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What happened at Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing and what claims did Democrats raise?
It could be a very testy job interview. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News. I'm exceedingly grateful to President Trump for his trust. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch at the start of the confirmation hearing tells senators America is safer. We have the lowest murder rate since 1900. Violent crime arrests are up nearly 114%. We've taken almost 5,000 child predators and human traffickers off the streets. Before Blanche spoke, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin was critical.
Last year, you declared that the Justice Department was, quote, at war with the federal judiciary.
Demanding more information about whether an anti-weaponization fund controversially set up for people who claim to have been targeted by the Biden Justice Department has been permanently closed. And Durbin also accused Blanche of covering up Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation files.
Which specific accusations did Senator Dick Durbin make about Jeffrey Epstein files and Justice Department actions?
When scrutiny of the cover-up intensified, you participated in meetings in the White House Situation Room to strategize about how to protect President Trump. not Epstein survivors, the president.
There are two other confirmation hearings this morning for Trump nominees to be directors of national intelligence and the CDC. The U.S. is bombing Iran again, a fifth day in a row, and this time not just at night. Central Command reports the strikes resumed at 1 p.m.
Iran time. CENTCOM says the targets are Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense sites. And this follows seven commercial ships that have been struck crossing the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper gave a number we hadn't heard yet. Nearly a dozen civilian crew members killed, missing, or injured by the Iranian strikes. And he added, U.S. forces are holding Iran accountable.
Fox is Mike. In Tobin and Tel Aviv, Iran's been firing drones and missiles at Gulf countries targeting American bases the day after a U.S. naval blockade was reimposed around Iran's ports. We got another inflation update this morning. And like consumer prices, wholesale costs also declined last month from May, down three-tenths of a percent. The annual wholesale inflation rate also dropped from 6.5 percent in May to 5.5.
America's listening to Fox News.
Stocks are on the rise after that better-than-expected report on declining wholesale inflation.
Why is the U.S. conducting strikes against Iran and what targets did CENTCOM identify?
The Dow is up 205 points, the Nasdaq gaining 162, the S&P 500 is adding 32. The price of oil up only slightly after a big spike up in the last week since the U.S.-Iran fighting flared back up. Gas is up 4 cents this morning. AAA's national average for regular, 389 per gallon, a dime more than a week ago. President Trump will travel to Pennsylvania later today to talk to hundreds of business leaders.
The president will close out the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the Army War College in Carlisle. The two-day summit brings together senior military and Pentagon officials, defense contractors, and technology CEOs. Pennsylvania Republican Senator Dave McCormick leads the summit and has secured billions of dollars in investment commitments to the state. President Trump is urging defense firms to speed up delivery of critically needed munitions and other weapons systems and has submitted a record-setting more than $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. At the White House, Jared Halpern. Fox News.
The heat that set record highs this week in Utah and Montana has moved toward the east.
How many civilian casualties were reported and how is the U.S. describing its response to Iran?
There are heat advisories or warnings from the Dakotas all the way over to New England. And there's also smoke in the air from Canadian wildfires.
An air quality alert is in effect through Friday for people in parts of Minnesota with very heavy smoke expected across the northeastern corner of the state. The large wildfires burning in Canada are exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution, with officials in Michigan and Wisconsin warning that the air quality issues could last for days. People in Maine have reported seeing a yellowish and brownish color in the sky. National Weather Service forecasters say the smoke will spread into the East Coast and Midwest, including parts of New England.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened at Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing and what claims did Democrats raise?
0:02–0:54
2
Which specific accusations did Senator Dick Durbin make about Jeffrey Epstein files and Justice Department actions?
0:54–2:21
3
Why is the U.S. conducting strikes against Iran and what targets did CENTCOM identify?
2:21–3:28
4
How many civilian casualties were reported and how is the U.S. describing its response to Iran?
3:28–4:12