wray: correct. >> thank you. we will recess until 10 minutes after the last vote and we will text out that exact time once we have it. thank you.

nicole: thank, director wray.he charges announced, the first under the war crimes statute, are historic. the department of justice is holding accountable four russia affiliated military personnel who committed war crimes in the course of russia's unlawful full scale invasion of ukraine. as alleged in the indictment, the defendants abducted, beat, and threatened to kill an american. they even conducted a mock execution these charges send a clear message. the criminal division will pursue those who commit war crimes and other acrossities in ukraine. we're committed to bringing war criminals to justice no matter where they are located for brutal acts committed against americans. last year, attorney general garland announced the launch of the war crimes accountability team led by prosecutors from the criminal divisions, human rights and special prosecution office to strengthen the response to the atrocities committed in ukraine and hold accountable perpetuators of war crimes in ukraine. these charges were brought as p

it is now my honor to introduce christopher wray, the director of the fbi. director wray: thanks.ood morning everyone. the fbi's mission is to protect the american people and uphold the constitution here at home and around the world and today together with our partners we are once again fulfilling that mission. the charges unsealed reveal absolutely unconscionable crimes including unlawful confinement , torture, and other inhumane acts committed against one of our own citizens by four individuals affiliated with the russian military. that american, like so many others, became a victim of russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine which continues to wreak unimaginable tragedy on the region. caught in the crossfire of a war he had no part in, this american was tormented for days at the hands of these defendants. and today's indictment demonstrates our commitment to our mission and our resolve to seek justice for all americans, even amidst the fog of war. though today marks the first time these crimes have been charging her history, it's not the first time that united states has investi

chairman, and director wray, good to see you again. you know i never fail to mention that georgia is proud of you, and that we love seeing you when you come back home. i hope you will again soon. you and i have spoken before about the dangerous increase in the frequency of crimes targeting children, young children, who are lured or targeted to share compromising or explicit photos, and blackmailed or bullied or worse on the basis of the content. senator blackburn and senator grassley and i have, together, move legislation through this committee and at helping prevent the sexual abuse of children online. at your field office in atlanta, you recently highlighted sextortion as a particular concern in georgia. the field office says that these schemes have increased by 700% since 2021. can you please provide an update on the fbi's overall efforts to investigate and prevent these crimes targeting children online? >> this is a rapidly emerging threat to the youth of america. when i say rapidly emerging, it's not that it's brand-new, as you an

director christopher wray taking a brief break here. he is appearing before the senate jewish committee. live coverage here on c-span3. >>> this oversight hearing with fbi director, christopher wray, taking a brief break here is >> the committee will resume. >> thank you, mr. chairman. all i can say is whew. good to have you back. so you testified that no court has held that the fourth amendment applies to 702 searches. but in 2019, the second circuit explained that 702, u.s. queries does have important fourth amendment implications and it remanded that case for further review. i know that you testified that you have put in place various protections and accountability features to prevent the misuse or abuse of 702. but my understanding is that prior to your putting in place these kinds of protections, there was something in the order of two million u.s. citizens queries under 702 and that has gone down to some 200,000. that's still a lot of queries. so my colleague, chris coons, while you have these protocols in place, and courts have s

christopher wray. secretary alejandro mayorkas , i don't want you to feel left out. detach quickly on the homeland intelligence experts group that raises question will concerns about the departments impartiality and objectivity. in 2013, they announced the establishment of the homeland intelligence expert group to provide perspective on elledge intelligence and national security efforts to the office of intelligence and analysis and the department's office of counterterrorism and the coordinator? yes or no? we announced the group. >> yes, perfect. is the composition of this experts group includes former top level officer james clapper, and paul colby? >> yes. >> are you aware that they all signed a discredit a public statement on october 19, 2020 that implied the new york post reported about hunter biden's laptop and influence pillaging pedaling that was the product of rush and if this information?>> these are distinguished members of the intelligence community. >> this is a simple yes or no, did they

