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Law enforcement officials investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump informed lawmakers on Wednesday that there was a 20-minute interval between the initial sighting of the gunman by U.S. Secret Service snipers on a rooftop and the subsequent firing of shots at the former president. The incident took place at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the snipers identified the suspect, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, on a building roof outside the security perimeter at 5:52 p.m. ET. The shooting occurred at 6:12 p.m. ET, according to sources briefed on the matter.According to law enforcement officials and lawmakers briefed on the matter, the FBI director, deputy director, and Secret Service head informed lawmakers that Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as a person of interest a full 62 minutes before the shooting occurred.

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Here is the latest NewsThe January 6 committee investigating former President DonaldTrump has released it’s final report and here are some of the findings:Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson stated "Thisreport will provide greater detail about the multistep effort devised anddriven by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer ofpower. Representative Thompson also stated Building on the informationpresented in our hearings earlier this year, we will present new findings aboutTrump’s pressure campaign on officials from the local level all the way up tohis Vice President, orchestrated and designed solely to throw out the will ofthe voters and keep him in office past the end of his elected term,Committee Vice Chair Vice Chair Liz Cheney then stated "Amongthe most shameful of this committee’s findings was that President Trump sat inthe dining room off the Oval Office watching the violent riot at the Capitol ontelevision. No man who would behave that way at that moment in time can everserve in any position of authority in our nation again," Cheney said atMonday's meeting. "He is unfit for any office."The titles to the report definitely sound a little partisanas Chapter 1 is titles THE BIG LIE, and Chapter 2 is titled I JUST WANT TO FIND11,780 VOTES, however lets delve into this report•The Jan. 6 panel released transcripts of the testimony offormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who had testified that Trump wasaware the mob was armed when he sent it to the Capitol and that he had tried tojoin his supporters there.• The committee’s report alleges that Trump and his innercircle conducted at least 200 public or private acts of “outreach, pressure, orcondemnation” targeting state and local election officials, as well as statelegislators, to overturn the results between Trump’s loss in November and Jan.6.• There were 68 meetings, phone calls or texts aimed atstate or local officials; 18 public remarks targeting them; and 125 socialmedia posts, the committee says. • The report also revealed more details about the fakeelector plan, which the committee alleges Trump embraced when it became clearthat state officials in Georgia would not overturn results in their states& replace Biden electors with Trump electors.Some interesting news on the report has been issued todayI will definitely keep you posted on any updates and I lookforward to the Former Presidents response to this report as I am sure he willhave quite a lot to say, but I am assuming several media outlets will not printany of that but you can listen later today or tomorrow to the Delus Report andI will get you his full response.In other news In Paris 2 people are dead and 4 were injured in a shooting,a 69 year old suspect was quickly apprehended by authorities Witnesses heard 7 or 8 gunfire shots In entertainment news•The Today show is in turmoil as producers scramble to findfill-in hosts for Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, who have been absent allweek.• The morning co-hosts have reportedly been locked in apower struggle for years, and in recent months it has spiraled out of control,leaving everyone—including guests—feeling the tension.• According to an insider, the staff are caught in themiddle: "It would be smart to align with Savannah because she is the boss,but Hoda is so much more fun."• It's unclear how long Guthrie and Kotb will remain out oftheir anchor chairs.I expect to see some change in...

•Hunter Biden has hired Abbe Lowell, a high-powered defenselawyer, to help him navigate possible congressional probes.• The Department of Justice is investigating Hunter Bidenfor potentially not paying enough taxes on income he received from serving onthe board of directors for a Ukrainian natural gas company and for the mannerin which he paid off tax obligations in recent years.• Congressional Republicans plan to investigate PresidentJoe Biden's family once they take control of the House in January with a focuson finding out whether Joe Biden was more involved in his son's dealings thanpreviously known.•Neal Schon, lead guitarist of Journey, is sending a ceaseand desist letter to Jonathan Cain for performing the group's hit "Don'tStop Believin'" at an event for former President Trump.• Schon founded Journey in 1972, and he, Cain, and StevePerry penned the group's 1981 rock anthem.• The letter from Schon's legal team says that when Cainperforms on behalf of Journey or the band, it is "extremely deleterious tothe Journey brand as it polarizes the band’s fans and outreach." It alsosays that Journey should not be political.• This is not the first time an artist has taken issue withtheir music being played at a political rally - Neil Young sued Trump'scampaign in 2020 after his song "Rockin' in teh Free World" wasplayed without proper licensing.An Australian man was rescued off the country's north coastWednesday after surviving nearly 24 hours in shark- and crocodile-infestedwaters by clinging to a piece of wood.The Queensland man, who has not been identified, wasdiscovered by an air rescue crew in the rough waters of the Torres Strait, alittle more than one mile away from his upturned dinghy, according to theAustralian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).The man had left Getullai Island on Tuesday and failed toarrive at his destination on time. A search by rescue aircraft that evening wasunsuccessful, but resumed the following morning with a helicopter and a policevessel joining the search.•The Senate has reached a deal that will allow them to voteon a $1.7 trillion government funding package, averting a shutdown that wouldhave occurred Friday at midnight.• The agreement comes after senators were unable to come toan agreement Wednesday night over how to handle a GOP border amendment.• Under the new deal, two dueling border proposals will bevoted on Thursday, both of which are expected to fail. However, this allowsDemocrats and Republicans to stake out their positions without jeopardizing thefate of the broader funding measure.• If approved, the spending package would boost federalagency budgets through the fiscal year and includes about $45 billion inemergency aid to Ukraine and nearly $40 billion for disaster aid.

This episode covers the Nationwide winter storm, Ukraine President addressing Congress, deer hunting in an Atlanta suburb and President Joe Biden's dissatisfaction with Vice President Kamala Harris