Washington Today (4-11-24): FBI Dir warns of 'elevated' threats, says Sect. 702 spy authority vital

FBI Director Christopher Wray tells Congress, "I’d be hard pressed to think of a time where so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once." He endorses a reauthorization of the FISA Section 702 spying authority minus adding a warrant requirement. This comes a week before Section 702 expires and as negotiations continue among House Republicans on a bill that can pass the House.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) suggests that Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) job may be safe if he brings a bill with aid for Ukraine to a vote, and a House Republican follows through on her threat to bring a motion to remove the Speaker, because enough Democrats will vote against the motion.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks a joint meeting of Congress, telling Members that after WWII, "You believed that freedom is the oxygen of humanity. The world needs the United States to continue playing this pivotal role in the affairs of nations."

Biden administration announces a rule to require thousands more firearms dealers to do background checks on buyers. This is to address the so-called "gun show loophole".

FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf testifies before Congress.

House Oversight Committee approves a bill to add a citizenship question to the next census in 2030 and to reapportion seats in the U.S. House among the states based only on the population of U.S. citizens.

Pro football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson has died at age 76. He was also famous for being acquitted of murder charges in 1995. We hear from Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson", interviewed on C-SPAN2's BookTV in 2016, about racial tensions in the aftermath of that trial that continue to the present.

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