chris wray fosse answers yesterday were disgraceful.e believes he owes no accountability to congress and the american people. one of the things i shared with him as i travel the country. i am regularly approached by fbi agents who are horrified by what is happening in there agency. they are honorable men and women and want to defend the rule of law and catch bad guys. instead the political leadership that doj is turning them into a cover-up patrol for the biden white house. >> i want to get your reaction, senator, if i can. these comments by christopher wray talking about how he has never seen the terror threat on every level as bad as it is now, saying blinking lights are everywhere. why has his silence been deafening when it came to joe biden's 8 million plus illegal immigrants? now we know where they are coming from. iran, syria, egypt, afghanistan, china, russia. tens and tens of thousands. did you ever get an answer out of him? now he is finally warning us after all these people here are unvented that the terror threat has never be

>> murders were not getting solved. >> wray's case was one of them.n were not happy. >> i wasn't not trying to be a pain in the but i, did not want them to drop the case. >> but they ran out of money? i mean all kinds of things go wrong and murder investigations, but the police department running out of money was not usually one of the things you think of? >> no. >> and for almost two years, nothing happened? >> yeah. >> monika's two children were out of the house, she was able to take time off from helping her husband with his construction business. and devote hours to her mission. >> i sent letters to everybody. i was constantly calling the sheriff's department for new information and whatnot. but was not getting anywhere. >> and meanwhile, back in ashtabula, county. life went on. >> what was teresa doing during those 18 months that you are not able to investigate? >> filing for life insurance. collecting life insurance from raymond kotomski. >> some of the $150,000 of life insurance went to buy a house, where teresa was raising her grandchildren. a

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sean played the sound of christopher wray testifying. he said usually one or two heightened threat, this is the first time he's seen threats heightened against america and former president responded saying, i will shut down the border on day one and day one and a half, i'm going to drill. this speaks to the economy and national security. big round of applause, if you are desantis or haley campaign, you hear the former president say that, we said the same thing, it just lands when the former president says it. real clear politics, donald trump 61%, desantis at 13 and haley at 10. >> todd: you mention this chilling warning from the fbi dictator, this was something to behold. we'll talk about this later in the show, we got to get to this chilling warning from the fbi director, take a listen. >> i've never seen a time where all the threats or so many are elevated at exactly the same time. threat level has gone to another level since october 7. >> carley: quite the comment there and he says open borders make things worse. look at this -- ushe

wray says given the threats, now is not the time to let that happen. david? >> david: pierre thomas live in washington tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> we turn now to the investigation after a massive home explosion in arlington, virginia, outside the capital. police called to the scene. they were there for hours, trying to execute a search warrant, and then this is what happened. a powerful blast. the home turned to splinters, shaking the entire neighborhood. human remains found inside believed to be the suspect. abc's ike ejiochi in arlington tonight. >> reporter: tonight, authorities are investigating what caused this massive explosion in arlington, virginia, just miles from the nation's capital, after they say a man barricaded himself in the house. >> we need all firefighters. the house has exploded, i believe. >> reporter: the blast just after 8:00 p.m. monday rattling homes. neighbors nearly knocked off their feet. >> you just see explosion. you could feel it in your chest, on your face. >> reporter: debris and embers raining down on the street. police s

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director wray welcome . as you know i am deeply concerned about the conduct of the department of justice and the fbi, circulate the last three years during the by the ministry . i think the department of justice has been politicized under attorney general merrick garland. i think the fbi has as well. unfortunately i think you have been under willing to stand up to senior officials in the fbi who has allowed the fbi to be politicized. i regularly speak with fbi agents across the country who are unhappy about the integrity of the institution being weakened because doj is being treated as a political weapon. i want to talk in particular about the investigation and multiple allegations of corruption concerning hunter biden and joe biden. the department of justice has come i think from the outset, tried at every step to stop investigations of corruption from joe biden. >> as you are aware, a what's up text message was sent to a senior chinese, economists from hunter biden that reads as follows. i'm sitting here w

