that right now. we don't know a lot of the things we wish we'd know. but what we do know and what is emerging here is that this country is going to be in the soup just in the next few weeks with so many cases and so many locations that we're going to see critical infrastructure as we

i'm jarrett raid in berlin. thanks for watching. have a great, thank you . time for an experiment about time. it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time time. but dimension and illusion. about time starts december 31st on d, w. ah, ah, iran blue, a vast country, often called the cradle of civilization from the persian gulf to the caspian sea, from snow kept mountain ranges to r a desert. if the country both fertile and astir. a study in contrast, as is the culture and way of life, of its 18000000 inhabitants a country and its people. a run at the intersection of tradition and change a country with few outside visitors. for many foreigners, iran is the place of and miss. but it is home to a 1000 year old culture in which a variety of lifestyles, traditions, and religions co exist. mountain ranges, deserts plateaus, the plains, and valleys of be filmed from above. this spectacular landscape serves as a lens on to the country's history and its people. ah, the mountains, wild and untouched

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gregg jarrett, thank you so much for joining us tonight.ocrat run cities from coast to coast are seeing crime surges great cities crumble, the chaos ruling the streets. for example, 12 cities grow, side records all run by democrats and you see the video. smash and grab theft, continuing to plague retailers, as defund police policies continue to make cities left safe, less secure, more dangerous but thankfully republicans aren't standing up far left lawlessness like arizona senate candidate and state attorney general mark brockovich who has a new piece titled "smash and grab: we take retail theft seriously." here to explain more is the attorney general mark brockovich thank you for joining us on "hannity." i didn't think it was controversial to prosecute crime even if it's petty, democrats are making a living saying lets up the dollar amount and if it's less than a thousand dollars, have added, we aren't going to come get you and we aren't going to prosecute you. but that's not really working well, is it? >> absolutely not. always good talki

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i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we have reports from london, johannesburg, washington. we begin with new rules for international travelers coming to the u.s. everyone has to show proof of a negative covid test taken within one day of departure. that applies whether you're a u.s. citizen or not. foreign nationals have to prof t prove they are fully vaccinated. that does not apply to americans. there is still so much we don't know. one of the biggest questions, how dangerous is it? >> thus far it doesn't look like there's a great degree of severity to it, but we've really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn't cause any severe illness comparable to delta. thus far, the signals are a bit encouraging regarding the severity. >> at the same time though delta remains the dominant strain in the united states. still, cdc director michelle walensky says omicron is being carefully watched. >> we know

i'm laura jarrett.ings look a little different but we are still together. >> we are still together. i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers. we are on two different sides of the screen. we are back in our flash cams as they're called. we won't be sitting next to each other for the foreseeable future. as the covid surge starts. i'm fine with that. >> we are

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans.tates and around the world. this morning stunning revelations in the capitol riot investigation as the house select committee voted to hold trump chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress. the unanimous vote weeks in the making. the result of meadows openly defying the committee's subpoena. to drive home why the panel wants to talk to

welcome to this special edition of "hannity," i'm gregg jarrett in for sean. we begin with a flashback of sorts. 14 months ago, then candidate joe biden proudly declared "donald trump still doesn't have a plan to get this virus under control i do." now more than a year later, biden has finally revealed his plan to shut down the virus telling state governors "there is no federal solution." watch. >> look, there is federal solution. it's all state level, i'm looking at governors on the board here. he talks about it a lot. it ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road. >> gregg: and other words, there was no plan and there never was a plan. three months ago, the white house ignored top public health experts and turned down a proposal to add -- get this -- more than 730 million at home covid a tests to the marketplace each month. that recording to a report in "vanity fair" and in the middle of another search, covid tests are in short supply, i wonder why. journalists in the mainstream media are in full on panic mode. take a look. >> covid could not st