maria: so what will this mean in terms of the fbi, christopher wray, going into the next?l, that's just it, christopher wray goes to congress and says i fixed it all, we have more training. well, unfortunately, when you have the police officer fors, the cops in this country who break the law, we can't rely on themselves to police themselves. that is a communist form of a police representation. what we have to have had done is congress to put forth a bill that put in cops from congress in the fisa process at the fisa court, limiting their abuse of this power. i mean, just think of it, if chris wray and merrick garland and company utilized the fisa process to man hun terrorists that were illegally coming in through our southern border, we wouldn't lose two dozen of them based on their own testimony. so what chris wray has now done is weaken national security and redirected one of the most sensitive intelligence apparatuses against elections and those protesting their free peach right within america. and every time the fisa court ask the fbi why did you allow your agents to d

and senator ted cruz took on fbi director wray in a big way. can a simple at home blood test detect alzheimers, i'm elizabeth macdonald and the evening edit starts now. retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis. colonel davis served for 21 years including deployments to iraq, afghanistan and qatar. with us is retired navy present sadler. captain sadler served in the navy for 26 years and former pentagon official. colonel davis, let's start with you. israel pressing its assault on hamas' latest stronghold in southern gaza, customs and can eunice andbelieved to be whn younis. is this a decisive battle and is it going to take destroying and flooding the tunnels to stop hamas once and for all? >> we'd love it if that was the case but i doubt very seriously whether this is decisive in any way because they're still thanksgiving the whole point of the tunnel network to move out when headquarters is taken over and move into another. i think this is just a continuation and i imagine we'll probably see several more months of this. elizabeth: what do you th

>> director wray is talking about this. the threat stream has become a bit of a water fall. you are seeing threats come from foreign terrorist organizations. isis and al qaeda. dom dom domestic violent extremists. people who could be lone wolf attackers. >> experts say the constant stream of televised images of october 7th and the israel hamas war has led to a flood of propaganda from terrorist groups and extremists from all sides. propaganda and often misinformation that can be almost impossible to filter. >> they exist on message boards. they exist in chat rooms, in private groups, in large groups. >> and the spike in antisemitic and islamophobiaic threats and attacks has been significant. from the wounding of three palestinian college students in vermont to a cornell university student being charged with threatening to kill jewish students. >> the greatest danger is that lone offender who may be isolated, may be ostracized and is reading these messages thinking i could step out and do something. >> analysts say the ongoing israel palestinian conflict even before october 7

>> it is concerning particularly because wray does not tend to be h hyberloic.to come out, this is the third time he's of it order this elevated threat level since the israeli/hamas war, and saying is this a warning sign. a particular warning sign to local and state police departments sdas well as unwhunwhich i communities who may see radicalization. this is consistent with what you see online. the language, a lot of it has do with the language being utilized. it is the language of annihilation. whether you look at hamas and them annihilating israel or in many instances israeli senior leaders who seem to talk in a way that would suggest that ridding gaza of all palestinians is a legitimate response to the hamas terrorist attack, that language is interpreted by people here as a sort of, you know, go-card so to speak that they can seek violence against particular communities. >> very, very troubling. je i want to ask you about something else that has some troubling implications. house speaker mike johnson said last month that he wants to release capitol hill secur

fbi director christopher wray testified in an oversight

. >> j >> jesse: chris wray hasn't looked at the epstein case. they only have one conviction, the woman, the madame. not a single john. he is going to have his guys get back to the senator and see what they can give her, what is going on here? i think we know. then senator kennedy asked fbi director wray about the hunter biden laptop. fbi isn't allowed to tell the truth in an election year. >> why didn't the fbi say hey the laptop is real. why didn't they just tell everybody. we are not vouching for what is on it. it is real. this isn't a fiction. >> as you might imagine, fbi can't be talking about an ongoing investigation. why didn't the fbi say time out, folks. laptop is real. >> again we have to be careful about what we can say in the middle of an election season. >> jesse: fbi can only lie in the middle of an election season. can't tell the truth after election. fbi still hasn't said laptop is real. it is an ongoing investigation even though the u.s. attorney in delaware didn't crack open the laptop. congress supposed to have oversight over t

instead christopher wray plays defense.wer the question why did you say the biden laptop was real? i don't want to be part of the news. by not getting ahead of this you are the news. i watched that sound bite not that to the extent but i watched versions all day yesterday. it doesn't help his case to make them think the f.b.i. is straightening out his act. it makes others, haley, desantis and ramaswamy say when i get in there he is gone. >> harris: the head of dhs, asked about 87,000 missing migrant children, it is that sort of shock and awe and i'll look into it answer. it is called impotence when it comes to one's job. that's what it looks like. >> i'm glad you brought up the kids. if there were a handful of kids missing during the trump years it was too many. i have agree kids are in trouble. but we have tens of thousands off the grid. we know there is human trafficking happening in this country and people making money off it. how is that not making an emergency situation for any lawmaker on capitol hill? i think the mes

fbi director christopher wray saying the terror threat facing the u.s. has now hit an unprecedented level since the hamas october 7 attack on israel. maryanne, good evening. >> good evening. fbi director christopher wray telling lawmakers he's never seen a time with so many threats elevated at once waving a big red flag about the likelihood of attacks on the homeland. that led to this exchange with the republican senator lindsey graham. >> so blinking red lights' analogy about did the trlights were blinking and they were missed. do you see blinking lights? >> i see blinking lights wherever i turn. >> it's at a "whole other level." he pointed escalating conflict between israel and hamas as well as ramped up attacks by iran proxies as two major reasons for that heightened alert. he added that consequences are key for deterrence. meanwhile, they offered this blunt warning. >> with the upcoming holiday season, there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the e.u. we saw recently in paris, unfortunately we're seeing it earlier as well. >> wray also faced ques

. >>> new grave warnings from fbi director chris wray over domestic and foreign threats to the homeland, surging since the start of the israel/hamas war and a push to reauthorize a controversial surveillance tool. >> as the threats from foreign adversaries to our homeland continue to evolve, the agility and effectiveness of 702 will be essential to the fbi's ability -- really our mandate from the american people to keep them safe for years to come. >>> also this hour, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel live from the war zone as israel's latest offensive forces hundreds of thousands of palestinians into overcrowded areas in south gaza. families of hostages held by hamas for nearly two months meet today with prime minister netanyahu's war cabinet. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. as the presidents of harvard, penn and m.i.t. face a congressional committee over how they responded to an increase in anti-semitism in their cpuses since the october 7th attacks. a study by the anti-defamation league reveals 73% of jewish college students experienced or witn

fbi director christopher wray is warning about the possibility of terror attacks in the us. jobina he's saying the terror threat level is the worst we've seen since the days before nine divided by 11. yes reggie aqui christopher wray says threats to the us are at an all time high, with the war raging between israel and hamas, a number of terror groups, including isis and al qaeda, are using social media to call for attacks. >> wray is urging congress to renew a key us spy program that would have major consequences if it expires at the end of this month section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act allows the us government to collect without search warrants the communications of targeted foreigners outside the country. wray says it's expiration would be like unit lateral disarmament in the current threat environment, 702 is key to our ability to detect a foreign terrorist organization overseas. >> is directing an operative here to carry out an attack in our own backyard? >> wray also addressed other current threats to the us, like human trafficking and drug smuggli

soil and you heard christopher wray yesterday saying all the lights are blinking.formation about this for us in terms of where the threat is? >> let me just give you a couple things. obviously the 9/11 terrorists were illegally present in the united states. this is not an arbitrary risk. last two years this white house had 70,000 people they have designated as special interest aliens, these are individuals coming from iran, from iraq, pakistan, areas of known terrorism that have been released in the country unscreened except the name is listed on the terror watch list. we have no criminal background history, have no idea. they are released in the country, 70,000 in thereafter two years. almost 300 people that were picked up that were on the terror watch list, glues thereafter three years. so the threat is very real on this and we should take it serious. maria: what about all these chinese nationals coming in. they look like they're in college shirts and suits and military aged men. what's that about? >> the vast majority of individuals crossing the border are milit