here with reaction, fox news legal analyst, gregg jarrett, brian carpenter.th you, brian. he said the trigger wasn't pulled, i didn't pull the trigger. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger" however, the santa fe sheriff's department said in a warrant that he fired the gun and baldwin was holding the gun rehearsing a scene in the movie when the live round rang out. okay, those two reports contradict each other. so if he had the gun and he says he didn't pull the trigger, guns don't fire themselves. i've been a hand gun marksman since was 11. >> yes, correct. it's important to differentiate a modern revolver from the top revolver that they were using. a modern revolver, as you know, it has a double action revolver generally meaning that the mechanism by which it fires allows one to pull the trigger, which rotates the cylinder and allows the government to fire. those weapons are single action resolvers, period pieces. which means there is a two-part mechanism to fire the weapon to the first part is actually physically cocking the hammer back

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett.. we begin this morning with pandemic whiplash here in the u.s. with just one week till christmas eve, now, so far here's what we know. the omicron variant appears highly contagious, but less deadly than the delta strain

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett.come to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports this morning from berlin, johannesburg, washington and chicago. we begin, though, with one of the most critical calls of joe biden's presidency. probably the most critical call. it's happening later this morning. he's speaking via video from the situation room at 10:00 a.m. mr. biden is expected

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans.to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this morning stunning revelations in the capitol riot investigation as the house select committee voted to hold trump chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress. the unanimous vote weeks in the making. the result of meadows openly defying the committee's subpoena. to drive home why the panel wants to talk to him, lawmakers read a series of frantic text messages from january 6th aloud. messages pleading with meadows to convince his boss to do something about this. barricades, attacking officers, smashing through windows, and pushing through doors. >> as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this shut asap. the capitol police is not enough, donald trump, jr., texted. meadows responded, quote, i'm pushing it hard. i agree. still, president trump did not immediately act. donald trump, jr., texted again and again, urging action by the president. quote, we need an o

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i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans.is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. it will be the longest night of the year. summer is around the corner. >>> breaking this morning, president biden set to reveal a new plan to stop the spread of covid. the key to that plan,

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i'm laura jarrett. >> shocked me a little bit.1st. >> it's real. >> i'm christine romans, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin in michigan this morning. families there are grieving after a horrific shooting at a high school in suburban detroit. the shooter, a 15-year-old student at

cnn's laura jarrett is here with us. what happened?the generation. the story we were all told in school was that emmett till when he was 14 travels from chicago to see his family in mississippi, whistles at a white woman, ends up lynched, tortured, beaten and murdered by two white men who eventually conc confess to that killing. the case has essentially gone cold. in 2017, there's this explosive new claim in a book by a duke university professor, his name is timothy tyson. he claims he found the woman at the center of the original accusation, interviews her and the woman takes her trial testimony and says that part where i talked about till actually making those overtures to me is not true. it's an explosive claim, if true, essentially lying, right. turns out it's harder to get to the bottom of that than investigators originally thought. they go and interview tyson. they interview the woman at the center of this. they look for any notes. they do an exhaustive search and it all turns up cold. not only does it turn up cold but the woman

. >> i'm laura jarrett. welcome to everyone in the united states and around the world. >>> former president trump losing a major legal battle from keeping the january 6 committee from obtaining key white house records. trump wanted notes, memos and other documents kept secret. but a federal appeals court rejected that plea, writing in part, quote, the events of january 6 exposed the fragility of those democratic institutions and traditions that we had perhaps come to take for granted. >> house committee members applauded the ruling. vice chair liz cheney tweeting, the investigation is firing on all cylinders and the truth will come out. the case is likely now destined for the supreme court. cnn's jessica schneider in washington this morning in washington starts us off with more. >> reporter: christine and laura, a second loss for trump to keep his white house records out of the hands of the january 6th committee. the d.c. federal appeals court refusing to agree with trump's claims that his assertion of execu

i'm laura jarrett.s in the united states and around the world. >>> we begin this morning with a simple plea. help. that word in big black letters, calling out from ohio's largest newspaper. six cleveland area medical systems are being crushed right now. the text reads, quote, we now have mor