environment highlighted by the increased terrorism concerns amid the israel-hamas war, christopher wray has emphasized the urgency of maintaining this vital tool and i would have this committee know that i work personally with director wray in the aftermath of 9/11 and i know his loyalty to this country in the work he and men and women of the fbi are doing to keep the homeland safe. we cannot afford to let it lapse, especially when our government is tirelessly working to prevent potential attacks. i am pleased to see the bill expand the definition of foreign intelligence to include counter narcotic efforts. this expansion is particularly relevant to the virgin islands of the united states, which is situated in the transit zone including counter narcotics in the scope of intelligence will undoubtably enhance our ability to combat transnational drug trafficking, which we know is linked to counterterrorism. moreover, the bill introduces accountability measures for fisa noncompliance, ensuring executive leaders and employees are held responsible. establishes critical and administrative pena

we're down to the wire here and wray is on the hill urging lawmakers to renew it. there is some negotiations over what provisions, what reforms might satisfy some of the critics, but he is really there to today to say, look, this law provides crucial intelligence that keeps the nation safe. >> ken dilanian and sahil kapur, thank you. >>> when we're back in 60 seconds, could former congressman liz cheney jump into the 2024 race as a third party candidate? what she is willing to do to try to stop a second trump term. >>> rudy's reckoning. the legal road ahead for rudy giuliani to determine how much money he has to pay to election workers in george who he was found liable for defaming. >>> a quiet suburb rocked by a house explosionexplosion. >>> and my one on one interview with isaac herzog as israel intensifies its strikes on southern gaza. we're back in one minute. s strin southern gaza. we're back in one minute d apple watch - all on them! ♪ (mom) please forgive him. (carolers) ♪ it's all good - just a little awkward. ♪ (soloist) think we'll wrap this up. (vo) for

happening now, you looking at live pictures of fbi director christopher wray testifying on capitol hill saying that agents are working around the clock to disrupt potential attacks by people inspired by hamas. director wray is warning the senate panel about the troubling trend of anti-semitic threats since october 7th. evan perez is with us this morning, and what else are we hearing from the fbi director, evan? >> well, john, a lot of the fbi's concern is certainly surrounding the events of october 7th and sort of the aftereffects of it. and of course, that includes the threats to jewish people of course and institutions in the united states as well as some of the threats that you are seeing in the muslim and arab communities here in the united states. the big concern for the fbi though is the idea that after, after octoberp 7th, you have groups like hamas who have sort of put out a global call for people to put out attacks against the united states and other countries, and that is what is keeping him busy with over 2,700 domestic terrorism cases in the united states that they are inves

that's it for us ton >> carley: fbi director christopher wray heading to the hill to testify before a senate panel conducting oversight of the bureau's powers. you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> griff: good morning, i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. expecting the director to push congress to review surveillance program that allows the fbi to spy on americans. he will face questions that the bureau is biassed against republicans. the first look at wray's prepared testimony. >> brooke: surveillance program allows fbi to track communication between certain foreigners abroad to monitor national security threats. americans can get caught up in that and lawmakers say that is a problem and the system can be abused. there is this, house committee report finds the bureau targeting christians went further than we knew. they issued a priest and a churchgoer. the fbi had no legitimate basis for the memo. >> remember when joe biden stood in front of independence hall, this whole mindset, if you are pro-life, traditional catholic, you are radical e

christopher wray has emphasized the urgency of maintaining this vital tool. i have worked personally with director wray in the aftermath of 9/11 when we were both political appointees at the justice department and i know his loyalty to this country and i know the work the men and women at the f.b.i. are keeping the homeland safe. our government is tireless working to prevent potential attacks. i am pleased to see the bill expand the definition of foreign intelligence to include counternarcotic efforts. this is relevant to my district, the virgin islands of the united states which is situated in the transit zone and counter narcotics who undoubtedly our ability to combat transnational drug trafficking which we know is linked to counterterrorism. the bill introduces accountability measures for fisa noncompliance ensuring executive leaders and employees are held responsible. it establishes criminal and administers penalties strengthen the integrity of the entire process. it extends to the fisa court introducing amicus briefs and add veer ceryl natures. this aims

wray argued that they are vital to u.s. national security, citing threats from iran and china. faces scrutiny f lawm fro lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >>> we are learning more about the house explosion in arlington, virginia. james yoo is presumed dead after the enormous blast he had no known criminal record, but neighbors say he exhibited erratic behavior the standoff began when police responded to reports of a flare gun being fired more than 30 times. the cause of the explosion is still being investigated apart from the suspect, there were no serious injuries >>> now to an update on that deadly shark attack in the bahamas. police have identified the victim as 44-year-old lauren eriksson van wart from massachusetts. nbc boston reporting sources told them she had just celebrated her wedding she was paddleboarding near the sandals resort in nassau when she was attacked >>> an incredible rescue in texas where one wrong move could have changed the outcome rescue workers pulled a driver from a dangling truck on an interstate once the truck stabilized, search and rescue work

. >> reporter: fbi director christopher wray warned senators on capitol hill tuesday that terrorists may try to exploit the u.s. southern border and says the bureau is working to identify and disrupt potential attacks. >> i've never seen a time where all the threats, or so many of the threats, are all elevated all at exactly the same time. >> reporter: last week the fbi and nevada authorities arrested a 16-year-old who allegedly threatened to attack las vegas in the name of i.s.i.s. >> we charged the suspect with multiple felonies to include terroristic threats. >> reporter: wray also pressed senators to reauthorize a program that allows the u.s. government to collect without a warrant the communications of targeted foreigners outside the u.s. but lawmakers on both sides have criticized the program following revelations that fbi analysts improperly searched the database for information about people tied to the january 6th capitol riot and racial justice protests in 2020. >> we have absolutely no reason to trust you because you haven't behaved in a manner that's trustworthy. >> report

. >>> next hour, fbi director corpus chri christopher wray will testify, topping the agenda, oversightthe fbi. evan perez is following this story for us from washington. these days, when the fbi testifies, there are usually fireworks. back in july, we saw republicans calling for defunding of the fbi. what are we expecting to hear this time? >> sara, this is before the senate judiciary committee, so we're probably going to see a little less of that, but there are still some members who have tough questions for the fbi director, a lot of it related to the fact that the fbi investigated former president donald trump, and a lot of them don't like what the fbi has done. but a lot of what the fbi director wray is going to focus on today is trying to usual members of congress, members to have senate, to renew this authority called 702. it's a law that allows the collection for surveillance, international surveillance, by the fbi, collection of data from people around the world, including sometimes pieces -- data that belongs to americans. so, that's part of the controversy that's been hanging

wray said there's nothing to indicate hamas has the intent or capability to conduct operations insideu has not discounted the possibility, norah. >> they're worried about these lone wolves. catherine herridge, thank you. >>> turning overseas to the war in gaza, israeli ground forces rolled into the heart of southern gaza's largest city, khan younis today, following a night of heavy air strikes. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to evacuate with the idf warning of widespread house to house combat in the days ahead. cbs's chris livesay has the latest tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: southern gaza, once relatively safer than the rest of the strip, no longer. paramedics flee nearby tank fire, saving who they can along the way. israeli forces say they are now in th heart of khan younis, a city they believe hosts many hamas leaders as well as hundreds of thousands of palestinians now left with vanishing options for safety. rushed to the hospital, these sisters breathe fresh air for the first time after being plucked from beneath the rubble after four days. "i want my mom,"

. >> yes, reggie so fbi director christopher wray says threats to the us are at an all time high with the war raging between israel and hamas. a number of terror groups, including isis and al qaeda, are using social media to call for attacks. wray is urging congress to renew a key us spy program that would have major consequences if it expires at the end of this month. section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act allows the us government to collect without search warrants the communications of targeted foreigners outside the country. wray says its expiration would be like unilateral disarmament in the current threat environment 702 is key to our ability to detect a foreign terrorist organization overseas. >> directing an operative here to carry out an attack in our own backyard. >> wray also addressed other current threats to the us, like human trafficking and drug smuggling. he said in the last two years, the fbi seized enough fentanyl listen to this number to kill 270 million people. stephanie wow, that's tragic. >> jobina thank you. >> here in the bay area, we're seeing

director wray welcome . as you know i am deeply concerned about the conduct of the department of justice and the fbi, circulate the last three years during the by the ministry . i think the department of justice has been politicized under attorney general merrick garland. i think the fbi has as well. unfortunately i think you have been under willing to stand up to senior officials in the fbi who has allowed the fbi to be politicized. i regularly speak with fbi agents across the country who are unhappy about the integrity of the institution being weakened because doj is being treated as a political weapon. i want to talk in particular about the investigation and multiple allegations of corruption concerning hunter biden and joe biden. the department of justice has come i think from the outset, tried at every step to stop investigations of corruption from joe biden. >> as you are aware, a what's up text message was sent to a senior chinese, economists from hunter biden that reads as follows. i'm sitting here w

a sharp warning from fbi director christopher wray to congress about the current threat environment in the us as the war between israel and hamas escalates. >> all the lights were blinking red before 911. apparently obviously all of us missed it. would you say that there's multiple blinks and red lights out there? >> i see blinking lights everywhere. i turn. the threat level has gone to a whole nother level since october 7th. >> wray made the comment as he urged congress to renew a surveillance program that allows the government to keep tabs on foreign nationals outside the country without a warrant. >> the expiration of our 702 authorities would be devastating to the fbi's ability to protect eight americans from those threats. >> in the meantime, israel says yesterday was the most intense day of fighting since the war started, with ground forces targeting a city in southern gaza where many palestinian civilians previously fled for safety. >> i'm reminding you that it's not us that chose the battlefield. hamas chose the battlefield by digging its infrastructure underneath civilians. so

lawmakers are demanding more answers from fbi director christopher wray about this controversial memo. they say was used to infiltrate the catholic church and see if catholics were, perhaps, behind any potential domestic violence extremism. the fbi is denying that but, today, fbi director wray got a grilling on capitol hill from senator josh hawley from missouri who chastised him pointing to a new whistleblower revelation that the fbi interviewed a virginia choir director and priest. but the fbi director said the memo and the interviews that happened are separate subjects. watch. >> >> the fbi agents did approach a priest and a choir director to ask them to inform on parishioners. so, were you lied to when you gave this testimony or were you lying to congress? >> neither. your question conflates two different things. there was an investigation of a specific individual who was amassing molotov cocktails and posting about killing people and it does not surprise me that there were people who knew that subject in that investigation. >> the fbi adding in a statement any characterization th

christopher wray on capitol hill.at kind of surveillance they actually need as tools. will be used for political purposes. a lot of republicans are reluctant to give some of the power that they have before. or the fbi the power they had before. because what they have done with social media and looking to certain presidential candidates. also, riley gaines has a little bit of a problem as do most of you with men becoming women and beating women in women sports. it happened again this week. she is speaking up and speaking out and talking about how it affected her. and president trump is going to do a town hall with sean hannity. she seen the big debate last week with red state, blue state. seen the other debates. this is a time for him to sound off and talk about how he holds on to that lead in iowa, new hampshire. and on the national front. in fact, over the last three polls, guys, he has beaten joe biden by 3, 4, and 5 points. >> steve: all right, brian. thank you very much. meanwhile, major new development in senator